Into Law But Off The DC Tax Form by Lori Montgomery It seemed like a good idea at the time: Give DC taxpayers the chance to bankroll the push for statehood by adding a checkoff box to their annual income tax forms.
The DC Council approved the idea. In November 2004, the mayor signed it into law. But things get so darned busy around tax time. Late last year, as they prepared to mail out the forms for 2005, officials at the DC Office of Tax and Revenue plumb forgot.
Yesterday, statehood advocates were highly annoyed by the omission, saying it all but dooms their efforts for this year.
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Crimes Prompt More Police Patrols in Adams Morgan
by Paul Schwartzman A spate of crimes outside Adams Morgan clubs and bars, including two assaults in which victims were left in critical condition, has prompted police to plan greater deployment in the area of 18th Street NW, they said yesterday.
Larry McCoy, commander of the 3rd Police District, said the number of officers will grow to as many as 23, up from five to 10 on a typical Thursday, Friday or Saturday night.
McCoy said that the officers will be moved from other shifts in the 3rd District and that they will be on foot, in cars and on scooters. The officers will patrol the main strip and side streets, he said.
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A Lofty Vision For Reviving City Libraries
by Debbi Wilgoren An ambitious proposed makeover of the DC public library system would take five to 10 years and cost nearly half a billion dollars, up to $100 million of which city officials hope to raise from private donors and foundations, library board President John W. Hill said.
In an interview Monday, Hill called the system "an embarrassment" and elaborated on the draft plan released last week by a task force appointed by Mayor Anthony A. Williams. The task force spent the past year traveling to library systems across the country and comparing them with the District's library headquarters and 26 neighborhood branches.
On Saturday, the task force will host the third of 10 scheduled community meetings to discuss what services the libraries should offer. Williams (D), who has pledged to start fixing the city's aging, neglected libraries before leaving office at the end of the year, is scheduled to attend.
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Tax Relief Proposed For Historic Businesses
by Eric M. Weiss A bill introduced in the DC Council will attempt to help longtime small businesses cope with rising taxes.
The District's residential renaissance has been a magnet for retailers, who are busy transforming some of the city's historic shopping streets. But for longtime businesses that stuck it out during the lean years, the District's real estate boom has also brought skyrocketing property assessments and tax bills.
Owners of historically significant businesses such as Ben's Chili Bowl and Lee's Flower and Card Shop, both on gentrifying U Street NW, have been mailed eye-popping assessment notices. For Ben's, the tax assessment was scheduled to go up from $438,310 to $1.1 million. Lee's, where four generations have served the community, would see its assessment rise by $400,000.
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DC Asks Court to Let City Push Owners From Stadium Site
by David Nakamura and Lori Montgomery The District government has asked a Superior Court judge for permission to force property owners to vacate 14 acres of land near the Anacostia River by Feb. 7 so the city can begin construction of a baseball stadium, arguing that any delays could set back the project.
In a court filing late last week, city attorneys said construction must begin soon to complete the stadium by March 2008, as required in the agreement with Major League Baseball.
The land is near South Capitol Street and the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington. The city seized the titles to the properties through eminent domain in the fall, but the recent court motion is necessary to force out the owners.
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In Ward 8, Anger Over Stadium Deal by Lori Montgomery and Yolanda Woodlee Anger over District plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new baseball stadium boiled over at a mayoral debate in far Southwest Washington yesterday, forcing DC Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp to defend her efforts to push the ballpark deal through a reluctant council.
"How come we see you on the news every night trying to get a backdoor stadium deal when our schools look like Nazi camps?" Chinua Walker, an Emergency Medical Services worker who lives in Ward 8, demanded of Cropp (D).
Added Victoria Nance, a paramedic who lives in Ward 5: "Next time I'm doing CPR, trying to intubate a patient, I'm taking them to the stadium, because there's no hospital down here!"
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Stadium Design Retooled to Cut Costs by David Nakamura District government officials are modifying the architectural design of a new baseball stadium, relying less heavily on glass as a key exterior feature, to reduce costs and win approval for a lease agreement from the DC Council.
The changes are intended to save tens of millions of dollars and limit the potential for cost overruns, said sources with knowledge of the discussions.
Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) and his top aides have promised a stadium that is a sharp departure from the throwback red-brick ballparks that have been popular over the past 15 years. Architects hired by the city completed designs last fall that relied on glass, steel and limestone.
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Activists Give Their 2 Cents at Fundraiser
by Eric M. Weiss and Del Quentin Wilber That was quite a turnout Monday morning at the mayor's fundraiser for council member Kathy Patterson (D-Ward 3). But instead of checkbooks, some of the attendees brought protest signs.
