Recent Prince George's County News (13 Apr 2012)

Public Safety (including public corruption)

• PGPDNews #PGPD identifies Police Officer 1st Class Tyisha Gage as the officer in the departmental shooting in #TempleHills :pgpolice.blogspot.com/2012/04/update…
• PGPDNews #PGPD Update: Suspect in police-involved shooting in #TempleHills, Joseph Halsey receives no bond.
• DCExaminerLocal Prince George's police identified a man in a stabbing connected to an officer-involved shooting bit.ly/HFF63b
• PGPDNews Reminder:For non emergency calls for service contact #PGPD at 301-352-1200.

Gambling

• bbjonline Maryland localities kept in dark on share of Mega Millions jackpot tax bizj.us/b5u05 (sub reqd).
• ben_giles Supporters of a casino for Prince George's struggle to win over Gov. Martin O'Malley. bit.ly/HMPbZO 

Other Government and Politics

• MDPolicy A win for government transparency: state officials will now post ethics disclosures online. ow.ly/agfQC
• bbjonline Op-Ed: A "doomsday" budget scenario shows Maryland's dearth of leadership, direction bizj.us/b5u19
• postlocal Maryland legislative session leaves counties bruised wapo.st/IzQZry
• WPJohnWagner O’Malley advised to hold off on some bill signings until state budget is balanced wapo.st/IPeA20
• MDPolicy MD legislators must first reach an agreement on the budget before a special #LegislativeSession. ow.ly/aggSC
• MDPolicy Donald C. Fry of the #GBC has a good summary of the cuts in the so-called #DoomsdayBudget. ow.ly/aggLS #MDpolitics #MDtweets
• WPJohnWagner O’Malley plans to meet with Maryland legislative leaders wapo.st/HD222g
• MDPolicy Seems @GovernorOMalley is taking some flak for the lack of progress made on the budget. ow.ly/aggHk #MDpolitics #MDtweets
• marylandmoment O’Malley plans to meet with Maryland legislative leaders: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said Friday that he ... wapo.st/Ih9SJa
• WashTimesLocal Budget compromise near, Md. legislators say -- bit.ly/Iu3BAr
• mdchamber Gov. Martin O’Malley, legislative leaders ponder unfinished business in Maryland ow.ly/ag2SD (via @marylandmoment)
• WPJohnWagner Gov. Martin O’Malley, legislative leaders ponder unfinished business in Maryland wapo.st/IdasaE
• mdreporter State officials' financial disclosures will now be posted online. bit.ly/HzNY4E #mdpolitics
• mdreporter State Roundup: O’Malley takes to the airwaves to say a special session can only come if there is consensus. bit.ly/HzOcc5
• gazette_net Gazette staff consulted with political insiders and observers to develop this year’s list of "winners and losers."... fb.me/103jPzGRm
• WTOPinMD Gov. O'Malley to meet with Miller, Busch bit.ly/J5lwaP #WTOP
• ben_giles Gov. O'Malley shuns blame for collapsed Md. budget deal, @hcpeterson reports. bit.ly/HMPDYa
• Local
• PGCCouncilMedia HEHS Committee meet April 19, 9:30 am, in Rm 2027 of the Co. Admin. Bldg, Upper Marlboro. .
• PGNewsWashPost Eubanks gets 2nd spot in school board vote wapo.st/IzKH6q
• PGCCouncilMedia HEHS Committee meets April 19, 9:30 am, in Rm 2027 of the Co. Admin. Bldg, Upper Marlboro.
• PGCCouncilMedia CM Mary Lehman, District 1, hosts Community Clean Up Day on April 21 at 9 am @ Powder mill Community Park, 3101 Powder Mill Rd, Adelphi.
• PGCCouncilMedia CM Ingrid Turner, D-4, hosts District 4 Town Hall mtgs - April 19 @ Kenhill Center in Bowie, and April 26 @ Greenbelt Municipal Building.
• PGD9Politico Interested in PGCPS response. RT @PostOutlook: I went to some of DC's best schools. I was still unprepared for college. wapo.st/HDGH4g

PG-Politics mailing list (Selected topics only, link to first message in topic)

• Fwd: 2012 Legislative Session Wrap-Up Letter.From: Griffith, Melony Delegate
• fyi: 2013 (State) Budget Fiasco – Citizens Must Act - See Enclosed
• Maryland legislative session leaves counties bruised
• Del Justin Ross 2012 Wrap Up to Constituents - NOT ONE WORD ABOUT TR
• Local municipalities in PGC can increase property taxes as much as t
• Rising tax revenue / income taxes for individuals / corporations pay
• Cafritz Development Circus (incomplete)
• Fw: Info on Current State/Local Budget impact without Special Sessio
• Prince George's casino supporters struggle to win over O'Malley
• F Bakers vows to keep pushing for Prince George’s casino,, Measure

Business, Transportation and Development

• Branch_Bloom: Visit #BAIBFarmersMarket every Saturday @ 9a-2p, Begin Sat 4/14, Iverson Mall: 3737 Branch Av, TempleHills
• Cafritz Development Circus
• RethinkCP WaPost: Pr. George's County Delays Decision on Whole Foods Development: goo.gl/kQ79v
• marylandmoment Prince George’s delays decision on Whole Foods development: Supporters of the plan to bring a mixed-use developm... wapo.st/IPZPvG
• RethinkCP County District Council Recessed Hearings for Cafritz Development until April 30th: patch.com/A-szwS via @RiverdalePatch 
• ABC7News Is Whole Foods coming to Prince George’s County? wj.la/HDCKfO
• RiverdalePatch The District Council quickly continued its Cafritz hearing to Monday, April 30 at 10 a.m.: patch.com/A-szwS
• RiverdalePatch The District Council resumed its Cafritz hearing Friday before immediately recessing to Monday, April 30 at 10 a.m.