Recent Prince George's County News (17 Jan 2012)

Gory Prince George's

• Tann, Brian Keith, 43, (2.002), 12 Jan 2012
• PGPDNEWS #PGPD has arrested 21 year-old Thomas Everett Chester III, in connection with the fatal shooting in #Landover :pgpolice.blogspot.com/2012/01/police…
• postlocal Man charged with fatally shooting acquaintance in Landover wapo.st/wkcm61
• DCExaminerLocal A 21-year-old Prince George's County man has been arrested in the shooting death of an acquaintance bit.ly/yotouY
• Hunt, Perry Earl, 31, (2.003), 13 Jan 2011
• PGPDPressOffice UPDATE: #PGPD has arrested 28 year-old Jamik Mathew Sumby with the fatal stabbing on Doewood Ln. #CapitolHeights twitpic.com/88ihdd
• PGPDNEWS Police make arrest in homicide on Doewood Lane in #CapitolHeights:bit.ly/wGOHm8.

Public Safety

• alanhenney DC police officer ROBBED at L & K Liquors, 1703 Kenilworth Av in Capitol Heights.
• emilybabay The suspect in violent home invasions in MoCo & PG is a convicted killer and sex offender bit.ly/waj46P
• darcyspencer Sources-Kevin Ray released on mandatory parole in 2009, was in compliance w parole, sex offender registry. He's in court today.
• darcyspencer Prosecutor-kevin ray confessed to home invasion robberies, sex assaults
• CNSmd Prince George's county has had largest number of fatal crashes for a number of years
• RiverdalePatch An assault, a holdup, and a breaking & entering in progress in this week's Riverdale Park police blotter: patch.com/A-ql1G

2012 Elections

• postlocal 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, poll finds. Do you? wapo.st/yFEe2U via @postpolitics
• US House, District 4
• AnnieLinskey PG congresswoman [Donna Edwards] joins same-sex marriage battle. bsun.md/ydRmQS
• WPJohnWagner Donna Edwards speaks out for same-sex marriage rights wapo.st/ydz5y8
• US Senate
• UMarlboroPatch #UpperMarlboro Man Running for Senate -- patch.com/A-qlGB
• darcyspencer Upper Marlboro Man Running for Senate - Upper Marlboro, MD Patch uppermarlboro.patch.com/articles/upper…
• CNSmd Internet #strike in opposition of #SOPA and #PIPA slated for tomorrow. What will your world be like without Wikipedia, Reddit, or Wordpress? Note. Sen. Ben Cardin is a co-sponsor of PIPA.

County Government and Politics

• Think2xB4USlice PGC Council emerged from annual retreat with possible plans to expand tax base to erase 125M budget shortfall wapo.st/zdTPwH
• LaurelPatch Light legislative day at Prince George's County Council meeting. Roughly four pieces of legislation introduced..

State Government and Politics

• Bills sponsored by Prince George's legislators (16 Jan 2012) is.gd/39G9ZH
• AnnieLinskey Two MD lawmakers want to re-affirm the 17th Amendment (hats off to anyone who knows what it does). bsun.md/zLhGYZ
• Gazette: State Board of Elections sorts out software hiccups; All 2,700 campaign finance accounts to be transferred ... is.gd/oTusuq 
• GazPolitics Board of Elections sorts out software hiccups: tinyurl.com/896g9x4
• -PG-Politics Fwd: Josh Kurtz: Miller?s Crossing: articles.centermaryland.org/?p=3721 ... Josh Kurtz: Mill... yhoo.it/zONoIU
• -PG-Politics Fwd: State Senator Jim Rosapepe Releases Massive List of Prominent Adviso: http://www.marylandjuice... yhoo.it/zaM0E8. 
• MarylandJuice Sen. Jim Rosapepe Launches New Website for 2014 Comptroller Race #mdpolitics fb.me/1nu80ByaQ
• Budget and Taxes:
• MDPolicy The list of taxes that @GovernorOMalley wants to raise this year is just staggering. ow.ly/8wvp9 
• WashTimesLocal O'Malley budget expected to call for Maryland tax increases ow.ly/1gL39o
• GazPolitics Gas tax won't be part of O'Malley's budget announcement tomorrow, says gov's spokeswoman
• WashTimesLocal O'Malley budget to include tax increases, pension shift ow.ly/1gLRYo
• mdreporter State Roundup: O'Malley may end state paying most of teacher pension costs; budget to include “Health Enterprise Zones” bit.ly/zb0ISw
• AnnieLinskey Miller says he's "very pleased" that O'M will propose shifting some of the teacher pension costs to the locals. bsun.md/zx0p88
• News8NewsTalk County leaders fear O'Malley will seek to shift burden for teacher pensions to the counties. Move would hit Montgomery and Pr. Geo. hard.
• AnnieLinskey MD pension system will be 80 percent funded by 2024, says the exec director of the system.
• ABC7News Gov. O'Malley will shift some teacher pension costs to Maryland counties, Md. Senate president says. wj.la/xtuQHD

Education

• moses100000 Schools’ about-face on self-esteem washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
• moses100000 School employees have until midnight Feb. 12 to apply for the retirement incentive program, gazette.net/article/201201…
• moses100000 New leadership needed in District 1 this fall. @DavidHMurray are you ready?
• josephlkitchen "@LaFoots: PrGeo's schools need strong School Board members like @josephlkitchen and @EdwardBurroughs to fight for their students!" Thanks

Business, Transportation and Development

• ggwash Congress dawdles on FBI relocation authorization, but counties are still bidding: wapo.st/wSqKbw on ggwash.org/13387
• DCExaminerLocal The District and Prince George's want to steal the Redskins’ headquarters away. Loudoun County is striking back. bit.ly/AnmxLc
• postlocal Md. business owners are frustrated and somewhat dour about 2012 wapo.st/AherMc
• GazPolitics InvestMaryland, job creation credits face scrutiny: tinyurl.com/7caf4jh

Local (Municipalities)

• Riverdale Park:
• RiverdalePatch An assault, a holdup, and a breaking & entering in progress in this week's Riverdale Park police blotter: patch.com/A-ql1G

Other (including news about news)

• CNSmd Internet #strike in opposition of #SOPA and #PIPA slated for tomorrow. What will your world be like without Wikipedia, Reddit, or Wordpress? Note. Sen. Ben Cardin is a co-sponsor of PIPA
• MarylandJuice #voteforthenet and work to defeat any candidate who supports the Protect IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act — voteforthenet.com.