The White House has asked Patch to extend an invitation to our readers to submit questions to the President and his administration. The White House will pick five questions from across Patch and respond via video.
(We're not quite sure if the President, himself, will answer).
How often does the President ask Ellicott City residents what they think?
Exactly.
Let's get his attention. All you have to do is provide the following:
- Name of person submitting question
- City, State
- Twitter handle of submitter (if applicable)
- Your question
You can add them to our comment section or send them directly to me at brandie@patch.com
The deadline is noon tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 25.
The State of the Union Address is set to begin tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. It will be on most broadcast channels and you can also watch it live online.
Maybe it will leave you with questions.
Maybe Patch can get those questions answered.
city: Baltimore, MD question: Are you going to comply with the Georgia judge and the subpoena to appear for the "Birther Case" or show that you are above the law and refuse to appear.
Obama: You said 'everyone should play by the same rules', then great, why not have everyone pay the same income tax rate -- 15%, 18%, whatever ?? No one pays zero and everyone has skin in the game. And don't answer that soc sec taxes are included, because that is a specific system with a specific bft formula, that because of the 90%, 32%, 15% factors for calculating the final ss bft, benefits lower-paids BETTER than higher-paids. So don't answer with any reference to SS. That's already an income redistribution system from higher-to-lower paids. And while I'm asking, why don't you release your Occidental and Columbia transcripts and all papers (grad thesis, applications) ??? -Steve Bourg, Ellicott City, MD -- twitter handle: mrbogey
2nd~ With exception of a few items, it seemed like the president's state of union articulated same themes as GOP candidates. I thought something odd about this ~ including his disclosure of his demonstrated inability to get the members of his own party to support his initiatives when they controlled congress and now to support him. One can be smart, but if your colleagues shun you, they render you ineffective. 3rd~ In regards to GOP candidates, I thinking purely of getting the job done ~ if we were possible to wrap all 3 into 1~ good chance to pull the country out of it’s slump in short order. ~Romney could develop plans to clear waste, create efficiencies and creative initiatives to generate business and revenues and thus jobs ~Newt could work the inside to get them implemented & ~Paul the watchdog to assure they did not stray outside the boundaries of the intent of the constitution. Hopefully, as the GOP begins to narrow to 1 candidate, it will combine the themes of all 3 and articulate a 4 yr plan forward for US. I believe both parties will grab on to a 4 yr plan (parties already have similar themes as articulated by Obama’s). In the end they all have a chance to be winners and create a better environment for constituents.