Recent Prince George's County News (15 - 17 Feb 2016)

• General:
• Bruce Leshan: @BruceLeshan: 
• #Maryland is one of few states where there's no criminal penalty for failing to report suspected child abuse. @wusa9 #DeonteCarraway : View details
• PGCCouncilMedia: @PGCCouncilMedia: 
• Council’s PZED committee voted unanimously to prohibit “fracking” of natural gas. Bill now goes to full Council... pic.twitter.com/hry6NUdeeU : View photo
• General Assembly 2016:
• Pete Piringer: @mcfrsPIO: 
• Annapolis Law makers attempt to amend/weaken lifesaving Residential Sprinkler laws Hearing MD HB19 youtube.com/watch?v=y3TxG7… via youtube : View details ·
• Baltimore Business: @BaltBizOnline: 
• Airbnb operators "tearing their hair out" over bill that would apply Maryland sales tax bizj.us/1launm pic.twitter.com/4wVJlpqEf4 : View photo
• NBCWashington: @nbcwashington: 
• Maryland lawmakers will be discussing a proposal to raise the state's tobacco tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1. nbc4dc.com/PWJbJCY : View summary
• PG Politics: @pgpolitics: 
• @nbcwashington Why don't your stories about MD bills ever specify the bill number? : View conversation
• Matt Bush: @MattBushMD: 
• On MD House floor this AM - bill that ensures smoking #marijuana & driving is still a criminal offense #MDGA16 #MDPolitics : View details
• Bill originally included clear criminal penalties for smoking in public, but those were taken out #MDGA16 #MDPolitics : View details 
• House Jud Cmte wants to take up smoking in public penalties separately, which is why it was taken out of bill #MDGA16 #MDPolitics : View details 
• GOP delegates want smoking in public penalties added back into bill. Debating amendment to do that now #MDGA16 #MDPolitics : View details  
• This all stems from reaction to #decriminalization from law enforcement that smoking in public will become prevalent #MDGA16 #MDPolitics : View details 
• Amendment to add smoking #marijuana in public penalties back into bill rejected. Overall bill gets initial OK #MDGA16 #MDPolitics : View details
• Sun Breaking News: @BaltSunBrk: 
• Maryland House rejects effort to strengthen penalty for marijuana use bsun.md/1oqGqxH pic.twitter.com/Squ7OUdgYc : View photo
• MarylandReporter.com: @mdreporter: 
• Miller wants judges to be able to serve until 73 years old #mdga ow.ly/YqxYt : View summary
• Elections & Politicians:
• Ashlee Wilkins: @ashleenwilkins: 
• Maryland voters, we have a LOT of contested primaries this year; all candidates, & their websites & twitter handles: elections.state.md.us/elections/2016… : View details
• John Fritze: @jfritze: 
• In an indication there actually is a race underway for the open #md04 House seat, @BrownforMD rolls out endorsements baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/… : View summary
• Arelis R. Hernández: @arelisrhdz: 
• Congressional candidates @Glenn_Ivey @PenaMelnykforMD @BrownforMD split support among Pr. George’s officials wapo.st/1QJ9mHu?tid=ss… : View summary
• John Fritze: @jfritze: 
• .@Glenn_Ivey invokes SCOTUS fight in #md04 radio ad -- first House candidate to do so? baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/… : View summary
• Education:
• moses: @moses100000: 
• Former PGCPS Board Member to Stand Trial in Free School Lunches Case pgcpsmess.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/for… pic.twitter.com/oc7BBlcdvi : View photo
• Lynh Bui: @ByLynhBui : 
• Former Pr. George's school board member heads to court today, accused of fraud in obtaining school lunch subsidies wpo.st/bbYC1 : View summary
• Brad Bell: @ABC7Brad: 
• Jury selected. Trial of former @pgcps board member to begin at 1:15. I'll have the story at 4 & 5 on @ABC7News : View location
• Post Local: @postlocal : 
• 17th victim identified in child-porn case involving elementary school volunteer wapo.st/1RN7Fho : View summary :
• Rochelle Metzger: @RochelleReports: 
• #PrinceGeorges police now confirm 17 victims in Deonte Carraway child sex abuse/child porn case. : View details
• Post Local: @postlocal: 
