Category: Local Politics
Leopold Lays Out County Agenda To Legislature
County Executive John R. Leopold has briefed the Anne Arundel County General Assembly delegation on his legislative priorities for the 2012 session, including recovering transfer tax revenue for power plants, blocking the proposed move of a State agency and making it easier for firearms owners to recover stolen weapons. “Our top priority as always is [...]
The Curious Case Of The Raid On Alderman Kirby
<–To share this information with Google, your friends on Facebook, and your followers on Twitter, please click the icons to the left. Thanks! Details are still not being fully released and a lot of questions have been raised. Some regional media are reporting that the raid was indeed a “mix up” as quoted by CBS [...]
County Councilman Daryl Jones Charged In Federal Court
The Baltimore Sun’s Nicole Fuller is reporting that Anne Arundel County Councilman Daryl Jones has been charged in Baltimore’s US District Court for failure to file tax returns in 2005. According to The Sun, Jones “willfully” failed to file a return on nearly $250,000 of income. 2005 is the year before Jones was first elected [...]
Former Mayor Ellen Moyer & Former City Attorney To Host Radio Show
Former Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer and former City Attorney Steve Kling will launch an hour a half hour long long radio program at 6:00pm on Monday July 18, 2011 on local radio station, WNAV. The show will focus on a broad range of issues; but will have a strong dose of local politics. Initially, we [...]
Annapolis Public Information Officer McGowan Resigns
Phill McGowan, the Public Information Officer for the City of Annapolis has resigned his position effective July 22. Rhonda Wardlaw will assume his duties. The following press release was just sent by City Hall: Mayor Joshua J. Cohen announces that Phill McGowan, the Public Information Officer, will leave the City this month to pursue a [...]
Former Delegate & Councilman Dave Boschert Dies
June 30th was a sad day for Anne Arundel County. Local businessman Don Riddle passed away as did local politician David Boschert. Boschert was a long serving Democratic County Councilman from 1984 to 1994 and a Republican Delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates from 1999 to 2007. <–to share this post on facebook, twitter [...]
Annapolis Passes Budget, Fees And Taxes On Way
See the following release from Annapolis City Hall which was received immediately following the Council meeting at 12:09 am. City Council Approves FY 2012 Budget of $90.0 Million Spending plan increases property tax rate; capital budget also passed Annapolis, Md. (06-07-11) – The City Council voted last night to approve Mayor Joshua J. Cohen’s $90.0 [...]
Annapolis Tax Increase Announcement (VIDEO)
<–if you enjoyed this post, please share it with your facebook friends and twitter followers by clicking the icons to the left. This is a three part video of Mayor Josh Cohen’s press conference announcing a 3% increase in property taxes and a $2.8 million reduction in his proposed budget. A very brief questions and [...]
Annapolis Increases Taxes
UPDATE: We corrected the tax increase to 5.66%. The original 3% was a mis-read on our part. After a contentious meeting at City Hall on Monday, Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen is now calling for significant tax increases and a reduction in spending in his proposed budget. Approximately 300 citizens attended Monday’s meeting wearing red shirts [...]
Annapolis Revises Budget
There will be a press conference this afternoon at 3pm at City Hall where Annapolis Mayor, Josh Cohen will announce revisions to the FY 2012 Operating Budget. It is expected that he will announce a significant tax increase and some cuts in spending to deal with the fiscal issues that surround the city. Please stay [...]
Annapolis City Manager Unaware Of $4 Million Of Debt
<–please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left! UPDATE 05:03pm May 20, 2011: City Hall just sent out a press release addressing this issue. It can be found at the bottom of this post. If the finances of Annapolis were not in bad enough shape [...]
Officials Urge Support Of Severna Park High
Last week, County Executive John R. Leopold was joined by elected officials in urging the County Council to supported proposed funding to build a new Severna Park High School. “The County has already begun the process of replacing this school, and any delay at this point could prove fatal to the prospect of beginning construction [...]
Ald. Arnett Holding Public Discussion On Annapolis Budget
The following announcement came from Delegate Herb McMillan regarding a presentation on Monday, May 16, 2011 by Annapolis City Alderman Ross Arnett. Arnett has been a fiscal watchdog for the upcoming budget and has been warning the Council and the mayor of the impending shortages when homes in the area are reassessed this year. The [...]
Rising Budget Explained
In response to the opinion post yesterday, Annapolis PIO, Phill McGowan has offered the following explanation of how the budget increased by 23%. Two of the big ticket items include: Changing the way the money is handled accounting for $8 million Employing an unknown number of city employees will cost an additional $4.5 million ($7500 [...]
Washington Expresses Interest In Market House
<–Please be sure to share this exclusive breaking news with your friends on facebook and followers on twitter by using the icons to the left. It was only a matter of time until the incessant wrangling and inept management of the Annapolis Market House caught the eye of Washington. Eye On Annapolis has learned from [...]
Cohen Appoints Two
The City of Annapolis has confirmed two recent Mayoral appointments. Both Michelle LeFurge and Eugene Peterson will be working in the Mayor’s office. We reported on Peterson’s hiring several weeks ago. Both LeFurge and Peterson were key members of the Zina Pierre campaign with LeFurge serving as Campaign Manager and Peterson serving as Treasurer. According [...]
More Accusations Against Leopold
<–Did you enjoy this article? Please share it with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left! The Capital reports today that the head of the firefighter’s union was contacted by an investigator from the State Prosecutor’s Office regarding Leopold. The allegations stem from a member of Leopold’s [...]
Moody’s Gives Stern Warning To Annapolis
UPDATE: Updated information in [red] As was expected, Annapolis City took a hit when [two of] the three Bond Rating Agencies downgraded the ratings. This move will certainly have a negative effect the city’s cost to obtain financing through the bond market. The administration, including Mayor Cohen, City Manager Mallinoff, and Finance Director Miller have [...]
Leopold Signs Bill Into Law
While the County Council voted 7-0 to change the binding arbitration for employees with three amendments, County Executive John R. Leopold, vetoed the amendments. This effectively reverted the bill to it’s original form which he has just signed into law this afternoon, angered 4 members of the County Council and enraged the employee unions who [...]
New Appointment, New Study In Annapolis
A New Political Appointee We have learned that Eugene Peterson has recently been hired by Annapolis Mayor Joshua Cohen to serve in the Mayor’s office. According to City spokesman, Phill McGowan, Peterson “will focus on community and constituent service.” Peterson is a member of the Board of Education and was a key member of the [...]
Fitch Downgrades Annapolis’ Bond Rating
As was expected, one of the bond rating agencies, Fitch Ratings has downgraded Annapolis’ Bond Rating from AAA to AA+ and classified the new rating outlook as stable. The rationale behind the downgrade included: –The downgrade reflects the city’s diminished financial flexibility, as evidenced by declining reserves, a constrained liquidity position, and the current debt [...]
Annapolis Mayor Discusses Budget
Last night, Annapolis Mayor, Josh Cohen addressed a very sparse crowd at the Mt. Olive Community Life Center on the realities of the FY 2012 budget that he is intending to send to the City Council on March 14th. The City is not out of the financial woods yet as Cohen explained that City overspent [...]
