Recent Prince George's County News (22-29 Dec 2009)

Note: Incomplete due to travel.
Reminder: Prince George's County Libraries are closed all week

Public Safety

• rt @CNSmd Critics Say State's Juvenile Detention Facility for Girls [in Laurel] Needs to be Shut Down: http://bit.ly/82uEE4 
• rt @postcrime District 1 HQ: Hyattsville 301-699-2630: crime report Prince George's Crime Watch for Dec. 24, 2009 http://bit.ly/7dUWga 
• PGPolice: “Toys for Tots” Distribution in Prince George’s County “Resounding Success!” http://bit.ly/6nXIK4 
• PGPolice: Arrest [Manuel Ramos] Made in South Barnaby Road Homicide [of Samuel Morales Hernandez, http://bit.ly/6BHtCE] http://bit.ly/5Yo6rZ 
• PGPolice: Police Locate 52 Year Old Man http://bit.ly/8rpBSh 
• PGPolice: Police Seek Assistance Locating Critical Missing Male from Mayfair Terrace http://bit.ly/8FVNBp 
• Post: Pr. George's community college police academy under fire for records; barred from conducting new training http://bit.ly/59b3N4 
• Post: Lawsuit against Pr. George's sheriff can proceed, judge rules [Calvo case; PG's lawyers stonewalling] http://bit.ly/4A2usJ 
• Gazette: Go-go show is a go despite concerns; Sim. Nov. event canceled after police said adequate security could not .. http://bit.ly/5HDnRm 
• Gazette: Go-go [at Show Place Arena] show went-went; Parks police host concert without help from county http://bit.ly/8xiITJ 
• Gazette: Serial rapist linked to five separate attacks in county, 13 on East Coast http://bit.ly/6GgfvZ 
• Gazette: Arrest made in Temple Hills homicide (of Samuel Morales Hernandez) Police track down suspect to New Jersey http://bit.ly/925mQN 
• Post: District Heights woman sentenced for mail fraud; Former Upper Marlboro bank empl connected to housing loan scheme http://bit.ly/6BJYH8 
• Gazette: Mayor Calvo will pursue lawsuit over raid; County requested case be delayed, has denied pol rept & other docs http://bit.ly/6UTqvo 
• South Laurel News: Prince George's Operation “Christmas Wrap”50 arrests, drugs, money & handguns seized http://bit.ly/7f5Cly 
• rt @postmetro Police are investigating the shooting of man outside a Capitol Heights restaurant and catering business. http://bit.ly/3TOREt 
• rt @MDNews_WTOP Prince George's Co. police find body in [Oxon Hill] hotel http://bit.ly/71GXeI 
• rt @ABC7News PG Co. Police Find Body in Hotel : http://clkurl.com/i.cfm/tw690995 
• rt @myfoxdc Body Found in Burning Car: PG County fire officials say a body was found in a burning car ... http://tinyurl.com/ygr6oam 
• rt @MDNews_WTOP Body found in burning car near Brandywine http://bit.ly/8Fur7P 
• rt @ABC7News Police Find Man Shot, Dead in Car : http://clkurl.com/i.cfm/tw690768 
• rt @ABC7News Md. Counties Get $2M to Fight Gangs : http://clkurl.com/i.cfm/tw690769
• PGPolice: Police Investigate Homicide on Central Avenue (2652) http://bit.ly/4Qi13I 
• PGPolice: Body of Victim Found on Oxon Hill Road Identified (2651) http://bit.ly/8VKUfe 
• PGPolice: Police Investigate Homicide after Body Found on Oxon Hill Road (2650) http://bit.ly/6L77VZ 

Education

• Gazette: Schools budget to fall $42M; Projected $1.7 billion plan for county recommends cutting 490 positions http://bit.ly/7VQCWT 

