Our sincere apologies for the delay in sending this notice. As you know we are developing a new website and the process can be quite tedious and time consuming. We had difficulty establishing the Certificates of Authenticity for the new calendar of Events / Online Payment. We were unwilling to proceed without them, but the matter was resolved today. We will be populating our calendar this week with more events from throughout the entire region we serve. So, check the website often. Thank you for your patience.
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The Rockville, Gaithersburg & Germantown Chapters of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce cordially invite you to its monthly I-270 Tech Corridor After-Hours Business Mixer
Register online now – Space is limited - Register online now
Grow your business – Make new business connections and friends – Learn from your peers
Practice your Spanish, your English or both – Enjoy Spanish Sangria and cuisine!
Our I-270 Greet & Meet Networking events are open to small business owners, women, minority and veteran entrepreneurs and anyone interested in starting a business. All beers, cocktails, specialty drinks and selected appetizers at $3. Bring along plenty of business cards and business literature.
When: Wednesday, March 16, 2007
Time: 05:00 PM – 07:30 PM
Where: La Tasca - Spanish Tapas Bar & Restaurant, 141 Gibbs Street, Suite 305, Rockville, MD 20850.
Admission: It includes one (1) free drink. Members: $10.00; Non-Members: $15.00. Pre-registration required. All beers, cocktails, special drinks and selected appetizers at $3. Bar appetizers courtesy of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Register online now.
Info: For more information about this event contact MAHCC Vice President Jorge E. Arce at 301-642-2409 or Jorge Ribas at 301-404-1946.
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The Greater Silver Spring Chapter of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to its monthly Greet & Meet Business Mixer and Speed Networking Register online now – Register online now – Register online now
Enjoy the company of good people having a good time while doing business.
Bring plenty of business cards. There will be a special business literature table.
When: Thursday, March 17, 2011.
Time: 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Where: El Nopalito Grill Tapas & Tequila Bar, 2259 Bel Pre Road, Plaza del Mercado, Silver Spring, MD 20906 Phone: 703-598-1736 - www.NopalitoGrill.com. Winner of the "2010 Mid-Atlantic Chef of the Year” award.
Admission: It includes one (1) free drink and the opportunity to win lunch for two at El Nopalito. Members: $12.00; Non-Members: $15.00. Pre-registration required. All beers, cocktails, special drinks and selected appetizers at $3. The first round of Bar appetizers are a courtesy of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. (Register online now)
Info: For more information about this event contac MAHCC President Jorge Ribas at 301-404-1946 (jribas@ribasconsulting.com). To find out about future events visit the Calendar of Events.
Event sponsorship: For more information contact Jorge Ribas at 301-404-1946 (jribas@ribasconsulting.com) or Omayra Martinez at 787-593-2627.
Membership Info: For information about membership in the Chamber, please 240-686-0055.
March 14, 2011
Montgomery County first responders honored for bravery
Sixty Montgomery County public safety employees were honored Friday during the 37th Annual Public Safety Awards in Rockville.
Thirty-seven of those to receive awards were first responders to a Sept. 1 hostage standoff at Discovery Communications in downtown Silver Spring.
About 1,200 members of the business community, politicians and public safety employees attended the event hosted by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce at the county's North Bethesda conference center.
One of them, Tom Fisher, was a security guard in the Discovery headquarters building when a man strapped with explosives and waving a starter pistol took three employees hostage. SOURCE: Gazette
About 1,200 members of the business community, politicians and public safety employees attended the event hosted by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce at the county's North Bethesda conference center.
One of them, Tom Fisher, was a security guard in the Discovery headquarters building when a man strapped with explosives and waving a starter pistol took three employees hostage. SOURCE: Gazette
Thousands Expected at Pension Protest at Md. State House
The director of Maryland's largest state employees union said thousands of protesters will attend a rally in Annapolis Monday night. Gov. Martin O'Malley's has proposed state employees increase their pension fund contributions to help offset billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities.
"We have difficult choices ahead of us as a people ... and we're going to confront those choices, and we're going to do it with dignity and respect for all stakeholders: citizens, teachers, union leaders, those that serve our citizens as elected leaders," O'Malley told the Associated Press.
Patrick Moran, director of the Maryland chapter of hthe American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said the rally will include a walk from the Navy Marine Corps Stadium to the State House. He expects 5,000 to 10,000 people to attend. Maryland is facing $19 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and another $16 billion in retiree health liabilities. SOURCE: NBC
"We have difficult choices ahead of us as a people ... and we're going to confront those choices, and we're going to do it with dignity and respect for all stakeholders: citizens, teachers, union leaders, those that serve our citizens as elected leaders," O'Malley told the Associated Press.
