During the week of January 23, 2011, Officers of the Salisbury Police Safe Streets Team received information on an individual who was alleged to be involved in the trafficking of controlled dangerous substances in the Salisbury area. As the officers began the investigation to identify this subject, they received additional information that this suspect was also involved in the trafficking of firearms. The investigation and surveillance of this suspect led to the identification of below listed suspect # 1.
As this investigation was unfolding, members of the Fruitland Police Department became involved in the investigation of two (2) suspects that had passed counterfeit U.S. currency at the Walmart Department Store in Fruitland. These individuals later passed additional counterfeit currency at two (2) restaurants in the City of Salisbury.
Detectives from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland State Police received intelligence concerning the counterfeit currency. All four agencies began to pool their resources and review the shared data which resulted in the confirmation of suspect # 1 and the identification of below listed suspect # 2.
The firearms and narcotics investigation was combined with the counterfeiting investigation and resulted in the issuance and execution of arrest warrants and search and seizure warrants on February 9. The suspects were taken into custody in the area of the eleven hundred (1100) block of East Church Street at approximately 6:00 pm by members of the Safe Streets Team and the Fruitland Police. The search and seizure warrant was executed at approximately 9:00 pm at the suspect’s residence on the one thousand (1000) block of Caroline Street by members of the Maryland State Police, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, the Fruitland Police and the Salisbury Police Safe Streets Unit.
Seized during the execution of the warrant were seven (7) handguns, three (3) of which had been reported stolen, one (1) assault rifle, approximately 93 grams of suspected marijuana,
$ 48,963 in U.S. currency, $ 13,370 in counterfeit currency and the equipment used to produce the counterfeit currency. The U.S. Secret Service is going to assist in the processing of the evidence and review of the investigation for possible federal charging.
The following individuals have been charged:
ARRESTED #1: Matthew Alan Schirling, 26 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #2: William Kurtis Cogdill, 24 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
DISPOSITION: Both released to Central Booking CC # 201100003064
On February 10, 2011, a press conference was held by Chief Duncan at the Salisbury Police Department and included Fruitland Police Chief Mike Phillips, Wicomico Co. Sheriff Mike Lewis, Maryland State Police Lt. Ernie Leatherbury, Wicomico County States’s Attorney Matt Maciarello, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Funk, Salisbury Mayor James Ireton, Salisbury Councilwoman Terry Cohen, members of the Salisbury Police Safe Streets Team and a number of detectives and officers from each participating agency.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Salisbury Police Department Press Release
During the month of January, 2011, Investigators from the Salisbury Police Department, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and Fruitland Police Department became involved in the investigation of counterfeit currency passed in local businesses and restaurants. During the investigation several suspects were identified. Additional information was received that these suspects were involved in the trafficking of firearms and controlled dangerous substances. As a result, warrants were obtained for their arrest.
On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, officers from the above agencies executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence on Caroline Street in Salisbury related to this investigation. Located and seized during the execution of the warrant were firearms, controlled dangerous substances, U.S. currency, counterfeit currency, and vehicles. The U.S. Secret Service will assist with the processing of the evidence.
Today, February 10, at 2:30 pm, a press conference will be held at the Salisbury Police Department to discuss the investigation and to exhibit the property that was seized from the residence pursuant to the execution of the search warrant.
On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, officers from the above agencies executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence on Caroline Street in Salisbury related to this investigation. Located and seized during the execution of the warrant were firearms, controlled dangerous substances, U.S. currency, counterfeit currency, and vehicles. The U.S. Secret Service will assist with the processing of the evidence.
Today, February 10, at 2:30 pm, a press conference will be held at the Salisbury Police Department to discuss the investigation and to exhibit the property that was seized from the residence pursuant to the execution of the search warrant.
Post Office Had $329 Million Loss In First Quarter
The reason? A requirement to make advance health care cost payments
WASHINGTON — The post office continues to lose money at a rapid pace thanks to a requirement that it make advance payments to cover expected health care costs for future retirees.
The agency said Wednesday it had a loss of $329 million for the first quarter of the fiscal year — Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2010.
That was up from a $297 million loss in the same period the year before, which ended with a total loss of $8.5 billion.
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Child Thrown From Minivan During Carjacking
A child was pushed out of a stolen minivan Wednesday night outside of Children's Hospital in northwest Washington, D.C. Police said.
However, a Comcast cable installer saw the girl huddled under the bumper of a car and crying and took action. He made sure the girl, believed to be about 4 years old, was safe while authorities continued after the stolen vehicle by holding the child inside his work van until police arrived.
The little girl's mother was carjacked at about 7 p.m. Wednesday outside Children's National Medical Center.
Then the thieves pushed the girl out of the van several blocks away on Franklin Street in Northeast.
Police eventually found the stolen minivan in the Mount Ranier area of Prince George's County, Md.
One person was taken into custody.
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Flexibility Urged For Maintenance Of Effort For School Funding
A bill providing more reasons to excuse a county from maintaining its public education budget when financial times are difficult received wide support in the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.
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Higher Tuition Coming To Community Colleges
EDUCATION BEAT: Tuition increases could be in the works for community colleges ... Universities are getting new autonomy from legislatures ... More states look to tie teacher pay to performance, and other education news.
Same-Sex Marriage Has Good Chance Of Approval, Maryland Senate Leader Says
Supporters of same-sex marriage came to Annapolis on Tuesday armed with personal stories, emotional pleas for equal treatment and arguments about how allowing gay couples to marry could help Maryland's economy.
Hispanics Drive Population Growth In Maryland
Maryland's Hispanic population has doubled in the last decade, driven by growth in the Washington suburbs as Montgomery County's white population falls into the minority, new Census Bureau data show.
The 2010 U.S. census data mark the first time Maryland has gained more Hispanics than blacks during a 10-year period.
"Maryland is kind of a Johnny-come-lately with this Hispanic growth," said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution. "Lots of East Coast cities like Boston and New York have already been relying heavily on that growth engine [beyond] the last decade."
The state's population as a whole grew 9 percent to 5.8 million.
More than 100,000 Hispanics moved to Montgomery and Prince George's counties in the last 10 years, accounting for more than one-third of the state's population increase in that demographic.
Non-Hispanic whites now account for only 49.3 percent of Montgomery County residents as the jurisdiction's Hispanic population increased by more than half to total more than 165,000 people. Hispanics, who now account for 17 percent of Montgomery's 971,777 residents, outrank blacks as the county's largest minority population.
Prince George's Hispanic population more than doubled to roughly 130,000 residents, who now account for 15 percent of the
county's population of 863,420. On a smaller scale, Frederick County's Hispanic population nearly quadrupled in the last decade to total more than 17,000 residents. In other heavily
populated jurisdictions like Howard County and Baltimore, the Hispanic population more than doubled.
While Hispanics led the growth, other minority populations also increased while the number of white residents dropped, making Maryland a melting pot of diversity.
In the last 20 years Maryland's white population has decreased to 3.3 million, or 58 percent. In 1990, the state had 3.9 million white residents, or 71 percent of the population.
At the pace of losing 6 percentage points every decade, whites in Maryland could account for less than 50 percent of the state's population by 2025, although Frey noted population changes are not always that linear.
But with Maryland's loss in white population being focused in its youth, "we're certainly headed in that direction," he said. According to Frey, less than half of Maryland's 18-and-under population is white.
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The 2010 U.S. census data mark the first time Maryland has gained more Hispanics than blacks during a 10-year period.
"Maryland is kind of a Johnny-come-lately with this Hispanic growth," said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution. "Lots of East Coast cities like Boston and New York have already been relying heavily on that growth engine [beyond] the last decade."
The state's population as a whole grew 9 percent to 5.8 million.
More than 100,000 Hispanics moved to Montgomery and Prince George's counties in the last 10 years, accounting for more than one-third of the state's population increase in that demographic.
Non-Hispanic whites now account for only 49.3 percent of Montgomery County residents as the jurisdiction's Hispanic population increased by more than half to total more than 165,000 people. Hispanics, who now account for 17 percent of Montgomery's 971,777 residents, outrank blacks as the county's largest minority population.
Prince George's Hispanic population more than doubled to roughly 130,000 residents, who now account for 15 percent of the
county's population of 863,420. On a smaller scale, Frederick County's Hispanic population nearly quadrupled in the last decade to total more than 17,000 residents. In other heavily
populated jurisdictions like Howard County and Baltimore, the Hispanic population more than doubled.
While Hispanics led the growth, other minority populations also increased while the number of white residents dropped, making Maryland a melting pot of diversity.
