I see from my statistics that people are searching on election and voting issues. Since early elections are over,  I haven't had time to post much recently, but this is very important. EVERY GOOD CITIZEN SHOULD VOTE! Let's do our best to keep it democratic with the right to be an informed voter.

Here is some useful information about the election:

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The State of Maryland will have its Primary Election on 24th of June this year and the filing deadline is February 25th. Most of the elected officials do not advertise elections nor recruit good candidates to run for elected office. In our state, most of the State Senators are reasonably powerful and they make slates of candidates of their choice ( Read more... )

Our Prince George's County Delegates at the Maryland General Assembly, where the laws are made, proposed a law to study the change of our county Board of Education. The proposed legislation, HB 1107, is here (PDF), a 4-page document, that would alter the governance structure of the public schools. The County Executive is proposing an amendment that ( Read more... )

I recevied this from my County Council Member, Mel Franklin ( Read more... )

I can't find any news about what is happening today as a result of yesterday's loss. The county executives made a bet, Rushern Baker was very sure the Red Skins were going to win. Football is more than just a game as there was money coming to the county if the Redskins win as well.

WTOP reported that Constantine will get a case of Eight O'Clock ( Read more... )

CB-87-2012  was passed by the Prince George's County Council yesterday.

The county web site describes it as, "An ACT concerning County Recycling Program For the purpose of amending the recycling program provisions in Prince George’s County to establish updated recycling goals, setting forth the time for compliance; amends the residential recycling ( Read more... )

Some people think they should write the governor to ask him not to sign it since it overrides the people's will. SB 848 has passed but has not yet been signed by the governor.

The bill is entitiled "Education - Maintenance of Effort". The synopsis says, "Authorizing a county governing body, for a specified purpose and under specified circumstances, ( Read more... )

This year the Presidential Primary Election Day is April 3rd.  However, EARLY VOTING runs from March 24 through March 29th.  Refer to the Board of Elections web site for early voting locations, absentee ballot, and other information.

You can see your ballot from this link - if you know your precinct or where you vote, you can get the ballot for ( Read more... )

Economic Development Town Hall Meeting to be held by Prince George's County Council at ( Read more... )

Comments on this would be appreciated.

Last night at the Prince George's County Civic Federation, there was a big debate about CB-49. Basically it was because the argument against gambling was that we already have the highest gambling in the state of Maryland in the county through lottery statistics and that those same zip code areas are the highest ( Read more... )