Gory Prince George's
Public Safety
- CBSWashDC Gov. O’Malley Considering Commuting Life Sentences Of Two Convicted Murderers cbsloc.al/zC0UJW
- postlocal Maryland's governor will take a key step toward commuting the prison terms of inmates serving life sentences for murder wapo.st/zEgWKi
- CountyExecBaker In the wake of severe weather outbreaks nation-wide, we're reminding citizens to sign up for alerts from Notify Me ow.ly/9vzSy
- nsmcgill $3K reward offered for info in #Laurel hit-and-run Feb 29; Victim still unidentified, in critical condition, police say is.gd/Mrmiwf
- nsmcgill Police, state’s atty start financial crime prevention effort to warn #PG seniors about scammers is.gd/Uh4sfb by Erich Wagner
- ABC7News A Laurel Army vet is indicted for allegedly attempting to help a Al-Shabaab, a terrorist organization. wj.la/x7oN69
- LaurelPatch A #Laurel man is indicted by federal jury for trying to provide material support to a terrorist group.
- ABC7News A Brandywine woman was arrested for falsely claiming she had been the victim of a kidnapping and abduction. wj.la/z5SEGD
- PGCBlogging Brandywine's finest fakes her own kidnapping to avoid being charged with a crime. Duh? pgcblog.com/?p=3106
- Baynet: Charles County Sheriff's Detectives Charge Brandywine Woman in Abduction Hoax is.gd/HNrDpz
- Gazette: Police say Brandywine woman lied about Jan. kidnapping is.gd/fktEaz
- KateRyanWTOP PGFD asks for info:“@PGFDPIO: $1,000 reward for info leading to arrest of arsonist that injured seven firefighters... facebook.com/permalink.php?…”
- PGNewsWashPost Prince George’s County crime report wapo.st/xxrFCW
- RochelleReports Frmr soldier from laurel indicted for attempting to provide material support to foreign terrorist group. Craig Baxam faces 15 yrs. in prison
- RochelleReports #PGFD offers $1,000 reward for info leading to arrest of arsonist in Riverdale house fire that injured 7 #PGCounty firefighters last month.
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Corruption, Scandals and Ethics Reform:
- Karen R. Toles
- ben_giles According to PG county code, anyone with 6 or more points on their license is barred from using county-owned vehicles anyway.
- ben_giles After her latest citation, Toles could have 9 points on her license, enough for a suspension.
- LaurelPatch Did PG Councilwoman Karen Toles deserve the additional citation and $510 fine for speeding? patch.com/A-rxwh
- postlocal Karen Toles, Prince George’s council member, is charged with reckless driving wapo.st/xFev6O
- RochelleReports #PGCounty Councilwoman Karen Toles will speak to media @ 3:45p on her recent reckless driving citation related to Feb. 22 traffic stop.
- RochelleReports #PGCounty Councilmember Karen Toles will hold a press conference to address reckless driving charges related to her Feb. 22 traffic stop.
- DCExaminerLocal: P.G. County Council extends punishment for councilwoman who was issued a reckless driving citation bit.ly/w59r0b
- DanieljGross One of the shortest press conferences I've ever been to. #Toles #PGCounty
- DanieljGross CM Toles asks all those concerned to "reserve judgment and allow the legal process to run its course."
- News8NewsTalk In brief statement to reporters, Prince George's CM Karen Toles says she "sincerely regrets" that her actions have become a "distraction."
- News8NewsTalk Chief Magaw said Toles "was fine" when she was hit w/reckless driving, but her 'don't prejudge me' stance suggests a possible court fight.
- ggwash RT @tomsherwood: PG's Toles says speeding issue a "distraction." Same word Barry used on ethics. Behavior is not a distraction, it's basic.
- ben_giles CM Karen Toles hosted a presser about 30 minutes ago. Only tweeting it now because there's absolutely nothing new to report.
- ben_giles Toles apologized, said she takes the reckless driving citation "very seriously," but gave no indication of what she plans to do.
- ben_giles Toles could challenge reckless driving charges or pay the fine - meaning there would be enough points on her license to suspend it.
- ben_giles Anyway, all Toles really did was ask folks to respect the legal process and let it runs its course. Refused to take any questions.