In the last 20 years Maryland's white population has decreased to 3.3 million, or 58 percent. In 1990, the state had 3.9 million white residents, or 71 percent of the population.
At the pace of losing 6 percentage points every decade, whites in Maryland could account for less than 50 percent of the state's population by 2025, although Frey noted population changes are not always that linear.
But with Maryland's loss in white population being focused in its youth, "we're certainly headed in that direction," he said. According to Frey, less than half of Maryland's 18-and-under population is white.
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Billions Spent On Programs Without Knowing If They Work
One of Washington's biggest lies about federal spending will be endlessly repeated in coming weeks by President Obama, congressional Democrats, special interest advocates and the liberal mainstream media.
The myth is that the federal budget really cannot be cut except on the margins because government programs are managed efficiently, with minimal waste, fraud and abuse, and they deliver essential services that cannot be provided any other way.
Two reports focusing on federal job training programs -- one from the Government Accountability Office and the other from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. -- that were made public Wednesday put the lie to such claims. Nine federal agencies simultaneously operated at least 47 work force training programs at a cost of $18 billion in 2009. That total represented a $5 billion increase since 2003, thanks to added funding from Obama's economic stimulus program.
Here are some examples from among many Coburn cited on how those tax dollars were spent:
-- Grants to an admitted thief: In West Virginia, Martin Bowling -- an admitted thief with a long rap sheet -- was the main beneficiary of a $100,000 federal worker training grant, and was put up for another federal job training grant worth $1 million by his mother, a state official at the time.
-- Tampa Bay binge: The Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance in Florida used federal job training funds for lunches at Hooters, valet parking for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (topped with $9 dollar slices of cheesecake), $20 delivery fees for cupcakes, $443.99 on flowers, 300 koozie drink holders and more.
-- $4 for bureaucrats, $1 for workers: A Montana trade union that was supposed to manage a half-million-dollar federal job retraining grant spent four times as much on salaries as it did training displaced workers.
-- Ghost employees: A U.S. Department of Labor official approved fraudulent invoices for ghost employees in exchange for cash bribes and a vehicle paid for by a Jobs Corps contractor.
--Job training executives frequent casinos during work hours: Iowa work force executives conspired to enrich themselves with $1.8 million in bonuses -- paid for with federal funds -- while engaging in sexual relationships and frequenting casinos during work.
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The myth is that the federal budget really cannot be cut except on the margins because government programs are managed efficiently, with minimal waste, fraud and abuse, and they deliver essential services that cannot be provided any other way.
Two reports focusing on federal job training programs -- one from the Government Accountability Office and the other from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. -- that were made public Wednesday put the lie to such claims. Nine federal agencies simultaneously operated at least 47 work force training programs at a cost of $18 billion in 2009. That total represented a $5 billion increase since 2003, thanks to added funding from Obama's economic stimulus program.
Here are some examples from among many Coburn cited on how those tax dollars were spent:
-- Grants to an admitted thief: In West Virginia, Martin Bowling -- an admitted thief with a long rap sheet -- was the main beneficiary of a $100,000 federal worker training grant, and was put up for another federal job training grant worth $1 million by his mother, a state official at the time.
-- Tampa Bay binge: The Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance in Florida used federal job training funds for lunches at Hooters, valet parking for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (topped with $9 dollar slices of cheesecake), $20 delivery fees for cupcakes, $443.99 on flowers, 300 koozie drink holders and more.
-- $4 for bureaucrats, $1 for workers: A Montana trade union that was supposed to manage a half-million-dollar federal job retraining grant spent four times as much on salaries as it did training displaced workers.
-- Ghost employees: A U.S. Department of Labor official approved fraudulent invoices for ghost employees in exchange for cash bribes and a vehicle paid for by a Jobs Corps contractor.
--Job training executives frequent casinos during work hours: Iowa work force executives conspired to enrich themselves with $1.8 million in bonuses -- paid for with federal funds -- while engaging in sexual relationships and frequenting casinos during work.
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House GOP Fails On Suspension Vote For UN Funding
Republicans on Wednesday failed for the second time in 24 hours to pass a bill under suspended House rules.
In a 259-169 vote, the House fell short of a two-thirds majority needed to move legislation under the suspension of House rules.
The House failed to meet this requirement on H.R. 519, which would instruct the administration to insist the U.S. be repaid $179 million in money it has overpaid to the United Nations.
This follows a Tuesday vote in which Republicans also could not get a two-thirds majority to approve the extension of three Patriot Act surveillance authorities.
Wednesday's vote was probably less stinging to Republicans because only two members of their party voted against leadership.
In Tuesday night's vote on the Patriot Act provisions, 26 Republicans voted against their leadership.
The GOP needed scores of Democrats to vote with Republicans to move the U.N. bill, but only 23 Democrats supported it.
Republicans who supported the bill said the United States should be repaid the money. In a brief statement toward the end of the debate, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) said it is a "disgrace" to fund the U.N. at all, given how its efforts "hinder progress instead of help it."
One of the two Republicans to vote no on Tuesday, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), called for the overpayments to be used for security improvements.
"This is a matter of life and death," he said. "This is a serious matter."
The other Republican to vote against the measure was also from New York: Rep. Michael Grimm.
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In a 259-169 vote, the House fell short of a two-thirds majority needed to move legislation under the suspension of House rules.
The House failed to meet this requirement on H.R. 519, which would instruct the administration to insist the U.S. be repaid $179 million in money it has overpaid to the United Nations.
This follows a Tuesday vote in which Republicans also could not get a two-thirds majority to approve the extension of three Patriot Act surveillance authorities.
Wednesday's vote was probably less stinging to Republicans because only two members of their party voted against leadership.
In Tuesday night's vote on the Patriot Act provisions, 26 Republicans voted against their leadership.
The GOP needed scores of Democrats to vote with Republicans to move the U.N. bill, but only 23 Democrats supported it.
Republicans who supported the bill said the United States should be repaid the money. In a brief statement toward the end of the debate, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) said it is a "disgrace" to fund the U.N. at all, given how its efforts "hinder progress instead of help it."
One of the two Republicans to vote no on Tuesday, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), called for the overpayments to be used for security improvements.
"This is a matter of life and death," he said. "This is a serious matter."
The other Republican to vote against the measure was also from New York: Rep. Michael Grimm.
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New Effort To Defund Planned Parenthood In Spending Plan
In a new Republican effort to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, a new spending proposal announced Wednesday would strip away all Title X family planning funds for low-income individuals.
The seven-month continuing resolution offered by House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) would remove all $327 million from the Title X program as the GOP pushes a bill that would block such funding to Planned Parenthood and other groups that offer abortion services.
Planned Parenthood called it an "extreme proposal."
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The seven-month continuing resolution offered by House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) would remove all $327 million from the Title X program as the GOP pushes a bill that would block such funding to Planned Parenthood and other groups that offer abortion services.
Planned Parenthood called it an "extreme proposal."
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Rep. Giffords Speaks For First Time Since Shooting
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot in the forehead, her spokesman said Wednesday, yet another significant milestone in her recovery from a traumatic brain injury.
Giffords spoke first several days ago and is speaking “more and more,” spokesman C.J. Karamargin said Wednesday. He didn’t know what her first words were, but said at breakfast one morning she asked for toast.
“She’s working very hard and it’s paying off,” he told The Associated Press. “We’re elated at this. We always knew Gabby is a fighter and that she’s not going to let this thing win. And you know, every day is proof of that.”
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Giffords spoke first several days ago and is speaking “more and more,” spokesman C.J. Karamargin said Wednesday. He didn’t know what her first words were, but said at breakfast one morning she asked for toast.
“She’s working very hard and it’s paying off,” he told The Associated Press. “We’re elated at this. We always knew Gabby is a fighter and that she’s not going to let this thing win. And you know, every day is proof of that.”
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First Lady's Office Holds ‘Listen Only’ And 'Invitation Only' Conference Calls For Reporters
On Tuesday, the office of First Lady Michelle Obama sponsored several conference calls featuring administration officials discussing Mrs. Obama's “Let’s Move!” campaign to combat childhood obesity but “with listen-only lines for the media,” according to The Washington Daybook. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama personally conducted a conference call for “online media” that was “by invitation only,” according to the Daybook.
Traditionally, conference calls that public figures in Washington, D.C. hold for the media--which, obviously, are designed to get media attention for the public figure--allow the reporters who join the call to ask at least a few questions.
