Thursday, April 18, 2013
Sentencing for the first-term Republican Councilman has been delayed until the end of the April.
UPDATE (3:51 p.m.)—Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff will have to wait until April 30 to learn his sentence after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. Huff pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement for the Feb. 23 arrest. In return, prosecutors agreed to drop all other charges. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Martin said he needs additional time to consider Huff's sentence. John Grason Turnbull III, Huff's defense attorney, is asking for probation before judgment. Chris Smith, a Harford County state's attorney assigned to prosecute the case, said probation before judgment is not appropriate in the case and is asking Martin for a sentence that could lead to the revocation of Huff's driver's license. Turnbull …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Councilman Todd Huff's request for a jury trial in Circuit Court raises concerns because of family connections and recent zoning decisions, according to a legal scholar.
Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said Wednesday he will seek a prosecutor from a neighboring jurisdiction to handle the drunken driving case against Councilman Todd Huff. Huff, who was arrested Feb. 23, has requested a jury trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court—a move that a legal scholar says raises concerns because of Huff's relationship with the family of Circuit Court Administrative Judge John Grason Turnbull II and a recent zoning decision related to property owned by the judge. Shellenberger Wednesday said his decision to ask a prosecutor from a neighboring jurisdiction to handle the case "is not common but it's not unusual either" when the case is politically charged. "The County Council decides the budget for…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Effects of shift would devestate county budgets, executives say. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz absent from Annapolis news conference.
Leaders of counties from around Maryland said a plan to shift part of the cost of teacher pensions from the state would have serious consequences for the budgets of local governments. Nearly two dozen leaders from counties around the state, all members of the Maryland Association of Counties, met in Annapolis on Wednesday to show their opposition to Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to shift to local governments. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, the immediate past president of the association, said counties such as his have already been hit with severe cuts in state aide over the last three years. "We gave at the office," said Ulman, a Democrat, adding that this issue affects every county in the state. "This puts a potential dangerous squeeze …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Proposed state budget would offset some costs but the county would still owe more than any other jurisdiction.
Baltimore County would be the biggest loser when it comes to the shifting of teacher pension costs to the state's 24 local jurisdictions under a budget proposal introduced today by Gov. Martin O'Malley. O'Malley's proposed fiscal year 2013 budget includes shifting $240 million in teacher pension costs to local governments. After accounting for more than $244 million in so-called offsets that O'Malley said would soften the blow, Baltimore County would still have to cover about $1.8 million in costs as a result, according to a Maryland Department of Budget and Management document released at the request of Patch. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, in an interview with WBAL radio, pegged the "hard costs" to Baltimore County at as much as $10…
Steve
2:13 am on Saturday, April 20, 2013
So once upon a time there was a Golf Pro. He had Retarded son that he wanted to make sure he was gainfully employed. So he pulled strings with the Baltimore County Police Force so they hired Buzztard. He spent 38 years riding a desk when he wasn't getting fired. That is pretty pathetic. more ›