Several baseball stadium opponents stood outside the downtown office building where Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) and John Ray, the former council member and slots promoter and current lobbyist for Major League Baseball, were hosting the check-fest. With the rabble-rousers loudly occupying the sidewalk outside One Metro Center, Williams decided to sneak into the building through a loading dock, witnesses said.
Protest organizers said they showed up to express their displeasure with Patterson's decision to vote for a lease agreement with Major League Baseball after voting to reject the stadium financing deal a year ago. They questioned whether Patterson's political ambitions -- she is running for council chairman -- are clouding her ethical compass. One wore a mask in the shape of a baseball and held a sign reading, "FOR SALE: Council member Patterson's vote?"
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Strategic Hotel Takes Four Seasons for $169M
by Barbara Jarvie WASHINGTON, DC-Strategic Hotel Capital Inc. inked a deal to acquire the Four Seasons hotel here from an entity controlled by the Louis Dreyfus Property Group. The 211-room Georgetown hotel had a purchase price of $168.9 million.
"The Washington, DC market has significant growth yet to come," says Laurence Geller, chief executive officer of Strategic. "We believe our physical improvements to the food and beverage and lobby areas will position this hotel to reap the benefits of the market growth while the hotel continues to lead the market for the foreseeable future."
The hotel, which is 12 blocks from the White House, recently reopened after a $27-million renovation that reduced the number of rooms from 257. The hotel has 160 rooms, 51 luxury suites, 12,500 sf of meeting space, 24,000 sf of retail, underground parking, and a 12,500-sf Four Seasons fitness club and spa. Four Seasons will continue to manage the property.
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127,500-SF Class B Office Fetches $43M
by Barbra Murray WASHINGTON, DC-Ownership of the 127,500-sf office building at 1129 20th St. NW has just changed hands in a $43.3-million transaction between seller the Penzance Cos. and buyer JOSS Realty Partners. The freestanding class B structure, which occupies a half-acre parcel in the Golden Triangle section of the central business district, last traded in 2003 when Penzance and joint venture partner Transwestern Investment Co. LLC acquired it for about $26.2 million.
According to District real estate records, the property has a proposed 2006 assessed value of $28 million. Gerry Trainor and Donald McCully, senior directors with Transwestern Commercial Services' Mid-Atlantic Investment Services Group, facilitated the transaction on behalf of Penzance.
Developed in 1969, 1129 20th St. is an eight-story structure with a two-level underground parking facility that can accommodate about 160 vehicles. The building was renovated in 1996 and again early last year. At the time of the transaction, 1129 20th St. was 87% occupied with tenants such as the American Legislative Exchange Council, Chicago Title, accounting firm Mitchell & Titus LLP and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
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Energy Organization Signs 18,000-SF Lease
by Barbra Murray WASHINGTON, DC-The Alliance to Save Energy has signed a 10-year lease for nearly 18,000 sf of space at the class A 1850 M St. NW. Located in the city's central business district, 1850 M St. is a 12-story structure that was developed two decades ago.
Gary Stein and Nicole Miller of real estate services firm Studley represented the Alliance, while property owner Manulife relied on internal representation provided by Bill Flax. Financial terms of the lease have not been disclosed. However, Studley officials describe the agreement as one that provided a "competitive rental rate," as well as allowances for build-out and other concessions.
The Alliance's lease of space on the sixth floor paves the way for the organization's relocation from its current 13,000-sf space at 1200 18th St. NW. Additionally, the move will allow the Alliance to create offices that qualify for the US Green Building's LEED certification, and to inhabit a class A property.
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Penn Branch Shopping Center Sells for $25M
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WASHINGTON, DC-ICG Penn Branch Associates LLC has acquired the Penn Branch Shopping Center for $25 million. The 90,000-sf retail and office facility has a proposed 2006 assessed value of about $7.4 million.
Monetary assistance was provided by a $21-million financing deal facilitated through the Washington, DC office of NorthMarq Capital Inc., with Gary McGlynn and Christopher Feeley at the helm. Previous owner PBSC LLC secured a $7.7-million first mortgage loan on the three-story structure from Suburban Capital Markets in 2000.
Located at 3228 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Penn Branch sits in the District's Marshall Height's neighborhood near the Fort Stanton and Fort Davis parks, and features CVS as one of its tenants. JP Morgan provided the funds for the purchase of the property.
