"Joe: Would you be kind enough to immediately post that the Ocean City Christmas Parade originally scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday December 5th beginning at 11AM has been canceled."
There will be no Christmas Parade in Ocean City this year.
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Friday, December 04, 2009
DELMAR CHRISTMAS PARADE POSTPONED
Hi Joe,
I just got word from our Parade Chairperson, Roger Martinson that the Delmar Christmas Parade scheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 5th at 2pm has been postponed to Sunday at 2, due to the weather forecast for rain.
We would really appreciate your help in getting the word out and we hope everyone will plan to join us on Sunday.
We have been told that the Delmar Football team will be able to be in the parade on Sunday and we are hoping that will be as State Champions! Either way, win or lose for them tomorrow, everyone in Delmar is so proud of them and need to come out and show their appreciation for these athletes.
Thank you
Greater Delmar
Chamber of Commerce
I just got word from our Parade Chairperson, Roger Martinson that the Delmar Christmas Parade scheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 5th at 2pm has been postponed to Sunday at 2, due to the weather forecast for rain.
We would really appreciate your help in getting the word out and we hope everyone will plan to join us on Sunday.
We have been told that the Delmar Football team will be able to be in the parade on Sunday and we are hoping that will be as State Champions! Either way, win or lose for them tomorrow, everyone in Delmar is so proud of them and need to come out and show their appreciation for these athletes.
Thank you
Greater Delmar
Chamber of Commerce
Louise Smith Purposely Takes Over Council Chambers Monday Night
PUBLIC NOTICE
CHANGE IN MEETING LOCATION
The December 7, 2009 Special Meeting of the City Council will be held
in Council Chambers (Room 301) of the Government Office Building
(125 N. Division Street). The Special Meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m.
While Mayor Ireton welcomes the entire community to join him immediately after our Rally Monday night, Louise Smith has demanded the Council Chambers even though they will be in the Conference Room for a Work Session.
That being said, Mayor Ireton has assured me that he will immediately send me a text message just as soon as Louise Smith is finished with their new "Special Meeting."
I am more than excited to see Mayor Ireton recognizing the citizens have had enough, so much so they know there will be hundreds of people attending this rally. To open the Council Chambers and invite each and every one of you there to openly discuss ideas is EXACTLY where we all have wanted to be with our government officials. That being said, my hat is tipped to Mayor Ireton.
Please Folkls, there can't be enough people attending this event Monday night. This could be your last chance to speak up about crime and fear. Ask your neighbors, friends, family, victims and associates who have ANYTHING to do with Salisbury to attend. If you want to make a difference, be there or SHUT UP.
While Louise and Gary are steamrolling this special meeting down the taxpayers throats, listen to the audio tape again. Listen to how they REALLY feel about crime. Funding SPD It may take a while to listen to it but trust me, this is some of the best information we have ever delivered to you on Salisbury News.
Found Dog
Joe can you please post this for my friend? A mixed breed yellow dog, looks like it is mixed with a yellow lab has been found in the Delmar area on Pepperbox Rd. It is wearing a black collar with no tags. Please call Hilda @ 302-846-0432 if you think this may be your dog.
Thanks Joe!
Thanks Joe!
Breaking News! STABBING IN SALSBURY
A 42 year old male has been stabbed twice in the back on Hazel Ave. in Salisbury. More to come........
MAYOR INVITES PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON CRIME
Salisbury Mayor James Ireton, Jr., will open Council Chambers at the Government Office Building (125 N. Division Street) on Monday, December 7, 2009, to give the public the opportunity to share concerns and solutions to the 12% increase in Part 1 crimes in Salisbury. The public meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be open until all interested residents have had an opportunity to speak.
“I believe that unfiltered, ungaveled honesty from the public is what we need as elected officials,” said Mayor Ireton. “With the change in position of one of our council members, we may now have an opening to truly effect change in our community.
I encourage concerns, new ideas and stability as I turn the microphone over to the public. Citizens know that a healthy civic discourse is the only way government moves forward. Our City is facing many battles on many fronts – crime, the economy, the wastewater treatment plant – yet I am confident we can weather the storms, united in our efforts. This open forum, based on civility and respect, is the public’s opportunity to let me know, first hand, what they need from City government.”
“I believe that unfiltered, ungaveled honesty from the public is what we need as elected officials,” said Mayor Ireton. “With the change in position of one of our council members, we may now have an opening to truly effect change in our community.
I encourage concerns, new ideas and stability as I turn the microphone over to the public. Citizens know that a healthy civic discourse is the only way government moves forward. Our City is facing many battles on many fronts – crime, the economy, the wastewater treatment plant – yet I am confident we can weather the storms, united in our efforts. This open forum, based on civility and respect, is the public’s opportunity to let me know, first hand, what they need from City government.”
Indoctrination in Wicomico County Public Schools
My children came home from school today saying that in their 4th Grade SCIENCE class they were required to watch the following video. They were given a hand out of the lyrics to take home.
They were then instructed after watching the video to; "write a paragraph on how they could help the world."
My daughter tapped the teacher and privately said; "but I don't like Obama." The teacher then announced to the entire class:
"Hey everybody, this child (her name) said she doesn't like Obama, but that doesn't mean you don't like his speeches."
My daughter said to me later; "That's stupid Mommie. Why would I like his speeches if I don't like him?"
My kid says they then had to turn in the assignment for grading I presume.
My daughters came home and said; "I don't understand why we had to watch the video. Why couldn't we just have been asked what we can do to help the world?"
Smart kid.
The principal at Fruitland Intermediate will be hearing from me Monday.
They were then instructed after watching the video to; "write a paragraph on how they could help the world."
My daughter tapped the teacher and privately said; "but I don't like Obama." The teacher then announced to the entire class:
"Hey everybody, this child (her name) said she doesn't like Obama, but that doesn't mean you don't like his speeches."
My daughter said to me later; "That's stupid Mommie. Why would I like his speeches if I don't like him?"
My kid says they then had to turn in the assignment for grading I presume.
My daughters came home and said; "I don't understand why we had to watch the video. Why couldn't we just have been asked what we can do to help the world?"
Smart kid.
The principal at Fruitland Intermediate will be hearing from me Monday.
NOTICE TO ALL MARYLAND PROPERTY OWNERS
Has the value of your property gone down, but your assessment and/or property taxes don’t reflect that decrease in value? Perhaps your property taxes have increased.
Learn more about Maryland’s property assessment, taxation, and appeal process.
