Lawmakers face 1 percent transfer tax and tax reform agenda
The new 90 day General Assembly session opens with key issues including a proposed 1 percent transfer tax to fund facility costs, opposition over impact fees on new homes, and special taxing districts for Lake Singanore to fund road repairs. Other topics cover Economic and Community Development Commission control, raising the marriage license surcharge for Heartly House, and a statewide tax cut plan plus targeted state spending for health care and urban containment.
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Lake Singanore
Economic and Community Development Commission
Heartly House
State General Assembly
Rhoderick Defends County Actions on Growth Fees and Plans
Frederick County Commissioner Terre R Rhoderick responds to Clifford E Snyder Jr. on December 24, defending growth policies, arguing impact fees should be replaced with a transfer tax, noting fiscal improvements, approved infrastructure funding tied to the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, and emphasizing orderly growth, education, and infrastructure.
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Clifford E. Snyder Jr
Snyder
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Free State
Frederick County
Terre R Rhoderck
Millennial Hype and Doomsayers Across the Web
The writer notes overblown Millennium fever from 1989 to 1999 with headlines, books, products, groups, and fears. It catalogues media hype, commerce, and prophecies from Nostradamus to Hal Lindsey, ending with personal New Year plans and skepticism.
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New York Times
Time Magazine
Washington Post
America
Farberware
Elizabeth Arden
Millennium Group
Millennium Symposium
Millennium Society
Milennium Institute
First Millennial Foundation
Millennial Project
Nostradamus
Millennium
New Millennium
New Millennium Quarterly
Arkansas
Arizona
City Hall air horn broken. alarms use old sirens in Frederick
City Engineer W Raymond Walter said the air horn atop City Hall was broken and general fire alarms would be sounded via five former OCD sirens in scattered Frederick sections. A Navy Reserve Recruiting Service trailer near the Frederick Court House would serve as an inactive naval reserve recruiting office.
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W. Raymond Walter
City Hall
OCD
Frederick
Navy Reserve
Frederick Court House
Naval Reserve
Belief in God and Evolution Are Not in Conflict
Jeff Wilson argues that acceptance of evolution need not contradict faith in God. He cites tectonic plate movement and apple tree growth as observable processes and suggests evolution can be viewed as God’s method of shaping life and earth. He praises the concept as a neat invention.
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Alice Johnson
Dennis Martin
Rules violation among friends New Gingrich admits ethics breach
House speaker New Gingrich for years claimed little overlap between his politics and nonpartisan teaching. He admitted to misusing charitable groups to subsidize partisan activities and said GOPAC helped fund and market his college course. He agrees he should have checked more carefully.
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Newly
New Gingrich
Georgia
Gingrich
House Ethics Committee
GOPAC
House
Ethics Committee
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Ethics dispute links Gingrich actions to tax and party rules
Don Allensworth argues House rules were bent to shield political interests. He cites ongoing ethics probes, party-line stalling, and alleged manipulation of charitable contributions to aid GOP agendas. The letter criticizes power, hypocrisy, and developer influence on local decisions.
Frederick County Commissioners United as a Group
A writer claims one Frederick County commissioner stands apart as better but the group remains a unified body. The article argues commissioners operate collectively and cannot be viewed as individuals despite rational appeal for distinction.
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Frederick County
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News Post invites signed letters with the writer’s home address and phone numbers for verification. Abridged letters may appear for space. poetry and letters addressed to others are not published. Submissions go to The Frederick News-Post, 200 E Patrick St, PO Box 578, Frederick, MO 21705 or fax 662-8299.
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Fredenck News Post
News
Frederick
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Terre Rhoderick
Lake Singanore Association
Puture
Joseph Spear
Hal Lindsay
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jesus
New York City
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Seattle
Space Needle
Newspaper Enterprise Assoc
South Market Street Bridge
James Marks
Marvin Mandel
Maryland General Assembly
Lumen F. Norris
Ijamsville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Braddock Heights
Su-Way
Jeff Wilson Jefferson
Blaine T. Shatter
Middletown
Maryland
James Brady
Glendening
David Gray
PTA
Teacher's Union
Mr. Gray
Citizens For Better Government
Gray
Commission
Ona Hogan
Don Allensworth
Hagerstown
Leters
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