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Traditionally, conference calls that public figures in Washington, D.C. hold for the media--which, obviously, are designed to get media attention for the public figure--allow the reporters who join the call to ask at least a few questions.
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Border Patrol Data Contradicts Napolitano's Testimony
Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, contradicts testimony that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave the House Homeland Security Commmittee on Wednesday in which she said that the U.S. government had secured “effective control of the great majority” of the both the northern and southern borders.
According to the data that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided to CNSNews.com, as of Sept. 30, 2010 (the end of fiscal year 2010), the U.S. government had established “effective control” of only about 44 percent (873 miles) of the 1,994-mile-long southwest border and only about 2 percent (69 miles) of the approximately 4,000 mile-long northern border.
A border mile under “effective control” is a place on the border where the U.S. government can be “reasonably” expected to intercept an illegal crosser.
Despite the CBP data, Napolitano told the House Homeland Security panel on Wednesday: “Well, I think in terms of manpower, technology, infrastructure, we have effective control over the great majority of both borders particularly at the ports and then we are using manpower and new technology to help us between the ports.”
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According to the data that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided to CNSNews.com, as of Sept. 30, 2010 (the end of fiscal year 2010), the U.S. government had established “effective control” of only about 44 percent (873 miles) of the 1,994-mile-long southwest border and only about 2 percent (69 miles) of the approximately 4,000 mile-long northern border.
A border mile under “effective control” is a place on the border where the U.S. government can be “reasonably” expected to intercept an illegal crosser.
Despite the CBP data, Napolitano told the House Homeland Security panel on Wednesday: “Well, I think in terms of manpower, technology, infrastructure, we have effective control over the great majority of both borders particularly at the ports and then we are using manpower and new technology to help us between the ports.”
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Air Force Bombs Gaza Tunnel, Weapons Factory
The Israeli Air Force bombed Gaza terror targets shortly after midnight Tuesday after Gaza terrorists attacked Israel with mortars and rockets. One smuggling tunnel and weapons plant were destroyed shortly in an F-16 raid.
No one was seriously injured, and there was no confirmation of Gaza claims that that two women and six men were lightly wounded.
Secondary explosions at two of the three targets indicated that the sites contained explosives for rockets or for bombs that Hamas and allied terrorists plant on the patrol route at the Gaza security/separation fence. Several nearby buildings sustained damage.
The terror tunnel was intended to be used by terrorists to infiltrate into Israel and to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, according to IDF spokesmen.
Tuesday’s attacks on the western Negev continued to offer evidence that Hamas either is not able to or does not want to halt aerial and ground strikes from competing terror groups.
Following a severe escalation in the offensive against Israeli civilians and soldiers, Hamas announced last month it would impose a ceasefire, fearing a repeat of the Operation Cast Lead campaign, which drastically reduced missile strikes on southern Israel two years ago.
Since the end of the counterterrorist campaign, Israel has adopted a tit-for-tat policy of retaliation following rocket and mortar attacks. Five projectiles exploded at a kibbutz and in the Sderot area Tuesday, causing mage to a parked car but no injuries.
Gaza-based terrorists have attacked the area with more than 40 mortars, Kassam rockets and Grad missiles since the beginning of this year.
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No one was seriously injured, and there was no confirmation of Gaza claims that that two women and six men were lightly wounded.
Secondary explosions at two of the three targets indicated that the sites contained explosives for rockets or for bombs that Hamas and allied terrorists plant on the patrol route at the Gaza security/separation fence. Several nearby buildings sustained damage.
The terror tunnel was intended to be used by terrorists to infiltrate into Israel and to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, according to IDF spokesmen.
Tuesday’s attacks on the western Negev continued to offer evidence that Hamas either is not able to or does not want to halt aerial and ground strikes from competing terror groups.
Following a severe escalation in the offensive against Israeli civilians and soldiers, Hamas announced last month it would impose a ceasefire, fearing a repeat of the Operation Cast Lead campaign, which drastically reduced missile strikes on southern Israel two years ago.
Since the end of the counterterrorist campaign, Israel has adopted a tit-for-tat policy of retaliation following rocket and mortar attacks. Five projectiles exploded at a kibbutz and in the Sderot area Tuesday, causing mage to a parked car but no injuries.
Gaza-based terrorists have attacked the area with more than 40 mortars, Kassam rockets and Grad missiles since the beginning of this year.
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New Violence In Tunisia May Seal Fate Of Muslim Revolution
Five people were killed in Tunisia last week as an upsurge of violence threatens to turn the revolution for freedom into a state of anarchy or the seed for a radical Muslim regime of rule by force.
Last month’s street revolution forced long-time Tunisian ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to flee and touched off more revolutionary movements in Jordan and Egypt. Ben Ali’s demise was the first time in the Arab world that a popular protest toppled a government, a phenomenon that has frightened other Muslim rulers.
Caretaker president Fouad Mebazaa is ruling by decree, allowing him to bypass the legislature.
The revolution for democracy in Tunisia was followed by looting and violence, including the burning of a small synagogue and its Torah scroll.
Police have fanned out throughout the country’s streets and faced gangs and protesters, resulting in the killing of at least five people. Opposing crowds set one police station and a high school on fire as political protesters returned to the streets, demanding that the caretaker government get rid of corrupt officials.
Sporadic gunfire was heard Tuesday near local government buildings in Tunis. Foreign Ministry workers are on strike, demanding that the minister resign for not expressing full support of change in the regime.
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Last month’s street revolution forced long-time Tunisian ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to flee and touched off more revolutionary movements in Jordan and Egypt. Ben Ali’s demise was the first time in the Arab world that a popular protest toppled a government, a phenomenon that has frightened other Muslim rulers.
Caretaker president Fouad Mebazaa is ruling by decree, allowing him to bypass the legislature.
The revolution for democracy in Tunisia was followed by looting and violence, including the burning of a small synagogue and its Torah scroll.
Police have fanned out throughout the country’s streets and faced gangs and protesters, resulting in the killing of at least five people. Opposing crowds set one police station and a high school on fire as political protesters returned to the streets, demanding that the caretaker government get rid of corrupt officials.
Sporadic gunfire was heard Tuesday near local government buildings in Tunis. Foreign Ministry workers are on strike, demanding that the minister resign for not expressing full support of change in the regime.
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GOP Critic Calls Biden's $53 Billion High-Speed Rail Plan 'Insanity'
Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday proposed that the US government infuse $53 billion into a national high-speed rail network. The announcement was met immediately by deep skepticism from two House Republicans that could be crucial to the plan's success, raising questions about whether it can clear Capitol Hill.
House Transportation Committee Chair Rep. John Mica (R) of Florida said previous administration grants to high-speed rail projects were a failure, producing "snail speed trains to nowhere." He called Amtrak a "Soviet-style train system" and said it "hijacked" nearly all the administration's rail projects.
Meanwhile, Railroads Subcommittee Chair Rep. Bill Shuster (R) of Pennsylvania said Mr. Biden's plan was "insanity," adding: "Rail projects that are not economically sound will not 'win the future' " – coopting the slogan President Obama coined in his State of the Union address.
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House Transportation Committee Chair Rep. John Mica (R) of Florida said previous administration grants to high-speed rail projects were a failure, producing "snail speed trains to nowhere." He called Amtrak a "Soviet-style train system" and said it "hijacked" nearly all the administration's rail projects.
Meanwhile, Railroads Subcommittee Chair Rep. Bill Shuster (R) of Pennsylvania said Mr. Biden's plan was "insanity," adding: "Rail projects that are not economically sound will not 'win the future' " – coopting the slogan President Obama coined in his State of the Union address.
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Inhofe, EPA Administrator Tackle Greenhouse Gas Regulation
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe on Wednesday not only stood by his famous hoax declaration on global warming, but the Oklahoma Republican somewhat reluctantly tipped his hand on plans to publish a book.
“I won’t tell you what it’s about, but the name of the book is ‘The Hoax,’?” he said during testimony before a House subcommittee.
“I did finish it last week.’’
Inhofe was the lead-off witness at a somewhat contentious and lengthy hearing on a proposal that he and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, are pushing essentially to kill the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the other major attraction at the hearing, testified after Inhofe.
Different sides were drawn years ago on the long-running debate over climate change, its causes and what governments should do or not do to address the issue.
Wednesday’s hearing at the Subcommittee on Energy and Power followed that script.
That included lengthy statements from members of the panel with limited time for witnesses to respond.
Inhofe and House Republicans on the subcommittee focused on what they consider the enormous costs of EPA’s efforts to regulate greenhouse emissions, the jobs that could be lost and the questions that, in their view, continue to surround climate change science.
