State workers object to Yes We Can button with governor name
Maryland state employees protest a bright yellow Yes We Can pin bearing Gov. William Donald Schaefer's name, seeing it as an implicit election-year endorsement. Officials say it’s a kindness campaign, but critics worry campaign branding among 70,000 workers.
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Amone Py
William Donald Schaefer
William H. Bolander
Council 92
American Federation of State
Department of Personnel Public Relations
Samantha K. Weiner
Schaefer
Maryland
Frederick County’s Ausherman sparks growth clash in election year
The prominent developer Marvin Ausherman urges builders to unite to push growth and fund an education campaign while threatening to mobilize labor at job sites to vote against anti growth groups. He criticizes city leaders over costs and a water project dispute, warning of recession if development stalls. The piece notes a 50 percent rise in 1989 building permits amid a soft housing market and local finance tensions.
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Marvin Ausherman
Ausherman
Frederick
Rusherman
Hammer
West Patrick Street
Whittier
LO Deluine Lug Laigtet UC
Access
Exmayor
Paul Gordon
Ausherman Company
Gordon
Mr. Rusherman
Jefferson
Mess 15
Travails of a trashman venting on bad trash habits
A garbageman explains the daily grind of pickup battles with bags spilling, overloaded cans, and waste left in streets. He cites heavy workloads, rainy nights wading through diapers, and dangers from buried objects. He urges better citizen cooperation and safer practices.
Letter on Brunswick coverage sparks recall headline critique
A Brunswick resident complains that the Frederick News Post concentrates on negative Brunswick news. She cites July coverage including a large recall headline about Mayor Susan Fauntleroy and a separate article on a Brunswick woman attacked, arguing the town’s stories are unevenly framed.
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Brunswick
Frederick
Whistleblowers Face Backlash In Pentagon Report
Washington report finds federal hot lines for whistleblowers often unmanned or ignored. Many workers fear retaliation, doubt confidentiality, and worry about job security after raising concerns. Investigators cite recurring fraud and political payoffs fueling distrust across departments.
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Washington
Nancy Kusen
Pentagon
Defense
Kusen
Scott Sleek
Bush
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Whistleblowers and integrity in federal offices exposed
The piece argues federal workers fear retaliation for reporting wrongdoing. It cites Sen. Jim Sasser led probes of hot lines and criticizes the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. It recounts victims like a Navy engineer and an FDA scientist, notes watchdog groups, and urges stronger protections to restore credibility. It also touches on Israeli connections amid drug war tensions.
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Savings and Loan
Congress
Senate
Jim Sasser
Dtenn
William Diefenderfer III
Diefenderfer
Council On Integrity and Efficiency
Office of Management and Budget
White House
OMB
Navy
Food and Drug Administration
Army
Government Accountability Project
Bush
Panama
Manuel Noriega
Washington
Samfar
Israel
Widow Seeks Help With Estate Escrow Teeth and Glasses
A widow asked Register of Wills clerk Harry D. Radcliffe for aid recovering her late husband’s estate items including false teeth and glasses. He refused, saying nothing could be done as they would stay in escrow until settlement. An unrelated note mentions Pat Spring, a one handed man, fishing a 20-pound catfish in the Potomac near Catoctin after a two hour struggle, and a Red Cross benefit dance planned on Swastika Road with organ izers named.
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Register of Wills
Harry D. Radcliffe
Andrew
Pat
Spring
Agamstown
Potomac
Catoctin
Mr. Spring
Russell Grimes
Correcting the board’s office purchase details in Frederick
In a letters to the editor the Frederick News-Post misstated the Board of Education purchase as 10 million for a new central office. In fact two existing buildings total 5.65 million will serve both the school system and Frederick County government with a warehouse split 60 percent for schools and 40 percent for county use. The other building will house instructional and administrative offices and the county library audio visual center and family services, with the school headquarters remaining at 115 E Church Street and the facility becoming a joint-use site for the school system and the Interagency Data Processing Authority.
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Frederick News-Post
Board of Education
Frederick County Public Schools
Frederick County
Frederick County Library/Audio-Visual Center
Frederick County Family Services Office
School System
E. Church Street
Sacility Rousing
Schoor System
Frederick County Interagency Data Processing Authority
Commuter parking plan sparks editorial clash in Frederick
Wayne S Dougherty argues against free commuter parking in mall lots near I-270. He urges selling weekly or monthly parking stickers to cover use of private spaces, noting costs to developers, owners, and insurers. He questions government measures that push free space access.
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Frederick
Antacid
Canty 9
Kathy Benson for Frederick County Commissioner
Vicki Foster urges Frederick County teachers and residents to vote for Kathy Benson, a longtime education advocate and Urbana community volunteer. Benson has led Urbana Elementary PTA activities, helped open Urbana Park, and served as Urbana Recreational Council president and secretary, though she was not endorsed by the Frederick County Teachers Association.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Teachers Association
Kathy Benson
Urbana
PTA
Kathy
Urbana Park
Urbana Recreational Council
FCTA
Letters to the Editor Addressed at The Fredencx News Post
Readers are invited to send legible signed letters with the writer’s address and telephone number for verification. Address letters to the editor at The Fredencx News Post 200 E Patrick St, Frederick, Md 21707.
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Fredencx News Post
Patrick St
Fredenck, Md
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