County Must Submit New School Construction Request

But Alexander said workers were told in the fall that checks would arrive within six to eight weeks from Election Day, so the county is within the promised time frame.

Ross Goldstein, a spokesman for the Maryland Board of Elections, said each county determines the compensation given to poll workers. He said the state has no say about when checks are issued.

Alan Centa, an election judge at Glenn Dale Elementary School, said he received his check from the county Dec. 12 and had no idea that others had problems getting their money.

Officials Press Case For Stimulus Funds

Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, members of the County Council and county delegates and senators met with Gov. Martin O'Malley behind closed doors Tuesday in Annapolis.

Their message: We want a say in how to distribute federal funds from the economic stimulus package proposed by President-elect Barack Obama (D).

Still smarting from massive cuts in state funding for road projects that they said hit Prince George's harder than other counties, the Prince Georgians apparently told O'Malley (D) that they would like to help draw up a list of county road projects that could be funded with the federal dollars.

Emerging from the meeting, Johnson (D) said that the priority would be projects that could get underway within 180 days, followed by those ready to go in two to three years.

"We wanted to emphasize to the governor that we want to work internally to determine which roads are designed to foster economic development and place a priority on those," Johnson said. "We're emphasizing that we have a tremendous role to play."

On Dec. 8, Johnson wrote House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) to offer "a clear picture of how a recovery package can work at the local level."

In the letter, Johnson recommended $45.3 million worth of spending on local road and bridge projects that he said could start 90 to 120 days after Obama's inauguration Jan. 20. They include:

· The intersection of Mount Oak, Church and Woodmore roads;