Recent Prince George's County News (17 Aug 2011)

• Notice: Some older (pre-2008) PG-Politics and Gory Prince George's pages have been taken offline is.gd/uVPXPt
• 18 Aug 2011 (Thu)
• 6:30 pm, District 6 candidate forum (AKA, NAACP, LWV), Largo Student Center, PGCC is.gd/i2dTXv

Gory Prince George's
This year:76 (one every 72 hours); this time last year: 59  (one every 93 hours).

• Steele, Thelma Elaine, 92, (1.075), 15 Aug 2011
• GoryPG: Thelma Elaine Steele, 92 (1.075), 15 Aug 2011, 8:23 pm, East Avenue, 2900 block, District Heights, 20747 (7/25) is.gd/DfO62A 
• postlocal Police say the home of a 92-year-old woman found slain in Forestville had been ransacked - wapo.st/nxQCyU
• darcyspencer 16 year old charged in district heights elder murder
• ABC7News William Fitts, 15, arrested in slaying of 92-year-old Thelma Steele. wj.la/o3wZmz
• wusa9 15-year-old arrested in 92-year-old Thelma Steele's murder in Maryland: bit.ly/pFGjuJ
• darcyspencer Suspect in elder pgco murder is 15. Just now leaving police hq
• postlocal 15-year-old arrested in 92-year-old woman's death in Pr. George's County. wpo.st/Nkm3
• PGPDPressOffice Col. Howard makes statement to media reference homicide arrest in Forestville yfrog.com/h466onvj
• JummyABC7 15-year-old boy arrested for killing 92-ear-old neighbor in District Heights | WJLA.com wjla.com/articles/2011/… via @TBD
• PGPDPressOffice Police Make Quick Arrest in Homicide Investigation on East Avenue: pgpolice.blogspot.com/2011/08/police…
• wusa9 Brother defends 15-year-old arrested in 92-year-old woman's death: bit.ly/q0CqdA #elderlymurders
• wusa9 "Mrs. Steele loved William, and I think William felt very highly about her," 15-year-old murder suspect's brother says bit.ly/oYvKb3
• darcyspencer Relatives of thelma, 92, steele say she treated 15 year old accused killer like one of her own grandkids 
• Do Lan Mu, 50, (1.076), 17 Aug 2011
• PGPDPressOffice PGPD investigating homicide in 3500blk Cherryvale Dr, Beltsville.
• News4Today A woman was murdered on Cherryvale Drive in Beltsville. Prince George's County Police & @MeganMcGrath4 are on the scene.
• ABC7News Prince George’s County police are investigating a homicide in Beltsville. wj.la/oImZc3
• postlocal Police probe killing of woman in Beltsville overnight wpo.st/Kkm3
• nbcwashington "Person of interest" held in Beltsville death: bit.ly/nEaL64
• ABC7News UPDATE: A person in handcuffs was led out of a Beltsville home where a woman was killed Wednesday morning. wj.la/oImZc3
• wusa9 Woman Found Murdered In Beltsville bit.ly/pEzrda
• News_PGCounty County police investigating Beltsville homicide. tinyurl.com/3mnuxxf
• News_PGCounty Prince George's police have suspect in Beltsville homicide in custody tinyurl.com/4yzc38f
• PGPDPressOffice Police Make Quick Arrest in Domestic Homicide in Beltsville: pgpolice.blogspot.com/2011/08/police…
• wusa9 Police say they have arrested a man in the Beltsville murder from this morning. Details soon on wusa9.com #murder
• wusa9 Man arrested in Beltsville woman's death was living in the same home: bit.ly/qgPm5n
• postcrime 50-year-old woman slain in domestic dispute in Beltsville wapo.st/pzOppp

Public Safety

• RiverdalePatch #PGCounty gang experts give advice about bullying, gangs: patch.com/A-lk14 #back2school
• PGPDPressOffice Identity of Suspects Sought in Residential Armed Robbery in College Park: pgpolice.blogspot.com/2011/08/police…
• PGPDPressOffice Suspect Wanted for Commercial Armed Robbery in Accokeek: pgpolice.blogspot.com/2011/08/wanted…
• PGPDPressOffice PGPD Implements The Automated Speed Enforcement Program bit.ly/qMO25L
• PGFDPIO Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department Announces Participation in National Preparedness Month... pgfdpio.blogspot.com/2011/08/prince…
• darcyspencer Umcp cops nab scooter thieves nixle.us/7STDE

County Government and Politics

• Post: Commercial foreclosures threaten Prince George’s tax base is.gd/RhHmlC 
• Examiner: Report: P.G. relies too heavily on feds for health funds is.gd/QWowXW 
• KateRyanWTOP Residents in MOCO, PG and DC who lived thru winter/summer outages noted that no past MD PSC member was served by Pepco..
  
