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Del. Dana Stein

Monday, September 12, 2011

Task Force Eliminates Elected School Board Option at Jim Smith's Urging

Proponents vow to undo the vote. The task force will not produce report by the Oct. 1 deadline.

A task force reviewing how Baltimore County school board members are selected will not recommend a move to an elected or partially elected board. Six commission members approved a series of deft motions offered by former County Executive Jim Smith. The first motion eliminated any form of elected school board from discussion. A second, offered immediately after the first was approved, refocused the task force's attention on modifying the current system, which requires the governor to appoint members. The governor currently gets recommendations on county school board appointments from the county executive. "We haven't had the input that justifies [an elected school board]," Smith said, adding that momentum was needed for the group to meet an…

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K Blue

10:22 pm on Sunday, September 18, 2011

I was here. The County Executive made all those selections you allude to, but I think the Council only had the authority to approve or disapprove the last of the 3 you mentioned. I dont know enough about that person to publicly state an opinion on him and his particular fitness for the position, but I will say that I generally find it refreshing when qualified new blood arrives in county …   more ›

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Stone Makes Second Run at GPS Monitoring for Sex Offenders

County legislators file bills banning caffeinated alcoholic drinks, requiring recycling at apartment complexes and change legislative scholarships.

Some repeat sex offenders in Maryland could find themselves tethered to a GPS tracking unit if a bill sponsored by Sen. Norman Stone is passed during the current General Assembly session. Under the bill filed by Stone, a Dundalk Democrat, sex offenders who have been convicted twice of an offense involving a minor and who are already required to be supervised for life by traditional means would have to wear the devices. "Many of these sex offenders are going to re-offend no matter what you kind of requirements you put on them to stay away from children or schools or parks," Stone said. "At least if you have the tracking device then you have a way to monitor them." Sen. Kathy Klausmeier, a Democrat who represents the 8th District including …

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Buzz Beeler

7:01 pm on Thursday, January 27, 2011

"Many of these sex offenders are going to re-offend no matter what you kind of requirements you put on them to stay away from children or schools or parks," Stone said. I applaud the senator for attempting to control these felons in order to protect. our children. I would suggest long, long, long prison sentences for multiple offenders. Isolation is the best remedy for theses kind of felons. Do …   more ›

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