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The Department of State (DoS) and General Services Administration (GSA) have determined that the Hunt Ray/CrismerFarm in Queen Anne’s County will no longer be considered for the proposed DoSForeign Affairs Security Training Center. Click Here for Details
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NEW! Links to articles concerning the demise of the Ruthsburg FASTC
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Opening Statements
Bob Suling
Frank Ogens
Jack Dedrick
Prepared Questions:
Considering the tax base in the Town has dropped 13% from last year, do you expect to make up the lost revenue by raising taxes or will you cut expenses? If you will be cutting expenses, what specific expenses do you plan on cutting? Answered by Bob, then [...]
Click here. Select “RECENTLY ADDED” from the panel on the right and then “Commissioners meeting:03/09/10?
In this episode:
0:33 - Public Comment
0:42 - Discussed letter requesting more info from GSA and DoS and details about explosives demo
1:01 - Discussion to send letters to various State Agencies
1:07 - Discussion about holding a Town Hall meeting of Federal elected [...]
Bonnie Roschy`s family for generations has enjoyed the quiet beauty of their 300 acre farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. But now next door, the U.S. State Department is proposing to build a terrorism defense training center, with weapons firing ranges, blasting pits, and urban-style environments where mock terrorist assaults can be staged. She [...]
Here is a link to the Podcast. The discussion on the hard skills facility begins at 13:45.
There are questions from listeners at the end of the program.
On a crisp winter’s day, there must a thousand geese and ducks floating among the tall grasses along the creek at Tuckahoe State Park on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. They have the place utterly to themselves in a bucolic scene without a hint of modern life.
This ageless tranquility helps explain why the tiny farming community of [...]
Residents of the small town of Potrero joined with environmentalists, peace activists, veterans groups, immigrant rights groups, and others to stop the mercenary firm Blackwater Worldwide from building a training facility in their town. This is the story of their fight and ultimate defeat of Blackwater.
You can now get your very own copy of the new hard skills DVD.
This 37-minute documentary video tells the story of a small town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico that, in a time of economic need, welcomed a federal security training facility into its midst. The story of how that came about, and what [...]
Beginning at 29:55 Bud Roe and Sveinn Storm question the lack of transparency and their inability to obtain the documents that they requested.
Click here then on “Commissioners Meetings” on the right panel. Scroll down to “Commissioners Meeting 11/10/2009″.
The following citizens gave testimony, all in support of reducing the property tax rate to constant yield:
Jim Kindle
Jack Dedrick
Ed Williams
Dan Worth
Mary Roby
Mary Margaret Revell Goodwin
Karen Roth
The Town Council agreed to meet in a work session on Tuesday June 9th at 4:00 pm to work on the budget.
Appearances:
Cove Point Properties LLC, Re: Board of Appeals Application, 104 & 106 Turpin’s Lane, Consistency with Comprehensive Plan - [There seemed to be some difference of opinion about the reason for the appeal, but the request was forwarded with a favorable recommendation concerning consistency with the comp Plan]
Michael J. Kursch Re: Board of Appeals [...]
