Carroll Creek Park Name Change Debate in Frederick County
Frederick residents discuss dropping linear from Carroll Creek Linear Park. Most favor keeping Carroll Creek Park as the known name citing five years of use and local recognition. Proposals consider Creekskip as a mayor suggested alternative but locals prefer uniqueness and clarity of the current name.
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Monoccacy National Battlefield Park
Paul Gordon
Creekskip
Carroll Creek Park
Frederick County
Fall of a Maryland judge nominee and media blame game
An opinion piece lambastes Roy Meachum and supporters of ex delegate John Arnick over his failed District Court bid. It accuses media, legislators, and lobbyists of manipulation, cites Judith Wolfer and Sue Hecht, and criticizes Gov. Schaefer and Speaker Clayton Mitchell while portraying Arnick’s withdrawal as a self inflected downfall amid political maneuvering.
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John Arnick
District Court
Arnick
William Donald Schaefer
Judith Wolfer
Schaefer
Ms. Wolfer
John Derr
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Clayton Mitchell
Mitchell
Wolfer
Sue Hecht
Frederick
Shakespeare
Welfare and Unemployment Paradox in U S Economy
The excerpt argues unemployment persists despite abundant work and hunger despite plentiful food. It claims welfare, though humane, has failed, increasing hardship for recipients and creating a permanent underclass. It cites Roosevelt’s welfare dream as a nightmare and cites Clinton’s inaugural aim to end welfare dependency.
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United States
Roosevelt
Clinton
A Cleaning Woman and the Welfare Tradeoff
A column notes a couple paying a house cleaner Nell under the table to avoid payroll taxes and protect her welfare status. It questions who should bear the responsibility when a welfare recipient relies on moonlighting to care for grandchildren. The piece suggests tough moral and policy tradeoffs without endorsing action.
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Nell
Clinton
Governor appoints city attorney as trial magistrate
Herbert R. OConor names Edward J. Smith as a trial magistrate, succeeding Manuel M. Weinberg. Alton Y. Bennett and Sherman P. Bowers are reappointed. Edward S. Mobley reports War Production Board approvals for materials to connect Frederick City properties to sewers, removing barriers for nonconverters.
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Herbert R. O’conor
Edward J. Smith
Manuel M. Weinberg
Alton Y. Bennett
Sherman P. Bowers
Edward S. Mobley
War Production Board
Frederick City
County panel backs threebuilding plan amid ire
In Annapolis Frederick County officials eyed a threebuilding multi use complex. Senators Smelser and Thomas Jr. attacked the shift calling it a diversionary tactic and a waste of space needs. Ambulance radio plan remains unresolved after a Health Planning Council subcommittee meeting. Steve Thomas spoke at Kiwanis about a recycling project of glass bottles and jars.
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Frederick County Commission
James Bryan
Annapolis
Charles H. Smelser
Edward P. Thomas Jr
Thomas
Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Steve Thomas
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Praise Hattery for Social Security vote in Maryland
Frederick County taxpayers should thank Delegate Tom Hattery for his vote on shifting Social Security costs from the state to the county. The letter credits him for addressing rising school enrollments and argues the measure risks higher property taxes, urging more study of alternatives and praise for his efforts. Willie Brickey, Smithsburg.
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Frederick County
Tom Hattery
Annapolis
Hattery
Board of Education
Tom
Maryland General Assembly
Why family leave will cost us in taxes and insurance
A reader argues that the newly signed family leave bill is not free, citing their own company’s insurance costs of 11,111.52 yearly for 12 weeks per employee and 59 workers. They warn it will lower profits, reduce tax revenue, and imply higher taxes may follow despite assertions of “no cost.” They question entitlement reforms and the bill’s impact on large firms.
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Washington
Clinton
Letters Social Security and Medicare Start Points
R Herbert Oden asks where Social Security and Medicare began and if the names Roosevelt and Johnson resonate. He prompts reflection on the origins of these programs and their formative figures.
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Social Security
Medicare
Roosevelt
Johnson
Frederick County child support concerns prompt reader input
A letter questions enforcement of court ordered child support dating from 1983, alleging chronic underpayment and urging Frederick County officials to address the issue. It also quotes Maryland Vehicle Law on child safety seats and offers contact to the Frederick Police Department Community Services Section for guidance and seat installation assistance.
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Frederick County
States Attorney's Office
Department of Social Services
Maryland
Community Services Section
Frederick
Continue using child safety seats
Frederick Police Department Community Services thanks Susan Provost of Mount Airy for her letter on car seats. Police note frequent crashes injure or kill, with children at higher risk, and emphasize safety gear boosts survival odds by 79 percent. If 10 percent comply nationally, about 15,600 lives yearly could be saved, 59 percent of them children.
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Frederick
Susan Provost
Mount Airy
United States
Abortion Debate and Pro-Life Support Networks
A letter argues abortion conflicts with moral law and questions who truly offers choices. It highlights pro-life groups Crisis Pregnancy Center, Nurturing Network, Birthright providing counseling, finances, clothing and housing for pregnant mothers and notes abortion trauma. Project Rachel in Baltimore aids women with abortion-related guilt.
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Crisis Pregnancy Center
Nurturing Network
Birthright
Rachel
Baltimore
Letters to the Editor From Frederick Post Address
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick Post, Patrick St Frederick Maryland, invites readers to submit opinions and brief notes. Provide a mailing address for correspondence and indicate a potential publication window.
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Leming
Frederek
Post
Patrick
Frederick
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Carroll Creek
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Charles Smelser
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Ms. Hecht
Ed Sein
Ricky Mol
Henis-Ke
Andy Rooney
Tribune Media Services
Berry's
Wank
News-Post
Willie Brickey
Smithsburg
R. Herbert Oden Frederick
M. Jane Geiger Frederick
Daniel M. Vance
Joseph Bourke
Frederick Police Department
Dianne Kasper Middletown
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