• Is cleaning house the best way for schools to deal with sexual abuse? wpo.st/URhC1 : View summary
• Planning, Development, Transportation:
• Bradley Heard: @BradleyHeard: 
• 2mrow, #PGCounty delegation again considers Council's "call-up" restoration bill re: development projts. Bad idea! bit.ly/1PGMOau : View details
• Public Safety:
• Post Local: @postlocal: 
• Obama scolded for failure to acknowledge deaths of Md. deputies wapo.st/20Ahrng : View summary
• Deni Taveras: @PGCMDeniTaveras: 
• Citizen's Police Academy March 21-June 13 interested in participating contact Officer Nicholas Sach (w)301-699-2630 pic.twitter.com/669eK9F1za : View photo
• PGPDNEWS: @PGPDNews: 
• Chief Stawinski takes oath of office at ceremony in Upper Marlboro surrounded by his family. pic.twitter.com/OxeTepoihd : View photo
• Chief Stawinski tells reporters he's completely committed to a police department that looks like its community. pic.twitter.com/W2yrvLLAtQ : View photo 
• Fmr Deputy Chief Gee Gee Whittington confirmed as @CountyExecBaker's Director of Homeland Security. pic.twitter.com/vlrMY4kWLu : View photo 
• Chief Stawinski was born & raised in Prince George's County. Father was a retired PGPD officer. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/4eft3yXqqZ : View photo 
• County Council unanimously approves Chief Stawinski as our 17th Chief. Congratulated by retired Chief Magaw. pic.twitter.com/2NZKy6XPY2 : View photo 
• Interim Chief Hank Stawinski confirmed as Chief of Police. goo.gl/XtEGnM pic.twitter.com/bXtADryQn3 : View photo 
• Lynh Bui: @ByLynhBui: 
• Council votes 9-0 to make Hank Stawinksi @PGPDNews chief. In the audience: @commishkdavis @pg_sao Alsobrooks @PGSheriff_PIO High @PGFD_Chief : View details
• Washington Informer: @WashInformer: 
• Prince George's Council OKs Interim Police Chief Henry P. Stawinksi bit.ly/1QHmddl pic.twitter.com/gzbdk0Y3Ry : View photo
• moses: @moses100000: 
• Former PGCPS Board Member to Stand Trial in Free School Lunches Case pgcpsmess.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/for… pic.twitter.com/oc7BBlcdvi : View photo
• Brad Bell: @ABC7Brad: 
• Jury selected. Trial of former @pgcps board member to begin at 1:15. I'll have the story at 4 & 5 on @ABC7News : View location
• Post Local: @postlocal : 
• 17th victim identified in child-porn case involving elementary school volunteer wapo.st/1RN7Fho : View summary :
• Rochelle Metzger: @RochelleReports: 
• #PrinceGeorges police now confirm 17 victims in Deonte Carraway child sex abuse/child porn case. : View details
• Post Local: @postlocal: 
• Is cleaning house the best way for schools to deal with sexual abuse? wpo.st/URhC1 : View summary
• PGPDNEWS: @PGPDNews: 
• We. We got what we need(ed). #WantedWednesday suspect arrested. goo.gl/yrxmts pic.twitter.com/65m5RGXhz1 : View photo
• Gory Prince George's:
• PGPDNEWS: @PGPDNews: 
• We are on scene of a homicide investigation in the 1920 block of Rochell Ave. Officers were called for a shooting at 4:45pm. : View details
• Officers discovered a man suffering from a gun shot wound. He later died @ the hospital. : View details 
• Detectives are working to establish suspect(s) info. and motive. Incident remains under investigation pic.twitter.com/T1HXrzGbRv : View photo 
• $$ reward offered in this case. Call police or Crime Solvers @ 1-866-411-TIPS to stay anonymous. : View details  
• Victim in District Heights homicide is 38-year-old Phillip Christopher Yorke. goo.gl/Y546Ek : View details
• Post Local: @postlocal: 
• Killing reported in District Heights area of Prince George’s wapo.st/1RHwk6X : View summary
• Post Local: @postlocal: 
• Man shot dead in Prince George’s County wapo.st/1RJ5c7p : View summary
• Post Local: @postlocal: 
• Prince George’s man identified as victim in apartment shooting wapo.st/1RL28Yp : View summary
• PGPDNEWS: @PGPDNews: 
• Victim in Greenbelt homicide is 28-year-old Robert Dewayne Brandon Jr. goo.gl/dFxF0G : View details
• Alan Henney: @alanhenney: 
• Man gunned down outside Greenbelt apartment complex examiner.com/article/man-gu… via @examinercom : View summary
• Mailing List Digests:

• Re: Opposition to Local Bill PG/MC 111-16 (HB 1025)
• FYI: The "call-up" restoration bill is back on the agenda before the Bi-County subcommittee of the PG County Delegation tomorrow (Thursday), February18, at
• Bradley Heard -  #23548
• Lyn Mundey, appointed to school board by Rushern Baker, goes on tria
• Report from August: 5 GAO workers charged with fraud in obtaining school lunch subsidies
• Diane C. Russell -  #23547
• Re: Re: Response, was Prince George�s Should Allow
• The financial effects of apartments, townhouses, and single-family houses are available. For example, pgcps has specific validated numbers on how many
• Marcy Canavan -  #23546
• Response to Ms. Robinson from Rick Tyler
• I first want to thank Mr. Lacy, thank you for briefly responding to your comments yesterday about me within one of your several submissions to this email
• arteerick - #23545
• Re: FW: We Need Your Ideas at County Executive Baker's Budget Listen
• I have attended these sessions for 30 years. I don’t believe a budget or tax was ever changed on the strength of my testimony, even when I represented over
• Judith Robinson  - #23544
• Re: Fwd: [Maryland Politics] Someone accidentally ran over Josie...
• Golly, would Mike Miller have to take tests to see if he is senile or still knows what he is doing with the legislation they pass? I am sorry for this mother,
• Judith Robinson  - #23543
• Re: FW: We Need Your Ideas at County Executive Baker's Budget Listen
• It didn’t take political courage to overturn TRIM and go against voter approval of new taxes – our charter, our law. This was a willful destruction of
• Judith Robinson  - #23542
• Re: 700 Jobs Saved!
• Then I congratulate Del Braveboy and Senator Muse for doing something good for the people, instead of just talk afterward. This is what we need in politicians
• Judith Robinson  - #23541
• Re: Re: Response, was Prince George’s Should Allow D
• WOW! Such respect we treat each other with! To question Rick on his advocating for children, opens-up a resume questionnaire for all who post on this
• Ray Lacy  - #23540
• Re: PG>>>Maryland county wants to ease the burden of student debt fo
• Citizenship requirements?
  
• sstrother  - #23539
• Re: CEO's Salary Higher than Average US Superintendents
• We are 21 in the nation for size, but we are also a large county. The statistics on-line don’t compare general populations with school populations. From:
• Judith Robinson  - #23538
• Re: CEO's Salary Higher than Average US Superintendents
• We pay our superintendent $36k more than Montgomery County with the property assessable base they have. Does this seem a little strange to you. From:
• Judith Robinson  - #23537
• Re: CEO's Salary Higher than Average US Superintendents [1 Attachmen
• Isn’t the school system spending $1.7 billion and seeking $2 billion this year. How is that a loss? Does the Washington Post just make up these numbers?
• Judith Robinson  - #23536
• Re: CEO's Salary Higher than Average US Superintendents [1 Attachmen
• Marcy, I appreciate your integrity. Budgets are generally written to obfuscate the real costs. I don’t even know how many times I have tried to get
• Judith Robinson  - #23535
• Re: 700 Jobs Saved!
• A little more detail…. Safeway, some years back, had outsourced the warehouse to a grocery distributor. The distributor, late last year, decided to close
• Stan Fetter  - #23534
• Re: [New post] 2016 MD SB 333 Proposes to Limit Childr
• Agreed, this is way over the top. They’ve got better things to do. sbf
  
• Stan Fetter - #23533
• Re: 700 Jobs Saved!
• Just one reason I Respect & Admire Sen. C. Anthony Muse & Del. Aisha Braveboy! BRAVO!
  
