Revisiting the Idea of Merging City-County Governments
...the topic. After a bit of digging, I uncovered a number of articles and other references on the topic of government consolidation. After reading through about ten of them, I...
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The BIG MO: Frederick – Shady Grove Monorail Idea Gaining Momentum
...shepherding the idea for more than a year has been overwhelmed with interest from media, state appointees and politicians. With a bit of serious reading, it’s easy to understand why...
Livable Frederick: Does a Common Vision mean Less Citizen Control?
...LFMP, as well as listened to a presentation given by three of the county’s senior planners, each of whom I have the utmost respect. From the layman’s perspective however, my...
Best Practices for Hiring a Property Management Company
...the conversation. In many cases, the property management firm will give you names of happy customers, so it might take a little digging or reading between the lines to uncover...
Repeal Charter Government in Frederick County
...many months of ‘childish antics’ and ‘rhetorical turmoil’ that the Council had endured at the hands of a [fellow council member] being an ‘obstreperous individual’ After reading all this, I...
Stuck in the Middle with Who? Frederick County Council Thoughts.
...of trust or compatibility among the four Republican members of the County Council. Sitting on the sidelines reading and listening to words of Bud Otis, Tony Chmelik, Kirby Delauter and...
Will Gardner Carry Rain Tax Revenues Home to Annapolis?
...guess this article is not worth reading any further. However, for those who do, you may be fully aware of the fearless challenge that current board President Young has been...
Communicating with the Curmudgeon
...to receive a comment on the MacRo Report Blog from Frederick’s one and only self-professed curmudgeon. That stated, after reading your comments, I must respectfully disagree with many of your...
A Planning Commission Mission: Maybe it’s the Mercury
...change” have had a lot of angry words to say. I must admit that after reading through the various comments that have popped up on various web forums on the...
Top 10 of 2011: MacRo Report’s Most-Read Commercial Real Estate Blog Posts
...Frederick’s Golden Mile? The Case of the Unfinished Wall Proposed Maryland Septic Ban Bill Released Reading Mr. Hagen’s Tea Leaves Six Frederick Community Leaders Share Their 2012 Wish Lists A...