Budget director reflects on 15 years in Frederick County
Harold Keller marks fifteen years overseeing Frederick County finances. He notes population rose from 102000 to 152000 and school enrollment from 22000 to over 25000. Education spending grew from 16 million to over 64 million and sheriff’s budget to 6.4 million. Overall the budget quadrupled from 31 million to 136 million while taxes barely rose after inflation.
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Keller
Winchester Hall
Memory Lane
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Rose Frederick County
Harold
McDonald’s opens largest world store in Moscow’s Pushkin Square
The column playfully celebrates McDonald’s Moscow debut on Pushkin Square as the world’s largest McD. It notes long lines, 27 registers, and a five ruble Big Mac plus fries, comparing prices to income and joking about Russian culture, politics, and Western trends.
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Moscow
Czardom
Europe
Berlin Wall
McDonald’s
Toronto
Skydome Baseball Stadium
Blue Jays
Pushkin Square
Kremlin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ronald McDonald
Russia
Duke Zieberts
Red Square
U.S
Blue Jeans
Barry Manilow
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Keo
Aquarius
Popular Mechanics
DDT
Astern
Aneta Kreglicka
Gdansk
Poland
McDonald's
Azerbaijan
VMT
Okura Tokyo Hotels Used For Government Travel Costs Questioned
Auditors from the State Department report U S officials often use high priced hotels like the Okura in Tokyo for government travel and claim per diems based on top rates. They found records show allowances exceed adequate standards and some travelers pocket the difference while remaining within the law.
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Washington
U.S
Tokyo
Okura
Congress
White House
Japan
State Department Inspector General's
Per Diem Misuse Exposed in Embassy Travel Audits
Reports reveal that embassy hotel and restaurant surveys inflate per diem rates. London log shows Grosvenor House cited at 180 dollars while most stayed at the cheaper Mandeville. Paris and Tokyo also overstate. Auditors say 13.5 percent waste across 48 cities, potential 41.6 million annual savings.
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U.S
State Department
Washington
Tokyo
London
Grosvenor House
Hyde Park
Inspector General
Grosvenor
Mandeville Hotel
Paris
Intercontinental Hotel
Pullman
Jim Lynch
Odd mishap and notices from late county archives
A Maryland report recalls Patrol Officer Norman Boone accidentally locking himself out of his ambulance in Boonsboro. Other notes include Mehrle Bis er finding an omen near Bennett's Creek, a Bangkok eggs order for Orpingtons, and a Cairo connection to Egyptian stock. Frederick city and county settle a water dispute over Montevue with linked fees and rights. Congressman McCarthy criticizes Nixon era germ warfare policy. A local letter backs a five member school board, Navy Lt Richard Zimmerman speaks at the Lions Club, and Rose Hill Manor will house the Parks plan offices relocating from Winchester Hall.
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Maryland
Norman Boone
Frederick
Boonsboro
Meachum faulted on column over Schroder Farm issue
Fran Cohen Wickham from Thurmont reports on Roy Meachum’s January column accusing him of misquoting and political bias. The piece defends Del. Hattery’s bill to require seller input before condemnation, argues a prudent site plan avoids high costs, and questions Meachum’s portrayal of residents and the petition.
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Roy Meachum
Roy
Mr. Meachum
Save the Schroder Farm
Schroder
Meachum
Letters to the Editor on impact fees and local issues in Frederick
John C. Laughland of Frederick comments on impact fees not being a cure-all, urges caution with legislation, and requests a public chronology of landfill decisions. He criticizes Delegates Hattery and Littrell for political maneuvering, notes concerns about Schroder land use, and praises Roy Meachum’s recent piece while warning taxpayers may bear the losers.
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Germantown
Adamstown
Morgan County
W.va
Schroder
Schroders
Thomas Hattery
George Littrell
Frederick
Hattery
Mr. Littrell
Frederick Cablevision
Sterling Bollinger
Roy Meachum
Roy
Hattery’s landfill bill called election year ploy
Local readers critique Del. Tom Hattery’s push on the Schroder farm issue as a partisan election-year maneuver. The letter argues the solid waste problem defies easy choices and questions Hattery’s prior actions and motives, noting PAC fundraising and past party rhetoric.
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Hattery
Frederick Community College dedicates art show in memory of Mary Condon Hodgson
Wendell M. Poindexter announces the memorial dedication of the FCC Student Art Exhibition to Mary Condon Hodgson. The exhibition opens Sunday February 11 with a 2 to 4 p.m. reception and runs through March 7 at the Frederick Community College Fine Arts Center.
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Mary Condon Hodgson
Frederick Community College
FCC
Wendell M. Poindexter
Fine Arts Center
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