Summary of TBD's all day long examination of the 2 sides of Prince George's County at the bottom of the page.
Public Safety
2011 Maryland General Assembly
Government & Politics
- Council Junket:
- Gazette: Rule of some; County lawmakers' failure to abide by public info law adds to govt transparency doubts (Edit) http://is.gd/gfJkni
- Gazette: Turner defends council's Eastern Shore retreat; Residents criticize lawmakers ... http://is.gd/pxd08b
- Gazette: PG Council debates transparency at retreat; Members discuss how much information to share with public http://is.gd/MjZCKi
- Gazette: Council retreat adds to loss in government trust (Letter from Judy Robinson) http://is.gd/Z5OVBQ
- PG-Politics Re: Chespeake - Did It Violate Open Meetings Law: You guys do put your mind into these things. http://yhoo.it/hXmA9J
- PG-Politics Open Meetings -- the tip of the iceburg: Hello, BTW, I thought I'd point out that we have observed... http://yhoo.it/gVsqjJ
- PG-Politics Why Do I Think the Prince George's Council Is Not Honest?: According to the Gazette, "Why does eve... http://yhoo.it/fU2yY6
- PG-Politics Re: Why Do I Think the Prince George's Council Is Not Honest?: What arrogance. Did you read the Ga... http://yhoo.it/gQExQN
- PGCCouncilMedia The 2011 County Council Annual Retreat was held January 10-12. Stay tuned for a summary report posting on the Council’s website.
- PGCCouncilMedia Council Member Andrea Harrison (D) – District 5 will serve 2011 Chair Metro Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors.
- PGCCouncilMedia Council Chair Ingrid Turner (D) – District 4 will serve as First Vice-President of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) for 2011.
- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III Names Communications Director (Angela Wright) http://is.gd/1dwF7n
- Post: WSSC proposes 8.9% rate hike (in addition to 8.5% hike this year) http://is.gd/SO7DXM
- SuiteMagazine Baker's BottomLine:The new exec says he won't back away from teacher's pension battle, the county hospital and other issues. www.pgsuite.com
- postcrime No honeymoon period for new Pr. George's leader http://wapo.st/e3MQps
- Gazette: A new perspective; Examination of employee compensation provides different view of county challenges (Edit.) http://is.gd/UeO3dN Compares PG giovernment and education salaries to other Maryland jurisdictions
- EnvisionPrinceG County surplus used to court federal agency http://is.gd/B7Y8Zv
- MDPolicy It's amazing what a difference it makes to have a budget surplus instead of a deficit http://su.pr/2bBoMM #MD #politics
- Gazette: Extravagance is not needed in Donna Edwards' updates (letter from Patricia Waters) http://is.gd/vA33NY
- SuiteMagazine Stepping Up: Prince George's Councilman Will Campos will be in the studio at FOX 5 to address the county and the recent crime spike.
- SuiteMagazine Councilman Will Campos is on FOX 5 now calling for a regional gang task force in Maryland unit working full time to combat recent crime.
- SuiteMagazine Campos says the situation with the crime spike in the county is not the norm. It will be addressed.
- SuiteMagazine Campos says avoid the sinkiing ship mentality: Other areas experience crime spikes. People don't suddenly decide to not go there.
- Gazette: Former Prince George's County councilman dies; Mitchellville's Ronald Russell represented Dist 6, 1994-2002 http://is.gd/isCNGe
- TeamRonMiller Haters of Free Speech Need to Grow Up - Southern Maryland Headline News http://bit.ly/eWAcdb #TCOT #AACONS #MDReps #BookerRising
- Scandals
- PG-Politics Baker ethics panel appointee was subject of scandal under Wayne Curr: Baker ethics panel appointee... http://yhoo.it/g1B7RD .