Patrick Moran, director of the Maryland chapter of hthe American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said the rally will include a walk from the Navy Marine Corps Stadium to the State House. He expects 5,000 to 10,000 people to attend. Maryland is facing $19 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and another $16 billion in retiree health liabilities. SOURCE: NBC
MCYR Meeting Reminder
Young Republicans,
This is just a reminder about our meeting tomorrow (Tuesday March 15th). We hope to see you there! We'll be discussing preparations for the April 16th Charity Ball, executive board nominations for our April monthly meeting, and other upcoming efforts for 2011. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COME! The meeting starts at 7:30pm at Red Hot and Blue in Gaithersburg. Join us for Happy Hour around 5:30pm if you're able to! More details listed below.
We would love to hear from you to let us know you are going to make it. Have a wonderful day,
Carl T. Weber III
MCYR
This is just a reminder about our meeting tomorrow (Tuesday March 15th). We hope to see you there! We'll be discussing preparations for the April 16th Charity Ball, executive board nominations for our April monthly meeting, and other upcoming efforts for 2011. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COME! The meeting starts at 7:30pm at Red Hot and Blue in Gaithersburg. Join us for Happy Hour around 5:30pm if you're able to! More details listed below.
We would love to hear from you to let us know you are going to make it. Have a wonderful day,
Carl T. Weber III
MCYR
Council President Valerie Ervin to meet with media today
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 14, 2011—Montgomery County Council President Valerie Ervin will meet with members of the media TODAY, Monday, March 14, to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. Among the items she will discuss are the recommended Fiscal Year 2012 Operating Budget that County Executive Isiah Leggett will be presenting to the Council on Tuesday, March 15; collective bargaining agreements with unions representing County employees; and the County Board of Education’s actions regarding the State Maintenance of Effort Law.
Council President Ervin’s meeting with media members will begin at 11 a.m. in the SIXTH Floor Conference Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville.
Among the other issues Council President Ervin will discuss is the proposed bag tax the County Executive has recommended implementing and how the proposed increase in the state gasoline tax would impact Montgomery County.
Council President Ervin intends to hold regular briefings to help explain and expand on upcoming issues facing the Council and the County in general. Most briefings will be on Monday mornings.
Council President Ervin’s meeting with media members will begin at 11 a.m. in the SIXTH Floor Conference Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville.
Among the other issues Council President Ervin will discuss is the proposed bag tax the County Executive has recommended implementing and how the proposed increase in the state gasoline tax would impact Montgomery County.
Council President Ervin intends to hold regular briefings to help explain and expand on upcoming issues facing the Council and the County in general. Most briefings will be on Monday mornings.
$11,000 reward offered towards arrest of Jayna Murray murder
An $11,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrests of the suspects in the murder of Jayna Murray and sexual assault of her 27-year-old co-worker, ABC7 reports. Federal Realty, who owns the property where Lululemon Athletica leases, is contributing $10,000 to the reward, and Crimesolvers is putting up the other $1,000.
Montgomery County detectives have obtained surveillance video from nearby businesses and will try to identify the suspects. Lululemon Athletica remains closed today as mourners continue to place flowers outside the store's front.
Christine Day, CEO of Lululemon Athletica, Inc., issued the following statement:
We are devastated by the tragic events at our Bethesda store. We are focused on providing support to those that are most immediately impacted by this tragedy, and we know that you all feel the loss as well. Thanks to all of you for your outreach to support the stores and the people impacted. It is the outpouring of love and concern that will get us through these tragic circumstances.
In deep sadness, Christine Day
SOURCE: TBD
Montgomery County detectives have obtained surveillance video from nearby businesses and will try to identify the suspects. Lululemon Athletica remains closed today as mourners continue to place flowers outside the store's front.
Christine Day, CEO of Lululemon Athletica, Inc., issued the following statement:
We are devastated by the tragic events at our Bethesda store. We are focused on providing support to those that are most immediately impacted by this tragedy, and we know that you all feel the loss as well. Thanks to all of you for your outreach to support the stores and the people impacted. It is the outpouring of love and concern that will get us through these tragic circumstances.
