Bills sponsored by Prince George's legislators (24 Jan 2012)

Bill number; date of first reading; sponsor (PG only, link is to other bills); title; committee; file code; comment

• HB165; 1/24;  Delegates Alston, Braveboy, Davis, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Summers, V. Turner, Vallario, and Walker; State Government - Commemorative Days - Juneteenth National Freedom Day; Health and Government Operations; State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials; 
• HB166; 124; Delegates Braveboy,, Howard, Summers, and Walker; Entitled:Maryland Transit Administration - Audio and Video Recording Devices on Vehicles Used for Transit Service; Environmental Matters; Transportation - Generally; Big.Brother 
• HB167; 1/24; Delegates Frush, Holmes, and Howard; Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition; Environmental Matters; Agriculture; SB207;
• HB168; 1/24; Delegates Barnes, Braveboy, Davis, Frush, Gaines, Healey, Hubbard, Ivey, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, Summers, and V. Turner; Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Source of Income; Environmental Matters; Human Relations; 
•  SB222; 1/24; Senators Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe; High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid; Budget and Taxation; Environment; Unfunded.Mandates;
• SB225; 1/24; Senator Miller; Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - North Beach Skate Park; Budget and Taxation; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Porkers, $150,000;
• SB234; 1/20; Senators Benson, Currie, Miller, Peters, and Rosapepe; Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012; Finance & Budget and Taxation; Public Health;
• SB236; 1/20; Senators Miller and Pinsky; Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012; Education Health and Environmental Affairs; Environment; 
• SB237; 1/20; Senators Miller, Ramirez, and Rosapepe; Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012; Finance; Environment;
• SB238; 1/20; Senators Miller, Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe; Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012; Finance; Insurance - Health; 
• SB239; 1/20; Senators Miller, Peters, and Rosapepe; Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Maryland Innovation Initiative; Finance & Budget and Taxation; Economic and Community Development; Studies, Commissions, Other Waste; 
• SB240; 1/20; Senators Miller, and Pinsky; Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees ["Flush Tax"]; Education Health and Environmental Affairs; Environment; PG Taxers;
• SB241; 1/20; Senators Miller, Pinsky, and Ramirez; Civil Marriage Protection Act [Deceptive title, text not available]; Judicial Proceedings; Family Law; 

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

• SB168; 1/20; Senator Ramirez; Criminal Procedure - Victim's Compensation - Temporary Lodging for Domestic Violence Victims;Judicial Proceedings; Criminal Law - Procedure;  
• SB171; 1/20; Senator Miller; Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - North Beach Waterfront Pavilion; Budget and Taxation; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Porkers, $100,000
• SB172; 1/20; Senator Miller; Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - University of Maryland Athletic Fields; Budget and Taxation; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Porkers, PG.Pork.Bills;  $250,000
• SB173; 1/20; Senator Benson; Public School Buildings - Carbon Monoxide Detection and Warning Equipment; Budget and Taxation; Primary and Secondary Education; 
• SB174; 1/20; Senator Muse; Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments on Settlement Agreements;Finance; Workers' Compensation; HB114;
• SB179; 1/20; Senators Currie, Peters, Ramirez, and Rosapepe; Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act of 2012; Finance; Insurance - Health;
• SB180; 1/20; Senator Benson; Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine; Education Health and Environmental Affairs; Health Occupations; Studies, Commissions, Other Waste (Increase state bureaucracy and spending)
• SB183; 1/20; Senator Miller; Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Transition of Control - Termination of Contracts; Judicial Proceedings; Real Property;
• SB185; 1/20; Senator Ramirez; Motor Vehicles - Child Seating and Safety Seats - Requirements and Prohibition; Judicial Proceedings; Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections; PG.Nannies
• SB202; 1/20; Senators Benson, Ramirez, and Rosapepe; Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Bodies; Judicial Proceedings; Real Property; HB79
• SB204; 1/20; Senator Peters; Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Dinosaur Park Improvements; Budget and Taxation; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Porkers, PG.Pork.Bills;  $?
• SB206; 1/20; Senators Pinsky, Benson, Ramirez, and Rosapepe; Maryland Health Security Act of 2012; Finance; Public Health
• SB207; 1/20; Senators Pinsky and Rosapepe; Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition; Education Health and Environmental Affairs; Agriculture;
• SB208; 1/20; Senator Pinsky; Environment - Recycling - Apartment Buildings and Condominiums; Education Health and Environmental Affairs; Environment; HB1
• SB212; 1/20; Senator Pinsky; Human Relations - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Antidiscrimination; Judicial Proceedings; Human Relations;
• SB213; 1/20; Senators Peters and Pinsky; Tanning Devices - Use by Minors - Prohibition; Finance; Public Health; PG.Nannies
• SB217; 1/20; Senator Peters; Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties; Judicial Proceedings; Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road; HB104; PG.Nannies

Bills sponsored by Prince George's delegates (23 Jan 2012)

Bill number; date of first reading; sponsor (PG only, link is to other bills); title; committee; file code; comment
Note: Synopses and text were not online when this list was posted.

