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New PG Post 08.18.05 Vol.73#33 The Pri nce Ge orge’s Pos t A C OMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FOR PRINCE GEORGE ’S COUNTY Since 1932 Vol. 76, No. 49 December 4 — December 10, 2008 Prince George’s County, Maryland Newspaper of Record Phone: 301-627-0900 25 cents Cardin Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Retirement Savings Student Debt Recovery Act Would Place a Moratorium on Required Minimum Distributions Grows; Financial BY WRITER Grassley (R-IA), Senate HELP markets. It also will help reduce the Capital News Service Committee Chairman Edward real fear many retirees are feeling as Kennedy (D-MA) and Ranking they see their IRA balances go down Aid Application WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Member Mike Enzi (R-WY). It is sim - and down further.” Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), a mem - ilar to legislation then-Congressman Current law requires that seniors Rates Rise ber of the Senate Budget Committee, Cardin sponsored in 2005 while a who reach the age of 70 must begin to today voiced his support for the member of the House Ways and take a required minimum distribution Student Loans Were Worker, Retiree and Employer Means Committee. from their individual retirement Recovery Act of 2008 (S. 3361), “American seniors should not be accounts. Up Over Last Year which will protect the savings of penalized for our nation’s economic With the state of the financial mar - By ALLYSON DICKMAN downturn. Forcing seniors to take a kets, such mandatory cash-outs could America’s seniors with a one-year Capital News Service moratorium on the required minimum loss on their investments just because result in a loss of thousands of dollars they reached age 70, after they for up to 400,000 retirees in Maryland distributions (RMD) from individual WASHINGTON - worked hard all their life to save for who are over age 70. retirement accounts (IRAs). Already high student loan rates are going The legislation Senator Cardin is co- retirement, is simply unfair,” said In addition to critical modifications FILE PHOTO to go up even more because of the bad sponsoring was introduced by Finance Senator Cardin. “This bill will help Senator Benjamin L. Cardin economy, according to the Project on Committee Chairman Max Baucus secure seniors’ savings during such a (D-MD), Senate Budget Student Debt, a group focused on cost- (D-MT) and Ranking Member Chuck volatile time for worldwide financial See RECOVERY, Page A 3 Committee effective education. "Student debt was a big burden even before this economic downturn," said Edie Irons, communications director for The Project on Student Debt. "With Frank Kratovil unemployment on the rise ... and wages not keeping up with the costs, it's certain - Joins Capitol ly going to be that much harder for stu - dents graduating now to stay afloat." Crowd, Seeks In total dollars, student loans were up 17 percent over last year. Maryland saw Free Applications for Federal Student Aid Capital Ideas increase by 26,247 compared with last year. Nationally, almost 1.3 million more By CHRISTOPHER WEAVER FASFA's were submitted, according to the Capital News Service Information for Financial Aid Professionals Library, a government orga - WASHINGTON -Congressman- nization. elect Frank Kratovil stole a moment The nation's credit crunch will likely Thursday to corral his four young cause another increase. One-third of par - boys and chat with his wife, Kim, in ents are slowing college savings because the lobby of the Hyatt Regency, of declining home values and rising where new members are lodged. unemployment, leaving students with less After finally winning the drawn- money, according to a survey by TD out race for Maryland's 1st District Ameritrade Holding Corporation, an last week, the Kratovils plunged into PHOTO COURTESY Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's MetroAccess service for disabled passengers has improved. investment firm. Washington for a grueling week of The United States is losing 200,000 congressional orientation. Even Kim jobs per month, according to Jared Kratovil has attended "spouse" Disabled Transportation System Remains Troubled Bernstein, an economist at the Economic meetings, the new congressman Policy Institute. Graduates of all degree said, though, "We haven't even had MetroAccess is Inefficient and Frustrating for Users, Says Study time to talk about what it was about." Another thing Kratovil hasn't had By DAVID HILL switch to door-to-door service rather An 18-mile trip to work sometimes See DEBT, Page A 3 time for, he said, is to reflect on his Capital News Service than curb-to-curb. takes as long as two hours, he said. victory, and why he began the jour - The study by TranSystems Corp. "That's unconscionable," said ney to Congress in the first place. presented to the Metropolitan Snider, who is blind. "The drivers Over the next few weeks, before The Washington Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments often get lost. And even when