Monday, December 7, 2009
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Speaker:
Mr. Henry Sikorski, State Supervisor
Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation
Cambridge-South Dorchester High School
Auditorium
2475 Cambridge Beltway
Cambridge, MD
Sponsored by:
Mid-Shore Chapter
Learn more about Maryland’s property assessment, taxation, and appeal process.
Monday, December 7, 2009
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Speaker:
Mr. Henry Sikorski, State Supervisor
Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation
Cambridge-South Dorchester High School
Auditorium
2475 Cambridge Beltway
Cambridge, MD
Sponsored by:
Mid-Shore Chapter
For more information, visit http://www.afpmaryland.com/ or call Maureen Harper, 410-221-7933.
Red Kettle Campaign - UPDATE
If you'd like to volunteer for a slot at any of the above locations please, send your request to ringabell4tsa@verizon.net or call Kettle Campaign Headquarters 410-749-RING (7464).
THANK YOU, to all that have so generously volunteered their time to this worthwhile campaign.
Kimball Acquitted on All Charges
WCDC Security Officer Thomas Kimball was acquitted of all charges. He was charged on August 31, 2009 with Reckless Endangerment and 2nd Degree Assault.
Record Days Continue To Help Salisbury News Alexa Ratings
Love us or hate us, everyone is coming to Salisbury News and there's no more denying that fact. Certainly "The Joe Albero Show" isn't hurting us and with the additional 140,000 viewers and daily evidence these new viewers are returning every day, these Alexa numbers aren't surprising.
Which reminds me, you're going to LOVE this week's Show! It airs at 10:30 AM tomorrow and for what it's worth, I'll even be watching. I don't normally watch the Show but we have some new technical people on board with us and you'll see some very high tech commercials and a very different Joe Albero.
You wanted me to be the real me. Well, this week I delivered. We aired the Show right at Sam's Club where I was ringing the bell all week, (I'll be there again all day today from 10 to 6) and we had a blast. I have some great Guests on this week, not one but two.
Thanks again for ALL of your support Folks. Together we are by far one of the best Websites in Maryland, if not the entire United States. Come see me today at Sam's Club. I want to add, thanks to all of the people who have driven up to Sam's knowing I was there and dropping off a donation. There have been many and you have no idea how good that feels after standing out there 10 hours each day. It makes it all worth while and the day passes very quickly because of it.
Finally...........It Is Said Publicly
Pat Buchanan had the guts to say it. It is about time
BUCHANAN TO OBAMA
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America. Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to... This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known. Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the ' 60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream. Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants. Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated their time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.
We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude???
Barack talks about new 'ladders of opportunity' for blacks. Let him go to Altoona ? And Johnstown , and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were visited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for 'deserving' white kids.? Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America ? Is it really white America 's fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?
Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?
As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?
Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?
We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena .. And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing.
Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.
We are a Christian Nation even if Mr. Obama says we are not.
BUCHANAN TO OBAMA
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America. Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to... This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known. Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the ' 60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream. Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants. Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated their time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.
We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude???
Barack talks about new 'ladders of opportunity' for blacks. Let him go to Altoona ? And Johnstown , and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were visited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for 'deserving' white kids.? Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America ? Is it really white America 's fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?
Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?
As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?
Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?
We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena .. And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing.
Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.
We are a Christian Nation even if Mr. Obama says we are not.
Leaf Collection/Disposal
The City of Salisbury, Department of Neighborhood Services and Code Compliance (NSCC)
would like to use this opportunity to inform Salisbury residents that in accordance with Section 12.04.010 of the Salisbury Municipal Code, Throwing or sweeping litter into streets and sidewalks:
It is unlawful for any person to cast, throw or sweep into any of the streets, public alleys or sidewalks within the corporate limits of the city any trash, refuse, leaves or sweepings.
Violators are subject to a municipal citation of up to $500.00 (five hundred dollars) for each day a violation exists.
The Salisbury Public Works Department will remove up to 25 (twenty five) bags of leaves per week. Requests for pick-up and instructions for the placement of bagged leaves must be directed to the Salisbury Department of Public Works, Service Center by calling (410) 548-3177.
NSCC accepts calls for service (complaints) regarding these and other violations of the Salisbury Municipal Code. To contact NSCC please call (410) 341-9550 Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Today's Daily Times
Your View: City of Salisbury needs a new chief of police
It is time for Salisbury's police chief to go.
He does not have Salisbury's best interest at heart. He is only looking out for himself -- and has been that way since he was hired.
The original job posting had set a salary range and required residing in Salisbury city limits.
He demanded a higher salary and refused to live inside the city limits.
Say goodbye, chief.
Randall Romblad
Berlin
Berlin
Fort Hood's New Islamist Instructor
Over at the Corner, Andy McCarthy points out that Louay Safi, a top official at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), has been brought into Fort Hood to teach our troops about Islam. There’s just one problem. As McCarthy and others have reminded us, ISNA has a variety of disturbing ties to Islamic extremists and terrorists--and ISNA itself has been identified by federal prosecutors as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Here is one more ISNA tie worth remembering, adapted from a post I wrote in June. (Keep in mind that this same organization has sent an official to teach American servicemen about Islam.)
In a must-read expose on the financial ties between Saudi Arabia, including members of the royal family, and al Qaeda, the New York Times linked to several supporting documents [in June]. One of these documents is a dossier prepared by German criminal investigators in 2003.
The Germans investigated the financial dealings of an organization called the Third World Relief Agency (TWRA), which moved hundreds of millions of dollars around in its sponsorship of terrorism.
TWRA was run by senior Bosnian government officials, and sponsored the relocation of hundreds, if not thousands, of jihadists to Bosnia to fight in the 1990s. While carrying out some legitimate humanitarian functions as a cover, TWRA was really a front for global terrorist operations.
And the ISNA was likely one of its donors.
GO HERE to read more.
Here is one more ISNA tie worth remembering, adapted from a post I wrote in June. (Keep in mind that this same organization has sent an official to teach American servicemen about Islam.)
In a must-read expose on the financial ties between Saudi Arabia, including members of the royal family, and al Qaeda, the New York Times linked to several supporting documents [in June]. One of these documents is a dossier prepared by German criminal investigators in 2003.
The Germans investigated the financial dealings of an organization called the Third World Relief Agency (TWRA), which moved hundreds of millions of dollars around in its sponsorship of terrorism.
