Recent Prince George's County News (22 Feb 2011)

Public Safety

• Gory Prince George's:
  •  Perry, Shawn Antonio, 18 (9.052)
  • PGCrime  Murder charges dropped after prosecutors unable to locate witness to 2009 shooting - http://tinyurl.com/4jqmlnh
  • Cooper, George. H., 25, (0.059), 22 Aug 2010
  • ZoeTillman  Mother sues #PrinceGeorge's County, #Forestville club after son killed inside http://bit.ly/i3E0Dd
• Crime & Police:
  • Examiner: Report: Little improvement at Cheltenham youth facility since fatal attack http://is.gd/hgQ5qo 
  • laurelleader  Two arrested by @CityofLaurel police after drug investigation. Quarter-pound of marijuana recovered http://bit.ly/e2nSRg
  • PGPDPressOffice  Check out this site: http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2011/02/prince-georges-office-saves-man-from.html  
  • BowiePatch  Acting Police Chief Nesky says the city will use #PGCounty training facilities for the 1st time, to train 4 Bowie officers in April. 
  • BowiePatch  Nesky says that Bowie's new CID closed 51% of cases in 2010 (Nov 1- end) and is right now at 63% for 2011- Says, "Crazy numbers"

2011 Maryland General Assembly

• Bills sponsored by PG members:
• Examiner: P.G. council wants to charge fee for foreclosure cleanups http://is.gd/SxUK7y (Spons. by Sen. Ramirez, D-47) 
• kidjk  BOARD RESOLUTION- League Backs Valentino-Smith Bill for Funding Transparency: http://t.co/EemdTNJ
• Budget & Taxes:
• MDPolicy  Let's be honest: raising taxes so we can continue spending isn't helping our children, it's hurting them http://su.pr/6Dzich #MD #politics
• TBD  Just how tough would Maryland's proposed alcohol tax be on drinkers' wallets? @TBDFactsMachine checks it out: http://tbd.ly/gqGGDg  
• bbjonline: Six Md. senators push to restore cuts to transportation, schools through taxes on consumers, businesses http://bizj.us/b1tgt The six senators include PGs Rosapepe (D-21) and Pinsky (D-22) who have sponsored numerous bill that would increase spending, including pork
• mddailyrecord  Md. Senate Dems float new budget, $827M in taxes. http://bit.ly/dVpn7B  
• mdreps  MD Dems want you to pay $827M in new taxes http://bit.ly/hb13ju  
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Government & Politics

• County:
• Examiner: P.G. council wants to charge fee for foreclosure cleanups http://is.gd/SxUK7y (Spons. by Sen. Ramirez, D-47) 
• roswellencina: The Pratt Library is one of the "most influential libraries on Twitter" in the world! http://ow.ly/416bb & PG's library?
• PGD9Politico  Some may not like this blog opinion, but here are my thoughts on "Why We Have Lost Our Way." http://wp.me/p15aII-1Z .
• State:
• postlocal: Voters falling between the cracks in Md. http://wapo.st/gDLloJ Registering to vote at MVA fails almost a quarter of the time 
• PGD9Politico  Never understood why DMV is responsible for voter registration. RT @postlocal Voters falling between the cracks in Md. http://wapo.st/gDLloJ
• MarkNewgent  On public sec union collective bargaining self styled progressive @GovernorOMalley disagrees w/progressive dashboard saints FDR & LaGuardia 
• insidecharmcity  RT @washingtonpost Md. prison system suspends practice of asking for prospective employees' #Facebook passwords http://wapo.st/g6UYBE 
• nbcwashington: #ACLU says O'Malley's Dept. of Corrections requires #Facebook logins from job applicants: http://bit.ly/gNCiCC  
• marylandmoment  Md. prison system suspends practice of asking for prospective employees' Facebook passwords: Maryland's Departme... http://bit.ly/gLFXbR 
• PGD9Politico  Bravo! RT @postlocal Deamonte Driver Dental Project: Prevent Md. kids from dying due to lack of access to dental care: http://wapo.st/dGzQMn  
• MDPolicy  Great examples of #unions fighting to tax YOU more so they can receive their generous wages/benefits http://su.pr/6NcCYh #MD #politics  
• MDPolicy  Maybe you've been watching what's going on in #WI with public #unions -- expect similar action here in #MD http://su.pr/8JFkTa #politics  
• MDMRN  Governor O'Malley brags about raising our taxes. http://j.mp/h5fnSL #mdtweets #mdcons  
• National:
• postpolitics  By @ThePlumLineGS | Indiana House Democrats flee the state legislature - http://wapo.st/i19vUe 
• kerpen  Seriously, Indiana too? Is fleeing the state the new standard D response to bills they don't like??? .
• Michael Smigiel: It looks like the Democrats in Indiana have fled the state ... . If only the Democratic Flu would come to Maryland! 
• RockvilleSteve  Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can't Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in… http://goo.gl/fb/udWzF
• MarkNewgent  MD faces $16 Billion funding gap for govt. retiree healthcare benes. http://bit.ly/eRIpz3 Unions say move along no problem here. #mdtweets  
• Scandals
• Times: Maryland tire importer faces fraud charges; Firm’s invoices called ‘deceptive’ http://is.gd/9yYTUH Donor to M. Steele, Rushern Baker 
• MarkNewgent  Extortion, cash bribes & corruption, just another day in the life of our one party state run by @MDDems http://wapo.st/guwheW #mdtweets .
• Big Brother:
• nbcwashington: #ACLU says O'Malley's Dept. of Corrections requires #Facebook logins from job applicants: http://bit.ly/gNCiCC 
• marylandmoment  Md. prison system suspends practice of asking for prospective employees' Facebook passwords: Maryland's Departme... http://bit.ly/gLFXbR  

