Oversized U S spy budget fuels debate on democracy
The piece argues the National Security Agency and intelligence community employ about 23,000 in Maryland based Fort Meade and total more than 26.7 billion for 11 agencies. It criticizes secrecy and waste while acknowledging security needs and the need for light on funded areas. It cites a House vote against a 3 percent cut and comments on accountability.
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National Security Agency
Fort Meade
Central Intelligence Agency
House of Representatives
House
Dist
Roscoe Bartlett
U.S
Hawaii
India
Frederick County Teachers Call for Full BOE Budget Funding
Gregory S Allevato of Myersville urges full funding for the Frederick County Board of Education budget. He argues teachers deserve fair pay, cites high test scores and diverse student needs, and warns underfunding risks services, staff morale, and recruiting top educators.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Board of Education
Board of County Commissioner
BOE
Gregory S Allevato
Myersville
Partisan probes drain billions in public funds, says analyst
The columnist tallies congressional investigations from 1994 onward, charging Republicans with pursuing $77 million in probes of Clinton officials and Whitewater while Democrats cite costs of inquiries. Independent counsels loom, with Starr and others shading the tally as wasteful partisan ploys.
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Roy Romer
GOP
Bill Clnton
House
Rules Committee
Joe Moakley
Massachusetts
Bill Clinton
California
Robert Dornan
Loretta Sanchez
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Sanchez
Senate
Sen
Fred Thompson
Tennessee
Whitewater
Alfonso D’amato
New York
Kenneth Starr
Starr
Robert Fiske
Slick Willie
Donald Smaltz
Agriculture
Mike Espy
Espy
David Barrett
Henry Cisneros
FBI
Daniel Pearson
Commerce
Ron Brown
Brown
Croatia
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
Alexis Herman
Special Counsel
Newspaper Enterprise Assoc
Frederick city eyes park on Chapel Alley graveyard site
Alderman William B. Burall, urged by citizens, inspected Chapel Alley graveyard between Fifth and Sixth streets to study converting it into a park. HOOD COLLEGE performers and staff opened a tuberculin detection drive with chest X rays as part of a month long effort to reach 8 000 exams in Frederick.
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Frederick
William B. Burall
Chapel Alley
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Grave site theft hurts the survivors
VICKIE HOFFMASTER of Frederick writes about theft at Mount Olivet Cemetery. She recalls finding items stolen from her daughter Stacy Hoffmaster whose body was found December 23, 1996. She mourns the loss and urges culprits to reflect on their crimes against gravesites and families.
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Mount Olivet Cemetery
Stacy Hoffmaster
Stacy
Tax hikes on cigarettes may not deter teen smoking
A letter to the editor argues Maryland should not rely on higher tobacco taxes to curb youth smoking. It cites Cornell research and a Canadian study showing taxes shift access to a black market, disadvantaging adult smokers while not reliably preventing teens from smoking.
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Emil Maynard
Maryland
Cornell University
Center For the Study of American Business
Canada
Cig
Regressive cigarette taxes spark reader letter debate
Letter writers criticize cigarette taxes as regressive hitting middle and lower incomes hardest. Citing Joint Committee data, they note most tax is paid by under $30,000 earners, while few from over $75,000. Teens’ spending and naive tax assumptions are discussed amid school-day concerns. Judy A Echols shares personal impact of youth violence and calls for non punitive, psychologically informed education.
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Congressional Joint Committee On Taxation
Teenage Research Unlimited
Early intervention to curb violence in schools
A speaker highlights violence as a national problem touching education and urges early intervention. The speaker reflects on how schools shape understanding, future opportunities, and relationships while noting the significant portion of a child’s weekday spent in school and related activities.
City service eyed to ease Frederick dumpster problem
A reader proposes a simple fix for Frederick's dumpster dilemma by extending the downtown pickup service to all dumpster owners, including nightly collection so residents could manage without individual containers. The note is attributed to TOM GEISER.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites letters exclusive to the paper and requires signed submissions with the writer home address and phone numbers for verification. Space often limits publication. poetry or form letters are not published.
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Fredenck News-Post
News-Post
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick St
P.O
Frederick
Fredericknewspost.com
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