TWRA was run by senior Bosnian government officials, and sponsored the relocation of hundreds, if not thousands, of jihadists to Bosnia to fight in the 1990s. While carrying out some legitimate humanitarian functions as a cover, TWRA was really a front for global terrorist operations.
And the ISNA was likely one of its donors.
GO HERE to read more.
A Letter To The Editor
Joe,
Just wanted to give you a Daily Times Heads Up. They had several different stories on delmarvanow.com and I put in the comment section in reference to the rally on Monday evening. They contacted me earlier this afternoon in reference to the story. I informed them that we were trying to get a rally together to protest crime, let them know how fed up we are with it and that we want Chief Webster removed from office. I explained to them that this was something that was started on YOUR website and that if they want to do a story on it that they could contact you directly. I certainly hope that they will follow through so that we can have as many people there as possible. I hope that I didn't step on your toes as that was not the intent. I just think the more people we have there the better. I also explained that Monday night was selected as that is when the council members met. One of the biggest things that I emphasized to them that whether you were a Joe Albero fan or not that wasn't the issue here. The issue here is that we don't want to live in fear any more and that the current administration obviously has their priorities screwed up. I also explained that this would be a peaceful rally and that enough is enough as far as Webster is concerned. As I stated before, I hope that I didn't step on your toes. If they contact you and do a story on it, I think it would be great publicity. Let me also add that while I am not a resident of City of Salisbury, I have family and friends that are and they are scared. I am planning on attending the rally because I think it's time to send a very clear message to this administration. Get off your ass and do something. It's not political, it's a matter of quality of life.
Just wanted to give you a Daily Times Heads Up. They had several different stories on delmarvanow.com and I put in the comment section in reference to the rally on Monday evening. They contacted me earlier this afternoon in reference to the story. I informed them that we were trying to get a rally together to protest crime, let them know how fed up we are with it and that we want Chief Webster removed from office. I explained to them that this was something that was started on YOUR website and that if they want to do a story on it that they could contact you directly. I certainly hope that they will follow through so that we can have as many people there as possible. I hope that I didn't step on your toes as that was not the intent. I just think the more people we have there the better. I also explained that Monday night was selected as that is when the council members met. One of the biggest things that I emphasized to them that whether you were a Joe Albero fan or not that wasn't the issue here. The issue here is that we don't want to live in fear any more and that the current administration obviously has their priorities screwed up. I also explained that this would be a peaceful rally and that enough is enough as far as Webster is concerned. As I stated before, I hope that I didn't step on your toes. If they contact you and do a story on it, I think it would be great publicity. Let me also add that while I am not a resident of City of Salisbury, I have family and friends that are and they are scared. I am planning on attending the rally because I think it's time to send a very clear message to this administration. Get off your ass and do something. It's not political, it's a matter of quality of life.
Welcome Home Nick
Hey Joe-
Could you please post this on your blog. Nick is coming home from Iraq this weekend and we wil be flying up next week. We ask that people bring a donation of an unwrapped gift, canned good, or $5 which will be given to the local Salvation Army in spirit of the season.
Thanks for your help, we appreciate it!
Julie Hess
Flavors Italian Grille
MANUFACTURED CRISIS and ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
Obama's SECRET Plan for You - MANUFACTURED CRISIS and ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
Most Americans have always expected that their elected president always had the country's best interests at heart and tried to make the best decisions for the country.
That is why President Obama's actions to stifle and destroy capitalism are difficult for Americans to comprehend. It is obvious to many that the answer is tax cuts and allowing small business to thrive and create jobs. That is not happening.
For sixty years Democrats had virtual control of Congress with unlimited resources yet failed to promote a single policy that works.
Why?
Certainly it is not for lack of intellect so the only remaining explanation is seeking DELIBERATE FAILURE.
Our President deliberately wants failure? Yes. It even has a name: "Cloward-Piven" is the strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis.
"Cloward-Piven Strategy" of orchestrated crisis seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.
Cloward-Piven were inspired by radical organizer and Hillary Clinton mentor Saul Alinsky.
This strategy strives to create political, financial and social chaos that results in revolution.
In 1975, Rudy Giuliani cited Cloward-Piven for economic sabotage by their vast expansion of welfare roles causing bankruptcy in New York City.
Organize, demand new benefits, overload and stress systems thereby forcing collapse: a MANUFACTURED CRISIS.
This IS Barack Obama. His step father, his years at the university, his community organizing contacts, all these influences on his life were radical leftists and Obama was a willing participant. Additionally Obama can be tied to all of the destructive radical leftist organizations in the U.S since the 1960's.
Acorn, illegal immigration, voting fraud, mortgage crisis, and George Soros are all closely related and ALL are linked back to Barack Obama. As shown in the following flow chart, President Barack Obama is at the center and deeply intertwined with all these radical far left entities.
Source
Most Americans have always expected that their elected president always had the country's best interests at heart and tried to make the best decisions for the country.
That is why President Obama's actions to stifle and destroy capitalism are difficult for Americans to comprehend. It is obvious to many that the answer is tax cuts and allowing small business to thrive and create jobs. That is not happening.
For sixty years Democrats had virtual control of Congress with unlimited resources yet failed to promote a single policy that works.
Why?
Certainly it is not for lack of intellect so the only remaining explanation is seeking DELIBERATE FAILURE.
Our President deliberately wants failure? Yes. It even has a name: "Cloward-Piven" is the strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis.
"Cloward-Piven Strategy" of orchestrated crisis seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.
Cloward-Piven were inspired by radical organizer and Hillary Clinton mentor Saul Alinsky.
This strategy strives to create political, financial and social chaos that results in revolution.
In 1975, Rudy Giuliani cited Cloward-Piven for economic sabotage by their vast expansion of welfare roles causing bankruptcy in New York City.
Organize, demand new benefits, overload and stress systems thereby forcing collapse: a MANUFACTURED CRISIS.
This IS Barack Obama. His step father, his years at the university, his community organizing contacts, all these influences on his life were radical leftists and Obama was a willing participant. Additionally Obama can be tied to all of the destructive radical leftist organizations in the U.S since the 1960's.
Acorn, illegal immigration, voting fraud, mortgage crisis, and George Soros are all closely related and ALL are linked back to Barack Obama. As shown in the following flow chart, President Barack Obama is at the center and deeply intertwined with all these radical far left entities.
Source
Terrorism That's Personal (12 images)
EDITOR'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Text by Jim Verhulst, Times' Perspective editor Photos by Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press
We typically think of terrorism as a political act.