- realpgcounty County Councilwoman Toles makes a statement indicating she plans to fight new ticket from @PGPDNEWS
- ben_giles Prince George's CM Karen Toles apologizes, doesn't say what she'll do about reckless driving charges. bit.ly/ytnFd8
- postlocal Pr. George’s council member again apologizes for alleged reckless driving, saying she takes charges "very seriously" wapo.st/wUvvII
- ABC7News Watch the full Prince George's County councilwoman Karen Toles' press conference. wj.la/Aub9Sr
- DanieljGross In case you missed yesterday's events: CM Toles apologizes for driving incident’s ‘distraction’ to county business bit.ly/ytc2O8
- CBSWashDC P.G. County Councilwoman Karen Toles Apologizes For Speeding Incident cbsloc.al/xbmEH7
- ABC7News ICYMI: Karen Toles issued another apology last night over her Capital Beltway reckless driving charge. wj.la/Aub9Sr
- ben_giles Prince George's lawmakers want to avoid a repeat of Leslie Johnson's late resignation. bit.ly/wntuWi
- PGCBlogging YET another story on Karen Toles on @abc7news8 Nothing on #CountyExecLeopold & his sexcapades, security detail abuse: pgcblog.com/?p=3095
- PGCBlogging Is the media afraid to cover County Exec. Leopold story? I'm sick of seeing Karen Toles: pgcblog.com/?p=3095
- Leslie Johnson
- MDPolicy . @mmossburg: There are two sets of rules -- one for us, and one for those in the gov. ow.ly/9vE9z
- MDPolicy Seriously a no-brainer: forcing legislators from office after they're found guilty of a crime. ow.ly/9x4hu
2012 Elections
- US Senate
- PG Board of Education
- realpgcounty Micah Watson, latest candidate for School Board to voice concerns over student voice suppression at Northwestern wp.me/p1efJr-c1
PG Gambling
- PGD9Politico I just received a call from a DC Building Trades rep who wanted to transfer me to Sen. Miller to voice support for gambling at Natl Harbor..
County Government and Politics
State Government and Politics
- CBSWashDC Gov. O’Malley Considering Commuting Life Sentences Of Two Convicted Murderers cbsloc.al/zC0UJW
- postlocal Maryland's governor will take a key step toward commuting the prison terms of inmates serving life sentences for murder wapo.st/zEgWKi
- WPJohnWagner The Post editorial board weighs in on Maryland's death penalty ... wapo.st/xOftAZ
- emilybabay Md handgun permit law ruling likely to withstand appeals, @baltimoresun reports: bsun.md/Af9kRk (more on ruling bit.ly/wpnWva)
- AnnieLinskey Sen Benson is not in the Senate chamber today bc she got into a fender bender, Miller says on the floor.
- AnnieLinskey Benson fender bender news prompts Miller to launch into story abt Currie rear ending a bus in Fla. "How do you rear end a bus?" Miller asks.
- nbcwashington Proposed law in MD would prevent employers from asking for job candidate's FB username, password bit.ly/Af0aw0
- AnnieLinskey Senate now debating whether parking spots can be set aside for those with electric cars who need to be close to charging stations.
- MDPolicy Looks like @GovernorOMalley's #redistricting map is going to be the one we use. ow.ly/9vEfz
- CNSmd Maryland Death Penalty Repeal Bill Likely to Die in Committee: cnsne.ws/yuu9bD
- gaharrison: New post - Giveth, Taketh: Eric Luedtke's & Jolene Ivey's desire to restrict the public's ability... bit.ly/wURtqq
- gaharrison New post - Giveth, Taketh: We have chronicled Eric Luedtke's desire to restrict the public's ab... bit.ly/wURtqq
- mdreporter State Roundup: Advocates hope to end death penalty; bills would keep cell phones from prisoners. bit.ly/xLb8jn
- CNSmd SB 433, a bill that prevents state employers from requiring personal email passwords from employees, passed today in the Senate.