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Group: Housing Slowdown May Hurt Economy
by Martin Crutsinger WASHINGTON -- The five-year housing boom is showing increased signs of cooling, and that's likely to mean slower growth for the entire national economy. The big question now is whether home prices will come crashing to earth with even more severe consequences.
The National Association of REALTORS® reported Wednesday that sales of existing homes climbed to an all-time high of 7.072 million units in 2005, up 4.2 percent from 2004 and the fifth straight year sales have set a record.
However, in a sign of slowing activity, sales fell by 5.7 percent in December, marking the third straight monthly decline, something that had not occurred since early 2002.
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Existing-Home Sales Slide by Tomoeh Murakami Tse Sales of previously owned homes slowed for the third straight month in December, while prices continued to slip from the summer's all-time highs, according to figures released yesterday by the National Association of REALTORS®.
The 5.7 percent drop in the sale of existing houses, townhouses and condos to an annual pace of 6.6 million units was steeper than many analysts had predicted and was the first time since March that it had fallen below 7 million. Peter Morici, an economist and business professor at the University of Maryland, had predicted the December sales figure would be 6.9 million units.
"Wow," he said when he was told of the 6.6 million figure. "Mortgage rates dipped a little in December, so I thought we were going to get a little bit of help from that. . . The housing bubble is pretty much over. We are in for an adjustment. The question is not will prices fall, because they have been falling, but how much prices will fall."
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Down Payments' Downward Trend
by Tomoeh Murakami Tse More than four out of every 10 recent first-time home buyers financed their purchases with no-down-payment loans, according to a study released by the National Association of REALTORS® this week.
That's an increase of about 54 percent over the past two years. Analysts say the upsurge means more buyers have entered the market who have a greater risk of defaulting on their mortgages.
"That is a very big increase. It's almost certainly due to the fact that you have a lot of people feeling very stretched," said economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. They can't afford traditional mortgages, "prices are going through the roof and this is how they're responding."
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Designer Solutions by Ricardo Ramos Is your home cramped with clutter? Got a room that needs a new look? Designer Solutions can solve your decorating dilemma.
Ricardo Ramos and Sheree Friedman are the principal designers of Studio Nuovo. Ricardo graduated from Virginia Tech University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree and a minor in interior design. He was also the vice president of industry relations for the International Furnishings and Design Association in 2005.
Sheree earned a Bachelor of Arts in interior design from Marymount University. Together they bring a combined 27 years of experience in planning, architectural construction management, furniture procurement and interior design.
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The List
The Gazette With the 2006 elections on everyone’s mind and the legislative session fully under way, The Gazette is continuing its quadrennial tradition of ranking the members of the General Assembly.
Things have changed.
From the list four years ago, seven of the top 10 lawmakers are gone: They either lost re-election bids (Barbara A. Hoffman, Robert R. Neall, Casper R. Taylor Jr.), moved on to other government jobs (U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. and Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp), left the legislature all together (John Adams Hurson) or died (Howard P. Rawlings).
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Lawmakers warned on 2007 spending levels
The Gazette ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s spending in the coming budget outstrips revenues by as much as $700 million, leading to a deficit of nearly $1 million in two years, the legislature’s chief budget analyst told lawmakers Monday.
Warren G. Deschenaux, director of the Office of Policy Analysis for the nonpartisan Department of Legislative Services, warned budget committee members about the spending levels that Ehrlich (R) is calling for in the fiscal 2007 budget. Fiscal 2007 begins July 1.
"We are spending more than we are taking in," he said.
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Upbeat Ehrlich Stresses Cooperation in Speech
by Matthew Mosk Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. used the final State of the State address of his term to declare himself a "change agent," and in the process, he gave Democrats a preview yesterday of how he'll forge his bid for reelection.
"Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in advance of the approaching election," the Republican governor told the General Assembly. "The people we represent see things differently. They want results. They want responsiveness."
The address presented a repackaged Bob Ehrlich -- a Republican governor eager to find common ground with Democrats in the legislature, craving an end to "Capitol Hill-style" politics in Annapolis and willing to spend on an array of new programs. Among those are initiatives previously championed by Democrats, including strict limits on university tuition increases, a reduction in power plant pollution and funding of stem cell research.
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Funds Pledged For Road Project
by William Wan State officials announced $9.5 million in funding last week to construct an extension linking Route 2/4 with the Southern Lusby Connector Road, a county project that will provide a route for traffic around Lusby Town Center.
The extension, which will span 800 feet, is funded by the state and connects the county project to state roads. The Southern Lusby Connector Road, which is being designed by county engineers, is scheduled to begin construction between Maryland Routes 760 and 765 in August.
