Delmar Man To Face 5th Offense DUI Charge

Location:
US 13 N/O Delmar Delaware State Police

DATE and TIME:
September 20, 2010 2:15 a.m.

Defendant(s):
Anthony Mumford-35 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Delmar, De

Charge(s) and Bond Information:
5th Offense after 4 Prior Offenses Driving a Vehicle under the Influence Alcohol
Driving While Suspended or Revoked
Failure to Have Insurance Identification
Failure to Have Registration Card in Possession
Improper Lane Change
$16,500 secured bond Sussex Correctional Institute

Resume:
Delmar-Delaware State Police early Monday morning arrested Anthony Mumford-35 of Delmar for his 5th Offense of Driving under the Influence of Alcohol.

Anthony Mumford was observed traveling southbound on US 13 N/O Delmar around 2:15 a.m. in an erratic manner. The Delaware State Trooper advised Mumford was also traveling well below the posted speed limit.

As a result of Mumford’s unusual driving pattern the Trooper conducted a traffic stop on Mumford’s Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Trooper further detected an odor of alcohol emitting from Mumford’s breath. After being given Standardized Field Sobriety test Mumford was arrested for Driving under the Influence of Alcohol.

The Trooper’s subsequent search into Mumford’s driving record revealed he has been arrested on four prior occasions since 2000. Delaware State Police then arrested Mumford for his 5th Offense Driving under the Influence of Alcohol and other traffic related offenses.

Mumford was incarcerated on $16,500 secured bond to the Sussex Correctional Institute.

Millsboro Man Held On Kidnapping/Assault Charges

Location:
Beaver Dam Road Lewes, De

DATE and TIME:
Saturday September 18, 2010 12:17 a.m.

Victim(s):
30 year old Lewes woman

Defendant(s):
Robert A. Farris-37 Holly Street Millsboro, De

Charge(s) and Bond Information:
Kidnapping Second Degree
Strangulation
Assault Third Degree
Terroristic Threatening
Attempted Malicious Interference Emergency Communication
$44,000 secured bond Sussex Correctional Institute

Resume:
Lewes-Delaware State Police early Saturday morning investigated a kidnapping/assault which occurred on Beaver Dam Road Lewes around 12:17 a.m. September 18, 2010.

Delaware State Police learned that the 30 year old victim and a former acquaintance Robert A. Farris-37 of Millsboro where together at a Millsboro establishment shortly before midnight. During their meeting Farris became angered over perceived advances from another man toward the victim.

The victim and Farris left the Millsboro establishment and began walking to the victim’s car when she decided to call for a taxi. Farris then grabbed the victim by the hair and forced her into her vehicle. The victim fearing for her safety drove away with Farris who was seating in the passenger seat yelling profanities at her.

When the victim turned off of SR 23 and onto SR 5, Farris began striking the victim with his hands about the victim’s head and body. At one point Farris grabbed the victim around the neck and began to chock her and continued pulling her hair.

The victim eventually was able to pull to the side of the roadway and flee from Farris. The victim flagged down a passing motorist who called 911.

Delaware State Police Saturday arrested Farris on the above listed charges and he was subsequently remanded to Sussex Correctional Institute in on $44,000 secured bond.

Club For Growth PAC Endorses Five More Candidates For U.S. House

Pro-Growth Stars in CA-11, NY-19, AZ-8, MD-1, PA-4 Join ‘Generation Club’

WASHINGTON – Club for Growth PAC today announced its endorsements of five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives: David Harmer in California’s 11th congressional district, Nan Hayworth in New York’s 19th, Jesse Kelly in Arizona’s 8th, Andy Harris in Maryland’s 1st, and Keith Rothfus in Pennsylvania’s 4th.

“Club for Growth PAC is looking for the best of the best of 2010’s general election candidates, and in David Harmer, Nan Hayworth, Jesse Kelly, Andy Harris, and Keith Rothfus, we have found five of them,” said Club President Chris Chocola. “Each is a principled leader and a dynamic spokesman for America’s founding principles of economic freedom and limited government. Club for Growth PAC will get to work immediately to help these latest members of Generation Club win in November and drive a pro-growth agenda in the House for the next two years.”

All five are taking on vulnerable Democrat incumbents in November. Harmer is taking on incumbent Rep. Jerry McNerney. Hayworth faces Rep. John Hall. Kelly faces Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Harris faces Rep. Kratovil. And Rothfus faces Rep. Jason Altmire.

