FREDERICK - A Frederick County commissioner is proposing that the county secede from Maryland and become a separate state.
Republican Lennie Thompson expressed dissatisfaction with the state's fiscal policies in announcing the proposed resolution Friday.
Thompson said when voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury, democracy is doomed.
The resolution is on the agenda for the commissioners' work session Tuesday in...
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Once again - 2010-03-15 16:49:51
Baltimore County's Department of Public Works says 30 million gallons of diluted sewage overflowed into the waterway over the weekend.
Department spokesman David Fidler says a dozen pumps at the Patapsco Pumping Station, which is undergoing renovation, were shut down Saturday to protect them from damage after melting snow and heavy rain raised water levels. He says the diluted sewage spilled into the river over 20 hours.
I have been ranting about this very thing for too long. When is the State of Maryland going to stop polluting the bay? When are they going to fix these problems? When are they going to get people working who have some common sense and can look into the near future and see a flood coming? This is ridiculas!
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