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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Sequestration Cuts Could Hit Prince George's Hard

Graphs break down number of federal employees in each Maryland county

The numbers here show the federal employees in Maryland by county in 2012, according to the latest figures from Eye on Washington, a DC-based lobbying firm that tracks federal employment. It compiles the data from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employment Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While much has been made written on how the current sequestration battle in Washington could affect the national economy, these numbers are meant to give readers a sense of the sequestration at the local level. Here in the Washington, DC region, county officials, including Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker, have urged congressional leaders to come to compromise on the sequester. No one knows for certain what the …

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Maryland County Execs Fear Sequester Effects

Prince George's, Montgomery, Howard County officials say federal spending cuts would wreak havoc on local economy.

Ranking officials in Prince George's, Montgomery and Howard County are urging Congress to come to a compromise that could avert steep cuts in federal spending—known as the sequester—set to go into effect on March 1.  “Sequestration would feel like a cold to most of the nation, but to [Prince George's County] and the rest of the Washington metropolitan area, it would feel like a bad case of pneumonia," read a statement attributed to Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker in a release issued by the county executives of Montgomery, Howard and Prince George's counties. "One-quarter of the federal workforce in this region are residents of Prince George's County, so many of them are eagerly awaiting a positive conclusion to this …

Joe Galvagna

10:11 am on Friday, March 1, 2013

Not so not so all lies from the left. Just hype to try to scare the working class. All Dems. lie to keep their jobs. Cut some of the free crap in County not raise taxes on working stuffs. I hate you leftwingers you are killing this country. Have you no consensus or self respect?   more ›

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