Farmgate water scam robs taxpayers of irrigation subsidies
A Wyoming style critique traces how big Western landowners sidestep 160 acre limits by using trusts and 960 acre parcels to receive subsidized water. It notes $830 million of $2.2 billion in subsidies fund surplus crops and accuses the Bureau of Reclamation of cozy ties with farmers. The report highlights Wade Hill in Colorado and a pattern of corporate farming siphoning public water benefits.
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Frederick County Eyes Charter Home Rule Shift
Frederick County initiates an evolutionary move to study and adopt charter home rule. A 12 month charter study board will define council size, executive selection, terms, and other laws, with voters deciding in a future referendum. The goal is a smooth transition and accountable local government led by principled citizens.
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Counting Ocean City crowds by flushes and waves of words
A humorous explainer notes how weekend Ocean City crowds are tallied not by bodies but by sewage flow. Using 40 gallons per person daily, eight million gallons suggest about 200 000 visitors. The column also critiques environmental salaries and debunks tax cut promises with Heritage Foundation ideas to slice deficits.
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Appointment of Brish to Frederick elementary school post
Fifty years ago the Frederick Board of Education announced the appointment of William M. Brish as principal of the elementary school occupying the former Frederick High School building on Park Avenue, with Miss Hal Lee Ott retired as senior supervisor after a long session. Brish, formerly history and democracy teacher at Frederick High, will head all six and seventh grade elementary work in Frederick City. In other items, Miss Alice Davidson donated personal effects of her late brother William S. Davidson to C. M. Bishop, prominent in Frederick and Carroll counties. The county saw a violent thunderstorm with blue white lightning and about half an inch of rain, causing several downed trees and some power outages. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a zoning ordinance allowing mobile homes in conservation and agricultural districts with size and distance limits and recommended a new MHD district to establish mobile home developments as complete communities. Frederick City playground officially opened with summer counselors and a historical theme Hunussia chosen for the playgrounds. Police report: Victor Wolfe identified a Riverdale man wanted for traffic violations in Frederick County and found he was also wanted for grand larceny in Winchester, Virginia.
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Frederick High School
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Eas Patrick Street
William S. Davidson
Frederick
Carroll Counties
C.M. Bishop
Bishop
Davidson
United States
Frederick County
U.S. 15
Thurmont
Planning and Zoning Commission
True flag desecration is restricting freedoms
Keith Collison argues that flag burning should be legal and that restricting desecration would threaten freedoms. He asserts the flag’s value cannot be harmed by individual criticism and opposes constitutional amendments against flag burning, framing dissent as inherent to American beliefs and honor.
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Comma Rules for Flags Spelling Out Position on Platform
The editorial notes two commas errors in a June 14 piece and explains flag display rules from the 1942 amended Flag Code. It details placing the U.S. flag on the speaker's right on the platform and flags on the left, and on the audience side positions for floor displays.
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Spaker
Public passions over flag respect and Hanoi Jane clash
Readers weigh in on flag reverence and burning, heritage, and the Hanoi Jane controversy. Elizabeth Morris argues flags symbolize national identity and sacrifice while Roger Reitman and Garrick Smith defend militaria collectors and denounce treason labels tied to Jane Fonda.
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