In deep sadness, Christine Day
SOURCE: TBD
MCPS budget for 2011-2012 will require job cuts, increased class sizes
MCPS superintendent Jerry Weast sent an e-mail to county teachers March 4 discussing the most recent budget changes for the next school year, which could potentially save a total of $45,139,860. In the e-mail, Weast detailed the possible job cuts and ways to reduce the number of teaching jobs. Possible actions include increases in class size, reductions of media and security assistants and reduced funding for high school athletics.
“I want to be clear that while we hope that we will not have to make any of these reductions, we must deal with the reality of the situation before us and provide staff and principals ample opportunity to make plans and adjustments,” Weast wrote.
An increase in class size — one student per class at elementary and middle schools and .4 at high schools — would result in the elimination of 168.4 teacher positions. There is also a possibility that 9.75 of the 58.3 composition assistant positions in high schools will be cut, according to Weast’s e-mail. Not only will teachers be directly affected but consequently students as well, due to an elimination of three percent increase for inflation for textbooks and instructional materials.
For high school students participating in after-school activities, the after-school buses will also be eliminated, requiring those students to arrange their own transportation home. SOURCE: Black & White
“I want to be clear that while we hope that we will not have to make any of these reductions, we must deal with the reality of the situation before us and provide staff and principals ample opportunity to make plans and adjustments,” Weast wrote.
An increase in class size — one student per class at elementary and middle schools and .4 at high schools — would result in the elimination of 168.4 teacher positions. There is also a possibility that 9.75 of the 58.3 composition assistant positions in high schools will be cut, according to Weast’s e-mail. Not only will teachers be directly affected but consequently students as well, due to an elimination of three percent increase for inflation for textbooks and instructional materials.
For high school students participating in after-school activities, the after-school buses will also be eliminated, requiring those students to arrange their own transportation home. SOURCE: Black & White
March 13, 2011
MORE on Bethesda murder of Jayna Troxel
After spending most of the day at the store, police released the identity of the slain worker, Jayna Troxel Murray of Arlington, Va. Her killing was the second workplace homicide this year in Bethesda, a rarity in the upscale area. A worker at Suburban Hospital was killed New Year's Day and a colleague is under arrest on murder charges.
On Saturday morning, the worker arriving found the door unlocked, items out of place and a murmur coming from the back of the store, according to police.
Officers, who arrived at 8:12 a.m., found the women. The 27-year-old woman who survived was hospitalized. Her identity has not been released. Police said one of the robbers was about 6-feet tall and the other about 5-feet-3-inches. They are asking for witnesses or others with information to come forward. SOURCE: Gazette
On Saturday morning, the worker arriving found the door unlocked, items out of place and a murmur coming from the back of the store, according to police.
Officers, who arrived at 8:12 a.m., found the women. The 27-year-old woman who survived was hospitalized. Her identity has not been released. Police said one of the robbers was about 6-feet tall and the other about 5-feet-3-inches. They are asking for witnesses or others with information to come forward. SOURCE: Gazette
Woman killed, another sexually assaulted at Bethesda Lululemon store
Two men wearing masks and gloves entered an upscale yoga clothing store in downtown Bethesda after closing hours this weekend, killed a worker and sexually assaulted another, officials said Saturday. Detectives think the attack began as a robbery about 10 p.m. Friday along the high-end Bethesda Row shopping district.
The assault victim, who is expected to survive, was found bound in the back of the store Saturday morning. She was hospitalized and has been talking with detectives.
Police declined to say how the homicide victim, identified as 30-year-old Jayna T. Murray, of Arlington, was killed. But law enforcement sources confirmed a horrific, bloody scene inside Lululemon Athletica, part of a chain of stores that began popping up across the country a few years ago. The stores sell yoga and sports clothing and are designed to give shoppers a sense of calm. Violent crime is exceedingly rare in Bethesda’s central business district; law enforcement and government officials couldn’t recall a recent homicide.
“We’re all stunned. No one can remember another murder in the last 20 years,” said Ken Hartman, director of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, a government office for the area.
The Bethesda store sits between the Papery, a stationery store, and an Apple retail store that has been buzzing this weekend with its hot new product, the iPad 2. It was unclear how long the assailants were inside the store.
The two victims had closed the store at 9 p.m. Friday and left a short time later, police said. One of them realized that she had left something behind and didn’t have the means to get back inside, police said. She called her co-worker, who met her at the store and let her inside, leaving the door unlocked.
Detectives think that the men — dressed all in black with faces and hands covered — entered a short time later, police said. Because the intruders were covered, police have come up with only limited descriptions, with one being 6 feet tall and the other a little over 5-foot-3, police said.