But sometimes it’s very personal. It wasn’t a government or a guerrilla insurgency that threw acid on this woman’s face in Pakistan. It was a young man whom she had rejected for marriage. As the United States ponders what to do in Afghanistan — and for that matter, in Pakistan — it is wise to understand both the political and the personal, that the very ignorance and illiteracy and misogyny that create the climate for these acid attacks can and does bleed over into the political realm. Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times op-ed columnist who traveled to Pakistan last year to write about acid attacks, put it this way in an essay at the time: “I’ve been investigating such acid attacks, which are commonly used to terrorize and subjugate women and girls in a swath of Asia from Afghanistan through Cambodia (men are almost never attacked with acid). Because women usually don’t matter in this part of the world, their attackers are rarely prosecuted and acid sales are usually not controlled. It’s a kind of terrorism that becomes accepted as part of the background noise in the region. ...
“Bangladesh has imposed controls on acid sales to curb such attacks, but otherwise it is fairly easy in Asia to walk into a shop and buy sulfuric or hydrochloric acid suitable for destroying a human face. Acid attacks and wife burnings are common in parts of Asia because the victims are the most voiceless in these societies: They are poor and female. The first step is simply for the world to take note, to give voice to these women.” Since 1994, a Pakistani activist who founded the Progressive Women’s Association (www.pwaisbd.org) to help such women “has documented 7,800 cases of women who were deliberately burned, scalded or subjected to acid attacks, just in the Islamabad area. In only 2 percent of those cases was anyone convicted.”
The geopolitical question is already hard enough: Should the United States commit more troops to Afghanistan and for what specific purpose? As American policymakers mull the options, here is a frame of reference that puts the tough choices in even starker relief: Are acid attacks a sign of just how little the United States can do to solve intractable problems there — therefore, we should pull out? Or having declared war on terrorism, must the United States stay out of moral duty, to try to protect women such as these — and the schoolgirls whom the Taliban in Afghanistan sprayed with acid simply for going to class — who have suffered a very personal terrorist attack? We offer a reading file of two smart essays that come to differing conclusions.
• In August, Perspective published a New York Times Magazine piece that followed up the story of Afghan sisters Shamsia and Atifa Husseini, who were attacked with acid simply for attending school. If you wish to refresh your memory, you may read the original article here.
• Two very smart, informed observers come to opposite conclusions on the proper U.S. course of action in Afghanistan. Here are excerpts from arguments that each of them has recently made:
Here are excerpts from Steve Coll’s “Think Tank” blog at NewYorker.com, in which he argues why we can’t leave — “What If We Fail In Afghanistan?” (Read it in full here.)
In an essay entitled “The War We Can’t Win” in Commonweal (also reprinted this month by Harper’s), Andrew J. Bacevich makes the case that we are overstating the importance of Afghanistan to U.S. interests. Bacevich is a professor of international relations at Boston University and the author, most recently, of The Limits of Power. A retired Army lieutenant colonel, he served from 1969 to 1992, in Vietnam and the first Persian Gulf War. He was a conservative critic of the Iraq war. Several of his essays have run before in Perspective. To read this one in full, go here.
• See the Sunday November 22, 2009 Perspective section in the St. Petersburg Times But be forewarned: Those photos are even harder to look at than this one.
To read the original story by Nicholas Kristof, please go Here.
GO HERE to see images and source.
Text by Jim Verhulst, Times' Perspective editor Photos by Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press
We typically think of terrorism as a political act.
But sometimes it’s very personal. It wasn’t a government or a guerrilla insurgency that threw acid on this woman’s face in Pakistan. It was a young man whom she had rejected for marriage. As the United States ponders what to do in Afghanistan — and for that matter, in Pakistan — it is wise to understand both the political and the personal, that the very ignorance and illiteracy and misogyny that create the climate for these acid attacks can and does bleed over into the political realm. Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times op-ed columnist who traveled to Pakistan last year to write about acid attacks, put it this way in an essay at the time: “I’ve been investigating such acid attacks, which are commonly used to terrorize and subjugate women and girls in a swath of Asia from Afghanistan through Cambodia (men are almost never attacked with acid). Because women usually don’t matter in this part of the world, their attackers are rarely prosecuted and acid sales are usually not controlled. It’s a kind of terrorism that becomes accepted as part of the background noise in the region. ...
“Bangladesh has imposed controls on acid sales to curb such attacks, but otherwise it is fairly easy in Asia to walk into a shop and buy sulfuric or hydrochloric acid suitable for destroying a human face. Acid attacks and wife burnings are common in parts of Asia because the victims are the most voiceless in these societies: They are poor and female. The first step is simply for the world to take note, to give voice to these women.” Since 1994, a Pakistani activist who founded the Progressive Women’s Association (www.pwaisbd.org) to help such women “has documented 7,800 cases of women who were deliberately burned, scalded or subjected to acid attacks, just in the Islamabad area. In only 2 percent of those cases was anyone convicted.”
The geopolitical question is already hard enough: Should the United States commit more troops to Afghanistan and for what specific purpose? As American policymakers mull the options, here is a frame of reference that puts the tough choices in even starker relief: Are acid attacks a sign of just how little the United States can do to solve intractable problems there — therefore, we should pull out? Or having declared war on terrorism, must the United States stay out of moral duty, to try to protect women such as these — and the schoolgirls whom the Taliban in Afghanistan sprayed with acid simply for going to class — who have suffered a very personal terrorist attack? We offer a reading file of two smart essays that come to differing conclusions.
• In August, Perspective published a New York Times Magazine piece that followed up the story of Afghan sisters Shamsia and Atifa Husseini, who were attacked with acid simply for attending school. If you wish to refresh your memory, you may read the original article here.
• Two very smart, informed observers come to opposite conclusions on the proper U.S. course of action in Afghanistan. Here are excerpts from arguments that each of them has recently made:
Here are excerpts from Steve Coll’s “Think Tank” blog at NewYorker.com, in which he argues why we can’t leave — “What If We Fail In Afghanistan?” (Read it in full here.)
In an essay entitled “The War We Can’t Win” in Commonweal (also reprinted this month by Harper’s), Andrew J. Bacevich makes the case that we are overstating the importance of Afghanistan to U.S. interests. Bacevich is a professor of international relations at Boston University and the author, most recently, of The Limits of Power. A retired Army lieutenant colonel, he served from 1969 to 1992, in Vietnam and the first Persian Gulf War. He was a conservative critic of the Iraq war. Several of his essays have run before in Perspective. To read this one in full, go here.
