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On the article County, Volunteers of America Chesapeake Team Up with Plan for Homeless Center
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On the article Report: A Howard County Teen Suicide Inspires Anti-Bullying Bill
Michaelwritescode
10:19 am on Friday, April 12, 2013
Yeah bro. Cus bullying totally didn't happen back in 1950.
Oh wait. It did. Difference being schools had a policy of looking the other way.
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On the article Ray Rice to Appear in Columbia April 11
Michaelwritescode
3:44 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2013
ReplyNote: the flyer for this event claims "No autographs will be given"
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On the article Howard County Fatalities 10 Years After Iraq Invasion
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On the article 631 Weapons Sold at Howard County Gun Buyback Event
Michaelwritescode
5:19 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
When buybacks are done outside of cities I think removing firearms from family homes where a child could acquire them if an adult failed to be responsible is more so the target rather than removing them from "gang bangers".
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On the article Attorney for Wilde Lake Teen Responds to Rape Allegations
Michaelwritescode
10:31 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Being charged as an adult means his name is already released via public records pertaining to the case although I agree with your sentiment that internet articles will remain connected to a person's identity long after a verdict has been decided.
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On the article Columbia's Downtown Transformation
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On the article NWS Warns of Sleet and Snow Mix in Howard County Friday
Michaelwritescode
3:27 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
This is the same conversation that happens everywhere I've ever lived.
"It's just a little [snow][rain]! People around _______ don't know how to drive in the [snow][rain]. I am obviously the only person that understand how to drive in the [snow][rain] because I grew up in _______ where the only the strongest and most competent drivers are allowed to breed and pass along their driving prowess."
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On the article CA Examining Three Ways to Loop Lake Kittamaqundi Path
Michaelwritescode
3:03 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
@Paul
There exists a paved footbridge over route 29 that connects east and west Columbia although how much the bridge actually gets used is a bit of a matter of debate. The project Bridge Columbia is trying to lobby to get the bridge replaced with some fancy features but it seems like it has been passed over in favor of other downtown redevelopment efforts (or at least I haven't seen any news on Patch about it in a few months).
The path around the lake is largely unpaved once you get beyond the restaurants. Paving the loops would allow bikes to easily access the mall by taking a paved path on the eastern side of the river as well as making it safer due to increased foot trafffic. Right now it's mildly sketchy since you're kind of just walking down an isolated dead end path.
If you ask me the short bridge of plan 2 mimics the bridge in Centennial Park which is a nice little feature.
At least this is what I imagine to be the reasoning behind it.
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On the article Top Maryland Headlines: Gun Violence Rocks UMD, Charges in Body-in-Trunk Case, High School Senior Remembered
Michaelwritescode
5:45 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
ReplyGun lovers have the most ridiculous persecution complexes. Can't we just feel bad for the two young adults who are no longer with us? Instead the gun nut defense force has to turn each article about gun violence into a 100 comment thread making sure they don't get their poor feelings hurt.
Michaelwritescode
10:41 am on Monday, May 6, 2013
Minimum wage? It's difficult to find housing for yourself at the ~15k/year mark but if you throw in a dependent child or two it's pretty much impossible. At least by yourself you could afford to rent a room from a private homeowner for ~500-600 but that's nearly half your monthly paycheck.
Whether or not these people are the victims of circumstance or their own mistakes they still exists and just throwing them on the streets or forcing them to move to the worst parts of Baltimore aren't going to make things any better. Right now the problem in Howard County is rather small and I think efforts like this are in the interest of keeping it small.