• HB126; 1/23; Delegate Niemann; Maryland Condominium Act - Right of Entry to Investigate Damage and Make Repairs; Environmental Matters; Real Property; 
• HB127; 1/23; Delegate Ivey; Maryland Referendum Integrity Act; Ways and Means; Elections; 
• HB131; 1/23; Delegates Barnes, Frush, and V. Turner; Retail Pet Stores - Sales of Dogs - Required Records, Health Disclosures, and Purchaser Remedies; Economic Matters; Business Regulation and Occupations; 
• HB147; 1/23; Delegate Pena-Melnyk; Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - YWCA Counseling and Community Service Building Renovation; Appropriations; State Debt (Bond Bills); SB200; 
• HB148; 1/23; Delegate Pena-Melnyk; Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Samaritan House Addition; Appropriations; State Debt (Bond Bills); SB199; PG.Porkers, 
• HB149; 1/13; Delegate Niemann; Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Titling, Registration, Insurance, and Required Use of Protective Headgear; Environmental Matters; Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration; 
• HB154; 1/23; Delegates Ivey and Niemann; Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property; Ways and Means; Taxes - Miscellaneous; Special.Tax.Breaks
• HB159; 1/23; Delegates Gaines, Ivey, Niemann, Ross, and Walker; Agriculture - Maryland Standard of Identity for Honey; Environmental Matters; Agriculture; SB193; 
• HB160; 1/23; Delegates Niemann, Barnes, Braveboy, Frush, Healey, Holmes, Proctor, Ross, Summers, and V. Turner; Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures; Environmental Matters; Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous; 
• HB161; 1/23; Delegates Barnes and Frush; Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County - Fees for Appearance of Counsel; Judiciary; Courts and Court Personnel - Local; SB198; 
• HB162; 1/23; Delegate Griffith; State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative and Operational Expenses - Certifications and Notifications; Appropriations; State Pensions and Retirement;

Bills sponsored by Prince George's legislators (13 Jan 2012)

Even though we keep hearing about how the state's huge deficit, today's list includes four bills from Senator Joanne Benson (D-24) proposing to increase the red ink with another $970,000 in pork spending.

Bill number; date; sponsor (PG only, link is to other bills); title; committee; file code; comment

• HB52; 1/13; Delegate Hubbard; Vehicle Laws - Suspension or Revocation of Driver's License or Privilege to Drive - Fee for Reinstatement; Environmental Matters; Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration; PG.Taxers
• HB52; 1/13; Delegates Howard, Ross, and Summers; Higher Education - Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals; Ways and Means; Higher Education;
• SB53; 1/13;  Senator Benson; Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Labor of Love Learning Center; Budget and Taxation; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Pork ($250,000), PG.Local
• SB54; 1/13;  Senator Benson; Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility; Budget and Taxation; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Pork ($500,000), PG.Local
• SB55;  1/13;  Senator Benson; Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Glenarden Veterans Memorial; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Pork ($170,000), PG.Local
• SB56;  1/13;  Senator Benson; Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Glenarden Police Station; State Debt (Bond Bills); PG.Pork ($50,000), PG.Local

Recent Prince George's County News (14 Apr 2011)

Public Safety

• Gory Prince George's:
  • Gazette: Temple Hills residents look to police outreach after third homicide in 4400 block of 23rd Parkway http://is.gd/Bsa4Zg 
• Crime and Police:
  • postcrime Community policing effort in College Park http://wapo.st/fZopH3 
  • kytja #WMATA police stepping up patrols at PG stations, reports @alexpappasDC: http://bit.ly/hHtqQE 
  • Post: Maryland women [from Temple Hills & Greenbelt] defraud credit union, are doublecrossed http://is.gd/WFE2po  
  • postcrime Pr. George’s jail director denies retaliation claim http://wapo.st/gituN6
  • Gazette: County police reports http://is.gd/UfMUWE 
  • Gazette: Greenbelt police reports http://is.gd/whZHRz 
  • Gazette: Hyattsville police reports http://is.gd/pcrsj6
  • Gazette: Laurel police reports http://is.gd/lULicr 
  • FBI: Getaway Driver in Armed Bank Robbery Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison http://is.gd/9Ao77C [5800 blk, Silver Hill Rd, 11 Feb 2005] 
  • PGPolice:
  • Police Make Drug Arrest While Assisting Stranded Motorist (3054) http://is.gd/BLPlwd [7300 bock, Landover Road, 13 Apr 2011]
  • postcrime Police: Drugs found in broken-down SUV http://wapo.st/hcFYrk 
  • darcyspencer Cop assists disabled motorist, finds several pounds of pot in the suv. Driver arrested

2011 Maryland General Assembly

• Gazette: Bowie legislators plan to press for new schools; School construction money increases; city gets bigger shar ... http://is.gd/Pcpzly  
• Gazette: Lawmakers dump Prince George's plan for plastic bag tax (Requested by councilwoman Lehman, D-1) http://is.gd/T0HvF5 #PGTaxers .
• -PG-Politics Mary Lehman Bag fee response: ... From: "Mary A. Lehman" http://yhoo.it/h4Fi7a  
• GreenbeltPatch Prince George's legislators walked away with more than $900 million in state funding. Find out the wins and losses. http://patch.com/A-gBl2  
• insidecharmcity Referendum could stop in-state tuition for illegal immgirants? http://bit.ly/foRcuF
• MDPolicy A quick #roundup of some of the big, medium, and small things that got done this legislative session in #MD http://su.pr/3415M4 #politics  
• GGLaurelLeader District 21 delegation pushes through bond bills for Laurel for repairs at the Armory and Police Department http://t.co/9FNkOjc  #PGPorkers
• -PG-Politics Del. Ivey's 2011 Session Letter: ... Subject: 2011 Session Letter  http://yhoo.it/g6CsHM  