• See the Sunday November 22, 2009 Perspective section in the St. Petersburg Times But be forewarned: Those photos are even harder to look at than this one.
To read the original story by Nicholas Kristof, please go Here.
GO HERE to see images and source.
Found Dogs
Dear Mr. Albero,
Your blog did it again! The mop dog we found on Dagsboro Road has been reunited with her mommy ( a lovely young teen). Dog and owner were both very happy. She thought she would never see her dog again. This is a great service you provide.
Thank you and God Bless,
Grateful Reader
Editors Note: The other dog that was found and posted that same day was also reunited with its owner. I've been too busy to Post this information but thought I'd share it now. Thanks everyone!!!!! Joe
Your blog did it again! The mop dog we found on Dagsboro Road has been reunited with her mommy ( a lovely young teen). Dog and owner were both very happy. She thought she would never see her dog again. This is a great service you provide.
Thank you and God Bless,
Grateful Reader
Editors Note: The other dog that was found and posted that same day was also reunited with its owner. I've been too busy to Post this information but thought I'd share it now. Thanks everyone!!!!! Joe
Kratovil: Estate Tax Relief That Does Not Protect Family Farms Is Not Good Enough
Opposes legislation that fails to both protect family farms and index for inflation protecting future generations of tax payers.
Washington, DC – Rep. Frank Kratovil opposed HR 4154, a proposal to permanently extend 2009 estate tax levels, citing the legislation’s failure to extend adequate protections to family-owned farms. Kratovil also noted that the $3.5 million threshold included in the bill, aimed at exempting smaller estates from the tax, is not indexed for inflation and would therefore put future generations of middle class tax payers at risk from a tax that was never intended for them.
Rep. Kratovil pointed to the challenges faced by family farms in opposing this legislation. “Farms are not a liquid asset. The value of a farm is in the land. Without an estate tax exemption for family farms, families will often be forced to sell off part of their land to pay this tax,” said Kratovil.
Kratovil is a co-sponsor of H.R. 3524, the Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act. This bill will exempt farms and ranches from Federal estate taxes after death of the owner for as long as the property stays in the family and it continues to operate as a farm. The legislation also exempts landowners who have placed their land in a conservation easement from paying the estate tax as long as it persists in that capacity. “Farming is a major part of our heritage and our economy here in Maryland, but without an estate tax exemption for family farms, I fear that ag preservation will give way to over-development,” said Kratovil.
Additionally, Rep. Kratovil cited the bill’s failure to index the exemption for inflation as a flaw in the proposal. He pointed to a similar problem with the Alternative Minimum Tax, which now threatens middle class families that were never intended to be captured by the tax at the time of its passage several decades ago.
“A permanent fix to the estate tax is needed, but I would prefer we pass a bill that preserves family farms and protects middle class taxpayers both now and in the future,” said Kratovil. “I will continue to work for better estate tax reform legislation.”
Washington, DC – Rep. Frank Kratovil opposed HR 4154, a proposal to permanently extend 2009 estate tax levels, citing the legislation’s failure to extend adequate protections to family-owned farms. Kratovil also noted that the $3.5 million threshold included in the bill, aimed at exempting smaller estates from the tax, is not indexed for inflation and would therefore put future generations of middle class tax payers at risk from a tax that was never intended for them.
Rep. Kratovil pointed to the challenges faced by family farms in opposing this legislation. “Farms are not a liquid asset. The value of a farm is in the land. Without an estate tax exemption for family farms, families will often be forced to sell off part of their land to pay this tax,” said Kratovil.
Kratovil is a co-sponsor of H.R. 3524, the Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act. This bill will exempt farms and ranches from Federal estate taxes after death of the owner for as long as the property stays in the family and it continues to operate as a farm. The legislation also exempts landowners who have placed their land in a conservation easement from paying the estate tax as long as it persists in that capacity. “Farming is a major part of our heritage and our economy here in Maryland, but without an estate tax exemption for family farms, I fear that ag preservation will give way to over-development,” said Kratovil.
Additionally, Rep. Kratovil cited the bill’s failure to index the exemption for inflation as a flaw in the proposal. He pointed to a similar problem with the Alternative Minimum Tax, which now threatens middle class families that were never intended to be captured by the tax at the time of its passage several decades ago.
“A permanent fix to the estate tax is needed, but I would prefer we pass a bill that preserves family farms and protects middle class taxpayers both now and in the future,” said Kratovil. “I will continue to work for better estate tax reform legislation.”
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY ON JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FORUM
Governor O’Malley to Host Job Creation Access to Credit Summit with GBC;
Accept Small Business Task Force Recommendations
ANNAPOLIS, MD– Governor Martin O’Malley released this statement today on job creation and President Obama’s Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House. Governor O’Malley will be co-hosting a Job Creation Access to Credit Summit for businesses in Maryland on Monday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m. The Governor will also be accepting the recommendations of Maryland’s Small Business Task Force on Wednesday, December 9.
“We are focused on new ideas to create new jobs and grow our economy in Maryland. President Obama’s leadership at the national level is critical to helping our small businesses and families weather this national recession. Today’s Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House will generate new ideas to the issues most critical to small businesses including expanding access to capital and fueling innovation.”
Governor O’Malley will co-host the Maryland Small Business Summit to focus on job creation and access to credit for small businesses on Monday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. On Wednesday, December 9, Governor O’Malley will formally receive the recommendations from the Small Business Task Force, where he will host a live Small Business Town Hall online from Baltimore’s tech entrepreneur Blue Sky Factory.
Over the last several months, the Governor has aggressively pursued a strategy to strengthen small businesses, expand opportunity throughout Maryland, and fuel innovation. These efforts include:
Hosted a number of small business roundtable discussions across the State
Created the Small Business Task Force
Released a ten point strategy to strengthen small business in Maryland
Encouraged members of Maryland Congressional delegation to target TARP funds to expanding access to capital for small businesses
Launched MBE University, which helps connect small businesses with State and private sector contracts.
Accept Small Business Task Force Recommendations
ANNAPOLIS, MD– Governor Martin O’Malley released this statement today on job creation and President Obama’s Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House. Governor O’Malley will be co-hosting a Job Creation Access to Credit Summit for businesses in Maryland on Monday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m. The Governor will also be accepting the recommendations of Maryland’s Small Business Task Force on Wednesday, December 9.
“We are focused on new ideas to create new jobs and grow our economy in Maryland. President Obama’s leadership at the national level is critical to helping our small businesses and families weather this national recession. Today’s Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House will generate new ideas to the issues most critical to small businesses including expanding access to capital and fueling innovation.”
