Recent content by Curious99

George Will sums it up... "So, to vote against his party’s cowering congressional caucuses is to affirm the nation’s honor while quarantining him. A Democratic-controlled Congress would be a basket of deplorables, but there would be enough Republicans to gum up the Senate’s machinery, keeping...

Curtis Homes is proposing to add 80 condos to the 360 homes already approved for Woods at Myrtle point on Patuxent Boulevard. They were turned down at the Planning Commission (a rare event) and have appealed to the Board Of Appeals which is even more pro-development than the Planning Commission...

A wealthy CEO, a Tea Party Republican, an immigrant and a poor person were sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a dozen cookies. The CEO grabs 11 of the cookies and leans over to the Tea Party guy and says: “ You had better watch those guys, they’re after your cookie.“

Cost of energy The market price of energy doesn’t nearly capture all the costs to society of fossil fuel use. “Air pollution is linked to an increased risk of preterm birth, and the consequences may be costing the United States more than $4 billion a year, a new study estimates.”...

Interesting thread and I’ve heard similar stories about West Marine and Best Buy reducing costs with wholesale firing and rehiring at lower rates. The media is full of stories about stagnant fortunes for the middle class.

https://www.bowie-jensen.com/2013/09/breaking-down-the-rain-tax/ St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles were never subject to the state tax and the areas that were, implemented it in a lot of different ways. Over 2000 jurisdictions in the United States, including these 10 specific jurisdictions in...

Tidal cove off Patuxent River choked with WAMP muddy run off

Sediment starts to settle out in a few hours

Mud to Patuxent River from development

Patuxent River tributary with muddy run off, Mill Cove

Muddy Water on to Patuxent River

Woods at Myrtle Point - Mud under the silt fence on to Patuxent River

1. Wind turbine blades kill bald and golden eagles by the thousands. Thanks to new legislation, they will be able to do so legally. You can probably add ospreys as well. (That should rid us of those pesky little national symbols.) 2. Wind turbine blades produce a low frequency beating that can...

Yea, I guess the Leonardtown crowd figured the residents would sprout wings or own teleporters by now. The initial approvals for WW and Woods at Myrtle Point were made decades ago but the various phases have to be approved by the Planning Commission (a rubber stamp process) and individual...

WW has got permits for another 1,000 homes or so. Get used to slower traffic because that’s what people want; at least that’s what they vote for.