Science is mixed, Inhofe said, but the economic impact is not.
“In other words, all pain for no climate gain,’’ he said.
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“I won’t tell you what it’s about, but the name of the book is ‘The Hoax,’?” he said during testimony before a House subcommittee.
“I did finish it last week.’’
Inhofe was the lead-off witness at a somewhat contentious and lengthy hearing on a proposal that he and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, are pushing essentially to kill the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the other major attraction at the hearing, testified after Inhofe.
Different sides were drawn years ago on the long-running debate over climate change, its causes and what governments should do or not do to address the issue.
Wednesday’s hearing at the Subcommittee on Energy and Power followed that script.
That included lengthy statements from members of the panel with limited time for witnesses to respond.
Inhofe and House Republicans on the subcommittee focused on what they consider the enormous costs of EPA’s efforts to regulate greenhouse emissions, the jobs that could be lost and the questions that, in their view, continue to surround climate change science.
Science is mixed, Inhofe said, but the economic impact is not.
“In other words, all pain for no climate gain,’’ he said.
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Challenging Obama, House GOP Calls For Deep Cuts
Eager to take a quick, $35 billion bite out of government, House Republicans called for termination of at least 60 federal programs Wednesday and cuts in hundreds of others, targeting education and the environment, food safety, and law enforcement.
In a blunt challenge to President Barack Obama, the plan calls for eliminating a high-speed rail program the administration has ticketed for a multibillion-dollar expansion. It also recommends ending federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, family planning services and AmeriCorps.
The government's principal nutrition program for pregnant women would be cut 6 percent below last year's level.
The proposal marks an initial attempt by newly empowered Republicans to cut spending and reduce the size of the federal government. Yet it sets the stage for weeks of political combat as Democrats seek to blunt the cuts while tea party-backed conservatives demand more of them.
Republicans are "keeping our pledge to the American people that we will cut spending," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, after details were outlined for the rank and file at a closed-door meeting.
Preliminary details of the plan emerged just before Obama hosted Boehner and his two top lieutenants at a White House lunch.
Reacting mildly to the recommended cuts, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs cited a "broad agreement that we have to change the way Washington works, particularly as it relates to spending."
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In a blunt challenge to President Barack Obama, the plan calls for eliminating a high-speed rail program the administration has ticketed for a multibillion-dollar expansion. It also recommends ending federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, family planning services and AmeriCorps.
The government's principal nutrition program for pregnant women would be cut 6 percent below last year's level.
The proposal marks an initial attempt by newly empowered Republicans to cut spending and reduce the size of the federal government. Yet it sets the stage for weeks of political combat as Democrats seek to blunt the cuts while tea party-backed conservatives demand more of them.
Republicans are "keeping our pledge to the American people that we will cut spending," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, after details were outlined for the rank and file at a closed-door meeting.
Preliminary details of the plan emerged just before Obama hosted Boehner and his two top lieutenants at a White House lunch.
Reacting mildly to the recommended cuts, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs cited a "broad agreement that we have to change the way Washington works, particularly as it relates to spending."
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Letter Of Recognition Of Great Customer Service
Joe,
Just wanted to take the time to recognize something that a local business did that exceeded my expectations. We moved our store on January 5, 2011. In all the rush, we missed cancelling our account for Chesapeake Utilities. When they noticed low usage, they called us to see if we moved and initiate turning off the account and refunding our security deposit. They could have just kept charging me to heat an empty unit, but they took it upon themselves to show great customer service. Hats off to Chesapeake Utilities!
Jerry McClymont
Owner-Signs By Tomorrow
Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Release
Incident: Fugitive Arrest
Date of Incident: 8 February 2011
Location: Gordy Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspects: Gary Lee Smith Jr., 21, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 8 February 2011 at 8:11 PM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office on patrol in the Gordy Road area stopped to check on an occupied parked vehicle adjacent to a convenience store. Upon running the registration, the deputy recognized the registered owner, Gary Lee Smith, as that of a wanted fugitive the Sheriff’s Office was currently seeking. Upon contacting the occupants, the deputy positively identified Gary Smith and placed him in custody.
The deputy transported Smith to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and subsequently held in the Detention Center on a Circuit Court Violation of Probation Warrant that already had a pre-set bond of $20,000.00. The original charges on the warrant were for Theft over $500.
Charges: Violation of Probation
‘Mini-Revolt’ Confronts Republicans As They Ready Cuts
As House Republicans parry Democratic criticism that they’ve gone too far with proposed spending cuts, they confront a battle within their own ranks over whether the cuts go far enough.
A faction of House Republicans plans to continue pushing for bigger budget savings than party leaders recommended last week, reductions that Democrats argue would harm the U.S. economic recovery.
Republicans won control of the House in November on promises to slash government spending by $100 billion this year. Leaders backed off that pledge, offering a plan they will take up next week that trims 2011 spending by $35 billion, in part because the fiscal year already is almost half over. The cuts are $58 billion less than President Barack Obama requested for non-security discretionary spending.
The House Republicans pushing for the full $100 billion in cuts aren’t buying their leadership’s reasoning.
“We are going to be accused of hating children, seniors, clean air and all of the above, so you might as well come out all at once out of the box and say ‘this is what I am trying to do,’” said Representative Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican and member of the Appropriations Committee. “Many members feel like, ‘now, you said $100 billion.’”
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Delegate McDermott: Please Speak To Ms. Haddaway-Riccio
It is good to see Mike McDermott and Charles Otto involved with other fiscal conservatives in the House of Delegates who have formed a caucus to promote fiscal responsibility in Maryland’s government - http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2011/02/delegate-mike-mcdermott-press-release.html
But what about Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, Rudy Cane, Addie Eckardt and Norm Conway. They have already sponsored special earmark bills for funding over $2 Million for pet projects, such as a fake ("replica") lighthouse near Cambridge. Haddaway-Riccio, who recently complained on TV about all the earmark bills in the General Assembly this year, apparently has no qualms about state funding for that project and the others that she is sponsoring.
Check This Out
1.- Click on the link below
2.- Then "click me to get trippy",
3.- Look at the center of the screen for 30 seconds (no cheating), and then
4.- Look at your hand holding the mouse, without moving it away, or your notebook keyboard
You'll be shocked at what you see.
( it is called "cenesthetichallucination")
2.- Then "click me to get trippy",
3.- Look at the center of the screen for 30 seconds (no cheating), and then
4.- Look at your hand holding the mouse, without moving it away, or your notebook keyboard
You'll be shocked at what you see.
( it is called "cenesthetichallucination")
CLICK HERE
WICOMICO SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES TO VOTE ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATION ON FRIDAY
Wicomico County Executive Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., and Wicomico Sheriff Michael A. Lewis announced that Full-Time Certified Sheriff’s Deputies below the rank of Lieutenant will cast ballots this Friday to determine if the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #111, will be their exclusive collective bargaining agent. Balloting is set for
6:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. and from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at Sheriff’s headquarters. Executive Pollitt and Sheriff Lewis will be present for the vote tally which will begin as soon as the polls close. Results will be announced immediately.
“This is a great day for the deputies and the citizens of Wicomico County.” said Pollitt. “In the election of 2006, voters overwhelmingly adopted a Charter Amendment allowing the deputies to seek a collective bargaining agreement with the county that included binding arbitration. I backed that referendum then and I back the election that is about to take place.” Sheriff Lewis added, “I strongly believe that the citizens of Wicomico County want our brave deputies to have every tool available to them to seek just compensation for the often dangerous work they perform for the common good and safety of every man, woman and child in our county.”
Inspired by the 2006 referendum, Executive Pollitt submitted Bill Number 2007-3 known as the “Collective Bargaining Bill.” The legislation would have established a labor code for Wicomico County but the County Council returned an amended version that would bind the Executive but not the Council, to arbitration. Mr. Pollitt stated that he could not, in the best interests of the deputies, agree with that and vetoed the bill on January 9, 2008. Subsequently, the Council overrode Pollitt’s veto and adopted Bill 2007-3 as amended. The Fraternal Order of Police then filed suit against the county. On February 1, 2010, the courts declared the Charter Amendment unconstitutional and the legislation void.
On September 7, 2010, following the adoption of State legislation, the “Collective Bargaining” bill was again introduced and a public hearing concerning it was held on October 5th. The County Council unanimously adopted the measure and the Executive approved it on October 11th. It became law on December 10th. On December 17th, the Fraternal Order of Police filed a “Petition for Certification of a Union as a Bargaining Agent for Wicomico County Deputy Sheriffs holding the ranks below that of Lieutenant.” The petition was accepted and the date for election was set as February 11th.
