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Politics

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Who is Dan Mote?

February 16th, 2010  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Politics, Site Announcements

“Dan cut to the meat and found out what needed to be done, and if that meant ruffling up some feathers, that would be done, as well,” Lieu said. “He has definite feelings on how things should be done. Dan would pick a path and stick with it until it gets done. ~ former Mote [...]

City Could Lose $500k a Year If University Abandons Ticket Tax

February 2nd, 2010  |  by Clay Gump  |  published in Politics

In case you missed it, the University is considering if a recent court ruling would mean it could be exempt from the city’s admissions and amusement tax. The tax is charged on admission to intercollegiate athletic events at the school and accounts for as much as $550,000 a year in tax revenue for [...]

District Four Website

December 13th, 2009  |  by Marcus Afzali  |  published in Politics

Rethink College Park Readers,
My name is Marcus Afzali and on Tuesday, December 8th I was sworn in with Denise C. Mitchell as the new council members for the Fourth District of College Park. I want to begin by saying how much I appreciate the work being done by Clay Gump and the rest of [...]

Speaking of Eminent Domain… City Looks to Seal the Deal on #1 Liquors

December 2nd, 2009  |  by David Daddio  |  published in 8340 Baltimore Ave, Northgate Park, Politics, Route 1, University View, University View Overlook

Apparently, the city’s patience with #1 Liquors is wearing thin. After nearly a decade of begging, prodding, and cajoling tactics, councilmembers are starting to contemplate eminent domain proceedings on College Park’s most infamous homestead holdout. According to the Diamondback the city would like to acquire the parcel in order to create “a park”:
The council voted [...]

Election Day is Coming.

October 20th, 2009  |  by Clay Gump  |  published in General College Park, Politics

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What are you doing on November 3rd? If you are a resident of the City we urge you to head over to your local polling location and vote. The Gazette has a pretty good election guide which will at least give you a starting point.
If you aren’t sure which District is yours this map should [...]

In Memory of Alvin Kushner

October 15th, 2009  |  by Clay Gump  |  published in Politics

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Shown above from left to right. Mayor Reeves, Mayor Kushner, Mayor Lomax, Mayor Reading
Former Mayor Alvin Kushner passed away Tuesday at the age of 82. I know his family are avid readers of RTCP and our thoughts are with them. Mr Kushner was working hard to make College Park a great town long before blogs [...]

Student Group Pushes Green Platform

September 5th, 2009  |  by Clay Gump  |  published in Environment, Politics

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A student based group called UMD for Clean Energy is spearheading a campaign called Green for College Park where they plan to become very actively involved in the upcoming City elections to push forward clean energy policies.
Our campaign is to influence city politics by pushing a green platform with a clean energy policy that will set up an [...]

Governor selects Purple Line Route and Design

August 5th, 2009  |  by Clay Gump  |  published in Politics, Purple Line, Transportation

Big news on the purple line front. Gov. Martin O’Malley yesterday endorsed what is known as the “Locally Preferred Alternative” for the purple line. What is the LPA you ask? Here is a quote from the MTA site.

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