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Balto. Co. Council approves $2.8 billion budget
Baltimore County Council members formally adopted a county budget Thursday that they say focuses on basic services while keeping the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th year in a row. The council unanimously approved County Executive Kevin...
Tags: Perry Hall, Economy, Business and Finance, Kevin Kamenetz, Budgets and Budgeting, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Balto. Co. Council lowers open-space fees for developers
The Baltimore County Council voted Thursday to significantly lower fees developers pay to help the county buy parks and recreational land. A council resolution lowering the fees — in some categories nearly 90 percent — passed in a 6-1 vote,...Tags: Perry Hall, Politics, Kenneth N. Oliver, Cathy Bevins, David Marks
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County is making a mistake in considering the sale of the North Point Government Center
I grew up in Dundalk and began my career in recreation, parks, and conservation with the Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks. My career took me to Harford County and Los Angeles. I came home to Baltimore County in 1995 as the director of...Tags: Local Elections, Public Officials, Kevin Kamenetz, Politics, Government
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More poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in Baltimore
More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades. Suburban poverty in the Baltimore area grew 58 percent between 2000 and...
Tags: Business Institutions, Poverty, Walmart, Government, Politics
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County councilman hasn't disclosed outside jobs for years
A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...
Tags: Perry Hall, Ethics, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Values
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Manuel M. Nicolaides, attorney
Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who served for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92. "Manny served with distinction for many...
Tags: Christianity, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, University of Notre Dame, Parties and Movements
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Measure would reduce open-space fees for Balto. Co. developers
The Baltimore County Council could vote next week to reduce fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy recreational land. A council resolution would lower — in some cases by nearly 90 percent — so-called open-space waiver...
Tags: Perry Hall, Lobbying, Kevin Kamenetz, Kenneth N. Oliver, Politics
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Sales tax should be for the point-of-sale state
It is wrong to collect sales tax from online sales by the state where the customer lives ("Senate OKs online sales tax" May 6). If I take the highway to another state, I pay tax in that state. If I take the information superhighway, I should pay sales tax...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Networking
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Port sales force makes pitch to attract, retain customers
The sales force for the port of Baltimore travels the country and the world, looking for business. It could be farm equipment manufactured in the Midwest on its way to Australia or furniture coming from South America or Alabama-built Hondas headed for...
Tags: Work Relations, Vehicles, Port of Baltimore, Services and Shopping, Recreational Equipment Inc.
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Why can't today's pols be more like the Founding Fathers?
Where has honor gone? The Founding Fathers knew what it meant to serve the people first, and with honor, not in hopes of financial kickbacks or political favors. Yet in 2013 I am distraught by the lack of honor shown by our public servants. I think of...
Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Martin O'Malley, Human Interest, Todd Huff
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