<div>I love the idea of the train cafe, and agree that we can make something of our 'asset'.</div> <div> </div> <div>Of course, we would need someone to set up a model train set, one that kids could play with and adults would enjoy, too..... I may not be using the right term, but I mean one of those big things on a table with fake green mountains and tunnells...and whistling toy trains. doesn't that sound like fun? And also a 'Thomas' station for the little kids. I've got leftover Thomas stuff that I think we could donate....</div> <div> </div> <div>Nancy Mooney</div> <div>4811 Oglethorpe St.<BR><BR><B><I>towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Send TownTalk mailing list submissions to<BR>towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,
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charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>I didn't make it to the meeting last night, but I thought I would observe <BR>that -- according to the calculator at http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ <BR>-- "What cost $200 in 1995 would cost $248.83 in 2005," and "What cost <BR>$400 in 1995 would cost $497.67 in 2005."<BR><BR>So, this would be quite a raise, not simply a Cost of Living adjustment. <BR>Which seems fine to me, I suppose. I heard said that our county council <BR>people are making like $80K a year or something?<BR><BR>-Andrew Farrington<BR>4605 Queensbury Road<BR><BR>On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Rob Oppenheim wrote:<BR><BR>> I am introducing legislation to update the Mayor and Council's <BR>> compensation.<BR>><BR>> This legislation will be announced in the next Town Crier and will be <BR>> discussed at the next council meetings. If the legislation passes it <BR>> will take effect in July 2007. It was last changed in 1995, which makes <BR>> it 12 years between
changes. A bit overdue.<BR>><BR>> The current salary for a council member is $200/month and $400/month for <BR>> the Mayor. I am proposing to make this $450/month for council members <BR>> and $900/mo for the Mayor starting in July 2007 after the next set of <BR>> elections. ? I think compensation should be linked to participation. "Do <BR>> nothing" would mean "get paid nothing." Do more and get paid more - up <BR>> to a monthly limit. If this were ever implemented, it would encourage <BR>> attendance, discourage tardiness, and be fair for a wide range of <BR>> participation. ? Compensation could be based on public activity, so it <BR>> is easily verifiable, things like attending meetings and writing <BR>> legislation and Crier articles. Yes, the mayor and council do lots of <BR>> other work. Public activity is a good reflection of their total <BR>> activity.<BR>><BR>> I am introducing a change to the Town Charter that would
allow such <BR>> pay-for-work compensation to be enacted. (That does not mean it will be <BR>> - it only means that it could be). Some council members oppose this idea <BR>> pretty strongly. I will leave it to them to put forward their positions. <BR>> ? I hope you will express your thoughts to the council. The best way to <BR>> do that is at a meeting. You can certainly comment here too. ? There are <BR>> other Charter changes and a lot of change to the fence and hedge code. I <BR>> am still writing this up for the Crier. Once done, we can look at <BR>> posting it here too.<BR>><BR>> -Rob Oppenheim<BR>> ?<BR>> Ward One Councilman, Riverdale Park<BR>> 5902 Cleveland Ave<BR>> Riverdale Park, Md 20737-1930<BR>> ?<BR>> Home Office: 301 779 1745<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> TownTalk mailing list<BR>> To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>>
TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription processing only<BR>> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<BR>><BR>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us<BR>><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:34:00 -0400<BR>From: Lou King <LKING@KNOB.COM><BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Politics<BR>To: Iris McLaurin <ELSIEGOH@STARPOWER.NET><BR>Cc: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>Message-ID: <4519B8E8.1040600@knob.com><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed<BR><BR><BR>First I get bombarded by political speech after 11 o'clock at the <BR>council working session and now what I consider spam on "towntalk".<BR><BR>Must be an election season. @#$%!<BR><BR>JMHO Lou<BR><BR>Iris McLaurin wrote:<BR><BR>> Warmest Greetings Riverdale Residents,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I am a member of the Prince George's County Women
for O?Malley/Brown <BR>> Steering Committee. ...<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:49:46 -0400<BR>From: "Iris McLaurin" <ELSIEGOH@STARPOWER.NET><BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Politics<BR>To: "'Lou King'" <LKING@KNOB.COM><BR>Cc: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>Message-ID: <01cb01c6e1ce$d4922d20$83818642@EGOH><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>I am sorry for the inconvenience. Once in a blue moon I share events I am<BR>participating in with the Riverdale residents; like the tickets to the<BR>Nationals game I announced yesterday. The event you responded to just<BR>happens to be a political activity. But I can appreciate your<BR>dissatisfaction. No offense was intended. <BR><BR>Iris McLaurin-Southall <BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Lou King [mailto:lking@knob.com] <BR>Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:34 PM<BR>To: Iris McLaurin<BR>Cc:
towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>Subject: Re: Politics<BR><BR><BR>First I get bombarded by political speech after 11 o'clock at the <BR>council working session and now what I consider spam on "towntalk".<BR><BR>Must be an election season. @#$%!<BR><BR>JMHO Lou<BR><BR>Iris McLaurin wrote:<BR><BR>> Warmest Greetings Riverdale Residents,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I am a member of the Prince George's County Women for O'Malley/Brown <BR>> Steering Committee. ...<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 4<BR>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:48:35 -0700 (PDT)<BR>From: Sue Collins <WHEADLE@YAHOO.COM><BR>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Cafe<BR>To: TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>Message-ID: <20060927114835.11454.qmail@web31502.mail.mud.yahoo.com><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1<BR><BR>I agree that a cafe of some sort in the town center<BR>would be great; maybe one with a train theme? I mean,<BR>we have a regular crew of train spotters, not
to<BR>mention people that bring their kids to watch the<BR>trains go by, especially in warmer weather. Instead<BR>of considering the trains as a nuisance, we really<BR>should try to capitalize on them as being part of the<BR>town. Maybe a cafe called the "Railroad Station," or<BR>something? Waiters/waitresses w/ train caps? At any<BR>rate a reasonably priced, family friendly cafe would<BR>be most welcome. <BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com <BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk mailing list<BR>TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<BR><BR>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us<BR><BR>End of TownTalk Digest, Vol 2, Issue
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