As a small business owner, I can’t imagine a worse outcome than to have Kullen back in office to pursue her liberal agenda. In the article, she states two things I feel are important to note: She states that the environment is her primary concern, and that her colleagues didn’t appreciate her silence on being criticized for her public record. I can understand why they wouldn’t appreciate it when we take a look at one of the major bills she wanted to inflict upon Calvert County residents and its businesses.
Take HB 1350 of 2007, what one could also infer was Kullen’s version of a “rain tax.” Among other things, the bill would have imposed a $1,000-per-square-foot “impact fee” on non-tidal disturbances had it become law. I’ll put this in practical terms: If a new homeowner requires a small gravel driveway, 12 feet wide by 25 feet long, that crosses a non-tidal wetland, under Kullen’s bill, the tax would have been $300,000.
To me, this is outright theft of property rights.