Gov. Martin O'Malley's gas and other tax proposals show he has lost touch with ordinary Marylanders. The governor lives in a privileged world where his children are chauffeured to private school in Baltimore while he travels around the country raising money for the Democratic Party.

How does he understand how expensive it is to drive to work or live on a pension based on your own savings? Marylanders do not need more taxes, especially the gas tax increase which will cause food prices to rise for everyone.

Maryland ranks among the five highest taxed states in the U.S. Perhaps Governor O'Malley is gong for the No. 1 ranking at the expense of his citizens.

M. Link, Baltimore