Government and Politics

• County:
• Gazette: Lawmakers dump Prince George's plan for plastic bag tax (Requested by councilwoman Lehman, D-1) http://is.gd/T0HvF5 #PGTaxers 
• -PG-Politics Lehman sponsored council attempt to evade TRIM and impose new tax fa: *Lawmakers dump Prince Georg... http://yhoo.it/g1EJzz 
• -PG-Politics Mary Lehman Bag fee response: ... From: "Mary A. Lehman" http://yhoo.it/h4Fi7a  
• Examiner: Inactive PG ethics board required to meet under new law http://is.gd/YlGJ5M Comment: Simply meeting won't guarantee useful results .
• Gazette: Charitable misgivings; PG leaders should not dole out millions in taxpayer money without full disclosure (Ed.) http://is.gd/bC91QB 
• postcrime Pr. George’s jail director denies retaliation claim http://wapo.st/gituN6 
• PGCCouncilMedia 2011 Pr. George’s Co. Redistricting Commission will meet April 15, 11:00 a.m.,Council Committee Rm 2027, Co. Admin. Bldg, in Upper Marlboro.
• State:
• insidecharmcity Referendum could stop in-state tuition for illegal immgirants? http://bit.ly/foRcuF.
• National:
• iowahawkblog 'The most Orwellian phrase ever spoken by a US President': Obama calls tax hikes 'spending reductions in the tax code’ http://t.co/ynu41xQ 
• Talkmaster FairTax Question: Would you rather pay 25% of everything you earn to the government, or 23% of everything you spend. www.fairtax.org  
• edatpost More than 1/5 of $38.5 billion in cuts Congress will consider Thurs. comes from eliminating funds that never existed http://wapo.st/h9YepW  
• Scandals and Ethics Reform:
• Examiner: Inactive PG ethics board required to meet under new law http://is.gd/YlGJ5M Comment: Simply meeting won't guarantee useful results 

Education

• Gazette: Bowie legislators plan to press for new schools; School construction money increases; city gets bigger shar ... http://is.gd/Pcpzly  
• Gazette: School officials decry possible impact of Labor Department penalty http://is.gd/b0VtYq 
• Gazette: School program shuffle leaves some students at a loss; Specialty classes shift after incoming freshmen applied http://is.gd/crvaxV 

Business, Transportation and Development

• Gazette: Façade improvements planned for Kenilworth businesses; Additional improvements planned for the corridor http://is.gd/xcCh7v 
• WBJ: A closer look at GSA's HHS lease protests "rumored GSA preference for any site other than Prince George’s County,” http://is.gd/0FKgks 
• Examiner: Homelessness rising in area, but PG's homelessness fell 34% since 2007, making it county with biggest decrease http://is.gd/Mk30EG 
• kytja #WMATA police stepping up patrols at PG stations, reports @alexpappasDC: http://bit.ly/hHtqQE
• Gazette: A glimpse of a thriving downtown; Better Block Project offered a revitalized Mount Rainier for a day http://is.gd/Re0QbC 
• Gazette: Colmar Manor IHOP to rise from the ashes; A year after blaze, restaurant set to reopen http://is.gd/tvIXK1 
• cherylcort Kudos to PGC ped/bike planners working on improving Naylor Rd Metro walk/bike access. Their jobs could be eliminated, per transition report. 

Local (Municipalities)

• Bladensburg:
• Gazette: No layoffs or furloughs in Bladensburg's proposed budget; Proposed fiscal 2012 budget includes two percent COLA http://is.gd/thnn4e  
• Bowie:
• BowiePatch
• Gazette: Bowie plans no change to city's current property tax; Water, sewer rate to increase by 3 percent http://is.gd/up6aIi 
• News_PGCounty Bowie has delayed the opening of its new City Hall http://fb.me/DA0SGkeS
• Brentwood:
• WTOP Brentwood mayor evicted from home http://bit.ly/fYPuie 
• Gazette: Brentwood mayor evicted from home; Sheriff's deputies supervise removal of possessions http://is.gd/iL64ZY 
• HamilHarris The day after Brentwood Mayor Xzavier Wright was evicted tables, computers and stuff remain outside. http://yfrog.com/h8df9hdj 
• College Park:
• CollegePrkPatch
• postcrime Community policing effort in College Park http://wapo.st/fZopH3 
• College Park Patch: New Ordinance Prohibits Unwanted Bamboo http://is.gd/e5121m 
• District Heights:
• Gazette: District Heights officials need more details on proposed townhomes Commissioner wants attention paid to seniors http://is.gd/TyWq7c
• Fairmount Heights:
• Gazette: Seats heavily contested in Fairmount Heights http://is.gd/6ULM6X 
• Greenbelt:
• Greenbelt News Review now online: April 14, 2011 issue http://is.gd/w2568s 
• Gazette: Greenbelt police reports http://is.gd/whZHRz 
• Hyattsville:
• HyattsvllePatch #connorwilkinson s candidate profile is up http://aol.it/etjhau 
• Gazette: Hyattsville police reports http://is.gd/pcrsj6
• Laurel:
• LaurelPatch
• GGLaurelLeader Laurel Mayor Craig Moe unveils bare-bones city budget--no furloughs but some agencies' budgets cut http://t.co/6v07NzF 
• Gazette: Laurel's proposed budget includes salary freeze for city workers; No property tax hikes, service cuts, furl ... http://is.gd/9nsCDW
• Gazette: Laurel Councilwoman to step down in June; Snyder worked to cultivate beauty, family atmosphere in city http://is.gd/qLcAee 
• Gazette: Laurel police reports http://is.gd/lULicr
• Mount Rainier:
• Gazette: A glimpse of a thriving downtown; Better Block Project offered a revitalized Mount Rainier for a day http://is.gd/Re0QbC 
• Riverdale Park:
• RiverdalePatch In Riverdale Park, Mayor and Council Will Run Unopposed http://is.gd/bQ7g4U  
• University Park:
• Gazette: All four University Park Town Council races contested; Budget, safety and infrastructure top priorities http://is.gd/RJ9Emf 

