Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Three Maryland county executives joined Dan Rodricks to discuss national, state and local issues.
After some technical difficulty, at 14:35, Ken Ulman joins Harford County Executive David Craig and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on WYPR's Midday with Dan Rodricks to talk about statewide issues. Ulman said officials need to present a gas tax plan that citizens can buy into – one that lays out a vision for where money will be spent despite the “back room dealing,” going on in Annapolis. On speed cameras, Ulman said if legislators want to “strengthen the rules, we’re more than willing to participate,” but he wants to make sure that the speed camera program in Howard County remains trustworthy. The program aired on Tuesday Jan. 8, the day the school safety task force has its first meeting, in response to the Newtown, Mass. …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Howard County executive says his top priority in the 2013 General Assembly Session is to avoid additional cuts in state aid.
UPDATED (4:00 p.m.)—If Howard County Executive Ken Ulman had one wish for the coming General Assembly session it would be to avoid the type of cuts to local aid that have affected his county and others for the last five years. "Just don't cut me any more," Ulman said Tuesday during an appearance on the Midday with Dan Rodricks show on WYPR radio. [Listen to the show.] Ulman lamented cuts to local aid which in recent years have seen transportation funding cut by as much as 90 percent and a shifting of some teacher pension costs to the local jurisdictions. "It's been a rough time to be a county executive," Ulman said of the cuts and trying economic times. The Howard County executive's pleas echo those of leaders from other counties. Many …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Discussion about parking in the Historic District reaches beyond Ellicott City.
Parking is free in the Historic District until Jan. 1, but a two-hour limit is still in effect and being enforced. Just ask WYPR's Midday host Dan Rodricks. In his column for the Baltimore Sun, Rodricks recounts a story told to him by Debbie Bakalich, who said she and her girlfriends have a tradition of shopping in Ellicott City during the holidays to support small businesses. On Nov. 24 - Small Business Saturday - Bakalich and her friends spent the day in Ellicott City, Rodricks wrote, each spending $200 to $300 during a full day of shopping. "... I get to my car and there is a $35 ticket for exceeding two hours. All of Ellicott City is small business, so don't you think, on Small Business Saturday, they would not give out tickets?" …
bill bissenas
11:06 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
And Obama is about to announce his gun grab proposal that includes Federal money for armed guards in school. And yet the NRA made this same proposal and it was mocked by Dems and Obama. more ›