Repeal of "rain tax" comes back to bite Republicans, Maryland developers

[Algernon Moncrieff]

7. I just wonder if the voters in HoCo will be smart enough to connect the dots

I grew up in Columbia and have family and high school friends. I would say 80% of my high school friends voted Hogan (a good chunk also supported Trump). Reasons varied: gun rights, high taxes, and "everything's going to Hell in Columbia" were the top three.

After the 2016 flood, Hogan was front and center the next day and my read was that he made a generally good impression on the locals and seemed to care. Honestly, that was a point at which I still figured Hillary would be President and Hogan looked like someone that would make a formidable opponent for her in 2020.

But now it has happened again, and my take is that the county wants a solution that preserves the town. My question is do the citizens of HoCo want to pay for it? That I'm not so sure about.