Caylee’s Law

This week in Annapolis the house version of Caylee’s Law was heard in Judiciary committee. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the law, it seeks to change the reporting guidelines for a death or disappearance of a child.

Background:
In July of 2011 Casey Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her daughter Caylee because there was substantial evidence that she did not report the death of her daughter to authorities.

Caylee’s Law (HB122): The law seeks to make it a felony if the death of a child (under 12y/o), who is not under the care of a doctor, is not reported within one hour or if a child goes missing and is not reported to authorities within 24 hours.

Examining the Problem in Maryland: In Baltimore City
58 children between age of 1 and 9 were reported missing more than 24 hours after they disappeared. (2009-2011)

THIS BILL CAN HELP POLICE TRACK MISSING CHILDREN QUICKER, BEFORE THEY COME TO FURTHER HARM.

Congratulations to Under Armour’s founder Kevin Plank

Del. Aumann holding the MD Helmet made by Under Armour

On Wednesday, Kevin Plank the CEO and founder of Under Armour, received the Speaker’s Medallion Award. This prestigious award is given to those who have made outstanding contributions to the State of MD. Not only was Under Armour founded by a University of Maryland graduate their corporate headquarters is located in downtown Baltimore, where they employ nearly 4,000 people! Congratulations Kevin & the entire Under Armour team for helping to make Maryland a great place to work.

I am happy to be able to share with you some positive news from Annapolis. You can count on me to continue to fight to make Maryland better for all of us.

Thank you

Delegate Susan Aumann
Susan.aumann@house.state.md.us
410-841-3258

Lesson we learned from the O’Malley-Brown Administration in 2010

On Wednesday the Governor addressed the members of the Senate and House of Delegates with his annual State of the State address. While we have been hearing rumors for the past few weeks of what the Governor was going to propose this year, yesterday’s address had lawmakers on both sides of the aisle stunned. Here is a short list of what the O’Malley-Brown Administration has proposed

• Gas Tax – 18-cent/per gallon increase on gas the gas tax in MD would be over
• App Tax – applying the sales tax to all iTunes and internet downloads
• Verizon Tax – applying a tax to all land lines
• Flush Tax – increasing the flush fee and changing the structure to be based on usage
• Thousandaires Tax – eliminating the mortgage interest deduction for 100K+ earners
• Toll Tax – Doubling the tolls for all MD tunnels and bridges

And there is more, click here for a full list of Taxes & Fees being proposed

Delegates Aumann & Szeliga Respond to O’Malley’s State of the State

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The mood in Annapolis is different this year, people are listening! It is important to contact your legislators and the leadership in Annapolis and tell them ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! NO NEW TAXES

I welcome your comments and continue to fight for Maryland families.

Delegate Susan Aumann
Susan.aumann@house.state.md.us
410-841-3258