Frederick County pension plan faces reversal after complaints
County commissioners proposed a retirement payout funded by taxpayers for a one year term. The plan would vest faster for the officials and top aides than other employees, prompting backlash. After protests the idea was dropped as improper and unfair.
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Fredericks County
Lisa Lawler Defends Catoctin High School Education
A senior at Catoctin High School argues that true education is student driven, not state provided. She cites high graduation quality, AP offerings, many scholarships, and faculty experience to counter Deatherage's claim that the library alone suffices.
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Catoctin High School
Wake Forest University
Yale University
Swarthmore
Johns Hopkins University
UMBC
Mount St Mary’s College
Goucher College
Deatherage
Chicago
Liss Lawler
Health care debate and malpractice costs by Nancy Hanel
Nancy E. Hanel argues against national health care proposing cost concerns and medical malpractice as key drivers. She favors federal malpractice panels to curb costs and criticizes bureaucracy and litigation, claiming love and care exceed money in medicine.
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Canada
Ten step plan to reboot Clinton persona in Washington
A satirical piece proposes a ten point guide for Louis XVI to resemble Bill Clinton, urging discipline of Democrats, prioritizing economy, and limiting foreign affairs while criticizing celebrity ties and White House optics. It leverages political misdirection and humor about governance and public perception.
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Washington
Louis XVI
Bill Clinton
Oval Office
Congress
Jay
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Bosnia
White House
Advice to a president on a crisis of leadership and public esteem
The column mocks the president with pop culture digs and political satire. It urges dating back to past leaders, calls for honoring the federal workforce, seeks private counsel from George Bush, and cautions against misreading public sentiment while invoking media figures and Kennedy era references. It is a sharp, opinionated critique of governance and media narratives.
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George Bush
Memorial Day Observance and Parade In Frederic
Yesterday the News-Post noted a Memorial Day observance in Frederic with a crowded street parade and a high school review in front of City Hall. Local pea canneries faced gasoline shortages as trucker C Edward Winpigler said ration coupons were available but fuel was scarce for transporting the crop.
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City Hall
C. Edward Winpigler
FCC Dispute Edges Toward Resolution Amid Bargaining Battle
Twenty years ago Frederick Community College faced a teacher trustee dispute with President Lewis Stephens denying bargaining issues, citing an Attorney General ruling on nondelegation to a bargaining agent. MSTA’s Robert Bangan criticized the move as evasive legalism. Concurrently Sheriff Baumgartner sought the AG's opinion on County Commissioner Derr's deputy dance assignment when the sheriff was unreachable.
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Frederick Community College
FCC
Lewis Stephens
Attorney General of
Maryland
Board of Trustees
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
MSTA
Robert Bangan
Frederick County
Richard O. Baumgartner
John A. Derr
Impressions guide debate on school books and posters
The Frederick Post discusses Impressions guides that allegedly urge occult activities and prompt lawsuits across states. Letters cite classroom use by teachers and concerns about brainwashing and subliminal messages, with critics describing fear of intellectual decline and imagined conspiracies.
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Frederick Post
Darcy L. Clark
Materialederick
Letters about four mothers finding strength through unity
Penny S. Greene reflects on the 1960s four young mothers who, abandoned by their partners, formed a close-knit living arrangement to raise 11 children. With no external support, they pooled resources, valued children first, and demonstrated resilience, independence, and communal care despite social stigma and late civil rights gains.
Gun control cont on banning firearms and violence
A reader argues for a全面 ban on all firearms to reduce senseless violence and accidental shootings. They reference an FBI magazine noting a harmless emergency flare conversion into a lethal firearm and express concern over recent shootings.
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Jon
FBI
Living by Mercy and Simple Truths
A reflective piece contrasting mercy with vanity, urging living for one another. It extols simple daily joys from evening walks to family meals and fellowship with the Creator. The author, Joseph Ford Woodshero, emphasizes not chasing ideas but embracing life through compassion and honesty.
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