Franchot's Advertisement

I'm all for a woman's right to choose but I wish "Real Democrat" Peter Franchot's new advertisement were longer so he could explain why it is important that we have a pro-choice comptroller. Surely, he could also have come up with a better cite for the attack on Janet Owens as the "Queen of Sprawl" other than "constituents" say she is. That's like saying Bush did a bang up job on Katrina because he found one person who will say so.

However, unlike abortion, Franchot righly raises the issue of sprawl as the comptroller has a voice in decisions which affect growth. I recall Gov. Glendenning and Comptroller Schaefer getting in a spat over whether Brookville should have a by-pass so all the Georgia Ave. traffic doesn't pass through this small Montgomery town. For what it is worth, Janet Owens is pro-choice. Indeed, NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland "proudly endorses" Owens for comptroller.

The fact that Franchot is running advertsiements suggests that he actually is willing to spend the money he loaned his campaign and that it is not merely a set-up job to inflate his campaign finance report even if Franchot neglected to mention the loan in the press release touting his fundraising. Perhaps we'll know more when the next campaign finance reports are released.