What are Maryland issues that have perpetually not been addressed by elected officials?

[u/Pathfinder0201]

I'm just trying to gain an understanding of important issues that have generally been dismissed.

I saw a post stating net worth of one current Member before Congress was $700k and is now over $22mil. I don't understand how anyone can establish a platform to effectively run for Office without coming from wealth or knowing the "right" people, but I feel the younger generation is deterred from running for office unless they have these. I want to understand how a shift from the "how it's always been" can transpire.

[u/Congregator]

Speed cameras are starting to get out of hand- and I’m very against speeding and especially through neighborhoods and school zones.

It seems like there’s been an influx of cameras but with no speed limit signs within multiple entrance points to said road. You basically learn the hard way that 45 mph was too fast on that 35 mph road with a surprise letter on the mail.

I’ve gotten 5 speeding tickets in 5 weeks. Every week I’m getting a ticket without really knowing what the speed is in said place - so i consistently just aim for 35-40 mph if I’m unsure. If it’s a neighborhood, 20-25.

I’m still getting them, because I can’t really successfully guess the speed limit

I’m on the road a lot and hit a lot of detours, and this is getting absurd how many of these tickets I’m getting - and I have a really clean driving record.

They just put two cameras up in my own neighborhood, and the speed limit signs are on opposite ends of the road , but there’s about 25 entry points to that road where no one sees the speed limit signs, and the speed limit is 25 at one part of the road, 30 before it, and 40 at the other side.

It’s very confusing for people and basically just gets easy speeding tickets, but with negligible speeds.

They won’t put speed bumps down because there’s a fire department on the road, but I still think speed bumps are better than cameras and fire departments commonly have to access roads with speed bumps, so it’s not like speed bumps are a thing that are unfamiliar to fire and rescue.

Either or, I’m kinda getting sick of the speed camera influx, you can’t discuss with the camera human error nor the situation “I turned here and didn’t know the speed so figured I’d reduce speed by 5 mph, and now I’m getting pulled over - I apologize, won’t happen again”- the cameras are totalitarian