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10/24/09
DECIDE OR ELSE - Perhaps the state Video Lottery Facility Location Commission should hire an airplane and have it circle the Arundel Center, towing an advertising banner reading: "Decide, blast you, decide!" Find Us On Facebook
Nearly everything else has been tried as the commission urges the County Council to agree to - or at least to definitely reject - zoning for the Cordish Cos. proposal to put a 4,750-slot machine entertainment complex next to Arundel Mills mall in Hanover. Some County Council members, trying to justify months of stalling, have maintained that the state commission was supposed to make a decision on...
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School Lunches - 2009-10-25 15:50:13
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How long until - 2009-10-24 18:57:25
you shockingly endorse Cohen Tom?
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Delaying... - 2009-10-24 15:45:05
The decision to not make a decision is a perfectly acceptable decision. We have enshrined the ability for Presidents to not make decisions on legislation in the U.S. Constitution in fact. I also believe the County Executive also has the right to ignore legislation that has been passed by the council.
The County Council has been handed a raw deal. They have been forced to make a decision about something they had no control over whatsoever. I can't think of any other instance in Maryland where voters statewide have the ability to force counties in which those voters do not reside to pass specific zoning regulations.
Bottom line, the County Council has been doing the right thing so far and should continue to stall until the deadline. This was a bum deal from the start, so you can't blame them for wanting no part of it.
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