From Harford County government: Harford County Executive David R. Craig issued the following statement regarding the tentative agreement between the Harford County Education Association (HCEA) and the Board of Education of Harford County regarding the County Executive’s one-time pay bonus for teachers: “I am pleased that the leadership of the Harford County Education Association and […]
Craig Proposes FY 2012 Budget with No Tax Increase; 3rd Consecutive Year Without Harford County Employee Raises
From Harford County government: Harford County Executive David R. Craig has announced his proposed budget for FY 2012. The budget keeps the county property tax rate at $1.042, which for the first time in the history of the County, falls below the Constant Yield Rate. “The FY 12 budget was crafted by adhering to sound […]
Contracted Increases for All Harford School Employees Total $15 Million for FY12 – Teachers’ Tentative Agreement Made Public
The Harford County Board of Education has signed tentative labor agreements providing 3% cost of living increases for all school employees next year, plus step and longevity raises for eligible workers, that together will cost $15,326,618 in FY12, according to Teri Kranefeld, manager of communications for HCPS. Representing the county’s 3,200 teachers, the Harford County […]
Harford 2010: The Dagger’s Top Ten Stories Of The Year
The year 2010 was defined and dominated from the get-go by politics. Not only was 2010 a local election year, but a rematch in the governor’s race and an energized TEA Party movement added fuel to the fire. The political outrage manifested itself as a protest against President Barack Obama’s policies in downtown Bel Air […]
Passaro: “…We Will Need the Help of the Tea Party to Stop the Rape of the Harford Tax Payer by the Sacred, Untouchable, Arrogant, and Unsupervised [Harford County Board of Education]”
From Tony Passaro: Citizens of Harford County – While I was distracted by the shenanigans in WD.C. this week by the Turn Coat RINOs selling us out in the SALT treaty, I almost missed the following action occurring right here in our own Harford County. It is almost impossible to imagine it but the Harford […]
No Bonus for Harford Schools Superintendent Tomback
In the same year that Harford County Public School employees flooded school board meetings to protest potential salary cuts and actual increases in their healthcare costs, Harford Schools Superintendent Robert M. Tomback will not receive a performance bonus for his first year on the job. Dr. Tomback’s four-year employment contract with the Harford County Board […]
Del. Norman: “I Pledge To Oppose Any Pay Raise Proposals This Session”
The following letter was received from the office of Delegate Wayne Norman: Our state is in a dire fiscal situation. That is the only way to describe our current budgetary shortfalls. The economy has hurt everyone, but the state doesn’t have a recession problem so much as a spending problem. The FY2010 budget allocated over […]