Ethics reform pay raise sparks bipartisan bloc and debate
The piece notes Congress approved higher salaries for both chambers with Senate pay rising to 101,400 and House pay to 124,500 in 1991. It highlights reduced honoraria, differing Senate and House plans, and the political move to frame the issue as ethics reform. It urges voters to question representatives about gains, concessions, and votes.
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Senate
Bush
Congress
Ant
Nzscof
MOL Thames Ieee
Barbara Mikulski
Paul Sarbanes
Republican Rational
Mike Miller in Baltimore gaffe sparks political backlash
A Maryland Senate leader Mike Miller faced swift critique after a Baltimore fundraiser visit turned into a public relations slip. He referred to Baltimore as a "ghetto" in offhand remarks to a reporter, triggering apologies, defense from allies, and renewed scrutiny of his candor and off the record assurances.
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Mike Miller
Maryland Senate
Thomas V
Mike
Baltimaore
Don Schaefer
Charm City
Baltimore
Prince George's County
Joan Gartlan
Channel 2
Tim Gotgolds
House of Delegates
Senate
Ms. Gartlan
Amerea
Miller
William Ronald Schaefer
Kurt Schmoke
Boys
Girls’ Clubs
Boy Scouts of America
Polce
Sierra Club
Veterans Groups
University of Maryland
John* Hopkins
Knights of Columbus
Mike Muller
Polish aid snags spark calls for purging officials
Washington views Poland's $2.5 hundred million aid as fragile due to lingering communist era bureaucrats. Western buyers warn that corruption and weak private infrastructure threaten deployment. Optimists urge U.S. experts to build enterprise while critics fear 50 years of red tape. TRW launches paid credit reports stirring privacy debate.
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Washington
Lech Walesa
Poland
United States
Europe
George Bush
Communist Party
Walesa
Congress
U.S
Hungary
Frederick County elects soil district supervisors in 1969 vote
In a 50 year old report, three Frederick County farmers joined Walter Burrall and George John to form the Monocacy Soil Conservation district board. Harry J. Rinehart was the sole losing candidate in the election.
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Eligibe
Frederick County
Monocacy
Frank A. Roddy
Thurmam
William Howard
Frederick
Harry Frasa
Walkersville
Walter E. Burrall
New Market
George B. John
Union Bridge
Harry J. Rinehart
Westminster
Board of Education
Frederick County landfill blamed for toxic groundwater risk
A Frederick County critique asserts the Reich's Ford landfill lacks a liner and contaminates Bush Creek. Maryland and EPA studies show elevated levels of silver, cyanide, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, thallium, zinc and organic pollutants. calls for closing the site, placing a liner cap, reevaluating expansion, and protecting public health.
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Reich’s Ford
Frederick County
Bush Creek
Public Health Department
Maryland
U.S
Tom Lehrer
Radon concerns and land condemnation clash in Frederick County
A letter debate centers on land seizure for a county landfill, with residents John and Helen Alexander opposing the move that would displace three farming families. The exchange then shifts to a critical reader reaction to Leonard Larsen’s radon coverage, arguing EPA risk estimates are blown out of proportion while urging prudent testing and action in Maryland. The correspondence cites regional radon measurements, health risk data, and calls for public information access.
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William Schrodel
Schrodels
Frederick County
Scripps-Howard
Leonard Larsen
EPA
Frederick News-Post
Larsen
News-Post
Maryland
Frederick
Carroll
National Safety Council
National Center For Health Statistics
Office of Environmental Programs
State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Radon
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U.S. Privacy Protection Study Commission
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East Church Street
Charles McC. Mathias
Saigon
Nixon
South Vietnam
Frederick Republican
Fort Detrick
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Salvation Army
Priscilla Insley
Christi Brookfield
Dawn Bromley
Colleen Moore
Gina Anderson
Vicki Atkinson
Tom Anascavage
Ann Howard
Marcia Roessler
Mike Chamel
Thomas Hood
George Anderson
Frank Wastler
Jo Ellen Natter
Samuel Gerald Guss
John and
Helen Alexander Frederick
Larsen and
Iowa
Allen R. Schaeffer
New Windsor
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