Other

• Gazette: District Heights library closes temporarily for renovations; Spauldings location scheduled to reopen in October http://is.gd/PwfKkW 
• RatedPGcounty The RatedPGcounty Daily Feed is out! http://bit.ly/hW74td ▸ Top stories today via @tbdnewstalk @hyattsvllepatch .

Recent Prince George's County News (13 Feb 2011)

Public Safety

• Gory Prince George's: 
• postcrime Two people found slain in separate incidents in Prince George's http://wapo.st/eillGU 
• Thomas, Ralph Bernard, Jr., 28, (1.017)
  • DCAbloob Fatal stabbing in District Heights, 17th Prince George's homicide of year | WUSA/9: http://j.mp/h3z1n2
  • Post: Fatal stabbing in PG http://is.gd/t3HEl3 Body found in 7500 blk Marion St, Dist Hgts, but reptd stabbed @ Suitland & Silver Hill Rds 
  • PGPDPressOffice Police Investigate Homicide on Silver Hill Road and Suitland Road http://nixle.us/7QCFA
• Unidentified man,  (1.018)
  • wusa9: PG County Investigates It's 18th Homicide http://bit.ly/e2JdcV 4400 blk, 23rd Pkwy; Lillian Capers, 84, killed there 25 Dec 2010
  • KennyG1423 Prince George's County Investigates It's 18th Homicide | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC | http://t.co/Gn6CTgn 
• Crime & Police:
  • Post: Take the politics out of parole for Maryland lifers (Comment by Roland Knapp) http://is.gd/b9aMYf 
  • zoingie #xPD Prince George's Co MD sheriff loses suit filed by deputy punished for talking about capt now charged w/embezzlement http://is.gd/ehxqk 
  • AnimalLawClass Prince George's settles suit by Berwyn Heights mayor over storming of home ...http://wapo.st/gS28SN 
  • zoingie #xPD Prince George's County MD cops accused of wrongfully shooting dog to death after entering home to serve eviction: http://is.gd/e9lgw 

2011 Maryland General Assembly

• CollegePrkPatch Unlikely Pair Work to Clarify Gun Law http://collegepark.patch.com/search/articles Includes Del. Tiffany Alston (D-24)
• MarkNewgent I've found a state legislative website worse than the Maryland General Assembly site... Kansas be thy name.
• PG-Politics Unsubscription by PG-Politics member: (Paul Pinsky). http://yhoo.it/eEQMpI ..
• Bills sponsored by PG members:
• PG Anti-PublicInformation, HB767, http://is.gd/bKa5wl, Alston (D-24), +, Records of Citations Based on Recorded Images: Denial of Inspection
• PGPorkers, HB1009, http://is.gd/VTmEfa, Vaughn (D-24), +, Suitland and Capitol Heights Green Initiative, "$200,000" 
• PGPorkers, HB1009, http://is.gd/VTmEfa, Howard (D-24), +, Suitland and Capitol Heights Green Initiative, "$200,000"
• PGPorkers, HB1009, http://is.gd/VTmEfa, Alston (D-24), +, Suitland and Capitol Heights Green Initiative, "$200,000"
• PGPorkers, HB1007, http://is.gd/RZAyGv, Vaughn (D-24), +, Capitol Heights Seat Pleasant Boys and Girls Club Initiative, "$100,000"
• PGPorkers, HB1007, http://is.gd/RZAyGv, Howard (D-24), +, Capitol Heights Seat Pleasant Boys and Girls Club Initiative, "$100,000"
• PGPorkers, HB1007, http://is.gd/RZAyGv, Alston (D-24), +, Capitol Heights Seat Pleasant Boys and Girls Club Initiative, "$100,000"
• PGPorkers, HB919, http://is.gd/fQmqG8, Vaughn (D-24), +, City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility, "$500,000"
• PGPorkers, HB919, http://is.gd/fQmqG8, Howard (D-24), +, City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility, "$500,000"
• PGPorkers, HB919, http://is.gd/fQmqG8, Alston (D-24), +, City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility, "$500,000" 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Valderrama (D-26). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, V,Turner (D-26). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Ross (D-22). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Pena-Melnyk (D-21). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Niemann (D-47). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Ivey (D-47). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Hubbard (D-23A). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Gaines (D-22). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Frush (D-21). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.] 
• PGTaxers, HB1034, http://is.gd/KMXvgM, Barnes (D-21). +, [Another dishonestly titled bill to tax grocery bags, etc.]

