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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1993
Page
4
Frederick County lawmakers did not win authorization to raise the real estate transfer tax from the Maryland General Assembly. The panel noted two unused powers exist piggyback income tax and impact fees. Local officials must decide tax policy, and the assembly permits but does not compel new levies.
In a letter to the editor Jack Patterson argues that Frederick County teachers face a multi-year funding shortfall under Maryland’s 1968 collective bargaining law. He explains how unfunded contract portions from 1991 to 1993 drive a 15.75 percent request for fiscal 1994 and defends educators as financially struggling public servants. Patterson, president of the Frederick County Teachers Association, cites funding battles with the Board of Education and county commissioners.
Anita Biser from Frederick argues for a mix of liberal and conservative ideas in public discourse. She defends Roy Meachum's columns and urges inclusive discussion on national debt, personal freedoms, dog rights, and human rights within a democratic society.
The writer opposes mandatory tests for drivers over 70 and suggests age-based testing for younger people. He cites 18-year-old accident rates and imagines new, humorous requirements such as a politeness test for those under 70, including how they shop, queue, and handle payments. The piece satirically questions fairness and policy design.
The piece imagines a punitive social regime with loudness taxes and mandatory schooling for ages 21 to 70, plus a demanding government employee test. It targets youth behavior and license-bureau staff, ending with Rooney's note on distribution by Tribune Media Services.
More than 500 patrons braved freezing weather to attend Hilde Somer’s piano recital at Frederick High School. Government pleasure-driving ban blocked private cars and local cab companies faced canceled pickups. Separately, Frederick County boards held re registrations to meet quota demands while officials debated merging the HRC and CAA into a Community Services Agency set to operate July 1 under Donald Date. Local reactions to Nixon’s Vietnam deserter amnesty stance were mixed. ICU cases due to freezing rain caused multiple accidents and a fatality.
Norman Quist, president of the Frederick County Board of Education, defends the board’s decision to review teacher guides alongside Impressions textbooks. He says due process and guideline interpretation, not distrust of teachers, motivated the action. The board plans new review guidelines to protect rights, intellectual freedom, and curriculum goals.
A parent recounts involvement with kindergarten and PTA while raising a younger child. After discussing with a friend, the piece urges more parental voices in school matters.
Laura Grimes, Woodsboro, argues parents must have a say as administrators push controversial Impressions books. Amy Boehman, a Frederick VPA Theater senior, invites the public to free performances of The Strolling Players at Governor Thomas Johnson High School on Feb 16 and a festival at the Weinberg Center on Feb 21 to see the VPA program in action.
At the February 10 public hearing for the superintendent’s proposed budget, many speakers urged cutting the Visual and Performing Arts Program while defending the outdoor school program. Speakers argued VPA serves a minority and faced unbalanced scrutiny, noting outdoor school targets younger students.
Denise King protests a February letter condemning homosexuals in the armed forces. She argues wars, injuries, and sacrifices by gay service members prove the need for inclusive, moral national defense and denounces the writer as uneducated and hateful.
Delayed reply to a letter about using PVC pipe filled with concrete. The author, Richard Sisson, describes building methods using steel and concrete for resilience in hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and cold regions like Alaska. Claims roofs last 250 years, no insurance needed, costs 18 percent less than conventional wood. He urges looking to Europe for long standing structures.
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