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St. Mary’s County Government Overtime Payments for Fiscal Year 2011
Employee Name Department Description FY11 paid overtime (Those employees being paid $20,000 and up in overtime are highlighted)
ABELL, DIANA M Economic & Community Development $622
ABELL, JOSEPH B Public Works and Transportation/County Highways $15,569
ABELL, MICHAEL WPublic Works and Transportation/County Highways $2,160
No, we do not need to raise taxes. But, we can use funds that were ostensibly designated to subsidize contractors and pay consultants to continue developing a new generation of locally grown engineers and well educated workers
Maryland’s shoreline is 7,700 miles including coastal inlets, according to updated measurements by the Maryland Geological Survey. The bay and ocean coasts have some of the most highly prized real estate in the state, and some of the most threatened. While the state depends on tax revenue and shore tourism dollars, regulators struggle to find a balance that also protects the resources of the Chesapeake from overdevelopment
Established in 1984, Maryland’s Critical Area Commission is charged with balancing the drive for development with the need to protect the natural resources of the bay from the strain of pollution and stress on wildlife.
Cove Point facility in Lusby has been importing liquefied natural gas for more than 30 years. Dominion acquired the facility in 2003 and plans to build a facility to export LNG. Capital News Service photo by Amanda Salvucci.
But others see the conversion as an environmental hazard that exposes all of Maryland to the potential risks of gas obtained through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and fear it could lead to use of the controversial gas-extraction method within the state.
Calvert Marina gets kudos from visitors; cites friendly staff and low rates for transients
Powered by two Caterpillar engines this 135 foot yacht has a cruising range of over 5,000 miles and is home-ported in the Cayman Islands.
Not all of Maryland’s bridges are in disrepair and crumbling; some have stood the test of time
Thirty-three percent of residents want to move to another state, according to the average of the 50 state responses. Seventeen states come close to that 50-state average. Another 16 are above the average range, including three showing an especially high desire to move. In fact, in these three — Illinois, Connecticut, and Maryland — roughly as many residents want to leave as want to stay
In making plans for his budget session proposal, Jarboe points out that favorite project of Commissioner Todd Morgan is to build a ‘road to nowhere’ to pad the pockets of developers who will benefit from the FDR Blvd. while at the same time that Morgan fileted the school board in a bully-session two weeks ago over their unraveled budget.
A group of watermen took the day off work Thursday to protest and block a project by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in the Little Choptank River in Dorchester County