Government & Politics

• County:
• Post: In Prince George's, a challenging time for Johnson's successor http://is.gd/h5yaWF  .
• State:
• Andrew_Langer @MarkNewgent @GDeems It's an interesting ? For @MDDems: when civil liberties bang up against enviro agendas, which prevails?
• andimorony How to "wipe out a trillion dollars in land value in 2 sentences" http://alturl.com/gyj3x#mdreps #mdcons #mdpolitics 
• Big Brother:
• eyeonannapolis RT @petershankman: If the Egyptian people risk their lives to overthrow a police state, what does it say about us that we accept the #TSA?
• andimorony MD Natural Resources Police using big brother tactics | Mark Newgent | Local Opinion Zone | Washin.. http://bit.ly/hjm7JT #mdreps
• kcivey If you've been stopped by Metro for #bagsearch, please email mococivilrights@gmail.com w/subject "Stopped by WMATA bag search".

Education

• kidjk Gimmie a Break---The Henry Armwood Edition: http://t.co/DcE2SEt 

Business, Transportation & Development

• UpUpperMarlboro PG County Golf Course Owner to present/hold Q&A on failing courses Feb 17th in Upper Marlboro | UM Blog http://ow.ly/3Vw55 
• RiverdalePatch: Riverdale Park Residents Voice Concerns About Purple Line http://is.gd/8zcbla.
• WTOPinMD Md. residents oppose proposed water rate hike http://bit.ly/hyVT4Z #WTOP
• kcivey If you've been stopped by Metro for #bagsearch, please email mococivilrights@gmail.com w/subject "Stopped by WMATA bag search".

Local (Municipalities)

• Greenbelt:
• GreenbeltPatch A Greenbelter may win a Grammy and budget cuts are still looming, it's the Week in Review: http://ow.ly/3VeZi 
• Riverdale Park:
• RiverdalePatch School budget woes, Pepco and town council notes in this Week in Review: http://patch.com/A-fbY4
• RiverdalePatch Riverdale Park Residents Voice Concerns About Purple Line http://is.gd/8zcbla

Other

• RatedPGcounty The RatedPGcounty Daily Feed is out! http://bit.ly/eMsOcD ▸ Top stories today via @dcabloob @pgpolitics @riverdalepatch @stephcalahan

Recent Prince George's County News (19 Jan 2011)

