County commissioners reject costly highway gear purchases
Frederick County Commissioners scuttled six high ticket highway department purchases planned for next Tuesday. Arguments centered on whether replacements were justified as bid data suggested no evidence items were unserviceable. The 3-2 vote pulled the items from the agenda, with debate over potential savings and trade-in values.
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Frederick County
Highway Department
Mark Hoke
Sterling Bollinger
Mr Hoke
Lee Koontz
Hoke
Ett
Peter Eckel
Charles Smith
Byron and Dyson face scrutiny over defense sector honoraria
Common Cause targets House Armed Services members Beverly Byron and Roy Dyson for accepting substantial honoraria from major defense contractors. The study notes Byron and Dyson, both on the committee, received about half of last year’s honoraria from defense firms, with Byron listed at about eight thousand dollars of her total.
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Washington
Common Cause
Citizens Lobby
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Beverly B Byron
Maryland
Roy Dyson
Eastern Shore
Armed Services Committee
Dyson
Defense
Byron
House Armed Services Committee
William L. Dickinson
R-Ala
Samuel §. Stratton
D-N.y
Stratton
Northrop
McDonnell Douglas
Lockheed
General Dynamics
Congress
Fred Wertheimer
County commissioners agenda and annexation notices
Frederick County commissioners meet in Winchester Hall to address general business, bids, road and water projects, and annexation requests. The agenda lists approvals, deeds, and road transfers, with public comment time and interpreter access. The document also references a Common Cause report on 1987 defense contractor honoraria paid to congress members.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frederick County
Church St. Frederick
HUD tightens rules after Annapolis housing cash used for band
HUD plans a new spending threshold for housing authority funds after the Annapolis Housing Authority used 76000 for a marching band, bus, anniversary party and videotapes. Expenditures above the threshold would require commissioners approval and must be housing related. lower amounts possible with executive director discretion.
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Annapolis
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
William Glavins
Washington
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