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Rawlings-Blake press secretary moves to Fire Department
The Baltimore SunMayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's press secretary is leaving the mayor's office to become the spokesman for the city's fire department. Ian Brennan, who also served as a spokesman for former Mayor Sheila Dixon, will replace Kevin Cartwright, who...Tags: Annapolis, Executive Branch, Sheila Dixon, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Aberdeen residents decry mayor, council raises
With Aberdeen's city employees having to, in Mayor Michael Bennett's words, do "more with less" as the city deals with lean budgets and many city residents having to deal with deal with a difficult economy, the idea of a raise for the mayor and the city...
Tags: Aberdeen, Local Elections, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Carroll Board of Education approves 2014 budget
The Carroll County Board of Education approved its fiscal year 2014 operating budget Wednesday by a 3-2 vote, but board members made it clear they believe more funding for Carroll County Public Schools is needed in future years. "We cannot continue to...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Teachers, Elections
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Baltimore County, Public Employees, Carl Stokes, Retirement
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Business, Mary Pat Clarke, Labor Legislation, Marc Steiner, The New York Times
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Harford government shouldn't be in the loan business [Editorial]
Once again, the Harford County government, like many county and municipal governments around the state and nation, has perpetuated the practice of running a taxpayer-subsidized business banking system. Most recently, the Harford County Council...Tags: Business, Financial Markets, Finance, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Delegate urges Carroll residents to oppose rain tax, gun control measures
Carroll County residents can expect to see the county's proposed "rain tax" structure within the next month-and-a-half, but Del. Justin Ready urged residents to support their local officials as they fight the new fee and regulations from the Firearm...Tags: Gun Control, Firearms, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Annapolis, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Baltimore's noble but flawed hiring bill
On the face of it, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill sounds eminently reasonable. When Baltimore spends its residents' tax dollars, why shouldn't it do so in a way that supports hiring city residents, particularly...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Employment Opportunities, Judges, Lawyers, Bernard C. Young
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Online sales tax bill should be improved, and passed
The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would allow states to require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws, but they could be fixed in the House. It should be passed. I don't like the idea...
Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Computer Networking and Internet, Small Businesses, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Amazon.com Inc.
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Harford County Council condemns state gun law
The Harford County Council passed a resolution Tuesday, by a 6-1 vote, criticizing the state's new gun safety bill. The resolution says the Firearms Safety Act, which bans the sale of 45 kinds of rifles and magazines and requires "law-abiding citizens"...
Tags: Gun Control, Laws, Murder, New York City, Harford County
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3 percent raises proposed in budget for Bel Air town employees
Employees of the Bel Air town government are expected to get 3 percent raises next year, if the budget is approved as proposed. The Bel Air town commissioners held their final budget work session Tuesday as town officials finalize the $15.07 million...Tags: Business, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Lisa Moody, Employees
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Fox, Linkey are winners in Perryville election
Perryville voters returned former Town Commissioner Alan Fox and incumbent Commissioner Michelle Linkey to the town board Tuesday. Fox, who served as commissioner from 2008 to 2012, but did not seek re-election last year, was the top vote-getter with 152...Tags: Local Elections, Voting, Elections, Port Deposit
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