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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Recent Prince George's County News (14 Mar 2012)

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    Public Safety
    PG Gambling
      County Government and Politics
      • ben_giles PG County Exec Rushern Baker, MontCo Exec Ike Leggett up next to testify in favor of O'Malley's gas tax.
        • KateRyanWTOP PG County Exec Rushern Baker says raising the gas tax 'will help us in Prince George's County"
        • ben_giles PG Exec Baker: We in Prince George's have done all we can to raise revenue to fix roads by ourselves.
      • -PG-Politics Fwd: ACCE$ING THE EDI FUND: Peace & Blessings, This is the $50 million tax payer funded program. ... is.gd/eoOkFe 
      State Government and Politics
      • ben_giles Lawmakers try to keep retirees from leaving Maryland, but face a tough fight in the midst of the Senate budget debate.bit.ly/yuMTHU
      • CNSmd Debate in MD Senate is now dealing with a bill which would prohibit smoking in a car containing a young child . 
        • marylandmoment Ban on smoking in cars with young children clears Md. Senate: The Maryland Senate on Wednesday approved a bill t... wapo.st/zYhzbK
      • Budget and Taxes:
        • GazPolitics Bill would exempt eminent domain payments from state taxes: bit.ly/xv0Btg
        • WTOPinMD Md. Gov shops gas tax to legislative committees bit.ly/zr2YhD 
          • WashTimesLocal O'Malley seeks support for #Maryland gas tax hike wtim.es/wrF7HC 
          • ben_giles Support for a gas tax increase in Maryland wanes, according to Senate President Miller. bit.ly/yIPvIx (more)
          • ben_giles Just as Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to pitch his gas tax hike to House and Senate panels this afternoon.
          • CountyExecBaker Today I'm in Annapolis testifying on the gas tax, b/c I know that without an increase, we can't maintain the infrastructure citizens deserve
          • RochelleReports Folks gather on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis to protest the Governor's proposal to raise #MD's gas tax. yfrog.com/o0sqfaj
          • PKBNews Rally against the gas tax @AFPMD wants to know when @GovernorOMalley last paid at the pump. twitpic.com/8w8zer
          • ben_giles Gov. O'Malley now testifying before joint House panel in favor of his gas tax proposal (6 percent added over 3 years).
          • ben_giles O'Malley: Costs of not passing the gas tax hike are greater in the long run than voting to raise the tax.
          • ben_giles O'Malley: Without gas tax, how many fewer jobs do we need? How many bridges can we shut down? How much less time can we spend with families?
          • AFPMD "yes we're all against taxes" - Governor Martin O'Malley during his testimony for his 6% sales at on gas. Did I hear that right?
          • AFPMD Yes I heard that right. If we were all against taxes @GovernorOMalley then why have you run yearly billion dollar plus deficits every year?
          • MDPolicy We've updated our study on the #GasTax increase to reflect @GovernorOMalley's sales tax plan: ow.ly/9Ewa6 
          • ben_giles PG County Exec Rushern Baker, MontCo Exec Ike Leggett up next to testify in favor of O'Malley's gas tax.
          • KateRyanWTOP PG County Exec Rushern Baker says raising the gas tax 'will help us in Prince George's County"
          • ben_giles PG Exec Baker: We in Prince George's have done all we can to raise revenue to fix roads by ourselves.
          • AFPMD And Governor O'Malley wants to slap a 6% sales tax on gasoline on hard working, blue collar families in Maryland? fb.me/1xSPdiCIr
          • CBSWashDC O’Malley’s Official Gas Tax Pitch Gets Cold Reception From Lawmakers  
        • -PG-Politics Fwd: MdD lawmakers approve controversial pay raise for judges: I thought the state did not have any money is.gd/BLX7cc 
        • -PG-Politics Fwd: Re: Tax Breaks for Millionaires / Legislative Taking of Charter Gove: I don't understand this ... yhoo.it/Al2rPr 
        • MDPolicy #Michael: Why MD should consider shifting teacher #pensions, or adopting a more aggressive reform ow.ly/9Evxu 
        • AnnieLinskey Sitting in the MD Senate listening to debate on raising the income tax ... these votes tend to happen late, late, late.
        •  employees
        • AnnieLinskey Brinkley is comparing the proposed "Amazon tax" to the "tech tax" from 2007. "We've had that lesson before," he says.
          • AnnieLinskey Whoa. Very close vote on the Amazon tax. Miller has exactly the 24 votes he needs.
          • AnnieLinskey Amazon tax passes 25 to 21. Jeesh. Very close.
        • AnnieLinskey Pipkin says Maryland is "making tax history" by considering a higher tax on anyone making more than $500K.
      Big Brother is watching us (and related oppression):
      • nsmcgill #Greenbelt to start speed camera program; Enforcement around schools could begin as soon as this summer is.gd/SCe5Z7 by @hmnunn
      • CNSmd Debate in MD Senate is now dealing with a bill which would prohibit smoking in a car containing a young child
        • marylandmoment Ban on smoking in cars with young children clears Md. Senate: The Maryland Senate on Wednesday approved a bill t... wapo.st/zYhzbK
      Business, Transportation and Development
      • kytja PG County jury convicts former #WMATA boss in overtime scam. Man could face 30 yrs behind bars: bit.ly/yG4syV
        • darcyspencer WMATA supervisor Alfred Atanga of Lanham was convicted of theft over $10k for falsifying the timesheets of three WMATA
        • nsmcgill #Lanham man convicted on theft after inflating payroll hrs for WMATA staff says PG state's atty's office. More coming @ gazette.net
      Local (Municipalities)
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