Clad in Youth’s Benefit Elementary School green, approximately 30 advocates attended the June 25th meeting of the Harford County Board of Education, asking board members to put a replacement school for Youth’s Benefit at the top of their funding priority list for the fiscal year 2014. The Harford County Board of Education approves a capital […]
Rep. Harris Amendment Blocks Taxpayer-Funded Energy Efficiency Projects in China
From the office of Rep. Andy Harris: Washington, DC – Yesterday, for a second year in a row, Rep. Andy Harris passed an amendment in the House to stop shipping hard-earned American taxpayer dollars to China and India to make their cities more energy efficient. Rep. Harris’ amendment to H.R. 5325 – FY 2013 Energy […]
Harford County Farm Fair Prepares for 25th Anniversary Amid Financial Uncertainty; New Nontraditional Attractions
Behind the scenes financial trouble, dissent among volunteers, and the introduction of nontraditional elements have threatened to cast a pall over the Harford County Farm Fair as the annual agricultural heritage showcase prepares for its 25th anniversary celebration this summer. But organizers assert the Farm Fair, one of the most high profile and highly attended […]
Jennings: “The Special Session Was a Perfectly Orchestrated Farce”
From the office of state Senator J.B. Jennings: This week, the Governor and legislative leadership passed $260 million in new taxes over the strong objection of fiscal conservatives like you and me. The “special session” was a perfectly orchestrated farce. It was nothing but a show, with the outcome predetermined by those who rather spend-and-tax […]
Craig: County May Withhold Second Half of Employee Bonuses to Pay for Shift of Teacher Pensions
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – Harford County Executive David R. Craig today issued the following statement regarding action by the Maryland General Assembly to transfer the cost of teacher pensions to county governments: “As I stated several months ago, the governor and the leadership of the Senate and House of Delegates have […]
Sen. Nancy Jacobs: “The Taxaholics in Annapolis Have Pulled it Off Again”
From the office of state Senator Nancy Jacobs: The Taxaholics in Annapolis have pulled it off again. They have voted to increase your taxes today despite protests by myself and other lawmakers who think Maryland should be living within its means and not spending its way to bankruptcy on the backs of working people. The […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Police Academy Week 9: Emergency Operations Center
A creaky-looking leather chair. A large easel with a map of Harford County. A worn, wooden desk, on which rests a rotary phone, a tube radio, and a reel-to-reel recorder. Yesterday, this was the county’s emergency operations and dispatch center in downtown Bel Air. Today, the center occupies a low-slung building in Hickory, a decades-old […]
Del. Szeliga: New Tax Proposal a “Penalty on Working Women”
From District 7 state Delegate Kathy Szeliga: (Perry Hall) In response to the recent notification about a Special Session in Annapolis, Delegate Kathy Szeliga said, “No one is surprised to hear that the botched legislative session needs a do-over. The leadership in Annapolis is discussing how much and which taxes to raise on Maryland families.” […]
