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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Recent Prince George's County News (19 Feb 2011)

Public Safety
2011 Maryland General Assembly
  • Gazette: Follow the leaders; County government isn't the only system in need of reform (Editorial) http://is.gd/gnNSZV State Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Dist. 24) of District Heights was indicted Sept. 1 on bribery charges ...
  • Budget & Taxes:
Government & Politics
  • State:
    • MD Daily Record: Strip club liquor ban unconstitutional, 4th Circuit affirms http://is.gd/tSIH1e Current PG legislators who voted for this unconstitutional law: Sen. Benson, Currie, Pinsky, Ramirez; Del. D.Davis, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Niemann, Ross, V.Turner, and current councilman Patterson #PG.Oathbreakers
    • RockvilleSteve Maryland-O'Malley admin instructs registrars to issue birth certificates naming two married moms as parents http://bit.ly/f7cpCS #mdpolitics
    • UMarlboroPatch Maryland Offers Tax-Free Weekend For Some Energy Appliances This Weekend - Upper Marlboro, MD Patch http://t.co/aOBGHoW 
  • National:
    • DTCahill: RT @MissAmericaPie TAX THE RICH Wisc! > Supt of Madison Schools makes $256,715 + $80+K BENEFITS! The Gov. only makes $137,500. .
  • Scandals
    • Gazette: Follow the leaders; County government isn't the only system in need of reform (Editorial) http://is.gd/gnNSZV (More) 
      • a judge upheld the suspension of Forest Heights Mayor Andrea McCutcheon
      • Brentwood Mayor Xzavier Montgomery-Wright has been ordered by the Town Council to repay $2,152.24 ...
      • In Morningside, Councilwoman Regina Foster inappropriately voided red-light camera tickets, according to the State Police ...
      • State Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Dist. 24) of District Heights was indicted Sept. 1 on bribery charges ...
    • Aarons4MD Loyalists of Prince George's Jack Johnson feeling betrayed http://t.co/9vdWb1C via @washingtonpost
  • Government Censorship:
  • Big Brother:
    • Gazette: Fined driver passes along the financial loss (Letter from M. McCracken) http://is.gd/MV2hW0 "Route 1 corridor is now off my map ...  "that means no more trips to Ikea, Home Depot or Best Buy. No more ... California Burrito ... That's what College Park's greed has bought." 
    • stevebuttry RT @dangillmor: Feds' shutdown of >80,000 websites should freak out journalists, but Big Media still mostly AWOL http://bit.ly/hAWs3o
Education
  • School budget work session, 19 Feb 2011: Report either tomorrow or in a separate posting
  • DTCahill: RT @MissAmericaPie TAX THE RICH Wisc! > Supt of Madison Schools makes $256,715 + $80+K BENEFITS! The Gov. only makes $137,500. 
Business, Transportation & Development
  • cherylcort More vacancy w/loss of Borders books @ Largo Metro shows need to get beyond shopping center formula. Look to Arlington's disciplined TOD. .
Local (Municipalities)
  • Brentwood:
    • Gazette: Follow the leaders; County government isn't the only system in need of reform (Editorial) http://is.gd/gnNSZV Brentwood Mayor Xzavier Montgomery-Wright has been ordered by the Town Council to repay $2,152.24 ...
  • College Park:
    • Gazette: Fined driver passes along the financial loss (Letter from M. McCracken) http://is.gd/MV2hW0 "Route 1 corridor is now off my map ...  "that means no more trips to Ikea, Home Depot or Best Buy. No more ... California Burrito ... That's what College Park's greed has bought." 
  • Forest Heights:
    • Gazette: Follow the leaders; County government isn't the only system in need of reform (Editorial) http://is.gd/gnNSZV a judge upheld the suspension of Forest Heights Mayor Andrea McCutcheon
  • Morningside:
    • Gazette: Follow the leaders; County government isn't the only system in need of reform (Editorial) http://is.gd/gnNSZV In Morningside, Councilwoman Regina Foster inappropriately voided red-light camera tickets, according to the State Police ...
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