Governor O’Malley will co-host the Maryland Small Business Summit to focus on job creation and access to credit for small businesses on Monday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. On Wednesday, December 9, Governor O’Malley will formally receive the recommendations from the Small Business Task Force, where he will host a live Small Business Town Hall online from Baltimore’s tech entrepreneur Blue Sky Factory.
Over the last several months, the Governor has aggressively pursued a strategy to strengthen small businesses, expand opportunity throughout Maryland, and fuel innovation. These efforts include:
Hosted a number of small business roundtable discussions across the State
Created the Small Business Task Force
Released a ten point strategy to strengthen small business in Maryland
Encouraged members of Maryland Congressional delegation to target TARP funds to expanding access to capital for small businesses
Launched MBE University, which helps connect small businesses with State and private sector contracts.
GOVERNOR O’MALLEY PROPOSES OYSTER RESTORATION AND AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
New plan to Build on Efforts to Restore the Chesapeake Bay, Expand Oyster Sanctuaries and Aquaculture leasing opportunities
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Martin O’Malley today released the details of Maryland’s Proposed Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan, a new multi-faceted effort to rebuild Maryland’s decimated native oyster population. The plan will build on efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay and expand oyster sanctuaries and aquaculture leasing opportunities. Joined by scientists, environmental advocates, aquaculture entrepreneurs, industry representatives, recreational fishermen and State officials, the Governor made the announcement at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, the former site of Annapolis’ last shellfish packing business, McNasby’s Oyster Company, which closed in 1987.
“Today we are announcing a 3-step plan that will simultaneously help us restore the Chesapeake Bay, bring back our native oyster, and create new jobs and economic activity in our state,” said Governor O’Malley. “Our native oyster is part of the public trust, and we have a clear and urgent responsibility to restore this iconic species to the Chesapeake Bay. Today marks a critical next step in our efforts to rebuild the population for ecological and economic benefits. By some projections, today’s actions could contribute as much as $25 million to Maryland’s economy and create over 200 jobs.”
“Governor O’Malley is proposing to do for oysters what he did for blue crabs. Bravo. This plan will bring more oysters to the Bay. That will be good for the ecology and good for the economy. Oyster lovers will benefit and so will the seafood industry, with more jobs and prosperity. What a win for everyone," said Will Baker, president of CBF.
The plan is designed to enhance oyster restoration for ecological purposes and encourage the development of aquaculture businesses, while continuing to support a more targeted and sustainable public oyster fishery. As proposed, it will:
Significantly increase Maryland’s network of oyster sanctuaries — from 9% to 24% of remaining quality habitat — as well as the State’s ability to enforce them. Sanctuaries allow oysters to live longer, spawn without harvest pressure and, over time, develop natural resistance to disease.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is also undertaking a number of enforcement reforms, including a collaborative effort with federal partners to install a network of radars and cameras that will help Natural Resources Police monitor oyster sanctuaries and prevent poaching.
Increase areas open to leasing for oyster aquaculture and streamline the permitting process. This is based on the legislation Governor O’Malley sponsored in 2009, and will include the opening of 95,524 acres of natural oyster bars to leasing.
Identify areas off limits to leasing. This proposal will maintain 167,720 acres of natural oyster bars for the wild oyster fishery, including 76% of the Bay’s remaining quality oyster habitat. This will allow for continued support of a more targeted, sustainable, and scientifically managed public oyster fishery.
“By opening up these areas for oyster aquaculture, we estimate there could be up to 150 oyster aquaculture operations in Maryland in the short term — more if we can expand the market for Maryland oysters,” explained the Governor.
In January Governor O’Malley sponsored aquaculture legislation to streamline the regulatory process and open new areas to leasing to promote growth of that industry, lessen pressure on wild oysters and provide alternative economic opportunities for watermen. This legislation was developed with broad stakeholder involvement and passed overwhelmingly in the General Assembly this year. Aquaculture is now the predominant means of shellfish harvesting around the world.
“Maryland is the steward of the Chesapeake Bay and we need to continue to act to protect our State's crown jewel,” said Speaker Michael E. Busch. “The Governor and the General Assembly have taken substantial steps to protect the Chesapeake Bay and this is another important way to return the Bay to its full prosperity.”
Since 1994, the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population has languished at one percent of historic levels; quality oyster bars have decreased 70% from 200,000 to 36,000 (70% decrease) and the number of harvesters has dwindled from 2,000 in the mid 1980s to just over 500 annually since 2002. Today there are only eight oyster processing companies in Maryland, down from 58 in 1974.
The plan is built on the findings of a six-year Environmental Impact Study of oyster restoration options, and the work of the Oyster Advisory Commission and the Aquaculture Coordinating Council.
“The plan takes major steps in the right direction of rebuilding the native oyster populations, restoring the ecological benefits of their reefs, and transitioning economic production to aquaculture,” said Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and a member of the Oyster Advisory Commission said. As such, it is consistent with the consensus of university scientists, as well as the Advisory Commission that large sanctuary areas and improved opportunities for privatized oyster production are required.”
“Today’s announcement is taking a significant step forward to dramatically enhance our oyster population. Not unlike the 40 stakeholder groups who participated in the 1993 Oyster Roundtable, many of these same groups will need to work together again to establish and successfully implement a balanced strategy to return the oyster to its economic, ecologic and cultural importance to Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay," said Ken Binnix, founding chairman and current Board of Directors member of the now 15-year-old Oyster Recovery Partnership, the facilitating organization for oyster restoration in Maryland
“Today’s announcement launches an extensive public outreach process designed to give all stakeholders as well as the general public ample opportunity understand and offer input on this proposal before February, when our plan will be proposed in regulation,” said DNR Secretary John Griffin.
“When the Governor visited us last year he readily understood the benefits that shellfish aquaculture brings to economic growth and employment while aiding the environment through bio-filtration and nutrient transfer,” said Steve Gordon, operator of Gordon’s Shellfish in Snow Hill. “We’ve seen shellfish aquaculture growing across the country. Maryland has good growing areas, access to markets and now, strong support from the highest levels of government.”
“If we are ever to achieve our goal for a revitalized oyster population we must act now, and science tells us that this is the best way to begin rebuilding a sustainable, robust population,’’ said Governor O’Malley. “With the continued leadership of Senator Barbara Mikulski and our Congressional Delegation, as well as our State Legislature — who together have been instrumental in securing federal blue crab disaster funds and state capital funds — we will change the future for our native oyster and the Chesapeake Bay.”
