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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Ulman to Deliver State of the County Address Thursday

Last year Ulman focused on seizing the moment.

  Howard County Executive Ken Ulman is scheduled to deliver his State of the County address to the local business community at Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City on Thursday. This will be Ulman's 7th time delivering the address that looks ahead at the priorities in the county. This year's address will focus on Howard County's emergence from the economic downturn in a position for growth and how the county has become a "model for Maryland," according to David Nitkin, director of communications for Howard County. In his 2012 address, Ulman discussed making Howard County a model for  21st century economic innovation. He spoke about founding the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship and working on the Inter-County Broadband Network, according …

H.R. Pufnstuf

6:45 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

If Ulman thinks that the intercounty broadband network is a model for innovation, he must be smoking something. I seriously doubt even one citizen has noticed a single diffence from that federal program that cost more than $100 million tax dollars. But, nice try?   more ›

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Howard Lawmakers Forecast Special Session in May

The delegates said citizens should be vigilant since new bills could be introduced.

State lawmakers at the Howard County Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative wrap-up Wednesday morning said they could be called back to work in Annapolis, but discord remains. Officially, the state legislature adjourned April 9, but leaders failed to reach an agreement on measures to reduce the state's deficit. As a result, the governor’s so-called “doomsday budget" will take effect July 1, reducing Howard County's state aid by $9 million. At the Chamber of Commerce's April 18 event, here’s what lawmakers in attendance—Senator Allan Kittleman and Delegates Steven DeBoy, James Malone, Gail Bates and Frank Turner—had to say about the potential for the Maryland General Assembly to reconvene outside its typical 90-day session: Kittleman: We…

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