boon•dog•gle
North American / informal
noun:
work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value.verb:
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Monthly Archives: March 2019
HB 1347 Please delete $5 million in grants for boondoggle hotel — an appeal to Senate and House appropriators
Dear State Senator/Delegate: Please delete the $1 million and $4 million grants for the Frederick downtown hotel in HB 1347 (pages 8 and 12.) see https://legiscan.com/MD/text/HB1347/2019 The State of Maryland should not disgrace itself with support for this project. It … Continue reading
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$5 million for hotel sneaked into a ‘prior authorizations’ bill HB1347 (corrected)
Hotel boondoggle supporters in the General Assembly have managed to sneak $5 million into HB1347, a small bill which is separate from the main budget bill. NOTE: This is a correction. Yesterday we reported a provision early in the bill for … Continue reading
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Submission made to state Office of Legislative Audits and Board of Public Works
COPY OF COVER NOTE: Supporters of the City-sponsored Downtown Frederick Hotel project sought another $10.5 million in the 2019 legislative session in Annapolis and were apparently unsuccessful in getting new State aid this year. But they have declared their intention … Continue reading
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Mayor says last shot at state hotel $s, public hearings bypassed again in backroom deals
Mayor Michael O’Connor is tiring of the City’s repeated panhandling in Annapolis on behalf of the downtown hotel boondoggle. A Frederick News-Post (FNP) report this morning (link at the bottom) quotes the Mayor as saying: “This is the last session … Continue reading
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Hotel “not funded” in 2020 State budget, FNP confirms
The City-sponsored hotel downtown missed out on funding in the short 2019 legislative session when the budget for the following fiscal year is hashed out. Reported here February 27 (see link at end) and on the FoFC Downtown Marriott Watch … Continue reading
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