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A Cerberus Carol?
Paging Mr. Fezziwig. One might get the notion that Charles Dickens' good-hearted fictional employer was back in business after the announcement this week by a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, that it intends to sell Freedom Group Inc.,...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Bain Capital, LLC, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated
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Letter: Craig outlines progress made on costs of government staff compensation
Editor: I would like to commend you for acknowledging in your editorial entitled "Time for a Raise," that Harford County's employees do their jobs well and that "it is reasonable … to include a raise for those on the public payroll." Where I...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Interior Policy, Conservation, Employment Opportunities, Harford County
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Life a century ago — Obamacare-less but no utopia
In his recent commentary, Matt Patterson informed us that President Barack Obama's election to a second term in office is the death knell for liberty in this country and he sounds ready to pack up his bags and leave ("America the dictatorship?" Nov. 27)....Tags: Immigration, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Minority Groups, Interior Policy, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Judge: City pension overhaul can stand
A court ruling that struck down a key provision of Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's overhaul of the fire and police pension system will not dismantle the entire law, a federal judge ruled Friday. "The Ordinance will not 'fall as a whole,' "...
Tags: Lobbying, Trials, Interior Policy, Judges, Justice System
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Baltimore County completes sale of pension bonds
Baltimore County sold $256 million in pension obligation bonds this week to fund its retirement system, and officials say the borrowing will cost less than they expected. The county borrowed the money at a 3.43 percent interest rate, compared with the...Tags: Interior Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Kevin Kamenetz
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Hunting for savings in military spending
A pair of reports critical of military spending — on items as diverse as health care and dried meat — are part of the latest round of scrutiny of the Defense Department's budget as the fiscal cliff approaches. The nonpartisan Congressional...Tags: Tom Coburn, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Defense, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama
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Kamenetz's risky pension bet
Would you borrow money to pay off your mortgage and instead risk it in the market? That is in essence what Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz would like to do by floating $255 million of pension obligation bonds to fill the official hole in the...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Interior Policy, Finance, Executive Branch, Credit and Debt
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Older, wealthier Americans get plenty of 'free stuff'
In the days following Barack Obama's re-election, we learned that Mr. Obama didn't win because voters trusted him more than Mitt Romney on the economy, or because he ended the Iraq war and killed Osama bin Laden. He didn't win because he started to turn...
Tags: Republican Party, Interior Policy, Michele Bachmann, Government Health Care, Barack Obama
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STOCK Act: Federal employees sue government over financial disclosure
Seven senior federal employees and four employees' groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stop their agencies from posting their salaries, stock portfolios and other assets online. Congress required federal agencies to post the data by Aug. 31 as...Tags: Interior Policy, Trials, Litigation, Government, Justice System
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Mossburg column presents a distorted picture of the pension system
Marta Mossburg's recent column on state employee pensions cites the work of Joshua Rauh and Robert Novy-Marx to say how much more Marylanders can expect to pay to "fully fund the system" ("Shifting pension burden means higher taxes," June 5). To arrive...Tags: Employees, Georgetown, Interior Policy
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Editorial: Harford County staff raises proposed at 4 percent are reasonable
As it turns out, the financial difficulties that whacked Harford County government when the national economy tanked in 2008 didn't result in a radical dismemberment of the county's staff and a withering of public servants' salaries. Like many people...Tags: Employees, Interior Policy, Local Government, Government, National Government
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