On Saturday morning, a female worker arrived to open the store, according to a police spokesman. She heard a faint noise in the back of the store, retreated and called a man who was outside to come into the store, police said. This man went farther into the store and saw what he thought were two bodies in the back of the store. Police were called.
“Detectives do believe this started out to be a robbery,” said Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County police spokesman. SOURCE: Washington Post
The assault victim, who is expected to survive, was found bound in the back of the store Saturday morning. She was hospitalized and has been talking with detectives.
Police declined to say how the homicide victim, identified as 30-year-old Jayna T. Murray, of Arlington, was killed. But law enforcement sources confirmed a horrific, bloody scene inside Lululemon Athletica, part of a chain of stores that began popping up across the country a few years ago. The stores sell yoga and sports clothing and are designed to give shoppers a sense of calm. Violent crime is exceedingly rare in Bethesda’s central business district; law enforcement and government officials couldn’t recall a recent homicide.
“We’re all stunned. No one can remember another murder in the last 20 years,” said Ken Hartman, director of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, a government office for the area.
The Bethesda store sits between the Papery, a stationery store, and an Apple retail store that has been buzzing this weekend with its hot new product, the iPad 2. It was unclear how long the assailants were inside the store.
The two victims had closed the store at 9 p.m. Friday and left a short time later, police said. One of them realized that she had left something behind and didn’t have the means to get back inside, police said. She called her co-worker, who met her at the store and let her inside, leaving the door unlocked.
Detectives think that the men — dressed all in black with faces and hands covered — entered a short time later, police said. Because the intruders were covered, police have come up with only limited descriptions, with one being 6 feet tall and the other a little over 5-foot-3, police said.
On Saturday morning, a female worker arrived to open the store, according to a police spokesman. She heard a faint noise in the back of the store, retreated and called a man who was outside to come into the store, police said. This man went farther into the store and saw what he thought were two bodies in the back of the store. Police were called.
“Detectives do believe this started out to be a robbery,” said Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County police spokesman. SOURCE: Washington Post
March 12, 2011
Bethesda Spring
Forgive me, Mark, for only posting this now, though my blog has been behind for a while. But oh do I Iove flowers and dear friends who share them!
March 11, 2011
Maryland House kills same-sex marriage bill for this year
The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to effectively kill for this year a bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage in the state. The House approved on voice vote a motion to send the bill back to the Judiciary Committee, an acknowledgment by supporters that it did not have sufficient votes to pass on the floor.
The bill cleared the Senate two weeks ago on a 25-to-21 vote, and Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) had pledged to sign it.
Advocates for the bill had hoped Maryland would join five other states and the District in allowing same-sex marriages. The bill had significant momentum coming out of the Senate but ran into resistance in the Democratic-led House from African-American lawmakers from Prince George's County, who cited religious opposition in their districts, and conservative Democrats in Southern Maryland and the Baltimore suburbs.
O'Malley said he's "disappointed" by the decision. He said he expected the issue to ultimately be decided by voters and had hoped it would move forward to that end Friday. SOURCE: Washington Post
The bill cleared the Senate two weeks ago on a 25-to-21 vote, and Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) had pledged to sign it.
Advocates for the bill had hoped Maryland would join five other states and the District in allowing same-sex marriages. The bill had significant momentum coming out of the Senate but ran into resistance in the Democratic-led House from African-American lawmakers from Prince George's County, who cited religious opposition in their districts, and conservative Democrats in Southern Maryland and the Baltimore suburbs.
O'Malley said he's "disappointed" by the decision. He said he expected the issue to ultimately be decided by voters and had hoped it would move forward to that end Friday. SOURCE: Washington Post
Facing $300M shortfall, schools & county continue to fight
Less than a year after pledging to improve communication, Montgomery County's Board of Education and its funding authority, the County Council, are fighting again over education spending. Last week, the school board asked the state to step in to protect its $2.1 billion budget. And on Thursday, Council President Valerie Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring sent the board a letter asking it to withdraw the state petition and concede that the council has the authority to cut education spending.
"The council will vigorously defend its authority and responsibility under the Charter to balance the county operating budget equitably between the public schools and other vital services," Ervin said in the letter to Board of Education President Christopher S. Barclay (Dist. 4) of Takoma Park.
Last year, the school board threatened to sue the county over possible cuts to its budget, using the same legal argument it cited in its March 2 memo to the state Board of Education.
In that memo, attorneys for the county school board requested that the state board advise the County Council that it cannot fund the school system below a state-imposed standard — the maintenance of effort. The county board also requests that the state board force the council to approve the level of school funding included in County Executive Isiah Leggett's (D) budget, which he will release Tuesday.
