While it might take decades to meet Baywide water quality goals, people could see a substantially better Chesapeake much sooner — in fact, they are already seeing it. Last year, the Bay’s underwater grass beds exceeded 100,000 acres, a level not reached in decades.Their resurgence demonstrates results from decades of often slow but steady work. But reaching goals for water clarity and oxygen concentrations throughout the Bay will be difficult.
The root cause of the murder, assaults, bullying, and intimidation that now defines Baltimore and most of Maryland is fatherlessness. You could put a major dent in drug trafficking, police misconduct and misbehavior and poverty — none of which is likely — and all you would do is somewhat lessen the numbers of illegal acts and slightly improve the quality of life.
The Baltimore Sun endorses Gov. Larry Hogan’s re-election; Agriculture and stormwater runoff has always been problematic for the health of the Chesapeake Bay, but Pennsylvania’s contributions have been more difficult to deal with; Gov. Hogan, rival Ben Jealous work to get their early voters to the polls; Washington County sees a slight drop in Democratic voters, a rise in Republicans and independents; Frederick County state Senate candidates split on funding development projects; Baltimore County voters to face 15 ballot questions; and Prince George’s Council OKs public campaign financing plan.
Across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, controlling runoff from agriculture and stormwater has proven difficult for decades. Nowhere is the problem greater than in Pennsylvania, which has more of both than any other state in the Bay region — and where efforts to control them are the farthest off track.
State orders medical marijuana dispensaries to stop selling one grower’s products; with new science, improved information and updated computer modeling, Chesapeake Bay partnership revises nutrient reduction goals for 2025; prepare for early voting; in the District 32 state Senate race, an experienced Democratic female lawmaker faces off against a sometimes shoot-from-the lip male Republican; Amie Hoeber outlines views on state, federal issues as she runs for the 6th U.S. Congressional District seat; Arundel County exec candidate Pittman asks ethics board to reconsider his complaint against incumbent Schuh; pro-Nancy Floreen Super PAC, founded by a developer, raises almost $300,000 in Montgomery County race; and Howard County Council considers legislation requiring electric vehicle charging stations in new residential construction.
The state-federal Chesapeake Bay Program partnership recently revised its nutrient reduction goals for 2025 based on improved information, new science and updated computer modeling. States are updating their cleanup plans to address the revised goals.
UM football fails to see the promised return of joining the Big Ten Conference, and with Jordan McNair’s death, it falters more; Laurel likely to be home of the Preakness; in Part 1 of a series, the Chesapeake Bay is cleaner, but it misses targets; Maryland Republicans mount effort to break Dem supermajority in the state Senate; rappers channel Ben Jealous, Larry Hogan; Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh appeals drug pricing ruling; a Baltimore County Council hopeful faces questions over 2007 police report; just one incumbent remains on as candidate for Arundel council; and a sheriff’s deputy kills a Calvert commissioner candidate’s emu.
As the Chesapeake Bay region enters what was supposed to be the final stretch of a decades-long effort to clean up the nation’s largest estuary, it — once again — faces a cleanup goal it appears likely to be missed. Progress has been made — and Bay water quality has improved — but the region is significantly off track to meet its 2025 cleanup goals.
Hate and bias incidents rose 35% in 2017 over 2016; three new plaintiffs join class action suit against UMBC, Baltimore County police and prosecutor over mishandling of rape reports; House Dems say emails show President Trump intervened on FBI HQ decision; Purple Line night tunneling causing sleep disruption for a number of Silver Spring residents; Maryland’s ‘blue wave’ looking more like a bump; Dem Jesse Colvin takes on U.S. Rep. Andy Harris in a debate; poll says Steuart Pittman gaining on incumbent Arundel County exec Steve Schuh; Realtors group backs Marc Elrich for Montgomery County exec; Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer misses significant time to campaign for Baltimore County exec; and members of Baltimore City Community Relations Commission seek reinstatement of state Sen. Jill Carter as head of city civil rights office.
An Oct. 17 article in the Maryland Reporter on Attorney General Brian Frosh asks: AG Frosh’s broad legal power: Partisanship or ‘long overdue’? The correct option, though unstated, is: “unconstitutional.”
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