• Bonnita Spikes - #23532
• Re: Fwd: [New post] 2016 MD SB 504 Proposes to Tell Government Emplo
• Have these people thought of firing the person who blackmailed people? Did that occur to them? They are such jokes and take themselves so seriously. From:
• Judith Robinson - #23531
• Re: Fwd: [New post] 2016 MD SB 504 Proposes to Tell Government Emplo
• Wait a minute. Let’s get rid of all sex. We want to get rid of all guns! That will take care of the problem! I’m laughing, folks. I hope you are too. If
• Judith Robinson - #23530
• RE: Fwd: [New post] 2016 MD SB 333 Proposes to Limit C
• Are they joking? Do you want to go to Annapolis and watch the jack booted thugs march around?
  
• Judith Robinson - #23529
• Re: Fwd: [Maryland Politics] There is a really ugly fight going on i
• Jim Estepp, where are you?
  
• Judith Robinson - #23528
• Re: Recent Data on Prince George's, plus the history of PG Housing V
• Want's happening, if they can't get a Bill through by the Delegation submission they then step it up to get a Senator to submit it, in hopes the "followers"
• sstrother - #23527
• Re: 700 Jobs Saved!
• The Union made some concessions and there's new management of the warehouse
  
• sstrother - #23526
• Re: ALERT: WMATA Gives Pedestrians a Serious Snow Job
• But we, regular citizens, would be fined $100
  
• Judith Robinson - #23525
• Re: 700 Jobs Saved!
• What was the deal?
  
• Judith Robinson - #23524
• Re: Ranking Maryland School Systems | Patch
• Arthur, I finally agree with you. It is not money that is needed in our system, but we will be driven out of the county by the demand for it. Parents and
• Judith Robinson - #23523
• RE: New WSSC chief got job despite history of inci
• To Rick, this is an example of why Prince Georges will never be more than it is now.
  
• Judith Robinson - #23522
• RE: Maryland graduation rates hit new high, with big r
• Getting students to graduation – that is a victory. I must be missing something. By the way, why doesn’t one of those dumb clucks in the legislature
• Judith Robinson - #23521
• Re: Maryland county wants to ease the burden of student debt fo
• Rick, nothing is free!
  
• Judith Robinson - #23520
• Re: Maryland county wants to ease the burden of student debt fo
• To give free services to one person, you must take money from another. I had to go in debt. Are these proposals fair to me and people like me? I paid for my
• Judith Robinson - #23519
• Re: Maryland county wants to ease the burden of student debt fo
• I borrowed against my home to pay for my daughter's college. $125,000 please!
  
• Judith Robinson - #23518
• RE: Re: Response, was Prince George’s Should Allow D
• You are missing the point as usual. The point is that 300 townhouses as opposed to let’s say 40 single family homes generate many more children and people
• Judith Robinson - #23517
• Re: Fwd: MGM Jobs Showcase January 21, 2016 and District 9 Business
• Where are all the taxes coming from MGM?
  