Harmer, Hayworth, Kelly, Harris, and Rothfus make 28 candidates the Club for Growth PAC has endorsed in the 2010 election cycle. They join Senators Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Tom Coburn (Okla.), Congressman Tom Graves (GA-09), Senate candidates Mike Lee (Utah), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Sharron Angle (Nev.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Ken Buck (Col.), Joe Miller (Alaska), and Pat Toomey (Pa.), and House candidates Tim Huelskamp (KS-01), Mike Pompeo (KS-04), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Tim Scott (SC-01), Justin Amash (MI-03), Mick Mulvaney (SC-05), Todd Young, (IN-09), Stephen Fincher (TN-08), Tim Griffin (AR-02), and David Schweikert (AZ-05).

First Mikulski For Senate TV Ad Hits Air Today

Sen. DeMint: 'It's Going To Take A Few Years' To Repeal ObamaCare

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C) said it could take years to repeal the Democrats' $1-trillion health care overhaul mandating the individual purchase of health insurance.

DeMint, in an interview with CNSNews.com during the Values Voters Summit on Friday, also said the Republican Party should run on the economic plan presented by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to address tax policy and solvency for Social Security and Medicare.

“It’s going take a few years” to repeal the health-care reform bill, DeMint told CNSNews.com.
“What we can do after this election is delay the funding and implementation of the bill and then get a president in 2012 who understands this is going to ruin medicine and bankrupt our country.”

The Ryan plan, "A Roadmap for America's Future," has only 13 co-sponsors in the House and has not become a platform for the 2010 mid-term elections. CNSNews.com asked DeMint if the Ryan plan should be similar to the 1994 “Contract with America,” the platform that helped Republicans retake Congress that year.

“Paul Ryan’s roadmap to the future is the only comprehensive legislation now that fixes our tax code, saves Social Security and Medicare and fixes our health care system and begins to cut spending over a long period of time,” DeMint said.“

The fact that it has been so difficult to get congressmen and senators to even have a hearing on something like this just tells you that our focus is not on the national interest, it’s on self-serving political interests that are symbolized by this earmark factory,” he added.

The Congressional Budget Office said the “roadmap” would put Medicare on a more sustainable path. The Ryan plan preserves Medicare and Social Security for those 55 and older, but it reforms the program to preserve it for younger generations.

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Rich Colburn & Jeannie Hadaway Host Fundraiser At Red Roost

Since When Do Dogs Enjoy Crabs So Much?

Let me tell you how to host the best fundraiser. The first thing you do is you go to Fruitland, where the citizens recognize great causes.

The Fruitland Police Department is in need of a K-9 Dog. Do they go to the Mayor and City Council and propose they shove the expense down the taxpayers throats like the City of Salisbury has notoriously done for so many years in the past, NO!

Instead, the Chief of Police pulls everyone together and provides a fundraiser for a great price. So many people showed up for this event, they may have just paid for the entire expense in one fundraiser.

This is the exact kind of example every other community needs to learn from. You see it in Willards, Pittsville, Parsonsburg, Delmar and so many other local communities. It's the right thing to do and that's why they're so successful.

Hundreds of people showed up for $25.00 a head and All-You-Can-Eat Crabs, hamburgers and hot dogs. Heck, even the beer was included!

Fruitland, my hat is tipped to you and while I was only going to pop in for a few minutes and head off to another fundraiser, there were just too many "good people" there to walk away. I paid my $25.00 and stuck around for 3 hours. Thanks for a great time and congratulations on the success of this event.

Shore Transit Holds Family Fun Day At Wi-Hi

Shore Transit hosts one big event of the year and this year it was held on Sunday. While they work 7 days a week, Sunday is the slowest route day. They shared many of their vehicles displayed in the parking lot and one of them is shown above. It's a new bus they just got in.

Fernando Guerrero and Hal Chernoff were kind enough to pop in and spend some time with the kids, (and adults) proving once again, this guy has not and will not forget where he came from. Fernando may be soft spoken but let me assure you, you don't want to be on the receiving end of one of his punches.