Construction should be complete by spring or summer 2008, officials said.
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Baker Appears Undaunted By Fundraising Disparity
by Ovetta Wiggins and Ruben Castaneda Former delegate Rushern L. Baker III has been compared to David, the little shepherd boy who went against the giant Goliath.
And since the campaign finance reports in his challenge to become county executive were made public this month, he has started to sound a little like "The Little Engine That Could."
"We're just getting started," Baker said of the filings that show County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) holding a huge advantage over Baker. The two will face off in the Democratic primary in September.
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Reston Eyes $250 Fee For Buyers Of Homes by C. Woodrow Irvin People buying a home in Reston and residents moving within the community would be charged a one-time $250 transfer fee under a proposal that will go before Reston voters next month.
Current Reston residents would get the $250 back after showing they were moving within the community, said officials of the Reston Association. The homeowners group is asking voters to approve revisions to the community's charter, including the transfer fee, for the first time in 22 years.
Officials said the annual homeowner dues, which this year are $437 for each property owner, would not be directly affected by the charter revisions because dues are set separately. On top of the dues, participating residents pay for pool and tennis passes.
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Ballston Condo Project Approved by Leef Smith The Arlington County Board has approved a developer's plan to build a high-rise condominium and retail complex in Ballston. In exchange, the developer has agreed to build part of a new west entrance to the Ballston Metro station.
County planners say the new entrance, to be located near Fairfax Drive and North Vermont Street, will eventually make Metro more accessible to neighborhoods west of Ballston, particularly Bluemont.
"Getting the station entrance open will benefit people throughout the area," County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman said. "It will bring the station closer to them and it will result in increased [mass] transit use, less traffic, better air quality and a better quality of life."
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Conference Center Proposed on Rte. 29 by Nikita Stewart A hotel and conference center complex is among the 13 applications that Prince William County has received to amend its Comprehensive Plan, a long-range blueprint for zoning.
Manassas National Battlefield Park is asking to be recognized as a "cultural resource" instead of open space, and some residents have united to reduce development from four housing units per acre to one per 2.5 acres.
Raymond E. Utz, the county's chief of long-range planning, said that the applications are the beginning of a long process and that there is no guarantee any of the projects will be approved.
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Route 7 Intersection Tops List of Riskiest for '05 by Scott Butterworth For the first time since 1998, the most crash-prone intersection in Loudoun County is not along Route 28.
Instead, the intersection of Route 7 and Lansdowne Boulevard/Ashburn Road took the top spot, with 101 crashes in 2005, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, which has listed the most common crash locations every year since 1998.
Route 7 intersections held the top three spots in 2005 and five of the top nine.
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Campus at Sunrise Sells for $52M
by Barbra Murray RESTON, VA-Berwind Property Group Ltd. affiliate BPG Properties Ltd. has acquired the 253,800-sf Campus at Sunrise from CarrAmerica for $51.9 million. CarrAmerica bought the property in 1996 when it was known as Sunrise Corporate Center for about $42.6 million. The firm later invested $8.2 million in improvements.
According to Fairfax County real estate records, the property has a total current assessed value of $38.4 million. BPG, having acquired the Campus at Sunrise on behalf of BPG Investment Partnership VII LP, will also submit the property to an upgrade and a repositioning program over the next few months. BPG's Roy Perry and George Haines orchestrated the acquisition internally, while Warren Dahlstrom and Jim Luck of Cushman & Wakefield represented CarrAmerica, which will serve as the complex's manager.
Developed between 1987 and 1989, Sunrise encompasses 11180, 11190 and 11130 Sunrise Valley Dr., and features 78,600, 108,200 and 67,000 sf of class A space in low-rise structures, respectively. "The property offers a distinct corporate campus with an ideal location and excellent visibility along the Dulles Toll Road," Perry says.
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Duke Takes 3M-SF Northern Virginia Office/Industrial Portfolio
by Barbra Murray To read more on the industrial market, click here.
ALEXANDRIA, VA-Duke Realty Corp. has entered into an agreement to purchase a 32-building office and light industrial portfolio from locally based the Mark Winkler Co. and affiliates. The portfolio features 2.9 million sf of space and 166 acres of developable land located here, in Chantilly and throughout the I-28-North Corridor submarket. It is part of a group of properties consisting of five million sf of office space, 800,000 sf of flex/industrial space and four million sf of developable land that Winkler put on the market through Goldman Sachs in August.
Duke also committed to acquiring 184 acres of land in Baltimore that can accommodate about 2.8 million sf of bulk industrial development. "These two transactions provide Duke with a significant presence in vibrant submarkets with new development opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region," Duke chairman and CEO Dennis Oklak says.