Leggett has said the county cannot afford to fund the school system at maintenance-of-effort levels in his proposed fiscal 2012 budget. Montgomery County is facing a $300 million budget shortfall. Maintenance of effort requires counties to fund their public schools at the same per-pupil level as the previous year, in order to receive increases in state aid for those schools.
"It's not helpful when one agency in effect sues another," said Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg, comparing the school board's recent petition to last year's lawsuit. SOURCE: Gazette
"The council will vigorously defend its authority and responsibility under the Charter to balance the county operating budget equitably between the public schools and other vital services," Ervin said in the letter to Board of Education President Christopher S. Barclay (Dist. 4) of Takoma Park.
Last year, the school board threatened to sue the county over possible cuts to its budget, using the same legal argument it cited in its March 2 memo to the state Board of Education.
In that memo, attorneys for the county school board requested that the state board advise the County Council that it cannot fund the school system below a state-imposed standard — the maintenance of effort. The county board also requests that the state board force the council to approve the level of school funding included in County Executive Isiah Leggett's (D) budget, which he will release Tuesday.
Leggett has said the county cannot afford to fund the school system at maintenance-of-effort levels in his proposed fiscal 2012 budget. Montgomery County is facing a $300 million budget shortfall. Maintenance of effort requires counties to fund their public schools at the same per-pupil level as the previous year, in order to receive increases in state aid for those schools.
"It's not helpful when one agency in effect sues another," said Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg, comparing the school board's recent petition to last year's lawsuit. SOURCE: Gazette
Weaton Couple given 45 years in murder
Their plan was as twisted as it was tragic: I'll invite my ex-boyfriend over for sex; you jump out from behind a tree with an ice pick. The killing - delivered with five blows to the back, eight to the chest - led a Montgomery County judge on Thursday to sentence a husband and wife each to 45 years in prison.
"Let me ask you a question, if I can," Judge Joseph Dugan said to the husband, Moises Rodriguez, probing for some kind of explanation. "How did you get past the fact that you were going to take the life of a good, hardworking man that had a little girl that needed a daddy? When you were hiding behind that tree, about to do what you did, did you not think of any of that stuff?"
Rodriguez, who turns 21 Friday, told the judge he was manipulated by his wife, 23, and that he wanted only to hurt the ex-boyfriend, not kill him. If so, Dugan asked, why not stop after the first strike? "You could have gone, 'My God, I just put an ice pick in this guy,' " the judge said. SOURCE: Washington Post
"Let me ask you a question, if I can," Judge Joseph Dugan said to the husband, Moises Rodriguez, probing for some kind of explanation. "How did you get past the fact that you were going to take the life of a good, hardworking man that had a little girl that needed a daddy? When you were hiding behind that tree, about to do what you did, did you not think of any of that stuff?"
Rodriguez, who turns 21 Friday, told the judge he was manipulated by his wife, 23, and that he wanted only to hurt the ex-boyfriend, not kill him. If so, Dugan asked, why not stop after the first strike? "You could have gone, 'My God, I just put an ice pick in this guy,' " the judge said. SOURCE: Washington Post
Leggett spends $160k for longtime political ally
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett's office is spending nearly $160,000 annually on salary and benefits for a longtime political ally and former County Council member to head a commission that meets four times a year.
Budget documents reviewed by The Washington Examiner show that the county is doling out $158,464 in compensation to Michael Subin, executive director of the county's Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, which is tasked with "coordinating communication" among Montgomery's law enforcement agencies. Subin sat on the County Council with Leggett 25 years ago and has remained a steadfast supporter of the suburb's top elected official since leaving the body after two decades.
Leggett has rejected calls to eliminate the position even though the panel is not required to issue a single report in a given year and although the post formerly was filled by county workers with other responsibilities -- and the county faces a gaping hole in next fiscal year's budget.
"The additional loss of another position would further compromise my staff's ability to fulfill the mission of the county executive's office," Leggett wrote in a memo. "The executive director position must be a high-level, appointed position, directly representing the county executive." SOURCE: Washington Examiner
Budget documents reviewed by The Washington Examiner show that the county is doling out $158,464 in compensation to Michael Subin, executive director of the county's Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, which is tasked with "coordinating communication" among Montgomery's law enforcement agencies. Subin sat on the County Council with Leggett 25 years ago and has remained a steadfast supporter of the suburb's top elected official since leaving the body after two decades.
