Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Governor calls budget package "good for all Marylanders." Republicans say burden to local governments may force county governments to increase taxes.
The Maryland House of Delegates gave final approval Wednesday to a package of three bills that increases taxes on some state residents, shifts part of teacher pensions to local governments and undoes the so-called "doomsday budget." The votes Wednesday afternoon capped the three-day special session called by Gov. Martin O'Malley in order to override more than $500 million in cuts made in a budget passed in early April. The Senate approved the same three bills Tuesday. As part of the package, legislators approved by a vote of 86-51 what amounts to a 50-50 split of teacher pension costs with local governments. The split will be phased in over the next four years beginning July 1 with the new budget year. That bill also includes a doubling of…
Monday, May 14, 2012
The yeoman efforts of many Dundalk Elementary School staff members made the Mother's Day essay project possible.
It's an extremely busy time of year, with proms, weddings, picnics, cookouts and any number of outdoor projects vying for our time and attention. Most of us are booked to the hilt, and few of us need anything extra thrown at us. Teachers probably feel the strain more at this time of the school year than any other time, so I wanted to make sure I thank the kind and dedicated folks at Dundalk Elementary School. When I announced that I would publish Mother's Day essays contributed by Dundalk Patch readers, I also thought it would be great to involve local students in that effort. A friend put me in touch with Margie Lookingbill, a prekindergarten teacher at Dundalk. I floated the idea of enlisting a couple of classes to write essays, and …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
"My Mom" My mom means a lot to me. She drives me to school. She teaches me how to cook my favorite food, which is noodles. She gets me chicken noodle soup from KFC when i am sick or don't feel good. She took me to Patient First when she thought I had pink eye three times in a row. — Michael Shepke
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
"My Mom" My mom is nice and loving. We play and dance together and I love my mom so much. She is in the hospital but she still loves me. She makes me cookies and I make her a cake, and I love my mom. — Quanae Hyman
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
"Special Mom Ever" My mom is like no other mom in the world because me and mom go have fun. She loves me and I love her. She takes care of me and we go to watch a movie. But Mom is the best mom. What I like about her is she is loving and I am very proud of my mom to have me and I am proud to have her. I love you Mom. I wish you a best Mother's Day. — Saul Ortega-Benitez
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
"My Mom" My mom is so nice I know why. She has four kids and I love her so much and I can give you more information. My mom is a good cook. She makes the best cookies and the best fudge. — Scarlett Miller
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
"My Mom is My World" My mom means the world to me. My mom's name is Jennifer. I remember on my birthday she took me to see "Breaking Down." One time she took me, my sister and my brother to the carnival and we had fun. She's nice and she takes us to school in the morning. She makes us dinner and takes my brother and sister and me to the park. Or we will sit on the couch and watch a movie and eat popcorn. I love her so much. XO XO XO XO Love always, Trinity Hall P.S. I love you very much.
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
My mom and I like to play school together. She buys me toys. She helps me make hard choices when I have pressure. My mom is my best friend. — Victoria Brady
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
My mom is spontaneous with art. She understands my problems and she cares about me and my dad. She takes care of me and I do not know what I would do without her. One day we went to go shopping and she was so generous. — Mia Caruso
Dundalk Elementary School students write about what makes their mothers special.
"My Mom" My mom is the love of my life — the most beautiful lady in the world. She loves me lots, I know she does. To me, she's like my golden medal, and that medal is all I care about. I'm like a flower and she's like a bee. She kinda sucks the life out of me. When I need her, she's right there beside me. I love my mom lots. — McKayla Ashlynne Johnson
Dennis Flannery
2:00 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Tim, I think your aims are laudable but I believe they are at odds with one another. How do you have a socially liberal society without severe funding measures? A socially liberal society operates on moral relativism; which means the society has to dictate through myriad laws and controls what is right and wrong. The only way to do that is to put government institutions in place--bureaucracies. … more ›