- Big Brother:
- Gazette: Laurel quick to add speed cameras to problem streets; Officials reported 6,000 tickets issued in enforce... http://is.gd/md2bj4
- Gazette: Two more speed cameras to begin operating in Bowie on Monday http://is.gd/9TsXkt
- Gazette: Questioning speed cameras' accuracy (College Park) (Letter from Teresa Joiner) http://is.gd/AOuN3F
- Riverdale Park Police - has a new call center number for speed camera inqiries. #301-552-6045 http://is.gd/LynUPG
Education
Business, Transportation & Development
Local (Municipalities)
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- Bowie:
- College Park:
- Glenarden:
- Gazette: Special election to fill Glenarden Ward 3 seat scheduled for Feb. 9 http://is.gd/2RvFJO
- Greenbelt:
- Laurel:
- Gazette: Laurel quick to add speed cameras to problem streets; Officials reported 6,000 tickets issued in enforce... http://is.gd/md2bj4
- New Carrollton:
- Riverdale Park:
- Seat Pleasant:
- Gazette: Seat Pleasant plans new fees for absentee landlords; City to pass along charges for upkeep to vacant properties http://is.gd/UuWnot
Other
Summary of TBD's all day long examining the 2 sides of Prince George's County
- stevebuttry All day long, @TBD staff will be examining the 2 sides of Prince George's County, where 2011 has started w/ 13 murders. http://tbd.ly/f6ZJiJ
- TBD Today, @ heard from people around PG County on the area's recent spoke in homicides. Here's their stories:
- tbd247 PG County Murders 2011: A tale of one county, split in two http://tbd.ly/f6ZJiJ
- terabithia4 @stevebuttryTBD Only two sides? Seems to me there is more nuance there than that. in to stevebuttry
- TBD @terabithia4 @pgpolitics If it clarifies, the "sides" mentioned aren't "of the story", but rather geographical. Inside the Beltway and out.
- stevebuttry @terabithia4 Absolutely more nuance and we'll be all over that. But Beltway is a pretty stark dividing line. 11 murders inside, 2 outside.
- stevebuttry @terabithia4 Absolutely more nuance and we'll be all over that. But Beltway is a pretty stark dividing line. 11 murders inside, 2 outside.
- stevebuttry @terabithia4 Fair criticism. First take shows how the Beltway divides the county and that's a valid observation. But we'll have plenty more.
- TBD PG County youth "have been exposed to this violence, always"- Donna Edwards, Oxon Hill. http://tbd.ly/2pgcounties
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'Burglaries, home invasions. Now murder' http://tbd.ly/dQLStx
- TBD Sorry, that last quote was from Bonnie Bick, not Donna Edwards. It's all at http://tbd.ly/2pgcounties
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'You?re in a safe neighborhood,' he gestures. 'See? Cops.' http://tbd.ly/gz85J2
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: Bowie is 'a positive place to live' http://tbd.ly/eUVItm
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'You get the reputation of just being a gun-slinging kind of county' http://tbd.ly/eKmGRh
- ElaheIzadi RT @mjenkins @TBD's got staff all over Prince George's today, which has had 13 homicides in 2011.Responses so far: http://tbd.ly/2pgcounties
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'We simply don?t have a full force of officers' http://tbd.ly/eXrrpo
- tbd247 Metro to consider selling naming rights to stations http://tbd.ly/fydCei
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: Victim's mother too distraught to speak http://tbd.ly/fkrYfK
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'Poverty, baby' http://tbd.ly/fgEVgB
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'I have no answers' http://tbd.ly/hhACnC
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'It's just business as usual' http://tbd.ly/ectRwk
- TBD "People don’t see these are loved family members" - Stefan Queen, whose son is among 13 killed in PG County. http://tbd.ly/ieVBFE
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'Change is probably the only constant we have' http://tbd.ly/hMWiC3
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'When did he have time to be a drug kingpin?' http://tbd.ly/dGYW7S
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'It doesn't mean it's the norm for Prince George's' http://tbd.ly/grCywx
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'It affects P.G. County, but I wouldn't say Bowie itself' http://tbd.ly/h8Kna7
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'It?s frightening. Let?s face it,' Greenbelt's mayor says http://tbd.ly/gJbYjr
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: 'I think I went into shock' http://tbd.ly/ieVBFE
- tbd247 P.G. County Murders 2011: 'Unfortunately, it's a violent world' http://tbd.ly/ifNDzY
- tbd247 P.G. County murders 2011: O'Malley a sympathetic governor http://tbd.ly/ihxKBB PGCrime County calls in federal help to battle homicide surge - http://tinyurl.com/64jxwbo
- TBD PG Co. violence "doesn’t infringe on my life. I live by the big houses." - Shopper at Lanham's new Wegmans. http://tbd.ly/h4mBiK
- tbd247: P.G. County murders 2011: 'Murder is already against the law' Md. state legislator (Sen. Rosapepe D-21) says http://is.gd/c54RHm
