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Monday, January 23, 2012

Bills sponsored by Prince George's senators (20 Jan 2012)

Bill number; date of first reading; sponsor (PG only, link is to other bills); title; committee; file code; comment
Note: Synopses and poek costs not available at time of this postiNg for SB202 and higher
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Saturday, January 07, 2012

Recent Prince George's County News (6 & 7 Jan 2012)

(Limited updates. See http://is.gd/BBBVwz for alternate sources)
Limited updates, December 10 through January 9. See alternate sources for local headlines.

Gory Prince George's This year: 1 (one every 98 hours); this time last year: 8 (one every 21 hours).
Public Safety
Corruption, Scandals and Ethics Reform:
2012 Elections
County Government and Politics
  • MDPolicy Let's be honest: is a tax on bags really supposed to help the #environment, or just raise cash? su.pr/2OgBMM 
  • PGCCouncilMedia: Prince George’s County Council 2012 Annual Retreat, Jan. 9-10, 2012, Baltimore, MD.
    • PGD9Politico More wasteful spending. RT @PGCCouncilMedia Prince George’s County Council 2012 Annual Retreat, Jan. 9-10, 2012, Baltimore
      PGD9Politico Note the PG Council Retreat once again takes place during wkday hours so public can't attend/ see what our tax $ pays for
      PGD9Politico Me too! RT @PGCBlogging I get so fatigued by the deluge of bad news tagged to PG County. pgcblog.com/?p=2398
      PGD9Politico Not sure PG Council Retreat was even properly noticed. Usually requires 3 business days for any public mtg of Council mbrs
State Government and Politics
Big Brother is watching us (and related oppression):
Education
Business, Transportation and Development
Local (Municipalities)
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Text of proposed cell phone policy for Prince George's County Public Schools

05/13/2010 9.1 Draft Board Policy 5132 - Cell Phones
Cell Phone Policy.pdf
http://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/a9a1fd31ddc1a22e862574eb006507d4/f16c574974c2620c8725771b0047bc41/$FILE/Cell%20Phone%20Policy.pdf

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board of Education
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Policy ##5132
BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY

CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN THE SCHOOLS

Purpose

The Prince George’s County Board of Education’s Policy on cellular (“cell”) telephones and other electronic devices is designed to ensure that the use of cell phones does not interfere with teaching and learning during the school day. The Board of Education believes that there is a need for a district-wide policy with uniform guidelines regarding the use of cell phones and other electronic devices and consequences that apply to all Prince George’s County public school students. This Policy applies to all students enrolled in Prince George’s County public schools, including public charter schools.

Policy

A. For purposes of this Policy, the term “cell phone” includes I-phones and other electronic devices that are capable of placing and/or receiving telephone calls, text messages, sexting, videos, taking photographs and the like. The term “school property” includes parking lots, buses, and outside or inside all areas of the school building. Students are permitted to use cell phones only during the following times:
  1. Before school hours on school property;
  2. After school hours on school property;
  3. At after-school or athletic activities, only with the permission of the coach, instructor, program director or administrator. The school personnel listed in this paragraph shall have the discretion to determine the use of cell phones for students participating in extracurricular activities while on school property or while attending school sponsored or school related activities on or off school property;
  4. At evening or weekend activities inside on school property, or;
  5. An emergency situation with the permission of the teacher, instructor, coach, program director or administrator.
B. The use of cell phones for any purposes, including telephone calls, text messaging, taking photographs and other functions is not permitted at any other time on school property. Images taken or stored on cell phones during school hours and or school property may not be shared or posted electronically.

C. Cell phones may not be carried on the student’s person or be visible during regular school hours. Cell phones may be stored in the student’s locker or backpack/purse but must be completely turned off, not simply on “silent” or “vibrate” mode during the school day.

