Lobbyists Shape Maryland General Assembly Influence
A Capital News Service review notes 188 legislators earn about 30000 yearly, with top 10 lobbyists set to make 3.4 million during the 90 day session. Lobbyists represent 700 interests, spending averaging 61000 per legislator last year, totaling over 11 million. Senate and house members face money from utilities tobacco gambling bankers and Redskins interests, while state employees are not counted among lobbyists. Citizens are urged to testify in Annapolis to sway bills and counter lobbying.
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Maryland General Assembly
Capital News Service
General Assembly
Bankers Association
Washington Redskins
Maryland
Annapolis
Glendening's cabinet picks spark Maryland controversy
A Maryland Senate vote confirmed two cabinet nominees close to Governor Parris Glendening amid allegations of cronyism. Critics note inflated salaries and pension ties to PG County figures, while six Democrats opposed the confirmations. The piece accuses the administration of using influence to reward allies and push party interests.
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Maryland
Beg
Parris Glendening
State Senate
Frederick County
Glendening
Michael J. Knapp
Frank W. Stegman
Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Prince George's
Pension Board
P.G
Knapp
Allegany
John Hafer
Senate
University System
Board of Regents
Larry Hogan
Tiona Hogan
Frederick
Board of Commissioners
Hogan
America
Beg Parris Glendening
Food stamps reform blocked by agricultural lobby
The piece argues that reform of the food stamp program was blocked by grocery chains and agribusiness, not the poor. It contends the subsidy mainly benefits producers and retailers, with little stake by the agricultural lobbyists, who prevented changes that would not reduce demand for food products.
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America
House Agriculture Committee
House
GOP
Capitol Hill
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wha
Washington
Lotto
Paul Roberts on food stamp program and private charity
Paul Craig Roberts argues the food stamp program is fraud prone and misused by middlemen and grocers. He critiques its design as an agricultural subsidy and calls for private charity and common sense over constitutional tinkering.
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Paul Craig Roberts
The
U.S. Treasury
Institute For Political
Fire destroys barn and straw stack on John Gross farm
A fire on the Johnsville highway near Libertytown destroyed a large bank barn and a big straw stack on the John Gross farm. Union Bridge firemen saved a dairy room next to the barn thanks to a friendly wind. tenant Aubrey Lockingbeel was away when a passerby reported the blaze.
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John Gross
Johnsville
Libertytown
Union Bridge
Aubrey Lockingbeel
Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary plans spark compensation debate
A TV program notes a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of Hiroshima may include survivors seeking reparations from the United States. The author argues against postwar compensation, urging lessons to prevent future repeats and suggesting broader war reparations would be untenable.
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Japan
Hiroshima
United States
Pearl Harbor
Figures on gun self defense misuse readers' trust
A Frederick Post reader challenges Catherine Ditman and John Nazarene for citing self defense gun use figures without sources. The letter notes many gun owners are shot by criminals and domestic violence, questions where two million or one million yearly estimates come from, and references a 1994 U.S. News and World Report stat on gun ownership by city dwellers.
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Frederick Post
Catherine Ditman
John Nazarene
Ms. Ditman
Letters on self defense and honesty in government
A reader argues from statistics that gun use in self defense could occur in many households and classrooms each year. The letter defends Senator Green and criticizes accusations of hypocrisy, urging honesty in government and challenging liberal media portrayals. Damascus reader Darah Phillip Kehnemuyi adds a personal endorsement.
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Frederick Post
Disagreement With Editorial On Maryland Bill To Curb Misrepresentation
A letter argues the Maryland General Assembly bill by Senator Green targets lobbyists, not citizens, and challenges the editorial critique as hypocritical. The writer cites past Senate actions on SLAPP suits and consumer protections, contending the measure aims to deter misrepresentations by special interests during hearings. The piece notes Annapolis hearings rely on citizen testimony.
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Green
Maryland General Assembly
General Assembly
Eet
Annapolis
Consumers Affairs Department
Insurance Administration
Area plan worries residents over school traffic and children
VICKIE KUHLMAN warns that a large mixed use development near Ballenger Creek will raise traffic and force many area children to walk or cross busy roads to reach a school. Residents cite a bank, gas station, drugstore, grocery, three shops, and a large office complex nearby.
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Eugene Wallace
Ballenger Creek Pike
Farmbrook
Ballenger Creek
Hannover
Frederick News-Post Letters to the Editor guidelines
The Frederick News-Post invites reader letters with name address and phone for verification. Publication not guaranteed due to volume. letters may be edited for space or taste. poetry and religious verse not used. contact address and telefax provided.
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Frederick
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