Maryland Legislators Pushed Generous Pension Provisions
The piece criticizes Maryland state pensions for lawmakers, noting a $7 000 annual pension for full-time 26-year service versus an $87 000 annual pension for eight years part time if a legislator. It argues the plan favors legislators, ties benefits to current salaries, and calls for lawmakers to return funds rather than expand worker pensions. It questions secrecy around pension details in Annapolis and urges residents to question elected officials.
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Maryland
Annapolis
Prince George's County
P.G
Parris Glendening
State House
Frederick's Libertytown Pike Becomes County Death Row Road
A historic Frederick byway, once a peaceful rural lane, has become Maryland's deadliest route with five fatalities in six weeks near Libertytown Pike. Police cite driver fault, but concerns rise over heavy traffic, new subdivisions, and stalled APFO reforms. Commissioner Hogan proposes a "road club" funding model to upgrade the corridor.
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U.S. 15
Frederick
Libertytown Pike
Maryland 26
Belinda Smith
Liberty School
Monocacy River Bridge
Winchester Hall
Ceresville
Walkersville
Monocacy
Roy Rogers
APFO
Cracker Barrel
Ilona Hogan
Hogan
SECURITY IT'S HARD TO GUT DOWN BUT YOU WILL
A terse line suggests a cryptic warning about security pressures and resilience. The text hints at an imperative stance toward overcoming tight controls or threats, implying a challenge to outlast or outmaneuver pervasive safeguards. No clear events, people, or organizations are named.
Public cynical about officials outruns press says survey
The Times Mirror Center finds 53 percent of journalists trust officials versus 18 percent of the public, sparking debate on media cynicism. Publisher David Lawrence questions whether coverage fuels public distrust as budget battles loom and media fails to explain the real stakes.
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David Lawrence
The
Miami Herald
CNN
Times Mirror Center For the People and the Press
Media traps in budget debate distort real trade offs
Martin Schram argues that news outlets overrun by sound bites mislead the public about tax and spending choices. He contends networks and papers rely on spin rather than hard numbers, fueling cynicism as viewers seek factual trade offs and concrete data.
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Pols
Washington
Ross Perot
Times-Mirror
America
Martin Schram
Scripps Howard News Service
Frederick area happenings and honors span arts and war
A St John s Literary Institute bicentennial play drew two hundred thirty pupils before a full audience, tracing the school s milestones from 1833 to today. First Sergeant Alton E Shaff of the 115th Infantry was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for Normandy action, while his wife learned of the honor. Two weeks of Arts and Craft events opened at Memorial Park. Maryland Public Service Commission faced criticism over a rate hike rehearing for Potomac Edison. Frederick dairy farmers faced milk wastage across two states after a dry milk facility breakdown in Laurel amid an electrical storm.
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St. John’s Literary Institute
Frederick
Brother Whalen
Notre Dame
Sisters of Notre Dame
Sister Paul
Alton E. Shaff
Company A
115Th Infantry
Normandy
Shaff
115Th
PSC
Potomac Edison
Dan Rupli
Organization For Consumer Justice
Maryland Public Service Commission
Frederick County
Laurel
High court narrowly bans state-imposed term limits
Don Lachman of Monrovia cites long-standing term limits and cites Roosevelt era president term limits while debating people’s right to choose representatives. He notes the nation restricts presidential re elections but grants incumbents repeated congressional terms.
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High Court
The
Post
Bob Kerrey
D-Neb
U.S
Franklin Roosevelt
U.S. Congress
Denial of Voter Registration Drive Sparks School Debate
In Maryland Frederick County a GOP led voter registration drive at public high schools was canceled a day before its event. Officials cited concerns it would be partisan though organizers vowed no party paraphernalia and affidavits promised to avoid influencing student political choices. The controversy questions trust in affidavits and elected Republicans backing the effort.
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Maryland
Frederick County
O.J. Simpson
Teachers and voters clash over school event plans
Joyce Lyons Terhees and William Dahut object to a canceled school event seen as partisan risk. The Maryland Republican Party chairs argue for engaging youth in politics while criticizing administration motives and urging nonpartisan voter registration efforts.
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Joyce Lyons Terhees
Maryland
Republican Party
Land use plan praised for curbing sprawl in county
John Shanton reports that the county's community concept guides growth into existing communities. From 1978 to 1983, 5,784 acres shifted from farm and woodland to residential and commercial use, dropping to 2,743 acres in 1983–1988. In 1994 about 800 acres converted, while the 1990 plan anticipated 1,347 acres annually. The plan preserves farmland and sensitive areas by directing growth where water and sewer exist. The county, Maryland’s largest by area, has only 15 percent of its land urbanized.
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John Shanton
Maryland
Readers fault Miss Mount St. Marys photo caption and spelling errors
Stephen R. Bauman complains about a Braddock Heights water boil advisory wording roils not rolls and a Mount St. Marys basketball caption. He urges improved spelling, grammar, and usage references and criticizes newsroom standards and education.
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Braddock Heights
the News
Mount St. Mary's
Theodore M. Bernstein
A.F. Sisson
Margaret Nicholson
Bergen Evans
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