“On November 4, the people of Maryland rejected massive spending increases and tax increases and a failing economy,” Hogan said... "We’ll have to have the courage to say no."

◼ WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST STUNNED: MD GOVERNOR-ELECT TO KEEP CAMPAIGN PROMISE - Rich Tucker/Breitbart

Apparently, Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney is used to politicians lying on the campaign trail—so much so that he seems astounded that at least one elected official is saying he intends to keep his vow.
“If Maryland Gov.-elect Larry Hogan (R) has a secret plan to be flexible and compromise with Democrats over taxes and spending when he takes office next month, he’s doing an excellent job of hiding it,” McCartney writes.
But there’s no need for a "secret plan" or "flexibility."
Hogan’s election stunned the political establishment—the sort of people who write columns for the Washington Post. Hogan never led in any pre-election polls but swept to victory over Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown. Hogan won because he promised to trim the size and expense of Maryland’s expansive government....

“There was a monopoly where everybody agreed, and we got bad government,” Hogan told McCartney. Hogan is vowing to spend state money on useful projects, while also reducing spending. “The priorities are out of whack. Less than 10 percent of the people use mass transit. Most people in the state want the roads to be fixed,” the governor-elect points out.

“There’s going to be some natural friction, but it doesn’t have to be hostile,” Hogan concludes. Indeed not. Especially if elected officials bow to the will of state voters. What a concept that would be.