Muckraker: Commissioners Discuss Removing Supermajority Requirement To Raise Taxes: ‘Revenue Problem’
On Thursday, the Board of Commissioners discussed the possibility of removing the supermajority requirement to raise taxes in Carroll County. Meaning, instead of a 5-0 or 4-1 vote being needed to raise taxes, a simple majority of 3-2 would be enough.
Muckraker: Opt-Out Ban Targeting Carroll County Helped By A Bipartisan Blooper
Despite all the fuss about books, what is really under threat of being banned in Carroll County Public Schools is the parental right to opt your children out of curriculum content you feel is age-inappropriate or otherwise conflicts with your family’s values or religious beliefs.
Muckraker: Carroll County clearly targeted by bill banning opt-outs ‘One jurisdiction said no’
For all the talk about books it is really opt-outs being banned in Maryland. Parents of public school students in Carroll County may soon lose the right to opt their children out of gender identity content in the classroom, the result of targeted legislation from Howard County Democrat Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary.
Muckraker: ‘Compromise’: Commissioners decide on commercial height limit after storage facility lawsuit, pushback
On Thursday, the Board of Carroll County Commissioners voted unanimously to lower the starting height limit for commercial buildings that adjoin residential properties, going from 50 feet down to 35 feet. But they simultaneously implemented a sliding scale, permitting developers to build back up to 50 feet on the condition they add in additional setback over the required minimum of 15 feet, where every foot of extra setback unlocks another foot of height, not to exceed 50 feet.
Muckraker: ‘Strong opposition’ to Bouchat’s charter government bill from Republican counties, Delegate
Delegate Eric Bouchat, a Carroll County Republican, is the lone sponsor of a bill, HB0081, that would require every county in Maryland to adopt a charter form of government, where each jurisdiction would feature its own constitution, an executive, and a legislature, instead of a commissioner form of government, where each county simply has a board of county commissioners like Carroll and 11 other jurisdictions have now.
Muckraker: Maryland Moms for Liberty and Republican lawmakers in Annapolis ‘Stay on the offensive’
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Moms for Liberty held a Parental Rights Legislation Rally at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Thursday, where lawmakers, activists, and parents gathered to cheer legislation meant to help “stop woke indoctrination” as some of the conservative group’s signs read just outside a convening General Assembly.
Muckraker: New eyewitness says Delen just shot Lewis, there was no altercation, no fight
BEL AIR — An eyewitness who observed Brian Delen fatally shoot Jimmy Wayne Lewis at English Country Manor condominiums on December 27th, told investigators that, contrary to what Delen originally reported to Police, there was no altercation between the two, no argument, no fight.
Muckraker: A Carroll state of law enforcement
Carroll State’s Attorney Haven Shoemaker and Sheriff Jim DeWees both voiced their frustration with the forces from outside the county that work against law enforcement in it, while a new poll shows that black Democrats in Maryland want stricter penalties for criminals than white ones do — all part of what amounted to a state of local law enforcement address given Tuesday by the pair during a Republican Club of Carroll County event.
Muckraker: Hahn confirms age-inappropriate books in Harford schools: ‘Unwilling to sit back and watch this happen’
Harford County Board of Education Vice President Melissa Hahn recently confirmed there are age-inappropriate books available in Harford County public school libraries for middle and high school students, despite many out there claiming otherwise. She said the below six books are indeed still accessible to county students even though they’ve already been removed from many school libraries across the country.
Muckraker: Guerin, Vigliotti confirm stance against return to mandates for employees: ‘Your choices are yours’
New Carroll County Commissioners Mike Guerin and Joe Vigliotti both recently confirmed their position against a return to mandating masks and COVID vaccines for county government employees, a view that contrasts with the policies of the previous Commissioners who were comparatively hawkish on the measures that have since proven to be damaging and ineffective.