The Aberdeen City Council is expected to vote Monday night on an ordinance which would remove the requirement to maintain city council liasons as appointed members of certain boards and commissions. Specifically, the ordinance would strike the requirement that a council member must be appointed to the Economic Development Commission, the Heritage Trust, and the […]
Archives for February 2012
Del. Impallaria: “It Will be a Daunting Challenge, but I Will Not Back Down from the Job of Beating Dutch Ruppersberger”
From the Rick for Congress Committee: Rick for Congress: Impallaria Announces Candidacy for 2nd Congressional District (MD) After careful consideration and overwhelming encouragement from friends, family and other supporters, I am proud and humbled to announce my decision to run for Congress against Dutch Ruppersberger in the Second Congressional District. I am asking for your […]
Sen. Jacobs: Department of Natural Resources Needs to Find its Moorings Before Hiking Boat License Fee
From Sen. Nancy Jacobs: Recreational boaters fill the beautiful waterways lining our state. Workboats bring in the crabs and oysters for which Maryland is famous. Annapolis is the sailing capitol of the world. But from Annapolis comes news that those who own a boat face paying a huge jump in licensing fees. Currently, boaters pay […]
Del. Szeliga: “I Am Proud to be Working in Conjunction with My Colleagues to Bring Same Sex Marriage to Referendum”
From Delegate Kathy Szeliga: Referendum Update: Gay Marriage Last night, the Maryland Senate passed the Gay Marriage Bill 25-22. It will now go to the Governor for his signature. I understand he will sign the gay marriage bill on March 1st. However, the law will not take affect until after we have an opportunity to […]
Dinean Verdejo Named Harford County Employee of the Month for January; Restored Office Online Capabilities
From Harford County government: Dinean Verdejo, a telecommunications engineer with the Office of Information and Communication Technology, has been named Employee of the Month for January 2012. Ms. Verdejo has worked with the Office of Information and Communication Technology for five years. Ms. Verdejo was nominated by Tim Getz, a recreation specialist from the Edgewood […]
Big Six Publishers Stop Offering eBooks to Libraries
From the Harford County Public Library: Letter from Mary Hastler, Director, Harford County Public Library: Recently Penguin Group publishing stopped offering new eBooks and digital audiobooks to public libraries and ended its relationship with the digital library distributor, Overdrive. From the website paidcontent.org, “With this move, Random House becomes the only big-six publisher to allow […]
Del. Glass Introduces Bills Addressing Body Searches by TSA Employees
From the office of state Del. Glen Glass: Hello, There have been and continue to be situations that are happening every day in our airports that Maryland citizens need to be made aware of. Individuals are being singled out and bodily searched by TSA employees in addition to the scanning. Theses searches go well beyond […]
Craig to Address Impact of Shift of Teacher Pensions to Harford County; $9.8 Million Debt Could Impact Local Education, Police, Fire, Library Services
From Harford County government: County Executive David R. Craig will address the potential negative budgetary impact the shift of teacher pensions to Harford County will have, should the Maryland General Assembly adopt the Governor’s recommendation. If the legislature enacts the FY 2013 budget with the shift of teacher pensions to local jurisdictions, Harford County will […]
