Lime Kiln lamps keep Kent's streets lit by a fees volunteer
In Frederick County, 80 year old Dorothy Murray collects annual street lamp fees from about 35 Lime Kiln households. Since 1972 the money funds Potomac Edison lighting a small community. The elderly couple live in quiet anonymity as neighbors rely on the lamps and a steadfast volunteer.
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Buckeystown Pike
Dorothy Murray
Henry Baugher
Frederick News-Post
Murray
Potomac Edison Co
Austin
Mrs. Murray
Potomac Edison
Onyx Barker
Frederick County considers new revenue sources as grants shrink
Frederick County officials warn on funding strains as population climbs 30.9 percent to 150 208 and state grants fall from 17.0 million to 16.9 million. They weigh property tax raises, hotel motel taxes, sales taxes, and impact fees to fund schools roads and services while balancing public concern and legislative hurdles.
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Frederick County
Mark Sneadner
David Gray
Sneadner
Maryland
Health and Social Services
Department of Social Services
Tom Fox
Gray
Gail Bowerman
Ronald Sundergill
Tourism Council
Ray Venema
del James E. McClellan
D-Frederick
Venema
General Assembly
Sundergill
Allegany
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Charles Garrett
Montgomery
Prince George’s
St. Mary’s
Talbot
Washington
Wicomico
Worcester
Baltimore City
Anne Arundel County
Garrett
Baltimore County
St. Mary's
Dawn Hatter
Free Things In Life Face Scarcity In Frederick County
In Frederick County small public libraries expand to serve growing towns and parks like Baker Park offer free amenities. Officials seek new funding, favoring user fees or service taxes over property tax hikes. Advocates argue fees link benefits to costs, while others note the fairness concerns of taxes.
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Frederick County
Baker Park
Frederick
John Shannon
The
Urban Institute
Washington, D.C
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Governing Magazine
Shannon
Local governments push fees for recreation use
Frederick County outlines general fund budget and revenues for 1992 while experts note rising reliance on user fees for parks and facilities. Dr. Shannon cites Maryland and Virginia practices and compares donation driven programs such as Vienna West Virginia and Irving Texas, with round up schemes linked to benefits received.
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Frederick County General Fund
Fairfax
Dr. Shannon
Maryland
Virginia
Vienna
Kurdish Leader Signals Shift on Security Council Guarantee
Barzani says Kurds may drop demand for five permanent Security Council members to guarantee any Baghdad accord. He notes no talks on Western troops in northern Iraq, but supports a peace approach as U.S. coalition safety havens aid Kurdish refugees returning after April 24 talks with Baghdad.
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U.N. Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
Baghdad
Barzani
Iraq
Russian unionist rejects Gorbachev strike ban decree
Igor Klochkov of the Russian Federation of Independent Trade Unions condemned Mikhail Gorbachev’s order banning strikes in critical industries as treating symptoms not causes. Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov backed an anti crisis program with 13 of 15 republics aligned, two opposing Estonia and Georgia. The movement warns illegal strikes will escalate disruption, while the coal mining stoppage earlier this month cost millions of rubles in lost output.
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Moscow
Mikhail $. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Mr. Gorbachev
Valentin Pavlov
Kremlin
Pavlov
Soviet Union
Estonia
Georgia
Igor Klochkov
Russian Federation of Independent Trade Unions
Paviov
Klochkov
Czechoslovak lawmakers repaint Soviet tank pink
In Prague a group of 15 anti Communist deputies painted the last Soviet tank in Czechoslovakia pink for the second time in three weeks to protest charges against a student who had originally daubed the tank on April 28. The tank honors Soviet liberators of 1945 but symbolizess Moscow influence and the 1968 invasion. Moscow plans to complete military withdrawal by late June 1.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Moscow
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