Governmental Intervention

I offer my apologies for not posting more on this blog. As I have said before, I will try to post often, but at times life seems to get in the way.

I’m not sure that it was life that got in the way, but it’s certain that the time has slipped away. It seems as if it was just a few days ago that the month of April began and now it’s nearly three weeks old and closer to the end of the month than the beginning.

One of the items that one can think of as getting in the way was the end of the Tax season on April 15th. I’m proud to be an American and am more than willing to pay my fair share to support the government.

But I have to say that right now it’s not all that easy to support the government. There seems to be more governmental intervention into areas that maybe they should just stay away.

Here in Maryland there are two actions that gives direct support to my feelings. The State of Maryland has passed laws that appear to give them the right to take away from a legal authority, an authority that is having financial problems, a valuable piece of property. That is the Preakness Stakes horse race, part of the Triple Crown of horse racing.

While I would not want to see the race leave Maryland, I can not see how the State came simply take it away. Especially since in many ways it has been the short sight of that same body that has caused some of the problems.

In my opinion there are way too many career politicians in the State Government that are making decisions based on what they believe is best for the State and not what the people of the State wish.

Then there’s Baltimore City and their move to take over the Senator Theatre. When the City is already having financial problems, not something that is new, is it a good idea to spend as much as has been authorized on a private property. Especially since they didn’t do the same to some of the non-profit programs within the city.

Over the course of history there has always been cycles. Times that are good, others that are great and like now rough times. Let’s hope that this is one of those rough times that is going to get better soon.

And maybe it’s time for government to have less intervention and more guidance.