From Frederick News Post
It may be time for the debate to begin once again on term limits for our members of Congress.
What has become painfully apparent is that the check voters provide each election year — i.e., voting the bums in or out — is no longer adequate. The system is broken and stacked against [...]
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March 8th, 2010 by Howard Rich
From My South End
Massachusetts is one of a handful of states that has taken no action to restrain eminent domain-the government’s ability to seize property rights with due monetary compensation but without the owner’s consent-after the Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision finding eminent domain for private use constitutional. It seems self-evident that forcibly taking property [...]
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March 8th, 2010 by Howard Rich
From The Tulsa Beacon
A House committee passed legislation that would restrict the inappropriate use of eminent domain while protecting all legitimate uses.
House Bill 3053, by state Rep. Pat Ownbey, would force agencies to declare unused land surplus and offer to resell it to the original owner after 10 years. The legislation also strengthens notification requirements [...]
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March 4th, 2010 by Howard Rich
Seeking to capitalize on the righteous indignation voters are feeling toward President Barack Obama and his Congressional allies, a group of Republican politicians is dusting off an old playbook.
Led by former GOP Speaker Newt Gingrich – Washington’s preeminent “Reformer in Name Only” – this group’s plan is to bring back the “Contract with America,” the [...]
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March 3rd, 2010 by Howard Rich
From The Post and Courier
In the 14 years since South Carolina’s charter school law was passed, the number of charter schools stands at 37. It would have been more had state law and local school districts been more accommodating to their creation.
It is time for the Legislature to make adjustments to the law that ensure [...]
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March 2nd, 2010 by Howard Rich
From Delmarva media
After meeting with Maryland Delegates Jim Mathias and Norm Conway, I can understand how people get frustrated with government.
There’s so much going on with a system that tries to be everything to everybody, and has its hand in every endeavor and pocket.
It’s time for term limits. The founding fathers didn’t write them into [...]
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February 26th, 2010 by Howard Rich