Public Safety

• Gory Prince George's:
  • Multiple Murders
  • melcouncil9 Yesterday, at the County Council Meeting, we received a briefing from the Police Chief on the 140 arrests in 4 days to stem 2011 homicides. 
  • DeSha-Overcash, Justin, 22, (1.011):  
  • DCAbloob RT @PGPDPressOffice: PGPD UPDATE: Police Investigate Homicide on 38th Avenue (Jan 11, College Park) www.nixle.us/7PRAH #pgcounty  
  • Jordan, Douglas Hodge, Jr., 22 (1.014)
  • GoryPG: Unidentified man, (1.014), 19 Jan 2011, 2:41 am, Terrace Drive, 3500 block, Suitland, 20746, Shot http://is.gd/lZjd2C  
  • GoryPG (update): Douglas Hodge Jordan Jr, 22 (1.014), 19 Jan 2011, 2:41 am, Terrace Dr, 3500 blk, Suitland, 20746, Shot http://is.gd/0rThpR
  • tbd247 Man shot in neck, leg in Suitland http://tbd.ly/ggFgrk 
  • eunyangnbc PG Co. records its 14th homicide of the year. A man shot and killed in Suitland. 
  • DCAbloob RT @wusa9: Fatal Shooting In Suitland Makes 14th Homicide In Prince George's County http://bit.ly/ep67fR #pgcounty  
  • pgcyd Agreed"@939WKYS: PG County just had it's 14th homicide in Suitland. This is getting waaaay outta hand. C'mon PG County. We gotta do better."  
  • 939WKYS PG County just had it's 14th homicide in Suitland. This is getting waaaay outta hand. C'mon PG County. We gotta do better.  
  • WTOPinMD  Prince George's Co. sees 14th murder in new year http://bit.ly/fq79Fg #WTOP 
  • postcrime Man killed in Suitland shooting http://wapo.st/gtjeaw 
  • AlexPappasDC After 7 day lull, Prince George's County has another killing. It's the 14th of the year. http://bit.ly/i2GeOX
  • postlocal More details on the 14th homicide in Prince George's this year: http://wapo.st/hj4pYy 
  • postcrime Prince George's records 14th homicide of 2011 http://wapo.st/e8FCgg 
  • UMarlboroPatch Wednesday Morning Murder Raises Prince George's County Homicide Count To 14 - Upper Marlboro, MD Patch http://t.co/bqGoGNo 
  • RiverdalePatch #PGCounty homicide count now at 14: http://patch.com/A-dycn  
  • BowiePatch Troubling trend continues in #PG County as a murder early Wed. morning brings the total to 14 so far this year - http://patch.com/A-dyd5
  • DC Homicides:
  • Post: Blogger (Laura Norton Amico) aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim http://is.gd/2Ncri1 
  • postlocal A former cops reporter wants to make sure that no D.C. homicide victim is forgotten: http://wapo.st/evzTUy   
• Crime & Police:
  • PGCrime 15-year-old boy killed crossing Landover Road Tuesday - http://tinyurl.com/4gqzspb
  • wusa9 Arrest Made In Mother-Daughter Acid Attack Case http://bit.ly/fNUxhy 
  • PGCrime Woman charged with assault after allegedly throwing chemical on mother, child- http://tinyurl.com/6d5fzqd 
  • GreenbeltPatch Greenbelt woman charged in assault charge involving acid last year: http://ow.ly/3GNJE
  • melcouncil9 Missing Accokeek Teenager. Police need your help: http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2011/01/police-seek-assistance-in-locating_17.html 
  • melcouncil9 Yesterday, at the County Council Meeting, we received a briefing from the Police Chief on the 140 arrests in 4 days to stem 2011 homicides.
  • PrinceGeorgesMD Citizen Complaint Oversight Panel Annual Report http://bit.ly/fGS4Oj 
  • PG_Discussion PG County has 53,000 Unserved Warrants:  http://yhoo.it/eDzZzb .
• Fire/EMS:
• News4Today News4's Melissa Mollet is on the scene of a fire in Hyattsville that injured 4 children, 2 are extremely critical.
• DCAbloob Four children injured in Hyattsville, MD house fire incl two extremely critical - WUSA/9: http://j.mp/f3Kctt #pgcounty 
• PGFDPIO A Hyattsville family of 6 including 4 children were injured in a house fire in the4700 blk of 40th Ave. Ages 4, 9, 13, 13 (all female)  
• eunyangnbc 13 year old twin girls in extremely critical condition after pulled from burning house in PG Co. 4, 9 yr olds expected to survive. 
• WTOPinMD Firefighters rescue 3 children from burning home http://bit.ly/eeDUGp #WTOP about 24 hours ago 
• postlocal Twin 13-year-old girls "extremely critical" after Hyattsville fire. http://wapo.st/eCP7UQ 
• PGFDPIO Hyattsville house fire update. 1pm media update on scene. The critically injured are a 9 year old and 13 year old sisters (corrected info) 
• PGCrime Twin girls in ‘grave' condition after #Hyattsville house fire - http://tinyurl.com/5vn4a3k
• nbcwashington A 9-year-old girl pulled from a house fire in Prince George's County has died. http://bit.ly/gBJntq  

2011 Maryland General Assembly

• DelusionalDuck Racing industry to find legislative solutions: Rosecroft auction set for Jan. 28With Maryland’s racing i... http://bit.ly/eNnaUB 
• mddailyrecord Bill to raise Maryland’s minimum wage faces opposition: http://bit.ly/e76RLE 
• PGSentinel: General Assembly opens to $1.6 billion deficit http://is.gd/nHxbpx 
• Bills sponsored by PG members:
• Jan18: HB41 http://is.gd/3qzy5m Del. Pena-Melnyk (D-21) &,  Legislative Community Initiatives Loan of 2004 - Prince George's County - College Park City Hall 
• Jan18: HB41 http://is.gd/3qzy5m Del. Frush (D-21) &,  Legislative Community Initiatives Loan of 2004 - Prince George's County - College Park City Hall 
• Jan18: HB41 http://is.gd/3qzy5m Del. Barnes (D-21) &,  Legislative Community Initiatives Loan of 2004 - Prince George's County - College Park City Hall   
• Jan18: HB43 http://is.gd/Iqvulk Del. Pena-Melnyk (D-21) &, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The ALEC African House #pgporkers #pgspenders $500,000
• Jan18: HB43 http://is.gd/Iqvulk Del. Frush (D-21) &, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The ALEC African House #pgporkers #pgspenders $500,000
• Jan18: HB43 http://is.gd/Iqvulk Del. Barnes (D-21) &, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The ALEC African House #pgporkers #pgspenders $500,000 
• Jan18 HB44(e) http://is.gd/Qqs7rE Del. Holmes (D-23B) &, Education - Waiver from Maintenance of Effort Requirement - Process and Factors 
• Jan18 HB44(e) http://is.gd/Qqs7rE Del. Ross (D-22) &, Education - Waiver from Maintenance of Effort Requirement - Process and Factors  
• Jan18: HB48 http://is.gd/qsQgIc Del. Pena-Melnyk (D-21) &, State Government - Open Meetings Act - Notice and Complaints
• Jan18: SB71 http://is.gd/Gk8YQk Sen. Benson (D-24) &, Commission on Surrogate Parenting #pgspenders $Fiscal note not available
• Jan18: SB71 http://is.gd/Gk8YQk Sen. Currie (D-35) &, Commission on Surrogate Parenting #pgspenders  $Fiscal note not available
• Jan18: SB71 http://is.gd/Gk8YQk Sen. Peters (D-23) &, Commission on Surrogate Parenting #pgspenders  $Fiscal note not available
• Jan18: SB71 http://is.gd/Gk8YQk Sen. Pinsky (D-22) &, Commission on Surrogate Parenting #pgspenders  $Fiscal note not available
• Jan18: SB71 http://is.gd/Gk8YQk Sen. Rosapepe (D-) &, Commission on Surrogate Parenting #pgspenders $Fiscal note not available  