Leggett has rejected calls to eliminate the position even though the panel is not required to issue a single report in a given year and although the post formerly was filled by county workers with other responsibilities -- and the county faces a gaping hole in next fiscal year's budget.
"The additional loss of another position would further compromise my staff's ability to fulfill the mission of the county executive's office," Leggett wrote in a memo. "The executive director position must be a high-level, appointed position, directly representing the county executive." SOURCE: Washington Examiner
March 6, 2011
Vote delayed on panhandling
Montgomery County's delegation in Annapolis delayed a vote today on legislation that would allow the county to require panhandlers and others to have a permit to solicit money at intersections. The delegation is expected to vote on the bill March 11.
At issue is whether the delegation will include an amendment allowing the council to implement either the permitting system or an outright ban on roadside solicitation. The County Council favors a ban, while County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) is seeking a permitting system for beggars and those who sell items or raise money for charity through roadside solicitation. Both have said the practice is unsafe.
Del. C. William Frick (D-Dist. 16) of Bethesda proposed the delay, known as "special ordering" the bill, saying that he wanted to wait for Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D-Dist. 14) of Burtonsville before taking a vote. SOURCE: Gazette
At issue is whether the delegation will include an amendment allowing the council to implement either the permitting system or an outright ban on roadside solicitation. The County Council favors a ban, while County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) is seeking a permitting system for beggars and those who sell items or raise money for charity through roadside solicitation. Both have said the practice is unsafe.
Del. C. William Frick (D-Dist. 16) of Bethesda proposed the delay, known as "special ordering" the bill, saying that he wanted to wait for Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D-Dist. 14) of Burtonsville before taking a vote. SOURCE: Gazette
February 24, 2011
'Jeopardy!' FAIL: What Is Pussy Furry? (VIDEO)
This is just funny.
The answer was "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of ____ _____," and the correct response, "Kitty Galore." But that's not what one contestant came up with at the last minute. We don't know what "Pussy Furry" is, but we are definitely glad it isn't a children's movie. (Via BWE)
The answer was "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of ____ _____," and the correct response, "Kitty Galore." But that's not what one contestant came up with at the last minute. We don't know what "Pussy Furry" is, but we are definitely glad it isn't a children's movie. (Via BWE)
February 23, 2011
Registration for Chevy Chase Lake Community Design Workshop
The Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Community Design Workshop will be held at the Chevy Chase Library on March 12, 2011. The Workshop consists of six one-hour sessions starting between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Each session will accommodate a limited number of participants and pre-registration is required. To register, visit the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan website at http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/chevychaselake/
February 11, 2011
Montgomery County executive wants panhandling regulated
Rickey Garnes had been asking for spare change along Shady Grove Road for a little more than a year when he decided to try something different to encourage drivers to open their wallets. Garnes, 55, strapped a trash bag to his chest and a bright yellow vest that reads, "Curb Patrol." Garnes, who is homeless, allows drivers to hand him their trash — or throw their empty cups and food wrappers into his bag.
"Sometimes they have cash. Sometimes they have trash. Sometimes it's both," he said. "But if I have to be out here, I might as well be doing something constructive."
Garnes also cleans up trash near the median where he stands almost daily — at the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Md. 355 near the Rockville-Gaithersburg border. Now, Garnes says he is worried a proposal by County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) could harm what he considers his business or lead to a requirement that the money he collects be taxed. Montgomery County panhandlers such as Garnes would have to apply for permits to ask drivers for spare change under legislation Leggett is requesting from state lawmakers.
Leggett said panhandlers often stand in the median strip of county roads — which is allowed under county law — but that many approach drivers by walking into the street, which is not. In the county, panhandling is legal, but aggressive panhandling is not. Aggressive panhandling involves using verbal or physical threats when seeking donations. SOURCE: Gazette
"Sometimes they have cash. Sometimes they have trash. Sometimes it's both," he said. "But if I have to be out here, I might as well be doing something constructive."
Garnes also cleans up trash near the median where he stands almost daily — at the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Md. 355 near the Rockville-Gaithersburg border. Now, Garnes says he is worried a proposal by County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) could harm what he considers his business or lead to a requirement that the money he collects be taxed. Montgomery County panhandlers such as Garnes would have to apply for permits to ask drivers for spare change under legislation Leggett is requesting from state lawmakers.
Leggett said panhandlers often stand in the median strip of county roads — which is allowed under county law — but that many approach drivers by walking into the street, which is not. In the county, panhandling is legal, but aggressive panhandling is not. Aggressive panhandling involves using verbal or physical threats when seeking donations. SOURCE: Gazette
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