BOISE, Idaho—Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sex sting in an airport men’s room, Republican officials said Friday. [Washington Post]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Aug. 31—John William Warner, who entered the Senate 28 years ago best known for marrying actress Elizabeth Taylor and grew into an elder statesman and Republican maverick highly regarded for his expertise in defense matters, announced his retirement Friday. [Washington Post]

COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT PUT A TIME LIMIT ON THEIR DELIBERATIONS OF APPEAL

The remaining items in Roy Hancock’s “upstairs’ office” have been relocated to the commissioners’ wing - does this translate to permanent placement there?  Can Chuck Beall now remove the “Acting” from his title?

A recent article reported that the county seeks to short-circuit environmental review for the proposed extension of the cross-county connector [‘‘County seeks Cardin’s help with highway,” Aug. 1].
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Our commissioners would practice willful ignorance to proceed without an EIS. Will they accept personal responsibility for the loss of Mattawoman and the tourism dollars it generates? We don’t want to lose the living resources of Mattawoman because we ignored the significance of our actions.

In April 2000, an oil pipeline that starts in Piney Point ruptured at the Chalk Point Generating Plant at the southeast point in Prince George’s County, spilling 110,000 gallons into the Patuxent River. There has not been a leak since, pipeline officials from Mirant Mid-Atlantic LLC told the St. Mary’s County.

State and federal elected officials are promising to help La Plata gain approval for a railroad crossing the town needs to build a road that will run through a planned mixed-use development.

La Plata officials say they are wary of a proposal to build a shopping center on Oriole Lane off U.S. 301 because the complex would require a traffic signal in an already congested area along the highway. [Maryland Independent]

The Community Foundation of Charles County, a nonprofit charitable organization, continues to move ahead with plans to better serve the area’s residents in six areas the group deems crucial.

One of the first orders of business is completing a countywide needs assessment study.

Wednesday, Sept. 5

The Maryland Transportation Authority has approached King George County, Va., officials about using eight acres of waterfront parkland for an expansion of the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge in Newburg.

As part of its ongoing study of options for expanding the bridge’s capacity, the MdTA sent a letter July 17 to King George County’s parks department asking if parks officials knew of any reason why the park could not be used for the landing of a second bridge span.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has already had to forgo one potential running mate — her husband.

Asked by talk-show host David Letterman if Bill Clinton could serve as her vice president should she be elected to the White House, the former first lady acknowledged that he could not.

A minister married two men outside his Iowa home Friday morning, sealing the state’s first legal same-sex wedding. Less than 24 hours earlier, a judge had thrown out Iowa’s ban on gay marriage.

....to open this morning’s Indy and not find one mention of the Cooper/PSC thing that Anna Dailey and Heather Bartlett reported on in the Bay Net earlier this week.

It’s no secret that professional journalists don’t have very high opinions of bloggers, and for that I suppose they could be forgiven for the snub, or should I say oversight. However, imho, I feel it was a newsworty event, if for no other reason it is indicative of the way the Cooper administration continues to operate (read that as lies and deceit).

Related threads:

Commissioners Passive About Morgantown Plant Expansion

Commissioner Misleading About County Involvement

Which version is accurate?

Here is the truth in black and white…

CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Superintendent James E. Richmond and his leadership staff boarded school buses on Monday for the first day of classes. [The Bay Net]