BRAC - It's Not For You!

The buzz in New Jersey is that if families relocate to Harford County for the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC), they will be greeted by rocket fuel-tainted milk and the KKK. This misinformation is suspected of being sent by disgruntled workers in New Jersey.

What first struck me as funny is that if you are from New Jersey, you are probably used to the smell of petroleum-tainted everything. A drive through NJ's two suburbs (New York and Philadelphia) will introduce you to a potpourri of chemical fumes. So, rocket fuel-tainted milk, though not true, should not be viewed by them as such a horrible thing.

I will have to admit, however, then when I lived in Harford County (1986-1992 & 1995-1999), I did occasionally drive by the county courthouse in Bel Air and view a few Klan rallies. So to deny that the KKK is non-existent in Harford County is just not true.

If these New Jersians/New Jersites(???) really want to discourage people from coming to Maryland, they need to tell their coworkers more about our Governor and the state legislature. Though Maryland's state sales tax is lower (6% for Maryland vs. 7% for New Jersey), our politicians love to tax rich people and they are vocal about it.

And who do you think will be moving to Maryland? The lower middle-class broom pushers? Of course not. It's mostly scientists and higher level administrators. These people make decent money. And the Maryland politicians are eagerly waiting to tax them.

And a special note to those politicians in Aberdeen and Baltimore City that want to be a part of BRAC and the money that they will bring - they will not be living in your areas. They want to live in nice areas. They want to live where there is little or no crime. They want to live with people who are like themselves. They do not want to live in cross-fire zones between MS-13, Crips, and Bloods, nor do they want to live in Baltimore City where they will get assaulted by 15 year old middle school students.

Anyway, the writers of the first letter say they plan to release another letter about why people would want to live in Maryland. I think we all look forward to this. Will it be sarcastic (yet true) or will it be true?