• Special Election: 
• postlocal Sherlock Holmes book removed from school reading list for being anti-Mormon. is.gd/TrBdqR Dist 6 has anti-Mormon cand (Turner)

State Government and Politics

• Gazette: State: Jobs, investment down from a year ago in Maryland is.gd/WTAs87.
• TBDNewsTalk Md. AG Doug Gansler says under-funded Special Prosecutors office isn't needed. Says other state, local prosecutors can do what OSP does..

Big Brother Is Watching Us:

• College Park
• WTOPinMD AAA questions accuracy of College Park speed cameras bit.ly/oqLzdb #WTOP
• WTOP: AAA points to camera on Mettzerott: "It does not comply to state standards or county standards for school zones" is.gd/cTJ7jw.
• CollegePrkPatch Today's press event challenging the accuracy, legality of placement of a speed camera is at 11 a.m. See No. 1: patch.com/A-lkqz
• WTOP #AAA questions accuracy of #CollegePark speed cameras: bit.ly/r5hFH4
• postlocal AAA: Remove speed camera in College Park. wapo.st/qfaeuQ
• ABC7News College Park speed cameras under fire. wj.la/pH7blq
• GGLaurelLeader MidAtlantic AAA officials and residents challenge accuracy of speed cameras in College Park, Md.and whether they meet state regulations
• CollegePrkPatch A bit from Wednesday's press conference challenging the Optotraffic speed camera accuracy and placement:... fb.me/Slz6Wu2q
• County
• PGPDPressOffice: PGPD Implements Automated Speed Enforcement Program Within County School Zones bit.ly/ocwBPL #BigBrother
• PGPDPressOffice PGPD Implements The Automated Speed Enforcement Program bit.ly/qMO25L

Education

• MDPolicy #Mossburg: Teacher #unions have gone from oppressed to oppressor in the past 100 years. http://ow.ly/65qly .
• Cracked.com: The 6 Dumbest Things Schools Are Doing in the Name of Safety is.gd/M4JLms No. 5: Banning All Photography (like PG did)

Business, Transportation and Development

• Post: Slots: A good bet for Rosecroft Raceway (Letter from Rosecroft owners refuting recent anti-slots Post editorial) is.gd/Lhw4iC.
• Post: Commercial foreclosures threaten Prince George’s tax base is.gd/RhHmlC 
• ElectSmallBiz Core wholesale inflation up most in 6 months - yhoo.it/pC85wF via @YahooFinance 
• GGLaurelLeader WSSC restricts equestrians - baltimoresun.com baltimoresun.com/explore/howard…
• ggwash If Prince George's wants upscale stores, it needs walkable development, or will face crippling traffic: ggwash.org/11700
• KateRyanWTOP Residents in MOCO, PG and DC who lived thru winter/summer outages noted that no past MD PSC member was served by Pepco.
• UMarlboroPatch New column: "Why Prince George's Needs an Indie Movie Theater," written by @TaneciaBritt -- patch.com/A-llJ0

Local (Municipalities)

• College Park:
• WTOPinMD AAA questions accuracy of College Park speed cameras bit.ly/oqLzdb #WTOP
• WTOP: AAA points to camera on Mettzerott: "It does not comply to state standards or county standards for school zones" is.gd/cTJ7jw.
• CollegePrkPatch Today's press event challenging the accuracy, legality of placement of a speed camera is at 11 a.m. See No. 1: patch.com/A-lkqz
• WTOP #AAA questions accuracy of #CollegePark speed cameras: bit.ly/r5hFH4
• postlocal AAA: Remove speed camera in College Park. wapo.st/qfaeuQ
• ABC7News College Park speed cameras under fire. wj.la/pH7blq
• GGLaurelLeader MidAtlantic AAA officials and residents challenge accuracy of speed cameras in College Park, Md.and whether they meet state regulations
  
• CollegePrkPatch A bit from Wednesday's press conference challenging the Optotraffic speed camera accuracy and placement:... fb.me/Slz6Wu2q