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237-Unit Condo Tower Wins Approval
by Barbra Murray To read more on the multifamily market, click here.
ARLINGTON, VA-The Arlington County Board has signed off on the site plan for the Fairmont, thereby paving the way for the development of the 237-unit condominium building. Developer the JBG Cos. plans to break ground on the project, which marks the final phase of the mixed-use Arlington Gateway development, in July.
Located at 4420 Fairfax Dr., the Fairmont will be a 23-story tower located atop the Ballston Metro Station off Interstate 66. Weihe Design Group is the architectural firm behind the design of the structure, which will also feature about 7,000 sf of ground-level retail space. The building will carry the distinction of being the Ballston area's first all-glass residential property.
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Back to Top ] New Coalition to Fight Plan to Add Toll Lanes to Beltway by Katherine Shaver More than 20 civic and neighborhood groups from Montgomery and Prince George's counties announced a new coalition yesterday to fight Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s (R) proposal to widen the Capital Beltway by adding express toll lanes.
Maryland officials are studying adding one lane to each loop of the Beltway. An existing lane on each loop also would be converted to a toll lane, making most of Maryland's section of the highway three free lanes and two express toll lanes in each direction. Toll fees, rather than taxpayer dollars, would finance the project.
Members of the new opposition group, Citizens Against Beltway Expansion, said they have begun distributing fliers to more than 20,000 homes saying the project would threaten nearby neighborhoods, fail to provide relief from congestion and unfairly favor wealthy motorists.
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Montgomery Aims to Fix Planning Agency by Miranda S. Spivack The Montgomery County agency that oversees development is working on a series of changes to address criticism that it is poorly managed and unresponsive to the public, Planning Board Chairman Derick P. Berlage said yesterday.
Berlage, who outlined the plan to a County Council committee, asked for permission to finance the changes by spending about $900,000 from the agency's reserves, or about 1 percent of the total budget.
Berlage and the Department of Park and Planning he oversees have come under intense scrutiny after a group of residents unearthed construction irregularities last year at Clarksburg Town Center, a 1,300-home development being built north of Germantown. The residents said that the agency failed to heed their repeated warnings that builders were ignoring the requirements of the approved plans for the project.
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Democrat Rales Joins Race for Senate in Md. by Matthew Mosk Montgomery County businessman Josh Rales joined the crowded Democratic field yesterday in the race for U.S. Senate, bringing with him substantial personal wealth and what he described as an outsider's mentality.
"Politics as usual isn't working for us," Rales said. "I'm a problem solver. I want to get in there and help people. I'm a straight shooter."
Rales, who joins veteran candidates such as U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin and Kweisi Mfume, a former congressman and NAACP president, said he has raised $452,000 from private donors and put $100,000 of his own into his campaign. He said he will report those contributions in filings due this month.
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Duncan's Plan Could Delay School Projects
by Lori Aratani Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D) announced what he called "a record level of funding to build new schools and modernize old ones" when he unveiled his six-year capital construction budget this month.
But a closer look at the plan shows it could delay more than 45 building and modernization projects by as much as two years -- a prospect that has parents and school officials in Montgomery County deeply concerned.
"This impacts everybody, because once you throw the schedule off, everyone who's in the queue knows it's going to affect everyone else," said Cindy Kerr, president of the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations.
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Md. Approves Use Of Speed Cameras by Ann E. Marimow Montgomery County will become the first jurisdiction in the state to use cameras to catch speeders in residential neighborhoods and near its schools, under a measure that won final passage yesterday in the General Assembly.
The Democrat-controlled Senate approved the speed cameras for limited locations, overriding a veto by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R), who called the legislation an unnecessary government intrusion and warned that it would have "profound statewide ramifications."
Maryland's largest county joins the District and a handful of other states, such as New York and Colorado, that have used the automated cameras.
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Raise Puts Rockville Council Among Highest Paid in Md. by Aruna Jain Rockville's mayor and City Council members are now among the highest paid city officials in the state, after a more than 50 percent increase in their salaries took effect late last year.
The annual salary of a city council member jumped from $13,200 to $20,000. The mayor's compensation increased from $16,421 to $25,000.
The City Council is the second-highest paid in the state of Maryland after the Baltimore council, whose members earn $48,000 and council president makes $80,000. Rockville's mayor is tied with Salisbury for sixth-highest paid, behind the mayors of Baltimore, Frederick, Annapolis, Ocean City and Hagerstown, according to Maryland Municipal League statistics.
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