City Council Agenda - February 14, 2011
Times shown for agenda items are estimates only.
6:00 p.m. CONVENE – LORD’S PRAYER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6:04 p.m. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
6:07 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA – Assistant City Clerk Kim Nichols
- January 24, 2011 minutes
- February 7, 2011 Special Meeting minutes
- Resolution No. 2022 - rescinding Resolution No. 2019 accepting donation of a surplus server from the Wicomico County IT Department
- Resolution No. 2023 - accepting federal grant funds awarded through the Department of Justice’s Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
- Resolution No. 2024 - accepting federal grant funds awarded through the U.S. Department of Justice to provide for overtime reimbursement toofficers participating in additional enforcement activity related to controlled dangerous substance violations to be used during the period of December 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011
- Resolution No. 2025 - accepting federal grant funds awarded through the U.S. Department of Justice to provide for overtime reimbursement toofficers participating in additional enforcement activity related to controlled dangerous substance violations to be used during the period of October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012
- Resolution No. 2026 - reappointment of Susan Hughes to the City Park Committee
- Resolution No. 2027 – reappointment of Maurice Kirwan and Thomas W. Jones to the Marina Committee
- Resolution No. 2028 – appointment of Susan Carey to the City of Salisbury Election Board
6:12 p.m. AWARD OF BIDS – Internal Services Director Pam Oland 2
6:22 p.m. ORDINANCE PERMIT – City Attorney Paul Wilber
- Ordinance No. 2137 - 1st reading – authorizing Word of Life Center to operate a church at 504 Delaware Avenue in an Industrial District as required by Section 17.72.040K of the Salisbury Municipal Code
6:35 p.m. ORDINANCES – City Attorney Paul Wilber
- Ordinance No. 2135 - 2nd reading - allowing elected officials to participate in elective employee benefits programs offered by the City subject to certain restriction
- Ordinance No. 2138 - 1st reading - reallocation of FY07 bond proceeds for the purpose of financing, reimbursing or refinancing costs relating to one or both of the projects identified as Beaverdam Drive Bridge and Isabella Street water/sewer/road improvements
- Ordinance No. 2139 - 1st reading - reallocation of FY08 bond proceeds for the purpose of financing, reimbursing or refinancing costs relating to the repair and/or replacement of the Beaverdam Drive Bridge
- Ordinance No. 2140 - 1st reading - FY11 General Obligation Bond issuance ($7,700,000) for the Riverwalk Repairs, E. Main Street Water Valve, Isabella Street Water, E. Main Street Sewer, Isabella Street Sewer, Lift Station Pump Replacement, N. Division Street Sewer, Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade projects and costs of issuance
7:35 p.m. RESOLUTIONS – City Administrator John Pick
- Resolution No. 2029 - approving Water and Sewer Capacity Fee Payment Plan
- Resolution No. 2030 - approving a Management Agreement for the Government Office Building and a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to parking for the Government Office Building
7:50 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS
CLOSED SESSION – following conclusion of regular meeting agenda as permitted under the Annotated Code of Maryland Sections 10-508(a)(7)(8)
Proposed agenda items for February 28, 2011 (subject to change)
Copies of the agenda items are available for reviewin the City Clerk’s OfficeRoom 305 – City/County Government Office Building410-548-3140oron the City’s web site
The City Council reserves the right to convene in closed sessionas permitted under the Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)
- Public Hearing - Ordinance No. 2137 - Ordinance Permit authorizing Word of Life Center to operate a church at 504 Delaware Avenue in an Industrial District as required by Section 17.72.040K of the Salisbury Municipal Code
- Public Hearing and 2nd reading - Ordinance No. 2138 - reallocation of FY07 bond proceeds for the purpose of financing, reimbursing or refinancing costs relating to one or both of the projects identified as Beaverdam Drive Bridge and Isabella Street water/sewer/road improvements
- Resolution – terms/conditions of FY07 bond proceeds
- Public Hearing and 2nd reading - Ordinance No. 2139 - reallocation of FY08 bond proceeds for the purpose of financing, reimbursing or refinancing costs relating to the repair and/or replacement of the Beaverdam Drive Bridge
- Resolution – terms/conditions of FY08 bond proceeds
- Public Hearing – Ordinance No. 2140 - FY11 General Obligation Bond Ordinance issuance
Salisbury Police Department Press releases
On February 8, 2011 at approximately 12:24 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police were on routine patrol in the area of North Salisbury Boulevard and East Isabella Street and conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by below listed suspect #1 for traffic violations. During the traffic stop the officers detected the scent of suspected marijuana emanating from the vehicle. The officers checked the vehicle, and as a result located a quantity of suspected marijuana under the driver’s seat and a second quantity of suspected marijuana between the front seats.
ARRESTED #1: Cantrelle Alise Phifer, 29 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #2: Leonard Alden Horsey, 22 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES (Both):
Possession of marijuana
Possession of CDS/Paraphernalia
DISPOSITION: Both released to Central Booking CC # 201100004861
On February 8, 2011 at approximately 7:06 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police were on routine patrol in the area of Broad Street and observed an altercation occurring between an adult male and an adult female. The officers intervened and found that the altercation was a domestic type altercation resulting from an earlier argument. While responding to the altercation, the officers observed the below listed suspect pull on, then strike, the other subject. As a result, the suspect was taken into custody.
ARRESTED: Ursula Rose Holbrook, 31 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Second degree assault
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 201100004919
ARRESTED #1: Cantrelle Alise Phifer, 29 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #2: Leonard Alden Horsey, 22 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES (Both):
Possession of marijuana
Possession of CDS/Paraphernalia
DISPOSITION: Both released to Central Booking CC # 201100004861
On February 8, 2011 at approximately 7:06 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police were on routine patrol in the area of Broad Street and observed an altercation occurring between an adult male and an adult female. The officers intervened and found that the altercation was a domestic type altercation resulting from an earlier argument. While responding to the altercation, the officers observed the below listed suspect pull on, then strike, the other subject. As a result, the suspect was taken into custody.
ARRESTED: Ursula Rose Holbrook, 31 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Second degree assault
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 201100004919
RYAN MINOR TO APPEAR ON 95.9 WEEKLY STARTING FEBRUARY 16
‘Birds Skipper will check in from Orioles Spring Training
Salisbury, Md. – The Delmarva Shorebirds and 95.9 The Sports Animal are excited to announce that Shorebirds manager Ryan Minor will appear on “Off The Bench” with Whiskey and Randy every Wednesday at 6 p.m. starting on February 16. Minor will preview the 2011 season, update fans on Orioles Spring Training from Sarasota and talk about the many players that might land on the Eastern Shore.
Minor will join “Off the Bench” seven times during Orioles Spring Training. Below is a look at the dates that he will join the show.
· February 16 @ 6 p.m.
· February 23 @ 6 p.m.
· March 2 @ 6 p.m.
· March 9 @ 6 p.m.
· March 16 @ 6 p.m.
· March 23 @ 6 p.m.
· March 30 @ 6 p.m.
Minor, a 1997 South Atlantic All-Star, is ready to embark on his second year at the helm of the Shorebirds. Minor spent four seasons in the major leagues with the Baltimore Orioles (1998-2000) and the Montreal Expos (2001). The former baseball and basketball star at the University of Oklahoma is best known for replacing Cal Ripken, Jr. when the consecutive games played streak ended on September 20, 1998.
“I’m really looking forward to updating fans on all the things that go on at Spring Training,” said Minor. “This will also give me a good opportunity to connect with the great fan base of the Delmarva Shorebirds right before the season begins.”
95.9 The Sports Animal started the daily program, “Off the Bench”, in April of 2010. Co-hosts Whiskey and Randy debate local and national topics from 4-7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“Ryan has accomplished a lot in his career and we are excited to have him as a guest each week,” said co-host Randy Scott. “I know our fans will be eager to hear about all the happenings in Sarasota.”
Fans outside of the area can listen to the show by logging onto http://www.959thesportsanimal.com/.
For more information, contact the Delmarva Shorebirds at 410-219-3112 or visit http://www.theshorebirds.com/.
Upcoming Events At Poplar Hill Mansion
UPCOMING EVENTS:
First Ladies Tea to Benefit The Serpentine Garden
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 $20.00 per person 11:30 a.m.
Join us for this President's month Tea. Enjoy a fruit cup, hearty savory soup, assorted tea sandwiches, scones with Devonshire cream, a variety of White House sweets, and of course, our Lady Grey Tea.
