Recent Prince George's County News (5 Feb 2012)

Public Safety

• darcyspencer UMPD-Omiesam Ockiya, 19, of Silver Spring charged in armed robbery of a UMD graduate student at the Graduate Gardens Apartments
• dbkcrime University Police arrest Omiesam Nathaniel Ockiya,19, in conjunction with the Dec. 11th armed robbery at the Graduate Gardens complex
• Scott_McCabe Man charged in robbery of U. of Maryland student: University of Maryland police have a charged a 19-year-old Sil... tinyurl.com/728ezl6

PG Gambling

• -PG-Politics Fwd: Bill would put Prince George's slots on November ballot (From Arthur Turner) is.gd/zQ1Ma1... is.gd/Fb5YjK

County Government and Politics

• Examiner: PG lawmakers are worried that Baker's proposed tax breaks for developers are too broad and would aid gambling is.gd/9eFLPo 

State Government and Politics

• Post: O'Malley & Pinsky renew bid to curb sprawl by limiting septic systems; GOP says they are "waging war on rural" MD is.gd/qVMHDU. 
• Budget and Taxes:
• Post: Tax & Spend O'Malley budget has nearly $1 billion in increased taxes & fees to finance record spending increases is.gd/LuUH9v 
• Comment posted by "Pilot1" on O'Malley budget: "Democratic values? Screwing those that pay the bills to buy the votes of those who don't."
• postlocal For Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, 2012 was not supposed to be about raising nearly $1 billion in new taxes wapo.st/yfipKe

Big Brother is watching us (and related oppression):

• WashTimesLocal Public surveillance from private property questioned wtim.es/xWsiD3 #washingtondc