The proposal and additional information are available online at www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries.
WBI Press Release
401 NAYLOR MILL ROAD, SALISBURY, MD 21801
PHONE: 410 548-4898 / FAX: 410 749-8327
PRESS RELEASE
INCIDENT: Armed Robbery – ADDITIONAL UPDATE DATE: December 3, 2009 LOCATION: Intersection of Morris Street and Price Road Salisbury, MD NARRATIVE:
UPDATE TO DECEMBER 1, 2009 ARMED ROBBERY – On December 3, 2009, Detectives from the Wicomico Bureau of Investigations, with the assistance of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, MSP, and the Cambridge Police Department executed three search and seizure warrants. As a result, the below listed individuals were arrested. They are being charged with:
Hardy, DeAngelo, 17 yoa
Lionel Conway, 18 yoa
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Wicomico Bureau of Investigation at 410-548-4898 or Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776. Charges:
Armed Robbery
Second Degree Assault
Handgun on Person
Possession of a handgun during the commission of a felony
Possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure
INVESTIGATING DETECTIVE TFC Elzey
RELEASTING AUTHORITY Sergeant Dave Owens, MSP Wicomico Bureau of Investigation DATE: December 3, 2009 TIME: 1157 HRS
Wicomico Bureau of Investigation
PHONE: 410 548-4898 / FAX: 410 749-8327
PRESS RELEASE
INCIDENT: Armed Robbery – ADDITIONAL UPDATE DATE: December 3, 2009 LOCATION: Intersection of Morris Street and Price Road Salisbury, MD NARRATIVE:
UPDATE TO DECEMBER 1, 2009 ARMED ROBBERY – On December 3, 2009, Detectives from the Wicomico Bureau of Investigations, with the assistance of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, MSP, and the Cambridge Police Department executed three search and seizure warrants. As a result, the below listed individuals were arrested. They are being charged with:
Hardy, DeAngelo, 17 yoa
Lionel Conway, 18 yoa
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Wicomico Bureau of Investigation at 410-548-4898 or Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776. Charges:
Armed Robbery
Second Degree Assault
Handgun on Person
Possession of a handgun during the commission of a felony
Possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure
INVESTIGATING DETECTIVE TFC Elzey
RELEASTING AUTHORITY Sergeant Dave Owens, MSP Wicomico Bureau of Investigation DATE: December 3, 2009 TIME: 1157 HRS
Wicomico Bureau of Investigation
Queen Anne’s Leaders Discuss Impact Of Stimulus-Funded State Department Training Facility
$70 Million in Stimulus Funds will create hundreds of local construction jobs, 500 permanent positions
Washington, DC – Business and civic leaders in Queen Anne’s County are praising the announcement earlier this week that the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of State have chosen the county as their preferred site to build a new 1,250-acre Foreign Affairs Security Training Center, citing the jobs and economic activity generated by the new facility as a major boon to county residents and businesses.
Construction of the training center, which is funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress in February, will create hundreds of local construction jobs. Once completed, the new facility will support 500 full-time employees, and the 10,000 students projected to cycle through the facility annually will produce 25,000 hotel night stays in local hotels and provide a significant boost for area restaurants, stores, and other businesses.
“It’s with great joy that the Queen Anne's County Chamber of Commerce and the Citizens of Queen Anne's County will be able to welcome the state department and its employees and contractors to our area. The local businesses should begin to see a positive influx in sales and services in their customer base,” said Linda Friday, President, Queen Anne’s County Chamber of Commerce. “The business community would like to thank Congressman Kratovil, Senator Mikulski and Senator Cardin for their support in bringing this Facility to Queen Anne's County.”
“I think that it is a great thing for the businesses in Queen Anne's and surrounding counties,” said Tracy Schultz, owner of the Fisherman’s Inn restaurant in Grasonville. “This county needs this type of economic growth to help the existing businesses prosper and to help with the creation of new jobs.”
Under the new agreement, the State Department will buy 2,000- acres of land in Queen Anne’s County to build a Diplomatic Training facility. Up to 1,250 acres may be developed. The Foreign Affairs Security Training Center will consolidate training that is currently spread across nineteen separate facilities. The next step in this process is negotiations between the GSA and owners of the property for the acquisition of the property.
“This facility will open many new doors for business and commerce right here in Queen Anne’s county. It is a job creator and a revenue generator, and we have the efforts of Rep. Kratovil to thank for that,” said Gene Ransom, President of the Queen Anne’s County Commissioners.
“We appreciate all of Congressman Kratovil's efforts to bring opportunities to the Eastern Shore in these difficult economic times,” said Queen Anne’s County Commissioner Courtney M. Billups.
Prior to the agreement, the State Department and GSA had been considering several sites throughout the region to house the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center. Congressman Kratovil fought hard to bring the building to the site in Queen Anne’s County, petitioning both the GSA and the State Department in support of the county’s bid for the facility. To read Congressman Kratovil’s letter in support of the Queen Anne’s site, click here.
The GSA has also announced their intention to hold a public hearing/comment period to give Queen Anne’s County residents an opportunity to voice their ideas and concerns about the facility. More information will be released when it becomes available.
Additional information about this project can be found here.
CTF Meeting 12/8/09
CRIME TASK FORCE MEETING
Salisbury Mayor James Ireton, Jr., will hold a meeting of the Salisbury Crime Task Force on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 12:30 p.m., in room 306 of the Government Office Building, 125 N. Division Street.
Agenda items for the Crime Task Force meeting include the following:
• Presentation on Goodwill’s Workforce Development Center
• Presentation on SPD’s crime data analysis process and the use of GIS
• Maryland Safe Streets Application update
• Open discussion
As always, the public is invited to attend.
Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Releases
Incident: Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute
Date of Incident: 30 November 2009
Location: 30000 block of Danwood Drive, Delmar, MD
Suspect: Jeffrey Bruce Morrison, 58, Delmar, MD
Narrative: On 30 November 2009 deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office served a Search and Seizure Warrant at the residence of Jeffrey Bruce Morrison in Delmar, MD. During the search of his residence, deputies located what they recognized as a marijuana manufacturing operation. Seized from the attic were thirteen marijuana plants being grown indoors under artificial light. The grow operation was equipped with both hydration and heat. Located elsewhere inside the residence were several separate bags of marijuana, ten smoking devices and a set of digital scales. Also located was a notebook that detailed both Morrison’s growth and distribution of marijuana.
