Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Baltimore County executive asks legislators for $128 m in school construction money and presses for his gun control requests.
School construction, gun control initiatives and transportation projects will be the focus of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's 2013 General Assembly priorities. The county executive is expected to announce a list of priorities later today and dicuss them during a noon appearance on the Midday with Dan Rodricks show on WYPR radio. The priority list is expected to include $128 million in school construction projects including air conditioning requests for eight schools: Gov. Martin O'Malley announced that his budget for the year begining July 1 would include a proposed $336 million for school construction and renovation projects. The announcement at Overlea High School included $25 million for air conditioning projects in schools around the…
Saturday, August 11, 2012
"Concerns are everywhere," said Del. Frank Turner, chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Gaming Law and Regulation.
A bill authorizing gambling expansion in Maryland will likely be amended, according to the chairman of the House subcommittee that is holding hearings on the legislation. Del. Frank Turner, a Howard County Democrat, initially characterized possible changes to the bill passed Friday by the Senate as minor. "Mostly it's a lot of tweaks," said Turner, the chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Gaming Law and Regulation. When asked what concerns his committee might have, Turner suggested the changes might be more substantive. "I think there are concerns everywhere," Turner said. "There are all kinds of concerns and ideas. Some will be germane and others won't. I think we're going to make it a better work product than what the …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Council raises concerns about future spending and revenues.
The Baltimore County Council gave unanimous approval to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's second budget, which totals more than $2.9 billion. Council members called the budget bare bones, but at the same time raised questions about the future trajectory of increased spending over the next three years as revenues decline. Final approval was a foregone conclusion after the council cut $208,000 last week from Kamenetz's proposed $1.6 billion general fund budget. Council Chairwoman Vicki Almond said the cuts were relatively small because "this was a bare bones budget." During the two weeks of budget hearings, the council noted projected future spending would outpace revenues by nearly $200 million over the next three years. That projection …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Comptroller Peter Franchot tells the Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent that he's "tired of saying pretty please" on air conditioning.
Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joe Hairston's final appearance before the Board of Public Works ended in a heated exchange about air conditioning. Hairston, who is in the final months of his 12-year career with the schools system, found himself on the bad side of Comptroller Peter Franchot as he asked for $70 million in state money. Franchot launched into a five minute monologue about the lack of air conditioning in Baltimore County schools. "I'm kind of tired of saying 'pretty please.' I really am," Franchot said. Franchot specifically highlighted conditions at Middleborough Elementary School in Essex. Parents from the school attended Wednesday's meeting as they did in October when county officials asked for $7 million in school…
Spokesman says county would find matching money in the unlikely event the state fully funded Baltimore County's school construction and renovation projects.
Elected and school officials from Baltimore County will descend upon Annapolis Wednesday with others from around the state to press for money for school construction and renovation projects. The county plans to press for nearly $70 million in total funding for school construction and renovation projects during the annual event often referred to as "beg-a-thon." "We're going to send a really strong message that if we were to get $70 million that we're willing to step up and provide whatever local matching funds are necessary," said Don Mohler, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's chief of staff and spokesman. Baltimore County has the second oldest school stock in the state but receiving full funding for the annual list of projects is unlikely…
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
School funding, merging some school operations with the county and changes to liquor license laws top modest requests.
Times are tight in Annapolis these days. Because of that, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said his requests for the 2012 session that begins Wednesday are modest. Kamenetz, according to a prepared statement released to the press, is expected to keep school funding at the top of the county's priority list. "In recognition of the financial difficulties that confront our State right now, Baltimore County will only ask for what is absolutely necessary for our communities," according to a prepared statement Kamenetz is expected to deliver to county legislators at 11 a.m. today. "That is why our number one priority this year is the State’s continued support of education through the State’s school renovation and construction funding program." The…
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