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Maryland's clash of the bag-tax proposals
On the surface, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett's proposal to institute a tax on single-use shopping bags sounds a whole lot like the one that we've grown so accustomed to inside the ol' D. of C. It's the same...
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Aaron Morrissey
| March 7, 2011; 5:40 PM ET |
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Bethesda braces for a BRAC traffic nightmare
On Sept. 15, the gates will open at the new Walter Reed Medical Center on the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. But will anyone be able to get there?The new Walter Reed sits in the heart...
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Patrick L. O’Neil, Bethesda
| February 19, 2011; 10:30 PM ET |
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Why the word 'marriage' matters
At my wife’s brother’s wedding in July, my wife’s aunt and I talked about our weddings. We compared minor disasters (bad directions to the church, no-show caterers), and she asked what surprised me most. I paused. “The minister’s homily was...
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Jane Rigby, Silver Spring
| February 12, 2011; 9:29 PM ET |
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A strong advocate for Montgomery consumers
I was delighted to see the Feb. 6 Metro article "Dedicated friends of consumer protection," about the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection. May I add a bit of praise? Two or three years ago, I had a problem reaching...
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Abby Thomas, Silver Spring
| February 9, 2011; 7:08 PM ET |
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Don't scapegoat Pepco
I must side with Pepco regarding power outages during the recent snowstorm. There were trees and limbs down everywhere. On Arcola Avenue in Wheaton, it seemed as if every tree had at least a limb broken off. Many whole trees were down. Pepco did not plant these...
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Sheldon Cheney, Keedysville, Md.
| February 8, 2011; 1:46 PM ET |
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How the ICC will change Maryland
The first phase of Maryland's newest superhighway, the Intercounty Connector, will open to traffic on Feb. 22, running between Gaithersburg and Georgia Avenue. Once that happens, Montgomery County will never quite be the same. On one hand, it's clear...
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Dan Malouff
| February 8, 2011; 11:26 AM ET |
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