Morrison was taken to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, Morrison was detained by the Commissioner in the Detention Center in lieu of $50,000.00 bond.
Charges:
Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute
Manufacture of CDS
Possession of CDS production equipment.
Incident: Assault 1st Degree
Date of Incident: 29 November 2009
Location: 600 block of Lancaster Court, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: David Serrano, 26, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 29 November 2009 at 1:36 AM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported altercation that occurred in a residence in the 600 block of Lancaster Court. Upon arrival, the deputy met with a female victim who advised that she was awoken by husband shortly before she called authorities. She stated that she and David became involved in a verbal altercation when David retrieved a knife from the kitchen, grabbed her by the back of the hair, put the knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.
After an investigation, the deputy placed David Serrano under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, he was detained in the Detention Center by the Commissioner in lieu of $40,000.00 bond.
Clerk Arrested For Her Involvement In Staging A Hotel Robbery
Troopers have arrested a 23 year-old clerk for staging a robbery at a Rehoboth area hotel.
Troopers arrested Megan Schatzman, 23, of Millsboro, who was the alleged victim on the September 11th robbery hotel robbery.
Troopers found evidence that lead them to believe that she staged the crime to cover up a theft of money for the hotel.
Schatzman was arrested yesterday December 2, and charged with felony theft, conspiracy 2nd and falsely reporting an incident. She was committed to Sussex Correctional Institute on $3,000 bail.
Megan Schatzman
Original release to follow:
DSP News Release: Robbery
Location: American Inn, SR 1 and Airport Road, Rehoboth, DE
Date of Occurrence: Friday, September 11, 2009 at 01:24 a.m.
Suspect(s): Two black male suspects both had average builds
Resume:
State police are investigating a robbery to a Rehoboth hotel.
On Friday just after 1:20 in the morning two male suspects entered to the hotel lobby and confronted a 23 year-old female clerk. One of the suspects placed a handgun to the female victim and then assaulted her. The suspects entered the office area, removed a safe containing money and then fled.
The suspect then fled.
Callers may remain anonymous. Tips may also be forwarded to law enforcement through tip lines maintained by Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-333 3 or on line at http://www.tipsubmit.com/.
PUBLIC NOTICE
SPECIAL MEETING
TO BE HELD ON
December 7, 2009
In accordance with §SC2-4 of the Salisbury City Charter, a majority of the City Council have called for a Special Meeting to be held on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. to consider a Budget Amendment to address a plan of action for the current violent crime issue.
The meeting will be held in Conference Room 306 of the City/County Government Office Building (125 N. Division Street).
Tiger Jokes
I know it hasn't even been a week yet, but I had to pass this on!
1. Tiger's new movie is out: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Hydrant.
2. Apparently the police asked Tiger's wife how many times she hit him. She said "I don't know exactly… but put me down for a 5."
3. Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars. Now he has a hole-in-one.
4. What's the difference between a car and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards……..
5. What were Tiger Woods and his wife doing out at 2.30 in the morning? They went clubbing
6. Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree. He couldn’t decide between a wood and an iron.
7. Phil Mickelson contacted Tiger's wife to pick up some tips on how to beat Tiger!
1. Tiger's new movie is out: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Hydrant.
2. Apparently the police asked Tiger's wife how many times she hit him. She said "I don't know exactly… but put me down for a 5."
3. Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars. Now he has a hole-in-one.
4. What's the difference between a car and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards……..
5. What were Tiger Woods and his wife doing out at 2.30 in the morning? They went clubbing
6. Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree. He couldn’t decide between a wood and an iron.
7. Phil Mickelson contacted Tiger's wife to pick up some tips on how to beat Tiger!
O’MALLEY FAMILY TO CUT FRESH, LOCAL CHRISTMAS TREE
First Family Encourages Marylanders to Buy Locally Grown Christmas Trees from Local Farms
ANNAPOLIS, MD– Governor Martin O’Malley, First Lady Katie O’Malley and their children will kick off the holiday season by visiting a Maryland family farm to cut their own fresh, local tree for the holidays. The O’Malley family encourages all Marylanders to buy their Christmas tree from a locally owned farm.
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, of the 200 tree growing farms in Maryland, 168 farms harvested 77,801 trees valued at $2.4 million. There are about 15,000 Christmas tree growers in the U.S., and over 100,000 people employed full or part time in the industry. Tree planting, shearing and mowing can take up to 65 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
When buying directly from a local farmer, dollars circulate through the local economy four times, strengthening our communities. In addition, the farms that grow Christmas trees stabilize soil, protect water supplies and provide wildlife habitat while creating scenic green belts.
The popular Fraser Fir does not always fare well in Maryland soils, but the Canaan is similarly beautiful and grown more easily and in more locations throughout the state. Other trees varieties grown in Maryland include: Douglas-fir, Concolor Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine, and Blue Spruce.
While they're growing, real Christmas trees absorb carbon dioxide and other gases and emit fresh oxygen, unlike artificial trees which are petroleum-based. When growing in open space, a 3” in diameter Douglas Fir tree can reduce atmospheric carbon by 23 pounds and intercept 102 gallons of storm water runoff per year.
ANNAPOLIS, MD– Governor Martin O’Malley, First Lady Katie O’Malley and their children will kick off the holiday season by visiting a Maryland family farm to cut their own fresh, local tree for the holidays. The O’Malley family encourages all Marylanders to buy their Christmas tree from a locally owned farm.
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, of the 200 tree growing farms in Maryland, 168 farms harvested 77,801 trees valued at $2.4 million. There are about 15,000 Christmas tree growers in the U.S., and over 100,000 people employed full or part time in the industry. Tree planting, shearing and mowing can take up to 65 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
When buying directly from a local farmer, dollars circulate through the local economy four times, strengthening our communities. In addition, the farms that grow Christmas trees stabilize soil, protect water supplies and provide wildlife habitat while creating scenic green belts.
The popular Fraser Fir does not always fare well in Maryland soils, but the Canaan is similarly beautiful and grown more easily and in more locations throughout the state. Other trees varieties grown in Maryland include: Douglas-fir, Concolor Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine, and Blue Spruce.
While they're growing, real Christmas trees absorb carbon dioxide and other gases and emit fresh oxygen, unlike artificial trees which are petroleum-based. When growing in open space, a 3” in diameter Douglas Fir tree can reduce atmospheric carbon by 23 pounds and intercept 102 gallons of storm water runoff per year.