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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Recent Prince George's County News (21 Mar 2012)

Gory Prince George's
Public Safety
Corruption, Scandals and Ethics Reform:
  • MDPolicy #Kilmer: MD politicians push for higher taxes simply because they can't say no to lobbyists. ow.ly/9NfMh 
  • mdreporter Md. govt gets poor grade for corruption prevention, transparency #mdpolitics bit.ly/GCm2BG
  • AnnieLinskey Senate debating bill to require that ethics forms from general assembly members be posted online
  • AnnieLinskey Zirkin wants ALL elected officials - including county council members - to be required to post ethics forms online too. SB920
  • AnnieLinskey Miller weighs into debate on ethics disclosures, says members of PG county council "should definitely" post ethics forms online. 
  • WPJohnWagner Md Senate tied up over whether to require county and local officials to put ethics disclosures online, too
  • WPJohnWagner Senate President Miller, on Md online ethics disclosure bill: "The Prince George's County Council, they should definitely be on this"
  • ben_giles Miller on posting financial records of officials online: "The Prince George's County Council, they should definitely be!" #yukyuk
  • MDPolicy MD receives a D- for corruption prevention and a C+ for gov. spending transparency. ow.ly/9N8vO 
  • ben_giles Report card on state corruption risks added some heat to Md. Senate's online disclosure debate. bit.ly/GE3s77 via @StateIntegrity
  • ben_giles Bill was special ordered until Thurs - debate stuck on whether local elected officials should have financial disclosures online, too.
2012 Elections
PG Gambling
    County Government and Politics
    • PGCCouncilMedia Council Member Eric Olson D-3, will host a District 3 Town Hall Mtg Mar. 29 from 6:30-8:30 pm, @ Parkdale HS, 6001Good Luck Rd in Riverdale.
    • PGCCouncilMedia Council launched FY 2013 Budget web page. To access web page, click princegeorgescountymd.gov ; click County Council, click FY 2013 Budget logo.
    State Government and Politics
    Education
    Local (Municipalities)
    • Greenbelt:
      • -PG-Politics Fwd: Fwd: **IMPORTANT** Change in delivery for Greenbeklt PD Press Releases and ... is.gd/y8AD0v
    • Mount Rainier:
    Other (including news about news)

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