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I think the letter is a bit of "chest thumping" by a few Delegates on the shore and in the rural areas who have been promoting their anti-Omalley campaign, "War on Rural Md."

Otherwise....as you noted, they would have taken the time to get more people onboard.

With legislation, the more cosponsors a bill has, typically the more serious it's taken. And in this state, any bill being proposed by a Republican is rarely given a second glance. Same applies to this letter I'm afraid.