Ed's campaign is centered on four core pillars to address Maryland's pressing challenges, including our $3 billion budget deficit, rising costs, safety concerns, and economic pessimism. Here's why Marylanders are rallying behind him:

1. Economic Revival and Business Empowerment: Bank on Maryland's Comeback

Maryland's economy is hurting—businesses are fleeing due to high taxes and regulations, worse than our neighbors. Ed knows what it takes to build from the ground up. His plan:

• Freeze and Reduce Fees: Immediate stops to shocks like property taxes and utility rates; prioritize spending cuts over hikes to tackle the deficit without big government dependence.
• Revive Local Businesses: Make Maryland competitive again through reducing the tax burden on our workers and small businesses, streamlined regulations for entrepreneurs, and infrastructure investments to fix roads, bridges, and traffic delays—revitalizing our key commercial areas across the state.
• Independence from DC: Reduce reliance on uncertain federal grants amid potential layoffs; promote public-private partnerships to boost shipping and manufacturing, drawing from Ed's own career building jobs and neighborhoods.

Ed's experience proves it: He's created thousands of jobs and won't quit on Maryland's workers and businesses.

2. Public Safety: Make Maryland's Neighborhoods Safe Again

Crime perceptions remain high despite reported drops—many feel stats are manipulated, and real progress comes from prosecutors like State's Attorney Ivan Bates finally doing their job. Ed will deliver tangible safety:

• Boost Law Enforcement: More funding and resources for police in high-crime spots like Baltimore, with community policing and stricter penalties for repeat offenders.
• Support First Responders: Better training, equipment, and pay for firefighters and EMTs—honoring those who keep our families safe, just like the Maryland Ed grew up in.
• Broad Daylight Security: Investments in lighting, surveillance, and patrols to tackle urban decay.

Ed's focus: Root out violence and drugs to restore confidence for all Marylanders.

3. Support for Key Community Pillars: Back Our Small Businesses, Farmers, Responders, and Teachers

The Key Bridge collapse symbolizes government failure under special interests—Ed's key to revival is supporting hardworking pillars:

• Small Businesses: Cut the regulatory burden driving exodus; help them compete by firing wasteful spenders in Annapolis.
• Farmers and Rural Maryland: Subsidies, loan forgiveness, and market access for Eastern Shore and Western MD farmers to combat costs and ensure food security.
• Emergency Responders: More resources so police and fire departments can protect and serve and then return home safely to their families.
• Teachers and Education: Higher salaries, smaller classes, and vocational training to prepare kids "starting with nothing"—opposing national agendas for local success.

Ed's advisory councils will keep these voices central—he won't quit on the people who build Maryland families.

4. Generational Legacy: Pragmatic Governance for Tomorrow

Ed transcends party lines, appealing to those tired of "stupid" politics. His non-partisan approach:

• Affordable housing and job training to keep young families and retirees in Maryland.
• Grounded in state realities, not Moore's national TV spots or DNC lobbying.
• Efficiency like a businessman: Results over spectacle, leaving a stronger Maryland for our kids.

Join the Movement: Reasons to Support Ed Today

• Proven Track Record: Ed's built thriving businesses—now he'll rebuild Maryland's economy and safety.
• Maryland First: Tired of national distractions? Ed focuses on local fixes like the Key Bridge and budget woes.
• Inclusive Vision: Appeals to working-class families, business owners, farmers, teachers, and responders across Baltimore, Eastern Shore, Western MD, and beyond.
• Your Voice Matters: Non-ideological leadership that empowers you, not special interests.

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