Local jewelry artist, Donna Warren, will show her new spring line of traditional and artsy necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pins. It is all about the accessories!
Call soon to reserve your table, our teas are always sellouts and we don't want you to be disappointed.
Spring Luncheon to Benefit The Serpentine Garden
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 $20.00 per person 11:30 a.m.
The Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion is pleased to invite you to join us for our Spring Luncheon. The Menu, prepared by Board Members Rita Tiso and Louise Nock, includes a seasonal homemade soup, spring salad, homemade chicken salad and a special dessert, served with tea and coffee. While enjoying your luncheon, a fashion show will be presented by Fashions by Vernon Powell. Reservations are required for this luncheon.
Textile Show to Benefit the Serpentine Garden Save the dates and visit the website for details!
Saturday, April 9 & Sunday, April 10, 2011 Donation of $10.00 1-5 p.m
Historic exhibits throughout the Mansion of 19th & 20th century textiles including demonstrations
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Book Fair at Barnes and Noble
Saturday, April 30, 2011 all day
Help support the Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion as we will receive a percentage of sales from B & N in Salisbury and on line…including the Café!
There will be demonstrations and discussions on pertinent topics of history, restoration, and a craft project for the kids. Call or email Nancy if you would like to help by staffing the welcome table for an hour or two or if you have a subject matter you would like to speak about for 30-45 minutes.
Mother’s Day Tea to Benefit The Serpentine Garden
Saturday, May 7, 2011 $20.00 per person 11:30 a.m.
Our Mother’s Day Tea is the perfect time to celebrate that special woman (or women) in your life. Show her how much you care in a lovely historic setting, with beautiful table settings including fresh flowers, and traditional tea cuisine to make the Queen Mum envious. Make it a family event. Limited setting.
MIKULSKI, CARDIN ANNOUNCE FEDERAL FUNDING TO PURCHASE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT IN WICOMICO COUNTY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Department won $103,930 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase communications equipment. As a member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Mikulski fights each year to increase federal funding for the fire grants program. Senator Cardin is a member of the Finance and Budget committees.
“I know how important this funding is to Maryland communities – often it’s the difference between life and death. First responders protect our homes and communities, and the federal government has a responsibility to protect them by providing them with the tools they need to do their jobs safer and smarter,” Senator Mikulski said. “Every day when our first responders report for duty, they don’t know what they will face. That’s why I fight every year for the equipment, training, and staffing our protectors and communities deserve.”
“Now more than ever, we need to make sure that our first responders have the resources they need to protect our families and communities,” Senator Cardin said. “From fires to natural disasters to possible terrorist threats, these brave men and women put their lives on the line for all of us. Federal investment in our first responders is vital because we must ensure that they have the equipment and training they need to protect us from harm and to perform their jobs safely and efficiently.”
The grant funds will allow the Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Department to purchase interoperable communications equipment, such as radios, and pagers for its members. For more information, please contact Mark Rickards at 410-972-2408.
AFGP grants fund firefighting equipment, personal protection equipment, training, firefighting vehicles, firefighter/first responder safety projects, and staffing recruitment and retention, as well as public fire safety education.
Since 2001, Maryland fire departments and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) units have received more than $93 million in AFGP funding, more than $1 million of which has gone to fire departments and EMS units in Wicomico County.
MIKULSKI, CARDIN ANNOUNCE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN SOMERSET COUNTY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the Deal Island-Chance Volunteer Fire Department won $38,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase firefighting equipment. As a member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Mikulski fights each year to increase federal funding for the fire grants program. Senator Cardin is a member of the Finance and Budget committees.
“I know how important this funding is to Maryland communities – often it’s the difference between life and death. First responders protect our homes and communities, and the federal government has a responsibility to protect them by providing them with the tools they need to do their jobs safer and smarter,” Senator Mikulski said. “Every day when our first responders report for duty, they don’t know what they will face. That’s why I fight every year for the equipment, training, and staffing our protectors and communities deserve.”
“Now more than ever, we need to make sure that our first responders have the resources they need to protect our families and communities,” Senator Cardin said. “From fires to natural disasters to possible terrorist threats, these brave men and women put their lives on the line for all of us. Federal investment in our first responders is vital because we must ensure that they have the equipment and training they need to protect us from harm and to perform their jobs safely and efficiently.”
The grant funds will allow Deal Island-Chance Volunteer Fire Department to purchase an emergency generator and a cascade air compressor, used to refill the air tanks firefighters use to breathe inside burning buildings. For more information about the award, please contact Donald Ford at 410-784-2612.
AFGP grants fund firefighting equipment, personal protection equipment, training, firefighting vehicles, firefighter/first responder safety projects, and staffing recruitment and retention, as well as public fire safety education.
Since 2001, Maryland fire departments and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) units have received more than $93 million in AFGP funding, more than $1 million of which has gone to fire departments and EMS units in Somerset County.
MARYLAND VEHICLE THEFT AT A 15-YEAR LOW; COLLEGE STUDENTS ASSIST WITH AUTO THEFT PREVENTION EFFORT
Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Terrence B. Sheridan will be joined by Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson, Major Anthony Brown, Commander of Special Operations of the Baltimore City Police Department, and Joe Asplen, President of the MD/DC Anti-Car Theft (ACT) Committee to announce a significant milestone in the history of combined law enforcement efforts to combat auto theft in Maryland.
Maryland’s Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, in partnership with the Maryland/DC Anti Car Theft Committee, will present $6000 in scholarship money to Towson University students for their winning entries into the second annual radio and television PSA Competition. The public service announcement entries, in both the radio and television categories, were required to focus on auto theft prevention. Award recipients produced thirty second spots that will be used in a media campaign to reach a target audience who has little experience in practicing crime prevention. The PSA’s will be made available to all media for broadcast.
WHAT: Combined Auto Theft Team Results Announced Scholarship Awards Presented to Student Producers
WHEN: Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
2011 Motor Trend International Auto Show
Baltimore Convention Center
Main Showroom Floor, adjacent to Nissan & Jaguar
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Maryland’s Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, in partnership with the Maryland/DC Anti Car Theft Committee, will present $6000 in scholarship money to Towson University students for their winning entries into the second annual radio and television PSA Competition. The public service announcement entries, in both the radio and television categories, were required to focus on auto theft prevention. Award recipients produced thirty second spots that will be used in a media campaign to reach a target audience who has little experience in practicing crime prevention. The PSA’s will be made available to all media for broadcast.
WHAT: Combined Auto Theft Team Results Announced Scholarship Awards Presented to Student Producers
WHEN: Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
2011 Motor Trend International Auto Show
Baltimore Convention Center
Main Showroom Floor, adjacent to Nissan & Jaguar
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Highlighted Events This Week And Next Week In Wicomico Schools
Feb. 7-11
National School Counseling Week
National School Counseling Week is Feb. 7-11. Wicomico County School Counselors are key members of the education team who are dedicated to promoting and challenging our students to be the best they can be. Be sure to let a school counselor know that you appreciate their work and support and all they do help make Maryland Public Schools ranked No. 1 in the nation for the third straight year.
Thursday, Feb. 10
International Family Fun Night
East Salisbury Elementary
The East Salisbury Elementary STARS/After School Program, in conjunction with Barnes & Noble, will host an International Family Fun Night from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the East Salisbury School cafeteria. Students and families represented will be United States, Mexico, Greece, Italy, Vietnam and Pakistan. This evening will be a great opportunity for families to spend time together and learn more about other cultures. 410-677-5803.
Friday, February 11
U.S. Department of Education Visit to Wicomico County Judy Center Partnership
An Early Learning Program analyst from the U.S. Department of Education will visit Wicomico County Judy Center classrooms starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, to observe best practices, particularly in the area of language acquisition and how students from all backgrounds (including English Language Learners and students needing special education services) are included in instruction. The Maryland State Department of Education recommended Wicomico County’s Judy Center for the visit, which could lead to being highlighted online and/or on video as a high quality instructional program that could serve as a model for other schools and programs nationwide. Throughout the day, the USDE analyst will visit Judy Center classrooms at the Wicomico Early Learning Center and Pemberton and Beaver Run Elementary Schools, and will also visit a Judy Center Community Partner, the TenderHeart Child Care Center in Salisbury.
Friday, Feb. 11
100th Day of School Dressup Day
Beaver Run Elementary
Students and staff of Beaver Run Elementary will celebrate the 100th Day of School on Friday, Feb. 11, by dressing up as 100 year olds. This special focus on the 100th day will be a great opportunity for students and staff to be creative and have fun while celebrating learning.
