Standing up for taxpayers

Kathy spent four decades running a small construction business with her husband Mark. Payroll, materials, insurance, and a tax bill that had to be paid whether or not the work came in. That is the experience she brought to the Appropriations Committee in her first term and has never stopped applying.

Every dollar Annapolis spends came out of somebody’s paycheck first. When the majority describes a record budget as an achievement, Kathy asks the question the budget never answers: who is paying for it, and what were they going to do with that money instead?

She has opposed the tax and fee increases that have piled up over the last four years and pushed for the state to live within its means — the same discipline every family and small business in District 7A is required to manage without applause.