Government & Politics

• PGD9Politico Summary of PG County Council Retreat drafted in perfect PR spin, esp. to justify cost in pg. 1. http://tinyurl.com/6h26fnr 
• PG-Politics Offer to Serve on Ethics Task Force: Let's get serious about ethics reform. I think everyone on th... http://yhoo.it/exCyqW
• melcouncil9 At Committee Meeting today, received a good briefing on the Pr. Geo. Comm. College's business accelerator program for local businesses.
• PG-Politics Dreaming on ...: It seems unrealistic to me for our County Council to be wrestling to bring federal... http://yhoo.it/go1PM9
• CNSmd Security seems to outnumber guests at the Governor's inauguration in Annapolis. #mdpolitics 
• kryan1035 So how open is that open meeting you attended recently? MD's open meeting laws and texting by officials...what's public, what's private?
• kryan1035 When elected officials tweet or email during public meetings, what are they really saying? LOL? ROS? (reporter over shoulder?) Hmmmmm.. 
• DelusionalDuck State could lose federal aid over sex offender registry: Despite a major push by Maryland lawmakers last year to... http://bit.ly/gLmGXQ  
• mdreporter Maryland's number of millionaires continues to dwindle. http://bit.ly/e0rJzH 
• EdPriola The number of Marylanders filing million-dollar tax returns went down 16% in 2009... this speaks volumens about our tax environment  
• MDPolicy We continue to chase millionaires out of #MD with our high #taxes -- numbers now below 2004 level http://su.pr/5wmzup #politics 
• Scandals
• ZoeTillman #Gazette Morningside considers ethics measure amid scandal http://bit.ly/hYHFs3 
• Big Brother IS watching you:
• FKlopott D.C. expanding public surveillance camera net. You'll be watched everywhere you go http://bit.ly/ibEox8  
• FKlopott D.C. planning to include security cameras at businesses, #wmata in feeds to central watching room http://bit.ly/ibEox8 
• FKlopott D.C. homeland security looking to add thousands of security cameras to centralized network http://bit.ly/ibEox8 .

Education

• KhadijahOnline Check this video out -- Prince George's County School System failing our kids -www.coalitionforc... http://t.co/fLqzYFM 
• KhadijahOnline New Post: Prince George's County Superintendent Proposes to Cut Middle School Sports: In early De... http://bit.ly/fGUtWq #BlogHer #kids
• CollegeParkPatch: Peggy Higgins Headlines January's College Park Tour http://is.gd/oaPQsB 
• melcouncil9 At Committee Meeting today, received a good briefing on the Pr. Geo. Comm. College's business accelerator program for local businesses. .

Business, Transportation & Development

• DelusionalDuck Racing industry to find legislative solutions: Rosecroft auction set for Jan. 28With Maryland’s racing i... http://bit.ly/eNnaUB  
• bcbolin Innovative #stormwater mgmt system: #Bladensburg, #PrinceGeorges, #MD. Helps #AnacostiaRiver http://youtu.be/hd8VR5TYkVc  
• hcpeterson Md. expects "significant" increase in foreclosures http://bit.ly/hspxL3 bitly 
• melcouncil9 Should we better control residential development to ensure better police and fire response times? Give me your feedback.
• wusa9 Lanham, Maryland location among funeral homes used as sites for weddings: http://bit.ly/gyL24L  .

Local (Municipalities)

• Bladensburg
• bcbolin Innovative #stormwater mgmt system: #Bladensburg, #PrinceGeorges, #MD. Helps #AnacostiaRiver http://youtu.be/hd8VR5TYkVc  
• College Park:
• CollegePrkPatch Peggy Higgins Headlines January's College Park Tour http://is.gd/oaPQsB 
• Morningside:
• ZoeTillman #Gazette Morningside considers ethics measure amid scandal http://bit.ly/hYHFs3

Other

• News_PGCounty @PG_Central is now @News_PGCounty, covering all the breaking news in Prince George’s County, from the @Gazette_Net editorial team.  
• PG_North All your breaking central PG County news is now available at @News_PGCounty, brought to you by the @Gazette_Net editorial team.  
• DCAbloob new Prince George's Gazette news feed is @News_PGCounty (the renamed @PG_Central), @PG_North & @PG_South 
• RatedPGcounty The RatedPGcounty Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f2zsTt ▸ Top stories today by @jasoncherkisdavidrauf @gazpolitics @abc7julie @dcabloob  
• RatedPGcounty The RatedPGcounty Daily Feed is out! http://bit.ly/hW74td ▸ Top stories today by @riverdalepatch @hyattsvllepatch @pgpolitics @pgfdpio.

