County officials brace for funding plan amid open meeting probe
Commissioner John Thompson Jr. opposes county involvement unless personal guarantees and indemnity mortgages secure debt. CSR threats to sue over disclosed Monocacy Boulevard Extension draft escalate tensions as Open Meetings Compliance Board probes alleged illegal meetings on Jobs Pathway. Public records requests, including one from Harriet Luke and 50 residents, seek the draft agreement.
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John Thompson Jr
Thompson
CSR
Gray
John Mathias
Open Meetings Compliance Board
Harriet Luke
Gardney
Mathias
Lora Cecere
Responsible Industrial Development
Frederick
Area Committee On Transportation
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County Budget Details Include MARC Increase and Budget Gaps
County commissioners plan continued talks on salary increases and base funding as MARC lifts the capital budget by 41 million to 16 million while general funds stand at 7 percent if unchanged. Frederick Community College to receive 6.39 million in 2000. debt service costs to drop by 340,279 with refinancing. Operating budget rises 64 million to 77 million, with 4.7 million unallocated. Departments must keep current funding and list top five add‑funding requests, plus show effects of 1 3 and 6 percent cuts.
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MARC
Frederick Community College
Local teams weigh insurance costs and waivers for play
Local teams face 14 to 18 players and rising costs as waivers and insurance requirements press teams to mail forms and photocopy documents before the season. Coaches seek team signoffs to ease odds, while smaller leagues warn they could be phased out without help from the Maryland Soccer Association.
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County Recreation Bureau
Hencken
Scott Atkins
Middletown Valley Athletic Association
Washington County
Atkinns
Richard Nwabuisi
Frederick Soccer Stars
Nwabuisi
Stephen Poole
Poole
Maryland Soccer Association
Social Security reform talks begin amid tough future choices
Washington officials say closed-door sessions with lawmakers are a prelude to hard negotiations on Social Security. Without changes, the program may run out of cash by 2032 as 75 million baby boomers begin benefits. Debates center on personal retirement accounts, with Republicans pushing for interim investments and Democrats wary of replacing Social Security. Clinton aides stress no firm stance yet, while lawmakers weigh surpluses for possible accounts.
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Washington
Clinton
Social Security
Kenneth S Apfel
Congress
Bill Roth
Senate Finance Committee
Roth
House Minoriiy
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Gephardt
Maryland Farm Bureau honors county women and awards
Frederick County Farm Bureau Women's Committee chairwoman accepted an award for promoting agriculture and Ag in the Classroom with six schools lined up for a mobile education trailer. The state recognized the Frederick News-Post for coverage. Delegates debated waste management and gbiosolids policy adding a PAC was approved. Secretary Wirts urged stewardship and cooperation for better land and water.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Stup
Women's Committee
Frederick News-Post
State Farm Bureau
Maryland
Rebecca Long Chaney
Anne Arundel County
Young Farmer Group
U.S
Roscoe Bartlett
Friend of Farm Bureau
Maryland Farm Bureau
Dean Kleckner
American Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Bobby Hutchinson
Talbot County Farm Bureau
Phil Upton
Wheelabrator
BioGro
BioGrow
Upton
George Bradley
Political Action Committee
PAC
Ddemocrat
Notary of Agricultaryland
Henry “Bud” Wirts
Teacher distributes violent song lyric packet at school
Everett Massachusetts AP reports an unidentified elementary teacher at Devens Elementary gave students altered lyrics to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer renamed Deadeye Two Gun Slinger. The lyric urges a gunman to shoot a wife on Christmas Eve prompting parental complaints from Theresa Schuester.
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Everett, Mass
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Devens
Deadeye
Theresa Schuester
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