Politics

• Gazette: Will state pull the plug on new voting machines? System's burden on counties, merger of suppliers stoke worry http://bit.ly/5pjjze 
• rt @TeamRonMiller My latest, "The Individual Mandate vs. The U.S. Constitution - It's On!" http://is.gd/5y715
• rt @Wandaforthe47th I posted 3 photos on Facebook in the album "Wanda in the community" http://bit.ly/4wRCYZ 
• rt @Hogan4Maryland Despite growing Fed Govt, MD is 1 of only 8 states where unemployment went up .. O'M's anti-business, anti-jobs agenda 
• rt @justinready Incredible! MD is 1 of only 8 states where unemployment rose last month. That's w/fed govt jobs growing. 
• rt @MDReporter Analysis by @lenlazarick: Legislative staff predicting budget cuts, tax increases to balance books.... http://bit.ly/5ihuLO 
• rt @EdPriola Comparison study 2: the gas tax is 0.235% in Maryland, 0.23% in Delaware and only 0.19% in Virginia 
• rt @EdPriola Comparison study 3: top corporate income tax is 8.25% in Maryland and 6% in VA. Still wonder why businesses leave MD? 
• rt @Hogan4Maryland More grandstanding from O'Malley on electricity rates...after three years of showboating, rates are up 90%
• rt @marylandmoment Miller says alcohol tax hike "not going to happen": MD Sen Pres Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. on Fri ... http://bit.ly/6SOs4r 
• mce-watch: Mikulski, Cardin sell Marylanders out http://bit.ly/89DtPu 
• Post: Prince George's group asks judge to overturn zoning vote http://bit.ly/6hC6eM 
• Post: Lorraine M. Sheehan, 72; fought for rights of disabled (& Dist. 25 Del., 1974-83) http://bit.ly/51TlW8 
• Gazette: Sen. Harrington to propose partial ban of fast-food restaurants (and reduce jobs during high unemployment?) http://bit.ly/8A3M7R 
• Gazette: Tax snacks to raise money for obesity prevention; Idea was tried before in state, but ran into opposition http://bit.ly/8A3M7R 
• Wash Informer: Glenn Ivey Eyes a Run for Congress http://bit.ly/6etfz2 
• rt @postmetro George Owings looks ready to announce that he'll challenge Martin O'Malley for governor of Maryland. http://bit.ly/5xcokm 
• rt @MDNews_WTOP Md. lawmakers again discuss WSSC split http://bit.ly/7MTUFq 
• rt @ABC7News Sideline Employees Demand Pay : http://clkurl.com/i.cfm/tw690535 
• Gazette: Woman found dead in Oxon Hill hotel room; D.C. resident's death being investigated as homicide http://bit.ly/8qvTGH 
• Post: Body found in burning car near Brandywine (on Baden Naylor Road) http://bit.ly/4YklTg (No police press release online) 
• GoryPG: Ricardo Eugene Ray, 18 (9.095), 28 Dec 2009, 3:25 am, Central Avenue, 7300 block, Capitol Heights, 20743 http://bit.ly/8HXbSO 
• GoryPG: Laurie Ann Moore Waggoner, 30 (9.094), 27 Dec 2009, 12:26 pm Oxon Hill Road, 6300 block, Oxon Hill, 20745 http://bit.ly/5Rd6qd 
• rt @marylandmoment Storm delivers blow to PG's budget: We're still waiting on final numbers, but PG officials said ... http://bit.ly/5g6t5M 
• rt @statter911 PGFD responds to union press release on staffing during recent multi-alarm fires: http://bit.ly/4GQzYe
• Examiner: Government intervention not slowing foreclosures in Maryland http://bit.ly/6WI3gd 
• Post: Greenbelt attorney dismayed after conviction (money laundering, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, taxes, etc.) http://bit.ly/7RsR1y
• Gazette: Man's body found in burning car in Baden; Prince George's police investigating possible suicide http://bit.ly/5msa3Q 
• Gazette: Man shot, killed after Capitol Heights concert; Band defends music after police allege link between show, de.. http://bit.ly/7FXk4y 

Other

• rt @ABC7News Wash. Times Cuts Sunday Edition : http://clkurl.com/i.cfm/tw689458 
• rt @DCRTV Wash Times announces scaled back, cont. circ Mon--Fri politics-oriented ed. to launch on 1/4. http://dcrtv.com No sports or local
• rt @ggwash Cyclists who commute thru PG park told not at night; all park facilities close at dark .. except car roads. http://bit.ly/7IiNUy 
• rt @ABC7News 'The Sideline' Shuts Down http://clkurl.com/i.cfm/tw690232 "Employees are wondering if they'll receive a final paycheck." 
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