• Judith Robinson - #23516
• Re: FYI only>Study Raises Questions About State Takeovers of Urban S
• So the state "leaders" are in the honey pot again. Don't you understand, people, the school system is used as a shill to get money. It employs many state
• Judith Robinson - #23515
• Re: FY17 Proposed Budget & more>: was CEO's Salary Higher than Avera
• Rick, why don't you tell the people how many superintendents had contracts bought out. The only one who seems to have any common sense on the board is the
• Judith Robinson - #23514
• Re: County/State-- Plow/Shovel Laws, Snow related safety, closings,
• Isn’t there anything the government doesn’t control. I’m 72 and have a bad back. What is I don’t clean mine? 
• Judith Robinson - #23513
• Re: Ranking Maryland School Systems | Patch
• Dr. Maxwell was the principal of Northwestern. My neighborhood didn’t fair well when he was there. The school system took down massive amount of trees for
• Judith Robinson - #23512
• Re: Recent Data on Prince George's, plus the history of PG Housing V
• Rick, our local law should have been changed at the ballot box where it was implemented by voters, not in the corruption of Annapolis. Yes, laws change, but
• Judith Robinson - #23511
• Re: Recent Data on Prince George's, plus the history of PG Housing V
• This is the biggest bunch of bunk I have ever heard! Yes, the state legislature fooled every charter county voter with SB848-2012 by taking our voting rights
• Judith Robinson - #23510
• Re: Recent Data on Prince George's, plus the history of PG Housing V
• I would like to thank you for sharing this and all other pertinent information. It helps us discuss as well as make informed decisions.
  
• Bonnita Spikes - #23509
• Recent Prince George's County News (11 - 15 Feb 2016, unsorted)
• Pg Politics - #23508
• Recent Data on Prince George's, plus the history of PG Housing Value
• The following and attached is for information purposes only and may not be used to assume any position on any issue by me. Rick ... Since the Prince
• arteerick - #23507
• Maryland graduation rates hit new high, with big rise for Prince Geo
• Peace and Blessings, Excellent news! Peace, Arthur Turner
• Arthur Turner - #23506
• Re: Fwd: Opposition to Local Bill PG/MC 111-16 (HB 1025)
• Haven't seen any updates yet. The bill status page doesn't look
• Bradley Heard - #23505
• Re: Fwd: Opposition to Local Bill PG/MC 111-16 (HB 1025)
• Again, these kinds of actions attempt to set up back instead of moving forward..what was...is gone..please stop trying to prevent progress...this county is
• sstrother - #23504
• Resources Parents/Community members may use or pass on>>>
• Based on several recent articles in the news recently, I thought I would provide some resources that parents, grandparents, guardians and others could use, but
• arteerick - #23503
• Re: Fwd: Opposition to Local Bill PG/MC 111-16 (HB 1025)
• Any idea how this went today? I’d like to update my post on it if there is any news. Lorraine
  
• Lorraine Yuriar - #23502
• Fwd: [Maryland Politics] Someone accidentally ran over Josie...
• ... From: Barry O'Connell
  
• Diane C. Russell - #23501
• Re: Fwd: BREAKING: Prince George's Council Moving to Reinstate "Call
• Thanks for this Bradley. I posted this information to RedMaryland, crediting and heavily quoting you -
  
• Lorraine Yuriar - #23500
• Fwd: Opposition to Local Bill PG/MC 111-16 (HB 1025)
• Friends: Following up on my blog post earlier today, regarding the County Council's effort to reinstate the call-up procedure, I am
• Bradley Heard - #23499
• Fwd: Community Grant Information
• SEE ATTACHMENT FOR DETAILS ... Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2016 2:48 pm Subject: Grant Information Good Afternoon Everyone, Just wanted pass along this grant
• arteerick - #23498
• Re: [PrinceGeorges_Discussion] Fwd: BREAKING: Prince George's Counci
• This nonsense is why the FBI Building will be lost to us!!!
  
• sstrother - #23497
• Fwd: BREAKING: Prince George's Council Moving to Reinstate "Call-Up"
• The Prince George’s County Council is asking the local county delegation of the Maryland House of Delegates to pass a bill
• Bradley Heard - #23496
• Prince George’s County museum celebrates black innovators - The Wa
• Arthur Turner - #23495
• Recent Prince George's County News (31 Jan - 11 Feb 2016, unsorted)
• Pg Politics - #23494
• Re: PG Taxers & Nannies: Greedy, bossy PG legislators seek bag tax a
• Does NO mean YES in Prince George's County?..What the fifth time NOOOOOOOO.....
  
• S James Strother - #23493