D. Each school shall designate a staff member to monitor student violations of this policy.

E. Penalties for students found to be in violation of this policy shall be as follows:
  1. First offense: The student’s cell phone will be confiscated and returned to the student at the end of the school day. The school is responsible if the cell phone is lost or damaged while confiscated.
  2. Second offense: The student’s cell phone will be confiscated and returned only to the student’s parent or guardian. The school is responsible if the cell phone is lost or damages while confiscated.
  3. Third offense: The student will be prohibited from bringing a cell phone to school for the remainder of the school year.
  4. Students committing repeated violations of this Policy shall be subject to additional disciplinary action consistent with the Student Code of Conduct.
Administrative Procedures

The Superintendent is directed to promulgate procedures to implement the requirements of this Policy and to publish the procedures in the normal course of business.

Date adopted: New - 2010
Related Administrative Procedure: Code of Student Conduct
 
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Monday, March 30, 2009

LAWN ENFORCEMENT - P.G. County officials ticket residents for parking on their own lawns

LAWN ENFORCEMENT - P.G. County officials ticket residents for parking on their own lawns.
Investigative Voice, 29 Mar 2009 (Stephen Janis).
Budget deficits and falling tax revenues have forced local governments across the country to find new ways to raise cash, but Prince George's County officials are willing to go the extra yard – literally onto your yard – to pay the bills.

That’s what Clinton resident Mary Kay Calefati discovered when she happened upon a P.G. County revenue agent standing next to her home on March 23 issuing a ticket for her daughter's car – which was parked in the yard, parallel to the driveway.

“I see this man in a black uniform, no identification, standing 60 feet up my driveway, and I was like, 'What are you doing?' ” recalls the 50-year-old unemployed network engineer. “He said, 'I’m writing you a ticket for parking on the grass,' ” she says. “I said, 'What? Here?' And he got real smart and repeated it slowly, 'Parking...on...the...grass.' ”

“Then he got angry and wrote me another ticket,” she says, pointing to the spot where she had parked her car halfway on the narrow street and halfway on her front lawn, another apparent violation.

The total take for Prince George's County? A quick $100.

Stunned, Calefati learned the tickets were the result of a county law passed in 1978 prohibiting parking on grass, even if you own it. Calefati's mother, Nancy Lowery, 71, said the law has never been enforced – until now. “I’ve lived here for 44 years and I’ve never had this happen before. I think it's all about money."

Calefati soon learned she was not the only resident of this suburban community of compact single- family homes a few miles from Andrews Air Force Base who got cited; about 20 of her neighbors got tickets too. "Nobody was happy about it."

Complicating matters for Calefati and her family is the fact that Lowery’s car has been stolen twice, so parking on the street is not an option.

“I don’t want my daughter parking on the street at night,” Calefati says of her 24-year-old daughter, who works in Washington, D.C.

“You’ve had two recent murders in this area. I tell my daughter to park near the house because it’s safer, not because she’s lazy,” she said, referring to the series of shocking slayings of two sets of mothers and daughters that county police said last week may be related.

Not willing to simply pay the fines, Calefati complained to county officials, arguing the revenue authority was overreaching by ticketing a car parked near a driveway. But her pleas fell on deaf ears.

P.G. Revenue Authority Operations Director Troy Thompson said the tickets were part of a new and well-publicized county beautification program.

"Our "stepped-up" enforcement of parking violations is but one component of the County Executive's "Livable Communities Initiative,” Thompson wrote to Calefati in a March 24 e-mail. “In many instances, we combine forces with the Police Department, Housing Department and Permit Department in a task force designed to address all violations of County law in a particular community.”

Thompson did not respond to e-mails sent over the week-end for comment, but Calefati and her family are skeptical of his explanation.

“If they were serious about beautifying the county, they would have held a community meeting and explained the law to us.”

Indeed, P.G. County officials have been scrambling for cash to make up for a growing budget deficit. A push to raise the homestead property income tax cap recently failed during the General Assembly, leaving county officials to fill a $132 million budget gap for the next fiscal year – and Calefati skeptical.
(Posted 30 Mar 2009)
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

PG Taxers & Nannies: Del. Holmes would require all MD parents to pay for school uniforms

Comment: Parents are losing their homes and jobs, but Del. Holmes wants to add to their financial burden. If the parents can't afford to pay. he expects the schools to use their dwindling funds for uniforms rather than repairs or teachers.

