engine through busy traffic to save lives? well, that s the easy part of the job. counting on a annual pension with annual cost of living increases firefighters say is now the hard part of their job. we ve narrowed the window in which to do something, take action if nothing is done between now and july 1 of next year the city is on the hook for $166 million. reporter: how did it get to that point? the fire and police pensions get money from the city, union member contributions and through investments but since 2003 the city hasn t paid its share which is now more than $164 million. firefighters and police officers had continued to make payments of about 6% a year but the funds investments have fallen some $300 million. right now the fund is about $300 million in on visions but $1.7 inle bank. the city has an obligation to pay up, one the mayor says just can t meet. it could be a drastic impact on the budget, where we could eliminate a lot of services. this is not a gam
charitable challenge of the furloughs put the county s human resources department in an awkward position, in an already lean budget year. not something i expected at all. reporter: the director of that department, scott gibson, says the maryland attorney general s review of the complaint suggested the county could withhold judge row s pay guthrie s pay but the administration chose to give him his $132 a day even if it has to make it up elsewhere. they could make the cuts to the cable network, cultural arts board or any agency under his control. reporter: he says the county shouldn t miss the money. basically goes into the coffers of the county whose budget is $900 million. that is so insignificant, you know? you can t even measure it. reporter: he says he s donating it to local charities where it will mean so much more. in harford county, jeff hager, abc2 news. guthrie says he s donating that money to johns hopkins, the lakeview community center in edgewood an
that s way more than cable. get amazing tv picture quality and unlimited nationwide calling for just $79.99 a month, with an incredible $150 back. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v this is fios. this is big. good wednesday morning, 9:00. thank you for joining us, i m megan pringle. i m jamie costello. a great hour coming up. first, we want to thank you all who participated, sent in your e-mails, talked about h1n1. we had doctors in yesterday, it was great. did we calm a lot of fears? got the questions answered. everyone went home happy? i hope so. i got an e-mail, from an update new york college. sending out e-mails to students, telling them to stop playing beer pong because they are using one paper cup. it s bad for the h1n1 virus. no beer pong. please stay away from that. what do we have today? a lot going on. if you saw the pink ribbon at the corner of your screen, it s think pink week. we re gearing up for the
a tenth marylander dice from complications of the swine flu. the details. plus, a frightening prediction from one state official. there s a reason why there is the first amendment. but, were the founding fathers talking about showing an exrated movie on a college campus? . first at 11, one of five competing senate health care bills has jumped out in front of the others. i m marybeth marsden. the tally is 14 ayes, 9 nays. the senate finance committee takes a major step toward health care reform passing the $829 billion plan. it requires americans to carry health insurance. and provides subsidies for those who need it. but senior citizens in particular have worried what it will mean for them. terry owens joins us live with local reaction. reporter: from rumors of death squads to talk of a government takeover of health care many seniors have felt their blood pressure rise over this issue. needless to say, many tonight are closely following these latest developments i
warnings for speed cameras the first 30 days, as jeff hager reports, the grace period will enbefore the cameras are even in place. reporter: at times this wide open stretch of 33rd straight resem as highway, even though the speed limit is 30 miles per hour. what s the speed limit? that s a good question. you can t see my tag, can you? reporter: it s no laughing matter for city transportation leaders who say baltimore s first speed camera here at 33rd street and the alameda produced 400 violations in the first week. one motorist clocked 70 miles per hour along 33rd street. that was surprising, even to police officials. reporter: the surprises don t stop there. abc 2 news has learned that the speed camera at that location is the only operational camera in ten tire city, almost two ex weeks in to the program. the other 50 unveiled by the mayor and police commissioner in front of the glenn mount schools in september remain on hold. we anticipate that as many as anot