Editorial: Fracking study is wise course
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 22, 2012
Tags: drilling, Editorial, fracking, house of delegates, marcellus shale, natural gas, study, western maryland
The House of Delegates acted wisely this week in approving legislation that would require energy companies to pay to pay for environmental safety studies before drilling into the Marcellus Shale beneath Western Maryland in their search for natural gas. Under terms of the bill, approved 88-49, the companies would pay a one-time fee of $15 [...]
Editorial: Improvidence is not an explanation
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 22, 2012
Tags: decision, Editorial, improvidence, Judges, lawyers, maryland court of appeals, mistakes
Comments: 3
We all make mistakes. Admitting them is a good first step. But when the state’s highest court makes a mistake, admitting it is not enough. As The Daily Record’s Steve Lash reported this week, the Maryland Court of Appeals has owned up to 12 mistakes in the last 12 months. That’s how many cases it [...]
Editorial: One step closer to convention center expansion
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 15, 2012
Tags: arena, Baltimore, convention center, expansion, Greater Baltimore Committee, maryland, O'Malley
Comments: 1
A feasibility study has found that the proposed expansion of the Baltimore Convention Center plus a new arena and hotel could increase annual direct spending by as much as $181.6 million in the city and support as many as 3,100 new jobs. The conclusions of that study should easily convince the General Assembly to take [...]
Editorial: Progress at Harborplace
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 8, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Development, Editorial, harborplace, light street pavillion, maryland, progress
There are encouraging signs of renewal amid the noise and sawdust at Harborplace, the Baltimore waterfront’s aging, iconic centerpiece that turns 32 years old this summer. While the extreme makeover is still a work in progress and some current tenants have closed temporarily because of the renovations, Harborplace officials say they are on schedule to [...]
Editorial: A distinguished career for BDC’s ‘Jay’ Brodie
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 1, 2012
Tags: baltimore development corp., BDC, Editorial, jay brodie, maryland, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake
The retirement of M.J. “Jay” Brodie as president of the Baltimore Development Corp. marks the end of an era. Mr. Brodie, 75, is stepping down after 16 years as head of Baltimore’s quasi-public economic development agency. His previous service for the city included a 15-year stint as housing commissioner. During his tenure at the BDC, [...]
Editorial: Cyber center is needed boost
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 1, 2012
Tags: cyber center, Editorial, jobs, maryland, National Cyber Center of Excellence for Cyber Security in Montgomery County, national institute of standards and technology, O'Malley, sen. barbara mikulski, Technology
Maryland has taken another step toward its goal of establishing itself as a national focal point of cyber security activity with the announcement of plans to create the National Cyber Center of Excellence for Cyber Security in Montgomery County. Sen. Barbara Mikulski snared $10 million in federal funds for the project, which will be developed [...]
Editorial: Currie censure falls short
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 23, 2012
Tags: censure, Editorial, joint committee on legislative ethics, maryland, Maryland Common Cause Executive Director Susan Wichmann, Sen. Ulysses Currie, senate, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.
Comments: 2
The state Senate has labored mightily and slapped one of its own on the wrist. By a unanimous vote, the Senate censured Sen. Ulysses Currie, D-Prince George’s, last Friday for ethics violations in connection with his failure to disclose work performed for a grocery store chain that brought him about $250,000. It was the Senate’s [...]
Editorial: Moving forward on foreclosure
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 16, 2012
Tags: Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, Editorial, foreclosure, housing, JPMorgan Chase, market, maryland, mortgage, Settlement, u.s. attorney general eric h. holder jr
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler took the right step by joining 48 other states in accepting the $26 billion out-of-court settlement with five of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders regarding some of the dubious foreclosure methods they employed during the country’s mortgage crisis. Maryland’s nearly $1 billion share of the settlement – enough to help [...]
Editorial: Time to review development incentives
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 9, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Constellation Energy Group, development incentives, Editorial, Exelon Corp., Harbor Point, headquarters, maryland
The dynamics of the decision by Exelon Corp. to build its $120 million Baltimore headquarters for Constellation Energy Group at Harbor Point instead in the core of the central business district illustrate the need for a comprehensive review of the city’s policies for using publicly financed tax breaks to stimulate private development. Exelon listed its [...]
Editorial: Upping the ante for tech transfer
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 2, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, economic growth, Editorial, Education, Gov. Martin O’Malley, initiative, Johns Hopkins, legislation, maryland, morgan state, O'Malley, Patrick J. Hogan, tech transfer, Technology, university, University of Maryland, University System of Maryland
Comments: 1
The issue is called technology transfer, and it has not been one of Maryland’s strengths. For all of the state’s success in attracting research dollars to an array of universities and institutions with world-class experts and facilities, it has not matched that success in spinning off commercial ventures from that research to generate jobs and [...]
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