- -PG-Politics Fwd: Re: HB127 - KILL THIS BILL ALTOGETHER: KILL HB 127 - There is no good reason to continue it!!!... yhoo.it/xISOGT
- -PG-Politics Fwd: Re: HB127 - KILL THIS BILL ALTOGETHER: Agreed. .. yhoo.it/xewNsC
- MDPolicy While almost every other sector is preparing for cuts, MD judges get $14.5k raise. ow.ly/9x3hY
- MarylandJuice ROLLING MY EYES: MD Gov O'Malley to Veto Medical Marijuana // Doug Gansler Scared Of Feds #mdpolitics fb.me/Rv34PKHO
- Budget and Taxes:
- CBSWashDC Health Advocates Want Increase On Tobacco Taxes In Maryland, Want Tax Raised $1 cbsloc.al/wCnwzF
- ben_giles Democratic lawmakers say a millionaire's tax is a better option than Gov. O'Malley's broad income tax hikes. bit.ly/zKh7wP
- bbjonline Maryland lowers revenue forecast by $131 million for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 bizj.us/b5fzp
- AnnieLinskey State board says Maryland will take in tens of millions less than expected in tax revenues. bsun.md/y7NE5G
- MDPolicy Two articles on the "millionaire's tax" from @GazPolitics ow.ly/9vErX and @dcexaminer ow.ly/9vEsV #MDpolitics #MDtweets
- mdreporter Board of Revenue Estimates reduces projections by $80 million, cites slowly growing economy. bit.ly/ysuiXF
- MDPolicy Lots of opposition to @GovernorOMalley's plan to extend the sales tax to more than 30 services. ow.ly/9vEkV
- mdreporter The Senate passed judicial raises 33-9. bit.ly/wcbgiH #mdpolitics
- mdreporter If a proposed new tobacco tax becomes law, Maryland would have the nation's highest taxes. bit.ly/AbBPW6
- MDPolicy #Walters: Some of the negative effects increased gas prices and taxes would have on MD. ow.ly/9x1mi
- mdreporter Today's roundup of news, including doomsday budget, no confidence vote in Leopold, A.A.C. police chief #mdpolitics bit.ly/wBhw2E
- MDPolicy MD's slow-growing economy forces legislators to revise revenue projects down again. ow.ly/9x3b5
- CouncilmanDLD "Proposals suggest the cost of a pension shift to #pgc could be btw $20m - $70m per year" - gazette.net/article/201201… @StopTheShift
- postlocal Few fans for teacher pension plan? An idea to shift some costs in Maryland counties merges with class-spending rule wapo.st/xlRdc6
- AnnieLinskey In the B&T committee for the decision meetings ... Will be first step on raising taxes.
- mdchamber Senate Budget & Taxation Committee should vote on the budget today, including online sales tax and digital downloads tax provisions
- mdchamber Executives tell lawmakers to back off on tax proposal ow.ly/9xmJR (via @gazette_net)
- ben_giles 4-year phased in shift of teacher #pensionshift adopted unanimously by Senate budget committee. Applies to school boards only.
- aapyles Four year pension shift for teachers approved by Senate Budget and Tax Committee. Phases in the shift
- byaaroncdavis Maryland Senate budget approves 4yr, phased shift of $250M in teacher pension costs to counties. washingtonpost.com/local/md-polit
- ben_giles School boards would pay normal pension costs for next 4 years, while county MOE costs would increase to reflect pension shift.
- AnnieLinskey Manno suggests holding off on the income tax discussion until they talk about his bill, 523, which would do small, across the board tax hike
- mdchamber B&T rejects digital downloads tax, approves online sales tax
- byaaroncdavis Md. Senate budget committee approves across the board income tax increase, washingtonpost.com/local/md-polit…
- byaaroncdavis Tax vote rejects Gov. O'Malley's proposal to focus tax increases on six-figure earners. Vote was approved 9-3, along party lines.
- byaaroncdavis Maryland's top combined tax bracket would rise to 8.95%, tied with DC for 4th highest nationwide, under Senate plan. washingtonpost.com/local/md-polit…
- CNSmd In Senate budget hearing, recommendations to Maintenance of Effort law include many elements from HB 1412: cnsne.ws/xbl6I8
- mdchamber Here is a quick update from this afternoon's Senate B&T committee action. Digital downloads tax rejected. More to come ow.ly/9xF1A
- CNSmd State Senate Moving Forward with Tobacco Tax: cnsne.ws/yocSia
- DHillMaryland Md. Senate committee favors broader, more modest tax hike to O'Malley's increase on top 20%: bit.ly/yUdTGX
Big Brother is watching us (and related oppression):
Education
Business, Transportation and Development
Local (Municipalities)
- Forest Heights:
- SecurityPark: Forest Heights Police Department install IQinVision cameras to spy on the public is.gd/wNdiPs
- Greenbelt:
Other (including news about news)
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