CRAB FEAST

Saturday, September 25, 2010
at the Hebron Fire Hall

Bring your Crab Mallet / Crab Knife
(all you can eat crabs, chicken, salad, corn on the cob, etc…)

5 -7 PM Dinner
7 -8 PM Loud/Silent Auction
8 – 12 PM Dance w/ DJ

Tickets: $30.00 per person
(sold in advance only)
No one under age 21 permitted

This Event will Benefit
The Friends of Mardela High School

Tickets will be available at
Mardela High School.
Please call 410-677-5142
for more information

More Memories Of Delmarva Bike Week 2010

Media Duped By Reid's Cries Of 'Obstructionism'

Crying "obstructionism" is a tradition for Senate majority leaders, and Harry Reid does it as frequently and piously as anyone. But Reid, with the cooperation of a news media confused by the upper chamber's rules, has defined "obstructionism" down, and this week is blaming conservative Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., for blocking a bill even though Reid hasn't even tried to move it yet.

Food safety legislation sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., would give the Food and Drug Administration sweeping new powers, and thus has spurred fierce opposition from small farmers and local produce advocates, while big food producers support the measure. Coburn has expressed concerns about burdens on small business and the bill's cost to taxpayers. He's also argued that the bill multiplies regulatory redundancies and complexity, thus harming effective enforcement.

The House passed a similar bill last year, and if the Senate doesn't pass a bill this year, the process would have to start over again.

The Democratic leadership's line -- swallowed whole by much of the media -- is that the Senate could easily pass this bill, but Coburn, a notorious gadfly, is holding it up.

"We thought we finally had it worked out," Reid said on the Senate floor. "We could take care of this, but Senator Coburn has said no."

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Farmers Incredulous As EPA Debate Tougher Rules On Dust

As they begin the fall harvest, wary farmers are watching a federal debate over whether to clamp down on one of rural life's constant companions — the dust clouds that farm machinery kick up in fields and along unpaved roads.

Farming groups have urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to retain its current standards for dust, soot and other microscopic particles, arguing that tighter restrictions would be unworkable and that dust isn't a real pollutant.

Grain farmer Charles Schmitt, who farms about 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans near the southwestern Indiana town of Haubstadt, called the possibility of tougher rules on dust "ridiculous."

The 59-year-old, who's farmed for more than four decades, said there's little farmers can do to reduce dust, especially after a dry summer like this year's that left his fields parched.

"Mother Nature has more to do with it than we do — there's going to be dust and dirt no matter what," Schmitt said.

The EPA is reviewing its airborne pollutant standards, as required every five years under the Clean Air Act. It's looking both at its standards for tiny particles of industrial pollution, and slightly larger particles called "coarse particulate matter" that include dust.

Supporters of tougher restrictions said they're needed to help clear the air of tiny grains that can lodge deep in the lungs, worsening heart and respiratory problems.

But farming and livestock groups and some lawmakers call those risks overstated. They argue that tighter rules could hurt rural areas, which they fear might exceed new limits and be required to implement plans to reduce dust.

In July, nearly two dozen senators from farm states urged EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in a joint letter to keep in place the current particulate standards, approved in 2006.

Tougher standards, their letter warned, would result in "extremely burdensome" dust control measures to bring regions into compliance and "could slow economic development and impose significant cost to farmers and businesses."

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Colin Powell: Illegals Work On My House

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and he has firsthand knowledge of that because they fix his house.

Mr. Powell, a moderate Republican, urged his party Sunday to support immigration generally because it is "what's keeping this country's lifeblood moving forward."

In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," he said a path to legal status should be offered to illegal immigrants because they "are doing things we need done in this country."

He added: "They're all over my house, doing things whenever I call for repairs, and I'm sure you've seen them at your house. We've got to find a way to bring these people out of the darkness and give them some kind of status."

Mr. Powell did not say whether he's hired illegal immigrants directly or they showed up with contractors.

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'Governator' Asks China To Bail Out California

Is China a friend or an enemy?

With the continuing economic downturn in the United States, it's hard to tell whether China is a major part of the problem or a central part of the solution, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports.

While the Obama administration is preparing to pressure China to stop unfair trade practices, including keeping the yuan artificially low on foreign-exchange markets to boost Chinese exports, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is courting China to finance high-speed rail in the state as a way to create jobs and possibly keep the state from having to declare bankruptcy.

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3rd Friday In Salisbury

If you still haven't attended a 3rd Friday event in Salisbury, you're missing a great time for the entire Family.