HB 205

Sponsored By: Delegate Holmes

Entitled: Education - Public Schools - Mandatory School Uniforms

Synopsis:
Requiring that each county board of education develop a county school uniform policy; requiring that the county board establish the policy in consultation with specified persons; requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to adopt specified regulations; requiring that conformance with and enforcement of the uniform policy comply with specified regulations and laws; and requiring the State Superintendent to develop specified standards, appropriate procedures, and guidelines.

Full text Hearing was held 17 Feb 2009

Report in Hagerstown Herald-Mail, 17 Feb 2009
(Posted 17 Feb  2009)
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Prince George's Nannies: Legislators out to control our lives

(Posted 29 Jan 2009)
HB 238

PG Sponsors: Delegates Holmes, Ross, Valderrama, and Walker

Entitled: Cigars - Sales of Less Than Four Per Package - Prohibited

Synopsis:
Prohibiting specified retailers from purchasing from manufacturers or wholesalers, or selling, reselling, distributing, dispensing, or giving away to a person, a package of cigars containing less than four cigars; prohibiting specified wholesalers from selling, reselling, distributing, dispensing, or giving away to a person a package of cigars containing less than four cigars; etc.
HB 248
PG Sponsors: Delegates Niemann and Frush.

Entitled: Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers

Synopsis:
Establishing the Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers in the State; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study specified issues relevant to requiring deposits on returnable beverage containers in the State; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2009; providing for the staff of the Task Force; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
SB 344

Sponsored By: Senator Exum

Entitled: Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Drive-Through Purchase Facilities

Synopsis:
Prohibiting the Board of License Commissioners in Prince George's County from issuing a new alcoholic beverages license on or after July 1, 2009, for use in a drive-through purchase facility in which alcoholic beverages are sold at retail and dispensed through a door or window to purchasers in or on a motor vehicle; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
SB 353

PG Sponsors: Senators Currie and Peters

Entitled: Task Force on Public Health Risks Linked to Bullying

Synopsis:
Creating the Task Force on Public Health Risks Linked to Bullying; providing for the composition, chair and subcommittee chairs, and staffing of the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to conduct specified hearings, review specified data and studies, and develop specified guidelines or make specified recommendations; etc.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

PG Nannies: Tyranical legislators out to control our lives

(Posted 28 Jan 2009)
HB 187 (Bicycle helmets)

PG Sponsors: Delegates Niemann and Valderrama.

Entitled: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Motor Scooters - Protective Headgear

Synopsis: [Not online]
SB 288

PG Sponsors: Senators Harrington and Muse

Entitled: Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child

Synopsis:
Prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle in which a person who is under the age of 8 is a passenger from smoking a tobacco product or allowing a passenger to smoke in the motor vehicle; establishing a $50 fine for a violation of the Act; etc.
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Prince George's Nannies: Legislators out to control our lives

(Posted 23 Jan  2009)
HB 129

Sponsored By: Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Griffith, Howard, Ivey, Ramirez, Ross, and Walker

Entitled: Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors

Synopsis: 
Requiring minors to wear a helmet when riding a horse on a public roadway; establishing fines for violations of the helmet requirement; and requiring that educational materials be provided to minors who violate the helmet requirement.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007

PG Nannies: Del. Hubbard seeks to dictate what we can eat.

(Posted 25 Jan 2007)
Would-be petty tyrant Del. James W. Hubbard (D-23A), apparent supporter of government force and opponent of education and individual responsibility has introduced HB91, a bill to dictate what food consumers may or may not purchase.

Delegate goes after trans fats; Hubbard introduces a bill to ban most of them in restaurant cooking.
Sun, 25 Jan 2007 (Smitheran).
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