boon•dog•gle
North American / informal
noun:
work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value.verb:
waste of money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects.Get email notification of new posts
Contact:
Peter Samuel
240.446.9736
petersamuel@mac.comArchives
- February 2022
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
Spam Blocked
Category Archives: Uncategorized
$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
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Mayor says last shot at state hotel $s, public hearings bypassed again in backroom deals
Mayor Michael O’Connor is tiring of the City’s repeated panhandling in Annapolis on behalf of the downtown hotel boondoggle. A Frederick News-Post (FNP) report this morning (link at the bottom) quotes the Mayor as saying: “This is the last session … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Hotel “not funded” in 2020 State budget, FNP confirms
The City-sponsored hotel downtown missed out on funding in the short 2019 legislative session when the budget for the following fiscal year is hashed out. Reported here February 27 (see link at end) and on the FoFC Downtown Marriott Watch … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Hotel bombs out in 2019 session — no delegation vote on seeking State-$s as legislative session winds down
The Downtown Hotel project looks most unlikely to get any state funding this legislative session in Annapolis. Both the Hogan administration and State legislative leaders said the project needed the full support of the Frederick County delegation before they would … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
State delegates misled on terms of hotel deal (letter to Del. Krimm)
Delegate Krimm: Richard Griffin wrote a misleading answer to your request for details of the terms under which the hotel operator will be leasing the podium roof of the parking structure (email January 16, 2019 17:06 EST). He encouraged you … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
$250,000 state grant for hotel from 2012 was forgotten by the City
A $250,000 grant the State awarded to the City of Frederick for its Downtown Hotel back in 2012 was forgotten and never drawn on by City officials. Kimberly Langkam director of Capital Grants at the state’s Department of General Services … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
City wants $10.5m from State for sub-Plamondon parking garage — it’s a $800k/yr loser
The City’s latest ‘One-Pager’ is pitching for $10,500,000 from the state budget to support construction of an enlarged $16.15 million two-level 234 car-spaces parking garage to be located underneath Plamondon’s proposed 199-room Marriott Hotel. Let’s dub it the Sub-Plamondon (S-P) … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
“No state support for the Downtown Frederick Hotel” — letter to Frederick County delegates to Annapolis FULL TEXT
Dear Frederick County Legislator: We urge you to advocate and vote against any state support for the City-sponsored hotel in downtown Frederick. This project has ten counts against it, summarized below. 1. Bad start:This project was launched under the chairmanship … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Wordplay used to give cover to the same old subsidy scheme
State Delegate Karen Lewis Young is quoted in the Frederick News-Post (2019-01-19) as saying that the proposed new scheme at the downtown hotel should be called a Public Infrastructure Project. Del Lewis Young told the newspaper she thinks the change … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment