One thing missing from the supposed benefits from increasing Maryland's alcohol tax in Vincent DeMarco's op-ed was any mention of people with disabilities. That's strange, since the entire campaign to hike the alcohol tax was built around using the new revenue to fund services for people with disabilities and mental health problems.

When the alcohol tax was finally passed, disability services received a pittance. Instead, the revenue was primarily used to fund politically connected school construction projects. For "northeast Maryland," which presumably includes Cecil County, the General Assembly allocated $23.61 per pupil. For Baltimore City, legislators allocated $114.48 per pupil.

Even worse, while everyone who buys alcohol in the state is paying taxes, the revenue will likely be allocated to those areas represented by legislators who backed the tax hike.

The alcohol tax was supposed to benefit people with disabilities; instead, it has turned into a way to help boost the pork barrel spending for certain politicians. And yet, Mr. DeMarco didn't raise an objection to how people with disabilities were ignored in the final tax legislation and hasn't condemned the sordid political maneuvering over where the alcohol tax revenue is being spent.