Aldermen weigh water rationing amid city crisis
Frederick aldermen face tough choices to ration scarce water as a new draft ordinance models a planning based permit system. They debate how to allocate limited supply, set daily totals, and determine priority between residential and development needs while exploring alternate water sources and longer term plans.
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Frederck
Heather
Asi
Planning Commission
Les Head
My Prey Smith
Nevada
County and library board clash over director evaluations
Frederick County weighs pay for performance for 17 library directors in fiscal 2003 while library trustees resist ceding final say to county commissioners. Both sides cite authority, equity and political pressures as they plan further talks to reach a compromise, with potential input from the county manager and new evaluation scores.
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Frederck County
Board of Library Trustees
Citizens Nursing Home
Interagency Internal Audit Authority
Frederick County Public Libraries
FCPL
Ron Hart
Peter Siciliane
Catherine Reed
Fran Baker
Darrell Batson
William O. Lee Jr
David Gray
Hart
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Baker
Mr. Batson
Rick Weldon
FCPLI
Batson
Duncan to seek third term as Montgomery County executive
Duncan announces he will run for re election as Rockville Montgomery County executive next year. Blair G Ewing weighs county executive plans while undecided on Duncan third term. Ewing says he needs to think about Dun can and Townsend ticket options. Duncan says he values state support but will not leave the county he loves to pursue another office.
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Rockville
Montgomery
Douglas M Duncan
Nnstance
Aoree
Blair G. Ewing
Undercounted Homeless Population in Maryland Cited
Washington reports the 2000 Census counted 2,545 people in Maryland shelters and emergency housing, a fraction of the homeless population. Advocates say many nosedive into tents or cars, with women and children in domestic violence shelters often omitted. Nationwide, about 170,000 in shelters were counted, while experts estimate around 800,000 homeless on any given day.
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Washington
Maryland
Jill Moss Greenberg
Baltimore County
Bureau
Census
Edison Gore
United States
Barbara Duffield
National Coalition For the Homeless
Maryland faces potential budget deficit of 1.7 billion
Maryland fiscal advisers warn a looming two year deficit of about 1.7 billion can only be erased by spending cuts and using most of the cash reserves. The Spending Affordability Committee says growth in spending will outpace revenue if the state continues business as usual. Immediate actions to curb current year spending are urged as December projections may worsen the outlook.
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Maryland
Iis
Warren Deschenaux
General Assembly
Baltimore
Barbara Hoffman
Senate
Mike Mermill
Parris Glendening
Office of Policy Analysis
Morris
Glendening
Hoffman
Deschenaux
Morrill
H. Furlong Baldwin
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