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Reader Comments: Restaurant Wars, Budget Woes
Patch readers weighed in on the placement of restaurants, the ramifications of shifting state teacher pension responsibilities to the counties and Howard Community College sports, among other topics.
Readers continue to respond, debate and complain on Patch sites acorss Howard County. This past week, readers questioned the decision to place three Mexican restaurants at one intersection and the wisdom and long-term effects of shifting some of the financial responsibility of the state teacher pension system to local jurisdictions while one reader learned of the existence of Howard Community College athletics. The HCC men's basketball team finished the regular season with a 12-12 record and earned a berth on the NJCAA Region XX tournament. Assistant Coach Jay Nowaskey has partnered with Columbia Patch to provide game coverage and photos, which led to one resident commenting about the general lack of coverage of HCC sports. That …
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Nicholas Aleshin
10:34 am on Sunday, February 19, 2012
County Execs Blast O'Malley Plan for 'Potential, Dangerous Squeeze' on Budgets Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black? Even after a nearly $1Billion deficit was exposed before the last election in Howard County, our County Executive, Ulman, hasn't slowed down spending very much. Just like Obama and O'Malley, he seems to be in a race to see which of the three can run out of taxpayer money … more ›