F.Y.I editorial on improving sports coverage
The editorial reflects on seven years of evaluating girls versus boys sports coverage in Frederick County. It notes progress but ongoing gaps, highlights efforts to image girls state champions on front pages, equal treatment in coverage, and improvements to wrestling statistics. It invites reader feedback to address perceived favoritism and improve fairness.
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Monrovia Kemptown area pushes for full plan review
John Carer, president of the Greater Monrovia Community Assn, urges that the Urbana New Market regional plans be paused until impacts on Monrovia Kemptown Williamsville are fully considered. GMCA cites groundwater, traffic, open space, and parkland sale concerns ahead of March 12 and 16 worksessions in Winchester Hall.
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Risk tax on tobacco and liquor fuels neighbor dilemma
A contemplative piece argues for a risk tax on smoking and alcohol to curb health harms. It describes a friendly neighbor who smokes heavily and drinks, prompting reflection on Medicare funding and collective responsibility. The tone remains humane and nonjudgmental.
Beating Back the Sin Tax Idea in Public Debate
A voice argues against taxing risky personal habits such as smoking and drinking, proposing instead that premiums reflect actuarial risk. The speaker criticizes morality-driven tax plans, warns of slippery slopes toward broad taxing of behavior, and urges policy based on data rather than judgment. The piece frames beef taxes as a hypothetical future hot topic amid moral debate about health costs.
Police Charge 50 Plus In Crackdown On Parking Violations
City police brought preferred charges against more than 50 people over a 10 day period as part of a campaign to abolish left side parking double parking and other Frederick City traffic ordinance violations. Chief Arthur C Poulsen called the violations dangerous careless and flagrant.
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Frederick City
Arthur C. Poulsen
Call to action to contact representatives over HIV immigration, gays in military, and abortion
Susan Frisina of Frederick urges residents to call House and Senate offices to oppose HIV infected immigrant entry, discuss military homophile policy costs and morale, and protest the Freedom of Choice Act as federal overreach. She questions national priorities and appeals for citizen response.
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House of Representatives
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Letters critique growth and developer influence in Myersville
J S KLINE of Myersville complains that developers and lawyers dominate county decisions, urging officials to elevate building standards, fund roads and schools, and curb rising taxes. He argues new homes are unaffordable, poorly built for long-term durability, and threaten future costs, calling for impact fees and safer standards.
Blame on turnstile criminal justice in Cavazos case
Virginia State Trooper Jose Cavazos was killed near Dale City on February 24 after stopping speeding motorists on I-95. The piece argues the criminal justice system and liberal politicians bear responsibility for crime, urging accountability for criminals over gun laws.
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Dale City
Washington, D.C
Prince George's County
Douglas Wilder
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James Carville
Clinton
Why There is a Need for County Impact Fees
The author argues impact fees are essential to curb costly growth in Frederick County. They challenge the growth-is-beneficial myth, noting new residences cost far more to fund services than they provide in tax revenue, causing tax burden shifts onto existing citizens. They urge commissioners to base decisions on pure economics and stop unchecked profit driven growth.
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Frederick County
Two cows and democracy in a sprawling readers’ note
A reader laments foreign policy and domestic freedoms in a broad critique. He traces democracy from 1776 to modern times, warns against spreading liberty abroad, questions allies, and muses on fear as crime deterrence. He contrasts government in jokes about cows with two cows, a bull, and a vote. Garland P. Feaga signs the letter.
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Persian Gulf
Sam
Bent stage letters spark heated public debate
A controversial exchange centers on correspondence about the stage production Bent. Richard Nii Sisson of Cascade voices shock at the nudity in letters and questions public decorum regarding showering and child exposure.
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