Recent News about Prince George's County (19 May 2009)

Note: Posting resumed, no summaries were posted from 16 Apr 2009 - 18 May 2009.  See additional note below.

• POST: Bill Links High-Level, Rank-and-File Raises; Proposal Follows Criticism of Automatic Pay Increases (Wiggins) http://tinyurl.com/pdgnzp
  
• POST: Del. Pauline Menes obituary http://tinyurl.com/oyqcvq 
• POST: Md. Road Projects Lose Out To Purple Line as Costs Rise (Shaver) http://tinyurl.com/qde4q5
• RT @wusa9 District's Oak Hill To Close : DCt's controversial youth prison, Oak Hill Reformatory [Laurel], is closing .. http://tr.im/lOGN 
• GAZETTE: County Notes: Audit faults county hiring practices Human resources director says process will improve http://tinyurl.com/p39dbb 
• GAZETTE: Prince George's lags in closed cases; About one in four violent crimes solved in county (Valentine) http://tinyurl.com/okarcb 
• GAZETTE: Anger mounts over canceled police station; Fort Washington residents say community .. needs facility http://tinyurl.com/pa8l26 
• GAZETTE: Menes, longtime state delegate, dies at 84 http://tinyurl.com/qclmbc 
• POST: Board Retracts Lease for HQ; Canceled Deal .. Will Cost System $11 Million Succumbed to Legislative Pressure http://tinyurl.com/ols6ru 
• RT @mdpolitics Longtime Prince George's Legislator [Pauline Menes] dies over the weekend: http://tinyurl.com/rxgt9n 
• RT @STATter911: Money woes halt repairs to fire trucks & ambulances in Prince George's... PGFD confirms some service gaps. http://tr.im/lJ76 
• RT @wusa9 Disney To Build Resort At National Harbor : The resort plans include a 500-room venue on 15 acres of land over.. http://tr.im/lKij 

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(Posted 19 May  2009)