Robey

On October 9, 2003, LENA P. ROBEY of Fernadale. Beloved wife of the late Raymond L. Robey Sr., devoted mother of Raymond Robey Jr., loving sister of Myrtle Watson, Della Mae Davis and James Hamer. Caring grandmother of four, great-grandmother of nine, and great-great-grandmother of two. The family will receive visitors at the Singleton Funeral Home P.A., 1 Second Ave SW (at Crain Hwy) Glen Burnie on Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9PM. The funeral ceremony will be held on Monday at 11AM in the funeral home chapel.

Howard County legislators said this week that they believe the General Assembly will need to make adjustments to a state-mandated stormwater management fee imposed on Howard County and nine other Maryland jurisdictions. "I don't think it's over yet," said state Sen. James Robey, co-chair of the county's delegation to Annapolis. "We need to go back and make this more fair. " Robey and six other members of the county delegation spoke at the Howard County Chamber of Commerce's annual legislative wrap-up breakfast Thursday in Columbia.

On May 20, 2005, AGNES R. "Becky", of Odenton, MD, beloved wife of the late Norel B. Robey, loving mother of Robert E. Robey, dear grandmother of Robert W. Robey, sister of Alice Smith and the late George Murray. Friends may call on Sunday and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Hardesty Funeral Home, P.A., 851 Annapolis Rd., Gambrills, MD. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday May 24, 2005 at 10:30 A.M. in the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Odenton, MD. Interment Ephiphany Cemetery, Odenton, MD.

With the announced near term political retirement of now state Sen. and former County Executive James Robey, it is worthwhile to consider what might be his most enduring legacy, namely raising Howard County state income tax rates from one of the lowest to the highest in the state. In particular, in light of the many tax rate increases in other areas imposed on Howard County residents since that time, and the presently proposed increase in real estate taxes before the County Council, it may be asked whether these increases could have been prevented or greatly reduced with a different set of decisions about what the future of Howard County would be with respect to development.

On November 12, 2003 HENRY N. ROBEY SR., beloved husband of June; loving father of Linda, Henry Jr., John and Judy Robey; devoted Pop Pop of Jamie, Laura, Katie and Brandon; dear brother of Bill, Charles, Donald, Bob Robey, Nellie Ziegler, Pearl McDonald and the late Howard and John Robey. Relatives and friends may call at the Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd, Arbutus, on Thursday and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at the Arbutus United Methodist Church on Saturday at 10 a.m. Interment following at Loudon Park Cemetery.

Howard County's next police chief must be capable of playing to two very different constituencies. On the one hand, he must boost the sagging morale of a department aware of public dissatisfaction and fearful about job security. At the same time, he must engender confidence among distrustful Howard residents. County Executive Charles I. Ecker's choice for the job, Police Maj. James N. Robey, a 25-year veteran and Howard County native who has risen through ranks, is well-qualified to do both.

Some Howard County state legislators are skeptical of an Ulman administration proposal to raise the local hotel/motel tax, presented as an idea to increase tourism and economic development, because the draft legislation presented at a public hearing doesn't say where the new revenue would go. Sen. James N. Robey, a Democrat, said he was concerned that the money wouldn't be set aside by law "I thought it would be in the bill. Why isn't that in the bill?" he asked David B. Nitkin, County Executive Ken Ulman's new lobbyist, at the hearing Monday night in the George Howard building in Ellicott City.

Lots of politicians running for election shade their positions to seem friendlier to whatever group they are addressing, but don't count Democratic state Sen. James N. Robey among them. The former county executive and police chief told a county business group Wednesday that he doesn't favor repealing the 2007 state sales tax increase Republicans are campaigning against. He also reminded them that as county executive, he raised local income taxes despite predictions of doom. If the sales tax is reduced, Robey said, the state would see revenue drop by $600 million.

Dale Klamut of Ellicott City can't wait for Howard County to install speed cameras near his home. Klamut, his wife, Kim, and two sons, ages 10 and 13, live across busy Ilchester Road from Bonnie Branch Middle School. Ilchester Elementary and two Catholic schools are close by. Rush hour speeders from all the new developments in the area and commuters headed toward Route 100 from Baltimore County create a danger every day, he said. "It's crazy, absolutely crazy," in front of his house each morning, he said, convinced that the cameras would solve the problem.

As reality television, the Howard County League of Women Voters' candidate forums aren't exactly competition for "The Real Housewives of D.C.," but there will still be 19 reruns this month of the various General Assembly and congressional candidates' discussions last week on the two Howard County government channels, Verizon's 44 and Comcast's 99. Tuesday night, those running for county executive and council get their turn before the cameras at...

Although she hasn't yet filed for re-election, embattled Howard County Councilwoman Mary Kay Sigaty won endorsements Thursday night from County Executive Ken Ulman and all four District 13 state legislators at a Wilde Lake fundraiser that drew well more than 100 people. Sigaty is facing a challenge in the Democratic primary from Alan Klein, a leader among critics of the downtown Columbia rezoning that she championed. Her event also drew Calvin Ball and Jen Terrasa, the other two County Council Democrats who represent Columbia, and Senate Majority Leader Edward J. Kasemeyer, a Democrat who represents west Columbia, as well as county state's attorney Dario Broccolino.

A t 69, with two surgically replaced shoulders and a stent near his heart, former Howard County police chief, county executive and now state Sen. James N. Robey could be forgiven for skipping his 14-year practice of jumping into the Chesapeake Bay each winter and just sending a check to Maryland Special Olympics instead. But as last weekend's snow approached Friday and temperatures hovered in the low 20s, Robey jumped in again - 24 times in 24 hours. He was one of about 15,000 people participating in the annual Polar Bear Plunge to benefit the Special Olympics.

W ith her full head of black hair only lightly streaked with gray and her smooth complexion, Vivian "Millie" Bailey doesn't look a day over 70 - or is it 60? But the activist is 92, and she celebrated her birthday Wednesday amid a flurry of nearly nonstop phone calls from well-wishers, making Feb. 3 seem like an unofficial holiday. "I know two-thirds of the people in Columbia," said Bailey, a widow with no children who is called "Aunt Millie" by her many admirers. "And I have the biggest adopted family around."