A bill is proposed on behalf of the Montgomery Village Foundation.
Capital News Service Along with high-profile legislation that would repeal the death penalty and strengthen gun control, Maryland’s General Assembly is considering making it more expensive for people caught stealing shopping carts. The bill would increase the fine from $25 to $100. It came about when the Montgomery Village Foundation, which represents more than 45,000 residents, asked Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown, to do something about the number of shopping carts that were being taken from nearby stores and left strewn throughout the community. The current law, which was enacted in 1957, requires store owners to post a sign at each exit informing shoppers that there is a $25 fine for taking a shopping cart off store …
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Montgomery Village's family-friendly fall festival will also feature pumpkin pie-baking contest, face-painting, games, food vendors and music.
We'll let you in on a little secret: the upcounty's most... um, compelling ... race of the season doesn't involve presidential politics or the power-play for Maryland's 6th Congressional seat. No, in our humble opinion, the race most worth watching this fall involves dozens of pumpkins, primped—if not pimped out—in a wild assortment of adornment and decoration. Families, HOA boards, Girl Scout troops and senior citizen groups will descend en masse on North Creek Community Center on Saturday for what is fast become Montgomery Village's most-talked-about happening. Don't take our word for it. See for yourself in our video from last year. The Montgomery Village Foundation still has racing kits—gourds, wheels and axles—for sale, and pumpkins …
DougW
5:45 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
Other Tim, I agree that the first place should be to arrest the shopper, but from the story, that does not occur. And you think that the store does not pass along the $70 each cart that never comes back costs? Cost of doing business. I agree that the wheel locks are a good idea. I think though, that the $25 fine to shoppers should have been enforced. If that's not enforced, it's asinine to raise … more ›