Saturday, Feb. 12
STEM Saturday
Salisbury Middle School
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Saturday classes will be offered throughout the 2010-11 school year for students in grades 4/5 and 6/7/8. The next STEM Saturday will be held at Salisbury Middle School from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 12, with students in grades 4-5 exploring The Magic of Chemistry, and middle schoolers working on Out of Sight: Bringing Astronomy Down to Earth. The elementary offerings are new to the STEM Saturdays schedule this year. Anyone interested in attending a STEM Saturday event must pre-register, and early registration is recommended as the courses fill up early. STEM Saturdays will also be held March 12, Flying Wild: Bird Science and Conservation (elementary) at Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, and Fossils of the Chesapeake: A Hands-On Exploration (middle) at Parkside High; and April 9, The Bug Detective (elementary) and The Science Behind Winning (middle), both at Salisbury Middle. For a detailed schedule and registration form, visit http://www.wcboe.org/news/510. For information contact Gretchen Boggs at 410-677-5149 or gboggs@wcboe.org.
Tales for Dogs Program to Continue for Rest of School Year
Beaver Run Elementary
Reading has gone to the dogs – literally – at Beaver Run Elementary School, as Delmarva Pets on Wheels Inc. canines come to the classroom for children to read to them in the school’s first Tales for Dogs program. Ten visiting dogs (including Shelties, Cocker Spaniel, Great Dane, labradoodles, Bernese Mountain Dog, golden doodle, golden retriever, yellow lab and mixed breed) are coming weekly to second-grade classrooms and a few special education classrooms from now until the end of the school year. Each visit, the dogs will be there for a half-hour during second graders’ reading block time. This wonderful program will allow students to each have a turn during the semester to read one-on-one to a dog for 15 minutes, providing the students the opportunity to improve reading and communication skills through this unique approach. Animals are ideal reading companions. They help increase relaxation and lower blood pressure, listen attentively, do not judge, laugh or criticize, allow children to proceed at their own pace, and are less intimidating than a peer. When a visiting dog is listening, the environment is transformed, a child’s dread is replaced by eager anticipation, and learning occurs. 410-677-5101.
National School Counseling Week
National School Counseling Week is Feb. 7-11. Wicomico County School Counselors are key members of the education team who are dedicated to promoting and challenging our students to be the best they can be. Be sure to let a school counselor know that you appreciate their work and support and all they do help make Maryland Public Schools ranked No. 1 in the nation for the third straight year.
Thursday, Feb. 10
International Family Fun Night
East Salisbury Elementary
The East Salisbury Elementary STARS/After School Program, in conjunction with Barnes & Noble, will host an International Family Fun Night from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the East Salisbury School cafeteria. Students and families represented will be United States, Mexico, Greece, Italy, Vietnam and Pakistan. This evening will be a great opportunity for families to spend time together and learn more about other cultures. 410-677-5803.
Friday, February 11
U.S. Department of Education Visit to Wicomico County Judy Center Partnership
An Early Learning Program analyst from the U.S. Department of Education will visit Wicomico County Judy Center classrooms starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, to observe best practices, particularly in the area of language acquisition and how students from all backgrounds (including English Language Learners and students needing special education services) are included in instruction. The Maryland State Department of Education recommended Wicomico County’s Judy Center for the visit, which could lead to being highlighted online and/or on video as a high quality instructional program that could serve as a model for other schools and programs nationwide. Throughout the day, the USDE analyst will visit Judy Center classrooms at the Wicomico Early Learning Center and Pemberton and Beaver Run Elementary Schools, and will also visit a Judy Center Community Partner, the TenderHeart Child Care Center in Salisbury.
Friday, Feb. 11
100th Day of School Dressup Day
Beaver Run Elementary
Students and staff of Beaver Run Elementary will celebrate the 100th Day of School on Friday, Feb. 11, by dressing up as 100 year olds. This special focus on the 100th day will be a great opportunity for students and staff to be creative and have fun while celebrating learning.
Saturday, Feb. 12
STEM Saturday
Salisbury Middle School
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Saturday classes will be offered throughout the 2010-11 school year for students in grades 4/5 and 6/7/8. The next STEM Saturday will be held at Salisbury Middle School from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 12, with students in grades 4-5 exploring The Magic of Chemistry, and middle schoolers working on Out of Sight: Bringing Astronomy Down to Earth. The elementary offerings are new to the STEM Saturdays schedule this year. Anyone interested in attending a STEM Saturday event must pre-register, and early registration is recommended as the courses fill up early. STEM Saturdays will also be held March 12, Flying Wild: Bird Science and Conservation (elementary) at Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, and Fossils of the Chesapeake: A Hands-On Exploration (middle) at Parkside High; and April 9, The Bug Detective (elementary) and The Science Behind Winning (middle), both at Salisbury Middle. For a detailed schedule and registration form, visit http://www.wcboe.org/news/510. For information contact Gretchen Boggs at 410-677-5149 or gboggs@wcboe.org.
Tales for Dogs Program to Continue for Rest of School Year
Beaver Run Elementary
Reading has gone to the dogs – literally – at Beaver Run Elementary School, as Delmarva Pets on Wheels Inc. canines come to the classroom for children to read to them in the school’s first Tales for Dogs program. Ten visiting dogs (including Shelties, Cocker Spaniel, Great Dane, labradoodles, Bernese Mountain Dog, golden doodle, golden retriever, yellow lab and mixed breed) are coming weekly to second-grade classrooms and a few special education classrooms from now until the end of the school year. Each visit, the dogs will be there for a half-hour during second graders’ reading block time. This wonderful program will allow students to each have a turn during the semester to read one-on-one to a dog for 15 minutes, providing the students the opportunity to improve reading and communication skills through this unique approach. Animals are ideal reading companions. They help increase relaxation and lower blood pressure, listen attentively, do not judge, laugh or criticize, allow children to proceed at their own pace, and are less intimidating than a peer. When a visiting dog is listening, the environment is transformed, a child’s dread is replaced by eager anticipation, and learning occurs. 410-677-5101.
THIS YEAR'S PORK PARADE IN ANNAPOLIS IS AMAZING
Maryland has a huge fiscal deficit, but that does not stop our "representatives" from spending other peoples' money this time around to curry favor with their constituents.
Here is a list of bills, Maryland's version of "earmarks," seeking special state funding for pet projects of the members of the General Assembly - currently 164 separate bills, but sometimes there are 2, filed in the House and Senate respectively, for the same project -- such as those for the "Replica Choptank River Lighthouse" which is sponsored by Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Cane and Eckardt in the House (HB 21) and also by Rich Colburn (SB 26).
- HB 13 Status as of January 12, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Carroll Park Heritage Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 21 Status as of January 12, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Replica Choptank River Lighthouse
- House: Appropriations
- HB 29 Status as of January 13, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Carroll Field Puglise Stadium Field Lights
- House: Appropriations
- HB 30 Status as of January 14, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Bulkhead Replacement
- House: Appropriations
- HB 41 Status as of January 19, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Legislative Community Initiatives Loan of 2004 - Prince George's County - College Park City Hall
- House: Appropriations (Heard: February 1, 2011, 1:00 p.m.)
- HB 42 Status as of January 18, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Augsburg Lutheran Home of Maryland
- House: Appropriations
- HB 43 Status as of January 18, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The ALEC African House
- House: Appropriations
- HB 56 Status as of January 20, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Talbot Hospice Expansion
- House: Appropriations
- HB 63 Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - St. Mary's County - United States Colored Troops Memorial Monument
- House: Appropriations (Heard: February 8, 2011, 1:30 p.m.)
- HB 71 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
- House: Appropriations
- HB 77 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Career Development Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 81 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Maryland Center of Veterans Education and Training
- House: Appropriations
- HB 84 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Salisbury Zoological Park Animal Health Clinic Phases II and III
- House: Appropriations
- HB 85 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Tri-County Multi-Purpose Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 86 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Qualified Zone Academy Bond
- House: Appropriations (Heard: February 8, 2011, 1:30 p.m.)
- HB 90 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Chesapeake High School Field Lights
- House: Appropriations
- HB 92 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - United Cerebral Palsy Adult Daycare Facility
- House: Appropriations
- HB 95 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Dorchester Center for the Arts - Atrium Entrance
- House: Appropriations
- HB 98 Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Baltimore City - Roland Park Fire Station Rehabilitation
- House: Appropriations (Heard: February 8, 2011, 1:30 p.m.)
