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Tony McConkey
April 3, 2012
County News, State News
2012 Special Session, anne arundel county, anne arundel county tax cap, district 33, ignoring voters, Property Tax Cap, Tony McConkey
The General Assembly ends soon. The confetti will fall at midnight on April 9th marking the end of another 90 day legislative session. Unfortunately Anne Arundel County will have little to celebrate. Just a week ago, the state legislature struck…
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Tony McConkey
March 12, 2012
State News
delegate tony mcconkey, district 33, Food Stamp Fraud, maryland dhr, maryland state delegate, Tony McConkey
Maryland is number one, again. For the second year in a row we lead the nation in food stamp fraud. Sep 2, 2015 – 51% Of Immigrant Households On Welfare – Exam Aug 31, 2015 – Maryland Welfare Benefits Better…
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Tony McConkey
December 27, 2011
State News
2012 Session, anne arundel county, delegate tony mcconkey, district 33, maryland general assembly, Tony McConkey
Annapolis is filling up. The 90 day annual 2012 session starts January 11th. The Governor, 47 Senators, and 141 Delegates are all prepping and preening in anticipation of the noon gavel signaling the start of the 432nd session of the…
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Tony McConkey
October 22, 2011
Uncategorized
anne arundel county, congressional redistricting, delegate tony mcconkey, district 33, maryland congressional redistricting, severna park, Tony McConkey
The Governor has called a “Special Session” for the General Assembly this month for the purpose of redrawing the boundary lines of Maryland’s 8 congressional districts in conformity with the 2010 Census. How those lines are drawn largely determines who…
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Tony McConkey
August 16, 2011
State News
delegate tony mcconkey, district 33, Illegal aliens, Maryland Dream Act, Referendum, Tony McConkey
The Maryland state law (SB167) granting illegal aliens discounted tuition to state colleges and universities is now officially suspended and is unlikely to ever take effect. With the certification by the State Board of Elections of sufficient petition signatures, the…
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Tony McConkey
June 15, 2011
State News
delegate tony mcconkey, district 33, higher ed benefits, Illegal aliens, maryland state delegate, Tony McConkey
On May 11, 2011, we witnessed great political irony. That morning, Governor O’Malley posed for pictures with hundreds of illegal aliens in the Governor’s Reception Room on the second floor of the State Capitol. Young immigrants with t-shirts celebrating the…
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Tony McConkey
May 10, 2010
Education News, Uncategorized
anne arundel county, anne arundel county education, Anne Arundel Delegation, district 33, maryland education, Tony McConkey
It is an election year, and politicians are anxious to share their ideas on “Education.” Few issues garner more excitement and emotion. No matter what else is happening in the world – war, recession, or crime, Maryland education issues are…
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Tony McConkey
April 14, 2010
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The biggest problem the State faced the 2010 Session was the looming $3 billion deficit. The state budget problems colored every discussion and every debate; unfortunately, the corrections to the state fiscal problems were again “postponed”
Tony McConkey
March 9, 2010
County News, State News
Chris Jones, Chris Jones Crofton, Christopher Jones, Crofton, Sarah Foxwell, Tony McConkey, two young deaths
Two tragic events dominated issues faced by the Judiciary Committee during the 2010 Legislative Session, the Christmas death of 11 year old Sarah Foxwell on the Eastern Shore by a convicted sex offender, and the May death of 14 year old Christopher Jones in Crofton by a gang of former schoolmates.