“For those of us who have been given the privilege of serving, we could offer those men no greater tribute than to follow their example.”

Governor Larry Hogan, Jr., in his Inauguration speech today, was referring to President George H. W. Bush, Senator John McCain, and Congressman Larry Hogan, Sr., his father.

When President Bush died last year, he was eulogized for his repudiation of a position he took for political reasons.

“Read my lips. No new taxes,” he declared in his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention in 1988.

When faced with a budget deficit as President, he did support a tax increase.

As I’ve written before, funding for public education is the most important issue facing us – the legislature and the Governor.

If we accept that responsibility, we cannot fulfill that commitment without raising taxes.