- HB 106 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Blandair Regional Park Ho. Co. 3-11
- House: Appropriations
- HB 107 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - The Arc of Howard County - Graeloch Home Renovation Ho. Co. 1-11
- House: Appropriations
- HB 144 Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Chesapeake Grove - Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 184 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Lewisberry Corridor Lighting Improvement
- House: Appropriations
- HB 185 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Antietam Fire Company
- House: Appropriations
- HB 193 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Substance Abuse, Medical Home, and Clinical Building
- House: Appropriations
- HB 199 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Coppin Heights Urban Revitalization Project - Phase 1
- House: Appropriations
- HB 207 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Park Heights Women and Children Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 225 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Battleridge Place Stream Valley Restoration
- House: Appropriations
- HB 236 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Good Shepherd Student Courtyard Renovation
- House: Appropriations
- HB 238 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Little Sisters of the Poor - Boiler Room
- House: Appropriations
- HB 240 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Broad Creek Maryland Boy Scouts of America Ecology Conservation Learning Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 242 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Troy Regional Park Ho. Co. 2-11
- House: Appropriations
- HB 243 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Mount Pleasant Farm House Ho. Co. 7-11
- House: Appropriations
- HB 246 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Glenbrooke Stormwater Management Pond Renovation
- House: Appropriations
- HB 248 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - In Our House Homeless Youth Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 259 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Morgan Mill Facility
- House: Appropriations
- HB 260 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Frederick Alliance for Youth - Youth and Community Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 261 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Weinberg Center for the Arts
- House: Appropriations
- HB 269 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Cultural Arts Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 271 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Renovation of Falling Green at OBGC Park
- House: Appropriations
- HB 277 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 283 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Parks and People Headquarters at Auchentoroly Terrace
- House: Appropriations
- HB 290 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Arundel Lodge Expansion
- House: Appropriations
- HB 296 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Roland Water Tower Stabilization
- House: Appropriations
- HB 297 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Allegany Museum
- House: Appropriations
- HB 314 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Riverdale Park Town Hall Expansion
- House: Appropriations
- HB 315 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - War of 1812 Monument - Interpretive Marker
- House: Appropriations
- HB 323 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Ivymount School Annex Building
- House: Appropriations
- HB 324 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - American Art Visionary Museum
- House: Appropriations
- HB 350 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - JCCGW Theatre Renovation
- House: Appropriations
- HB 352 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Ballroom
- House: Appropriations
- HB 365 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Olney Theatre Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 394 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Rockville Swim and Fitness Center - Renovation of Locker Room Facility
- House: Appropriations
- HB 409 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Camp Fairlee Manor
- House: Appropriations
- HB 432 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Parks and Recreation Facility Renovation
- House: Appropriations
- HB 433 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Armory Anderson Murphy Community Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 438 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Imagination Stage
- House: Appropriations
- HB 443 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Historic Diamond Press Building
- House: Appropriations
- HB 445 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Dayspring Square
- House: Appropriations
- HB 459 Status as of February 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Center
- House: Appropriations
- HB 464 Status as of February 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - National Aquarium Capital Infrastructure
- House: Appropriations
- HB 467 Status as of February 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Water Park at Bohrer Park
- House: Appropriations
- HB 489 Status as of February 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Prince George's County - National Children's Museum
- House: Appropriations
- HB 490 Status as of February 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Jewish Social Service Agency
- House: Appropriations
- HB 493 Status as of February 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Wicomico County - Salisbury Zoological Park Animal Health Clinic
- House: Appropriations
- SB 7 Status as of January 12, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Carroll Park Heritage Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 11 Status as of January 14, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Augsburg Lutheran Home of Maryland
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 13 Status as of January 14, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - In Our House Homeless Youth Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 16 Status as of January 14, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Little Sisters of the Poor - Boiler Room
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 24 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - South River High School Media Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 26 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Replica Choptank River Lighthouse
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 27 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Dorchester Center for the Arts - Atrium Entrance
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 28 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Bulkhead Replacement
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 29 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Talbot Hospice Expansion
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 34 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Blandair Regional Park
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 35 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Mount Pleasant Farm Buildings
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 36 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - The Arc of Howard County - Graeloch Home Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 37 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Troy Regional Park
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 38 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Former Ellicott City Post Office
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 39 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Mary Harvin Transformation Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 40 Status as of January 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - St. Francis Xavier Head Start
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 49 Status as of January 18, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Maryland Center of Veterans Education and Training
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 54 Status as of January 18, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Good Shepherd Student Courtyard Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 86 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 95 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Montgomery County - Black Rock Center for the Arts
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 96 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - Montgomery County - Agriculture Activity Center Expansion
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 105 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Queen Anne's County - Hospice of Queen Anne's
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 106 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Caroline High School Culinary Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 110 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Meals on Wheels Green Building
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 122 Status as of January 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Qualified Zone Academy Bond
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 126 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Park Heights Women and Children Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 127 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Ballroom
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 137 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - United Cerebral Palsy Adult Daycare Facility
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 148 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Largo High School PTSA Track Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation (Hearing: February 9, 2011, 1:00 p.m.)
- SB 149 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Forestville Military Academy Track
- Senate: Budget and Taxation (Hearing: February 9, 2011, 1:00 p.m.)
- SB 152 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Anne Arundel County - Historical Freetown Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 158 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Chesapeake Grove - Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 164 Status as of January 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Frederick Alliance for Youth - Youth and Community Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 184 Status as of January 25, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 194 Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Riverdale Park Town Hall Expansion
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 195 Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - JCCGW Theatre Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 197 Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Arundel Lodge Expansion
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 216 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Jewish Social Service Agency
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 219 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Imagination Stage
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 231 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Glenbrooke Stormwater Management Pond Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 232 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Lewisberry Corridor Lighting Improvement
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 233 Status as of January 27, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Battleridge Place Stream Valley Restoration
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 250 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Whitemarsh Turf Field
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 251 Status as of January 28, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Prince George's County - Whitemarsh Turf Field
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 265 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Career Development Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 267 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Broad Creek Maryland Boy Scouts of America Ecology Conservation Learning Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 273 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Homecrest House
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 280 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Olney Theatre Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 300 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Montgomery County - Gaithersburg Community Museum
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 303 Status as of January 31, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - Montgomery County - Damascus Heritage Museum
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 307 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Salisbury Zoological Park Animal Health Clinic Phases II and III
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 313 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Allegany Museum
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 318 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Community Safety and Surveillance Systems
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 319 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Tri-County Multi-Purpose Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 325 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Mental Health Association HVAC Replacement
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 326 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Rockville Swim and Fitness Center - Renovation of Locker Room Facility
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 340 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Charles County - Lions Camp Merrick
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 345 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Water Park at Bohrer Park
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 348 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Parks and People Headquarters at Auchentoroly Terrace
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 349 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Coppin Heights Urban Revitalization Project - Phase 1
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 350 Status as of February 2, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Substance Abuse, Medical Home, and Clinical Building
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 375 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 376 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 377 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - American Visionary Art Museum
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 378 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - National Aquarium Capital Infrastructure
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 379 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 - Baltimore City - The Powerhouse
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 385 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Weinberg Center for the Arts
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 386 Status as of February 3, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Cultural Arts Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 405 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Kennard High School Restoration
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 418 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Andover Field Renovations
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 427 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Girl Scouts Conowingo Water System
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 432 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Police Department Facility - Community Space
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 433 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Legislative Community Initiatives Loan of 2004 - Prince George's County - College Park City Hall
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 434 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The ALEC African House
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 435 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Parks and Recreation Facility Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 437 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Parkland Acquisition
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 439 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Boys and Girls Club
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 440 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Armory Anderson Murphy Community Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 445 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Ivymount School Annex Building
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 453 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Stevenson University Football Stadium
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 461 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Camp Fairlee Manor
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 522 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Linwood Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 525 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Centre for the Arts Renovation
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 526 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Chesapeake High School Field Lights
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 554 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Montgomery County - Warner Manor
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 564 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Morgan Mill Facility
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 565 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Roland Water Tower Stabilization
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 573 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Prince George's County - National Children's Museum
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 588 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Civic Center Design Drawings
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 589 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Joe's Movement Emporium
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 590 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - African American Museum and Cultural Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 591 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center and Monument
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 598 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 624 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - MacDonald Knolls Center
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 640 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Prince George's County - Palmer Park Boys and Girls Club Loan of 2001
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 665 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - My Sister's Keeper Group Homes
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 668 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Crossland High School
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 681 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Marleigh Community Safety and Surveillance System
- Senate: Budget and Taxation
- SB 688 Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Restoration of the Original Physicians Memorial Hospital Property
- Senate: Budget and Taxation