we Kratovil is sworn into office on Jan. Area Transit Authority's found improvements in have other passengers on board, the Mandated Health 4, his to-dos include setting up an MetroAccess service for disabled MetroAccess' on-time performance drivers get doubly lost." office, vying for the best committee passengers has improved, but it for pick-ups from 91 percent in 2006 The lack of experienced drivers Insurance Would seats, planning a legislative agenda, remains inefficient and frustrating for to nearly 96 percent in 2008, but could be due to high employee courting heavy-hitting congressional users, according to a study released found that drop-offs were frequently turnover. The turnover rate for dri - mentors, and finding an effective Wednesday. late or excessively early. vers was 111 percent in the 12-month Decrease College staff. But perhaps the most urgent The service has long been plagued Of trips with appointment drop- span from June 2007 to July 2008. task at hand will be finding Frank by complaints of overly long trips, off times, 19 percent of riders were This means that the number of dri - Enrollment Kratovil. erratic pick-up and drop-off times dropped off late and 53 percent were vers who left the position in that span By JENN BOGDAN "Up until Obama, whether people and high employee turnover. dropped off more than 30 minutes was 11 percent greater than the num - Capital News Service agree with him," in terms of a sense Problems arose with MetroAccess early. ber on staff. The rates for reserva - of public service, a sense of a new and its contractor MV Transportation Harold Snider, chairman of the tionists and dispatchers were 121 ANNAPOLIS - More than 250,000 Inc. in 2006 when service quality Montgomery County Commission on Maryland adults under age 30 lacked came into question. Metro imple - People with Disabilities, usually health insurance in 2006, prompting See KRATOVIL, Page A 8 mented several changes, including a rides MetroAccess six times a week. See ACCESS, Page A 5 health care officials to call for mandatory coverage for all college students during a House committee hearing Wednesday. But representatives from Maryland's colleges and universities told the Health INSIDE and Government Operations Committee Marylanders Negotiate Government Rules to that requiring health care coverage for stu - Neighbors Columns: dents would raise the cost of higher edu - Install Windmills for Energy Efficiency Morningside/Skyline, cation and hurt enrollment. Brandywine/Aquaso, "Many of our institutions that are By ELIZABETH M. PIAZZA that hopes to become a leader in ener - Clinton dependent upon tuition have serious con - Capital News Service gy efficiency, people like the Flesches are discovering that obtaining approval Neighbors , Page A2 cerns that if they don't meet their enroll - to install turbines is difficult. ment targets within the next few years, ANNAPOLIS - In response to ris - The struggle is not with the state or Congressman Steny H. that really could have the serious implica - ing utility costs and encouraged by the even the power companies. The strug - Hoyer (D-MD) is call - tion of causing some of these institutions state's desire to lower its carbon foot - gle is with county and local govern - ing on Treasury to fail," said Bret Schreiber, vice president print, Jeane and Joseph Flesch thought ments - many of which do not have Department Secretary of the Maryland Independent College and it would be ideal to install a small wind laws in effect to deal with wind tur - Henry Paulson to take University Association. turbine next to their remodeled farm - bines. immediate action to Studies in the Journal of Higher house on two-and-a half acres in "Montgomery County has no writ - deploy a portion of the Education suggest that for every $100 Clarksburg. ten regulations on wind energy and Troubled Asset Relief increase in college tuition for undergradu - "There is a lot of active farmland you can't get a permit for the turbine," Program to stem the ris - ates, enrollments decline by 2 percent, around us and we are zoned as a cow Jeane Flesch said. "You have to get an ing tide of foreclosures officials said at the meeting. pasture," Jeane Flesch said. "We have accessory structure permit and that's Opinion, Page A4 College and university officials touted land, live on a hill and have tons of part of the problem - they haven't dealt PHOTO BY BOB AND NADIA flickr numerous other reasons not to mandate lowers the carbon winds coming from the north and with it." The windmill (M-NCPPC) has begun student health insurance, including one northwest." The county initially gave verbal footprint. preparation of a new study suggesting that individuals who earn The Flesches are among a growing approval for a 60-foot turbine pole, but Sector Plan and a bachelor's degree are highly likely to number of Marylanders who are work - after filing the paperwork, the Flesches generating approximately 100 fewer Sectional (Zoning) Map obtain coverage after they graduate.
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