Harley-Davidson's Aging Biker Problem

FORTUNE -- Harley-Davidson was the feel-good turnaround story of the 1990s and then the poster-boy for brand values in the 2000s. How often did you read that Harley was the only consumer brand whose customers were so loyal they wore the company's logo tattooed on their chest?

But after expanding exuberantly in the last decade, Harley has fallen on hard times. Now it is struggling against a foe that not even cost-cutting nor brand loyalty can overcome: demographics. Its current owners are getting old, and not enough younger ones are coming up behind them.

Harley's core customer is a middle-aged white American male, a group that will contract in the coming decade. As one blogger wrote, "The 60-70-year old riders have trouble lifting a leg over the seat because of arthritis. And finger joints hurt with the cold air and engine vibration." Women represent just 11% of Harley buyers, and penetration in the African-American and Hispanic markets is similarly limited.

Harley's need to readjust its aspirations was driven home this week by the news that the company had forced its Wisconsin labor unions to accept wage and benefit concessions by threatening to move its factories out of the state. New contracts will allow the company to cut 325 employees and convert 150 to 250 other workers to temporary or "casual" status, meaning they have fewer benefits and will work on an "as-needed basis.

The cutbacks come as Harley (HOG, Fortune 500) scales back in the face of a sharply shrinking market. As recently as 2008, Harley built 303,000 motorcycles, nearly double the 159,000 it assembled in 2000. This year it expects to make between 201,000 and 210,000 bikes. Since new CEO Keith Wandell arrived on the scene in May, 2009, Harley has consolidated operations, terminated its Buell line of sport bikes, and sold its MV Agusta Italian motorcycles back to its founder.

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Obama Removes "Creator" From The Declaration Of Independence

Evolution Craft Brewing In Delmar

Corruption on the Salisbury City Council?

The Daily Times’ Laura D’Alessandro draws a sketch, but refuses to paint a picture, in her piece regarding Salisbury City Council members and their campaign contributors.  We are asked if we believe council members such as Louise Smith, Gary Comegys, and Shanie Shields would sell their votes for a mere $250 (the maximum contribution).  That would be a valid point, IF that’s what we are talking about.  Sadly, it isn’t.

In the cases of Comegys and Shields (and the Re-Elect Louise Smith campaign in 2011, mark my words) we are not talking about a series of $250 contributions.  The valid way to think of these individual contributions are as BIG CHECKS from SAPOA, the slumlords’ guild.  SAPOA members and their friends financed almost all of Shields’ campaigns.  The majority of Comegys’ 2007 re-election effort and his 2009 mayoral campaign came from the coffers of SAPOA members and pals.  Most of the balance? Friends and allies of former mayor Barrie Tilghman.  In addition to the cash contributions, there is the large amount of “under the table” money expended by SAPOA members -  Letter to tenants stating that they will be thrown into the streets if Terry Cohen, Debbie Campbell, or Jim Ireton are elected; mailings by fictitious, anonymous committees that claim all sorts of evil by the non-SAPOA endorsed candidates.

Like most everyone else, I failed that mind reading class in college.  Therefore, I can’t say with any certainty that these contributions are bribes or that there is a quid pro quo.  Let’s just assume that they aren’t.  The only other credible answer is that these council members share a philosophical or policy bond with SAPOA.  In other words, they must honestly believe that SAPOA members are above the law, that renters deserve no protection from bad landlords, and that owner-occupants should simply have to but up with crime, blight, declining property values, and general nuisance from a relatively few tenants who simply won’t live like decent, normal citizens.

Everyone has a right to their opinion.  Salisbury citizens simply must make Smith, Comegys, and Shields publicly own up to theirs.  City elections are next year.  Get ready for all sorts of shenanigans from SAPOA.  The status quo must be protected.  Citizens be damned!

from Delmarva Dealings

BP Well Is Dead, But Gulf Challenges Live On

Long-term environmental, industry and legal impacts from spill remain unknown

The "nightmare well" is dead. But the Gulf Coast's bad dream is far from over.

Federal officials declared Sunday that the well where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded had finally been killed . Workers drilled a relief well into the damaged one and sealed it with cement.
Its official end came 11 years after Texaco first sank an exploratory well near that same spot 50 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, then moved on after finding it unprofitable. When BP PLC purchased the rights to explore for oil there in 2008, it held an in-house well-naming contest.

The winning team chose the name Macondo, after the mythical town from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

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