Daily News Brief | February 17, 2023

<p>Give us about fifteen minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.  </p> <p><strong>SPONSORS: </strong>Many thanks to our sponsors... <a href="https://bit.ly/AnpSubaru">Annapolis Subaru</a>, the <a href="https://bit.ly/SPCAAAC1">SPCA of Anne Arundel County</a>,  <a href="https://bit.ly/SolarSaves1">Solar Energy Services</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/AlphaEng">Alpha Engineering</a> and <a href= "https://bit.ly/HospiceChes2021">Hospice of the Chesapeake</a>!</p> <p>Today...</p> <p>The school budget has passed the Board of Education and it is BIG. And County Executive Pittman signaled that tax increases are on the horizon. Travis Pastrana will be racing in the Daytona 500 on Sunday afternoon--Wags at The Capital has the details on that. A pop-up hotel in an apartment building? Not here, but in Columbia. Another gift card to give away for Annapolis Restaurant Week. And some pod news about the Home Owner's Expo and The Bernie House!</p> <p>And like we do every Friday, Annapolis Subaru and I met up with a fine pooch from the SPCA of Anne Arundel County named Cyrus in this week's <a href= "https://www.eyeonannapolis.net/tag/canines-crosstreks/">Canines & Crosstreks</a>!</p> <p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> And as usual, George from</span> <a href= "http://bit.ly/DCMDVAWeather">DCMDVA Weathe</a><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/DCMDVAWeather">r</a></strong><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">is here with your local weather forecast! Please </span><a href= "http://m.appbuild.io/dmvweath">download their</a> app to<span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,