The Pri nce Ge orge’s Pos t A C OMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FOR PRINCE GEORGE ’S COUNTY Since 1932 Vol. 84, No. 8 February 25—March 2, 2016 Prince George’s County, Maryland Newspaper of Record Phone: 301-627-0900 25 cents PG County Council Confirm Two New Appointments By Press Officer https://www.youtube.com/watch PG County Government ?v=yrlkQ3oeKBk. “The Prince George’s UPPER MARLBORO , County Council confirmed two MD—The Prince George’s incredible leaders to continue County Council confirmed the our public safety progress appointments of H.P. “Hank” throughout the County,” said Stawinski, III as Chief of the Prince George’s County Exec - Prince George’s County Police utive Rushern Baker, III. “I Department (PGPD) and Gevo - want to congratulate Hank nia R. Whittington as Director Stawinski and Gevonia “Gee- of the Prince George’s County Gee” Whittington on their new Office of Homeland Security. and critical leadership posi - Following the County Council tions and look forward to being confirmation, Chief Stawinski kept appraised through their and Director Whittington were counsel as well as their service sworn-in during a ceremony in to the citizens of this County. the Office of the County Execu - I also want to thank Chairman tive in Upper Marlboro, MD. To view this swearing-in ceremony on YouTube, go to the web page See CEREMONY Page A 3 CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE PHOTO BY LEO TRAUBHEY PGCPS Teacher Receives Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, left of the American flag, and state Sen. Susan Lee, D-Montgomery, left of Frosh, listen to Vinton Cerf, vice president of Google and keynote speaker at this year’s first meeting of the Maryland Cybersecurity $25,000 and is Named Council on Thursday, February 4, 2016. 2015 –2016 Milken Educator By Press Officer senior vice president of the PGCPS Milken Educator Awards. Lieu - tenant Governor Boyd Ruther - Cybersecurity Council is ‘Critical’ to the UPPER MARLBORO, ford, Congresswoman Donna MD—On Wednesday, February Edwards, Interim Maryland State, Says Google VP 17, 2016, Oxon Hill Middle State Superintendent Dr. Jack R. By GRACE TOOHEY Speaking at this year’s first “Maryland has made an pocket, security is more impor - School teacher Angela Malone Smith, Prince George’s County Capital News Service meeting of the Maryland Cy - enormous amount of progress tant than ever. received the surprise of a life - Board of Education Chair Dr. bersecurity Council, an advi - and shown leadership in the cy - “I can’t think of anything time when she was presented a Segun Eubanks, Board Member ANNAPOLIS, MD—Mary - sory panel of government of - bersecurity space, so you have more critical to our future than cash prize of $25,000 and was Edward Burroughs III and land must use its status as a hub ficials and private-sector a lot to be proud of,” Cerf said. figuring out how to secure our - named a recipient of the Prince George’s County Public of technological resources to security professionals, Cerf Even the simplest data can selves in cyberspace,” Cerf said. 2015 –16 Milken Educator Schools Chief Executive Officer ensure its own cybersecurity, said the commission’s local expose your privacy, Cerf said, One reason that data is vul - Award. She is the only educator Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell were also Vice President and Chief Inter - collection of experts can help and in a time when every person nerable is because software al - in the state of Maryland to re - present for the presentation. net Evangelist for Google Vin - address data vulnerabilities who owns a smartphone is car - ceive the honor this season. ton Cerf told state legislators on every level, from corpo - rying around hundreds of mil - Ms. Malone was presented rate to public. lions of lines of code in their and industry experts Thursday. See CYBER Page A 2 the award by Dr. Jane Foley, See MILKEN AWARD Page A 2 PGCPS Takes Action State Department of Commerce Experts in Response to Child Team Up with EDC to Sell Prince George’s Sex Case The news conference pro - CLoORuI VAnLENtTyIN,E Attract High-Wage Jobs By PRESS OFFICER By PGCPS vided an update on the case, as PGCEDC well as how the FBI and county LARGO, MD—Today, top UPPER MARLBORO, agencies would partner through - executives at the Prince MD—Prince George’s County out the investigation. Joined by George’s County Economic Public Schools (PGCPS) is Prince George’s County Exec - Development Corporation working closely with county utive Rushern L. Baker, III; (EDC) met with the chief eco - partners and taking immediate Prince George’s County Police nomic development experts actions to support the commu - Department (PGPD) Interim from Maryland’s Department nity and improve processes fol - Chief Hank Stawinski; Prince of Commerce to conduct a lowing the arrest of an em - George’s County State’s Attor - high-level strategy session to ployee from Judge Sylvania ney Angela Alsobrooks; and collaborate on how to attract Woods Elementary School who Prince George’s County Board high-wage jobs to Prince was charged with multiple of Education Chair Dr. Segun George’s County. The group counts of child sex abuse. C. Eubanks, Dr. Maxwell out - determined that financial in - “As a father, grandfather, and lined a number of actions the centives are less impactful in educator that has dedicated my school system has taken to im - attracting and retaining busi - life to the education and safety mediately support victims and of students across the state of nesses than selling the county’s the school community, and what PHOTO COURTESY LORI VALENTINE assets such as an educated Maryland, my heart goes out to will be done moving forward to workforce, prime location and Left to right: Faye Njaka, Senior Business Development Specialist at the Maryland Department the families and victims at Judge ensure the safety of students. Class A office space at a 40% of Commerce; David Lewis, Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation, Sylvania Woods Elementary At the administrative level, discount. All three advantages EDC Business Development Director; Ebony Stocks, EDC Economic Development Incentive School and the entire Glenarden PGCPS leaders met with the are at the top of the list for any Fund Director; John Mason, EDC Business Development Director; Jim Coleman, EDC Pres - community,” said Dr. Kevin M. Judge Sylvania Woods commu - corporation looking to increase ident and CEO; Britta Vander Linden, EDC Chief of Staff; Larry Hentz, EDC Business De - Maxwell, Chief Executive Offi - nity to share information on the revenue and must be properly velopment Director; Steve Pennington, Managing Director of Business and Industry Sector cer, during a press conference incident and review policies and communicated to decision Development for the Maryland Department of Commerce. on February 10. “I, like many, procedures for reporting abuse makers in the county’s existing was shocked, appalled, dis - and suspicious activity. Coun - of the EDC, also known as the and make a lot of people high-level team from the and targeted companies. gusted, and disheartened by the seling and psychological sup - EDC’s Chief Excitement Of - multi-millionaires.” Maryland Department of allegations that a former PGCPS “85% of what closes the ficer. “If we could just help Coleman’s team of Busi - employee harmed students and deal is excitement,” says Jim our organization sell the facts, ness Development Directors vulnerable children.” See PGCPS Page A 3 Coleman, President and CEO we could close a lot of deals and executives met with a See JOBS Page A 3 INSIDE HUD Awards $25 Million to Ending a Lifetime Sentence: Economic Development Movie Review: Chi-Raq Earth Talk Improve, Preserve Public Maryland Restores Voting Rights Corporation and Asian Business Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation Dear EarthTalk: Housing in Maryland to Ex-Offenders Committee Welcome New Chair of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by The grants announced are provided Maryland now joins 13 other Sharon Jackson, Acting Execu - Aristophanes. After the murder of a Why is the Arctic such a crucial through HUD’s Capital Fund Pro - states, plus the District of Columbia, tive Director of the Supplier child by a stray bullet, a group of women area to focus on in efforts to stem gram, which offers annual funding to in immediately restoring the voting Development and Diversity Divi - led by Lysistrata organize against the global warming approximately 3,100 public housing rights of ex-offenders upon their re - sion also spoke to the Committee on-going violence in Chicago’s South - authorities across the country to build, lease. There are nine states that per - about the power and importance of side creating a movement that chal - —Joseph Constabile, repair, renovate and/or modernize the manently bar certain ex-offenders being a Prince George’s County lenges the nature of race, sex and vio - Dedham, MA public housing in their communities. from voting at all. Certified Business. lence in America and around the world. 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