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Rezoning proposals do not support Plan Howard 2030's quality of life [Letter]
The overview of the Plan Howard 2030 General Plan states: "The purpose is to articulate policies and actions to move us to further sustainability while enhancing the quality of life." The question is: What is Howard County's true vision? I ask because as... -
Editorial: Sequester Hitting Poor Where They Live
If you were entertaining the notion that the so-called sequester is really a good idea, it isn't. It may end up putting hundreds of poor Connecticut families out on the street. That is just one of many adverse effects beginning to take shape as a result...
Tags: Public Housing, Rentals, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rental Service, Section 8 (housing)
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State shouldn't let landlords discriminate
As we recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act, it is significant to note that the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan regions are among the most segregated in America. Last month, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil...Tags: Public Housing, Maryland General Assembly, Washington, DC, Condos and Houses, Separation of Church and State
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Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor
Human nature frequently disproves theories. Conventional wisdom, for example, says that open office space plans with workers grouped like cattle encourage creativity and collaboration. But study after study shows that people are more inventive, productive...Tags: Social Issues, Public Housing, Politics, Johns Hopkins University, Medicaid
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Business briefs - Dec. 13
MVB Financial Corp. FAIRMONT, W.Va. — MVB Financial Corp. recently announced it has reached an agreement to purchase the northern Virginia residential mortgage company Potomac Mortgage Group LLC, which has offices in Fairfax, McLean and Reston,...Tags: Ellicott City, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Public Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Politics
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Culleton: Work needed to keep U.S. Postal Service from becoming a dead letter
In Korea, back in the 1950s, a new commander arrived for the small military installation in Ulsan where I was stationed. One of his first acts was to issue a general order which read, "No stupid action will be taken by any member of this command." As a...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Politics, Republican Party, Government Postal Delivery, Private Health Care
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Where are Hampton's poor going?
Ron Jackson has repeated the point a few times - the old practice of packing low-income residents into dense housing projects is no longer an acceptable practice for housing authorities. Jackson is the executive director of the Hampton Redevelopment and...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Interior Policy, Personal Income, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics
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Panel seeks solutions to school absenteeism
Tribune reportersAt a West Side town hall meeting Saturday, a panel of elected officials and community activists decried Chicago’s crisis in elementary grade truancy and absenteeism, and vowed to work on reforms that could save countless children from failure in...Tags: Linda Chapa LaVia, Jason C. Ervin, Politics, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Central sending 11 to state
The Aberdeen Central wrestling squad will need to take a bus to the state tournament to accommodate all its qualifiers. Aberdeen, which finished second in the Region 3A Meet on Saturday at Golden Eagles Arena, qualified 11 wrestlers to the State A...
Tags: High School Sports, Joshua Moore, Pies and Tarts, Wrestling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Gun debate: Elkhart Co. sheriff to appear on Anderson Cooper 360
Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers has been invited to appear on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 tonight to offer his viewpoint on the gun control debate. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, Rogers will appear with several other...
Tags: Gun Control, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Politics
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The Lathrop homes
This letter is in response to Mary Schmich’s column, “CHA guards a housing treasure,” March 17. I grew up in the Julia C. Lathrop Homes from ages 3 to 16(1942-1955). Neighbors attempted to prevent disruptive or hurtful behavior by...Tags: World War II (1939-1945)
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Housing project preserves quality in time of tear-down
Jonathan Fine was walking through the old housing project looking for the right words. Georgian art deco fusion? Georgian eclectic with art deco thrown in? Colonial Revival? Whatever the right words are, they're not ones typically associated with...
Tags: Social Issues, Public Housing, Interior Policy, Jens Jensen, Politics
Apr 16, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Dec 23, 2012
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Feb 19, 2013
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Feb 6, 2013
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Feb 2, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 16, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 31, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Mar 19, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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