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Local Editorial: High taxes real cause of Maryland job losses
Examiner Editorial
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Beset by scandals in Washington, a beleaguered President Obama escaped to Baltimore last Friday for the second stop on his Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour. Joined by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Obama visited a manufacturing plant and a school to tout his support for the middle class....
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Local Editorial: Some tolls are taxes, Portsmouth judge rules
Examiner Editorial
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
A Portsmouth judge's recent ruling in a case involving Virginia's Public-Private Transportation Act has sent shock waves through the commonwealth and the financial markets, as well it should. Members of the General Assembly have been hiding behind the PPTA by allowing unaccountable bureaucrats...
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Local Editorial: Do 'Right by Ike' with scaled-down memorial
Examiner Editorial
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
It's been 14 years since Congress authorized $63 million for a fitting memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II and the nation's 34th president. It's been four years since architect Frank Gehry submitted his controversial design and three years...
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Local Editorial: Reducing private placements is just the first step
Examiner Editorial
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
DC Public Schools has been struggling for years to reduce the amount it spends annually on private school placements for special education students who cannot get their academic needs met in the public system. The focus is now on the main underlying factor:Too many District children are being...
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Local Editorial: Council needs even tougher 'gotcha' rules
Examiner Editorial
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Downplaying the D.C. Council's financial disclosure requirements as a bunch of "gotcha" rules, Councilman Jack Evans wants them reviewed and amended even though they've been in effect for less than a year. Evans was particularly dismissive of the rule requiring council members to report any free...
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Local Editorial: Competition is only 'problem' posed by food trucks
Examiner Editorial
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
"What problems are D.C.'s new food truck regulations trying to solve?" Slate blogger Matthew Yglesias wondered in March. Months later, the D.C. Council is still struggling to answer that basic question while it considers the fourth draft of regulations that would impose parking and other...
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Local Editorial: Fairfax County Public Schools need outside audit
Examiner Editorial
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
More than half of all Fairfax County's expenditures will be spent on its public school system next year, but even that's apparently not enough. School Board members learned earlier this month that there's a $30 million budget gap for FY 2014, which will widen to $130 million in 2015. County...