Education

• PGD9Politico: Blog post updated on PGCPS budget. Please take a look at update on central office admin cuts.  
• PGD9Politico  @WillWonka17 I just added a clarification on the cuts marked "UPDATE" as a commenter pointed out some errors in my summary.
• WillWonka17  @PGD9Politico great job!! 
• PGD9Politico  @WillWonka17 Retirement incentives were not announced Saturday. Dr. Hite said they would release them today, hopefully.  
• nsmcgill  Hundreds of Prince George's residents rally in Annapolis against school cuts: http://is.gd/sIqQyN
• MDPolicy  #Unions upset about #education funding though there's little link between spending and student achievement http://su.pr/2j0iMM #MD #politics  
• PGD9Politico Crippling the public education system is vital to the corporatist elite. Keep the masses ignorant, desperate, & afraid, and guess what?
• PGD9Politico  They will then consistently do your political bidding, even against their own interests.
• UMarlboroPatch  New column by @BroVictorious: More Black Men Needed in Prince George's County Education --> http://t.co/OxG98PF 
• UMarlboroPatch  Wanna know why Prince George's schools close on light snow days? This story explains --> http://t.co/s8TDKwI 
• kidjk  BOARD RESOLUTION- League Backs Valentino-Smith Bill for Funding Transparency: http://t.co/EemdTNJ 

Business, Transportation & Development

• Gazette: Contractors aim to cash in on $34M Prince George's project ; Proposed expansion to Brandywine Crossing would... http://is.gd/nJBBtD  
• bbjonline: Six Md. senators push to restore cuts to transportation, schools through taxes on consumers, businesses http://bizj.us/b1tgt  The six senators include PGs Rosapepe (D-21) and Pinsky (D-22) who have sponsored numerous bill that would increase spending, including pork
• News_PGCounty  Aldi plans to fill the space of Giant grocery store that is closing on Thursday in Cheverly. http://tinyurl.com/66esuoo 
• fischer_biz  PG County-based Cignet Health fined $4M for HIPPA violation http://t.co/w0o4VcK #wbj  
• bbjonline  Wegmans not increasing prices in 2011 on 40 popular family items, despite price of food rising globally http://bizj.us/b1tjb  
• bbjonline  New study ranks Maryland's community banks by performance. Where does your bank stack up? http://bizj.us/b1tl9 
• MDPolicy  Ever wonder why #MD traffic and roads are so bad? Look at how complicated it is just to get anything done: http://su.pr/9JSuHi #politics  

Local (Municipalities)

• Bowie:
• BowiePatch  Acting Police Chief Nesky says the city will use #PGCounty training facilities for the 1st time, to train 4 Bowie officers in April.  
• BowiePatch  Nesky says that Bowie's new CID closed 51% of cases in 2010 (Nov 1- end) and is right now at 63% for 2011- Says, "Crazy numbers"
• Cheverly:
• News_PGCounty  Aldi plans to fill the space of Giant grocery store that is closing on Thursday in Cheverly. http://tinyurl.com/66esuoo 

Other

• RatedPGcounty The Daily is out! http://bit.ly/eY0fyv ▸ Top stories today via @dcabloob @pgfflinda @tbdfactsmachine @davidrauf @abc7julie 
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