PGPorkers Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-22) seeks to increase the state's huge deficit by another $450,000 (SB150) http://bit.ly/5bbsy0

PGPorkers Sen. David Harrington (D-47) seeks to increase the state's huge deficit by another $450,000 (SB150) http://bit.ly/5bbsy0

PGPorkers: Del. Michael Vaughn (D-24) seeks to increase the state's huge deficit by another $250,000 (HB129) http://bit.ly/5y3xhk

PGPorkers: Del. Joanne Benson (D-24) seeks to increase the state's huge deficit by another $250,000 (HB129) http://bit.ly/5y3xhk

PG Porkers: Del. Aisha Braveboy (D-25) seeks to increase the state's huge deficit by another $250,000 (HB49) http://bit.ly/4CIZPN

PG Porkers: Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-26), seeks to eliminte fund matching requirement (SB100) http://bit.ly/8Nsoj1

PG Porkers: Sen. Thomas V. 'Mike' Miller (D-27) seeks to increase the state's huge deficit by another $250,000 (SB105) http://bit.ly/5HJUou

PG Porkers: Sen. Exum (D-24)

Maryland has a fiscal crisis with a huge deficit looming despite the huge 2007 tax increase. But Tax and Spend Senator Nathaniel Exum (D-25), who voted for the tax increase, and is currently being investigated for ethics violations, wants to spend even more of the money we don't have on non-essential, non-state government frills instead of maintaining essential state services like education and public safety. How many more state employees will be laid off or furloughed to help buy votes for Sen. Exum?

• SB 875 , Palmer Park Boys and Girls Club ($400,000)

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(Posted 10 Feb 2009)

PG Porkers: Sen. Peters (D-23)

Maryland has a fiscal crisis with a huge deficit looming despite the huge 2007 tax increase. But Tax and Spend Senator Douglas J. J. Peters (D-23), who voted for the tax increase, wants to spend even more of the money we don't have on non-essential, non-state government frills instead of maintaining essential state services like education and public safety. How many more state employees will be laid off or furloughed to help buy votes for Sen. Peters?

• SB 454, South Bowie Boys and Girls Club Concession Stand ($50,000)
  
• SB 519, Olde Mill Community and Teaching Center ($50,000)
  
• SB 832, Lincoln Vista Neighborhood Park Recreation Building ($50,000)
• SB 833, Shabach Adult Day Care and Senior Center ($50,000)
• SB 834, Whitemarsh Turf Field ($50,000)
• SB 887, Kappa Alpha Psi Playground Equipment ($10,000)
• SB 889 , Bowie Police Dispatch Center ($50,000)
• Total: $310,000

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(Updated 10 Feb 2009)

PG Porkers (Sen. Currie)

Maryland has a fiscal crisis with a huge deficit looming despite the huge 2007 tax increase. But Tax and Spend Senator Ulysses Currie (D-25), who voted for the tax increase, and is currently being investigated for ethics violations, wants to spend even more of the money we don't have on non-essential, non-state government frills instead of maintaining essential state services like education and public safety. How many more state employees will be laid off or furloughed to help buy votes for Sen. Currie?

• SB 519, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Olde Mill Community and Teaching Center ($50,000)
  
• SB 827, Creation of a State Debt - Capital Area Food Bank ($300,000)
  
• SB 837, Gethsemane UMC Chosen Youth Group Basketball Court ($25,000)
• Total: $375,000

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(Updated 10 Feb 2009)

PG Porkers (Sen. Rosapepe)

Maryland has a fiscal crisis with a huge deficit looming despite the huge 2007 tax increase.  But Tax and Spend Sen. James Rosapepe (D-21), who voted for the tax increase, wants to spend even more of the money we don't have on non-essential, non-state government frills instead of maintaining essential state services like education and public safety.  How many more state employees will be laid off or furloughed to help buy votes for Sen. Rosapepe?

• SB 398, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Armory Anderson Murphy Community Center ($150,000)
  
• SB 400, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Historic Laurel Mill Ruins ($50,000)
  
• SB 401, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Boys and Girls Club ($300,000)
  
• SB 743, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Police Department Facility - Community Space ($350,000)
• Total: $850,000

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(Updated 10 Feb 2009)

PG Porkers (Del. Walker, V. Turner, & Valderrama)

Maryland has a fiscal crisis with a huge deficit looming despite the huge 2007 tax increase. But Tax and Spend Delegates Jay Walker (D-26), Veronica Turner (D-26), and Kriselda Valderrama (D-26), who voted for the tax increase, want to spend even more of the money we don't have on non-essential, non-state government frills instead of maintaining essential state services like education and public safety. How many more state employees will be laid off or furloughed to help buy votes for these delegates?

HB 535 , Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - YMCA Potomac Overlook ($200,000)

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(Posted 5 Feb 2009)

PG Porkers (Del. Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, & Frush)

Maryland has a fiscal crisis with a huge deficit looming despite the huge 2007 tax increase. But Tax and Spend Delegates Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-21), Ben Barnes (D-21), and Barbara Frush (D-21), who voted for the tax increase, want to spend even more of the money we don't have on non-essential, non-state government frills instead of maintaining essential state services like education and public safety. How many more state employees will be laid off or furloughed to help buy votes for these delegates?

HB 467, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - LARS Facility Renovation ($500,000)
HB 515, Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Boys and Girls Club ($300,000)

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(Updated 5 Feb 2009)