Impact fees face doubt for town road work
Frederick County officials debate an impact fee ordinance that may not fund town road projects. Walkersville Burgess Orly Bourland argues towns deserve credits as county residents use town roads. Planning Director Jim Shaw notes concerns and a possible road fee removal. Mayor Paul Gordon warns against double charges for builders, as a Dec hearing sets the process.
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Frederick County
Bourland
Jim Shaw
Frederick
Paul Gordon
Gordon
Ron Sundergill
Gaithersburg fund drive backs hurricane relief homes
Gaithersburg officials launched a campaign to raise fifty thousand dollars to fund two Habitat for Humanity homes for hurricane victims in Florida. The drive engages businesses, schools, and residents, with plans to send skilled volunteers to aid construction and to keep fundraising beyond the initial goal. Donations are accepted at City Hall, with a first recipient a single mother and two children from Homestead affected by Hurricane Andrew.
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Gaithersburg
South
Greater Gaithersburg
Rodney Thompson
Thompson
Florida
Habitat For Humanities International
W. Edward Bohrer Jr
Habitat
Homestead
City Hall
City of
D C schools stall on furloughs in budget clash
Washington councilwoman Hilda Mason accused city school officials of dodging duties by not honoring the 11 remaining furlough days for all city employees. She spoke during a session with Superintendent Franklin Smith and School Board President R. David Hall, noting conflicting information about possible savings that could scrap any furlough day. The payless days were in the 1993 budget and took effect without Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly's signature.
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Washington (Ap
Hilda Mason
Mason
Council
Education and Libraries Committee
Franklin Smith
R. David Hall
Sharon Pratt Kelly
Teachers oppose Social Security cuts meeting in Ocean City
Maryland teachers vow to block a state plan removing about 150 million in Social Security funding from counties. Frederick County Teachers Association President Jack Patterson warns cuts would force county budget squeezes on salaries and benefits or cause job losses. A convention task force will tackle current and future budget crises and lawmakers who back cuts will be remembered.
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Maryland State Teachers Association
Frederick County Teachers Association
Jack Patterson
Patterson
State Teachers Association
Ocean City
Drug asset forfeits reach $7.1M in '92
Federal prosecutors seized more than 7.1 million dollars in assets of drug dealers and other criminals during fiscal 1992, the second largest amount ever collected in Maryland under forfeiture statutes. Robert Sims noted the 1992 total rose from 4.6 million in 1991. He cited prosecutions in drug and money laundering as key drivers and highlighted a 1.6 million single forfeiture in a Cali cartel case.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Robert Sims
USS
Cali Drug Cartel of
Columbia
Sims
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