As of 10:35 p.m.
Governor - O'Malley
Comptroller - Campbell
Attorney General - Gansler
Senator - Mikulski
House - Harris
Senate
37 - Colburn
38 - James
37A - Cane
38A - Otto
37B - Eckert and Haddaway
38B - Conway and McDermott
County Council
Holloway
Culver
Sample-Hughes
Prettyman
Bartkovich
Caldwell
Holloway
County Exec - Pollitt
State's Attorney - Maciarello
Clerk of the Court - Bowen
Registrar of Wills - Lemon
Judge of the Orphans' Court - Smith, Barclay, Pollitt-Bright
Sheriff - Lewis
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Dozens Report Voting Machines Incorrectly Select Democrats
ANNAPOLIS – More than thirty voters in more than half of Maryland’s counties have reported voting machines falsely selecting Democrat candidates to the Maryland Republican Party’ Voter Hotline. In each case, voters reported their ballot summary screen had improperly chosen a Democrat candidate when they had actually voted Republican. MDGOP highlighted similar issues during early voting and it appears the issue has not been resolved. Maryland Republican Party Chairman Audrey Scott issued the following statement today in response to the machine malfunctions:
“I urge every Maryland voter to be vigilant while voting and to double check their ballot before casting their vote. Reports coming into the MDGOP Voter Hotline echo similar malfunctions that occurred during early voting and represent a disturbing trend as in all instances the machine defaulted to the Democrat candidate. The Maryland Republican Party brought this issue to the attention of the State Board of Elections last week and we are disappointed to hear the problem continues to persist. In an election with close races across the state it’s essential all votes are counted properly and these continued reports of machine errors are unacceptable.”
One-Dollar Sale Of Washington Times Is Final
The sale of the Washington Times has gone through, Politico reports.
The late-August sale of the beleaguered newspaper, following months of staff cuts, represented a reassertion of control by the paper's founder, Reverend Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church.
Rev. Moon had given the reigns of the paper to his son, Preston Moon, who slashed staff to keep the paper afloat. For months, media watchers in D.C. speculated about the fate of the paper and its remaining staff.
The younger Moon finally sold the paper for $1 in late August to Douglas Joo, who will assume the debts and liabilities of the Washington Times.
Joo is said by many to be an ally to Rev. Moon.
Salisbury News Is Rocking Today!
It's been a crazy day for me but don't you worry, we'll have numbers up just as early as we can get them.
We did learn today that many of the Maciarello signs mysteriously disappeared overnight and guess what signs replaced them. You guessed it, Seth Mitchell signs! Once a snake, always a snake.
More to come........
Didja Vote? Chef Fred Would Like To Thank You!
Chef Fred's Restaurant on North Salisbury Boulevard wants to thank each and every voter with a plate at the free lunch buffet going on RIGHT NOW!
All you have to do is come into Chef Fred's wearing or carrying your "I Voted" sticker, then partake of the delicious lunch offerings, all courtesy of Chef Fred's.
Remember to say thanks and leave a little something for your server.
WICOMICO TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION IN RURAL LEGACY GRANTS
County Executive Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., announced today that the O’Malley Administration will be making $1 Million in Rural Legacy Grant funding available for land preservation in Wicomico County. Pollitt said that, “The Rural Legacy program is a great tool for us to use to save rural land in the Quantico Creek area. I am grateful that Governor O’Malley recognized our efforts with a grant amount matched only by the previous one for $1 Million in 2008.”
Wicomico County has now been awarded $5.7 Million in grant funds from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Rural Legacy Program since 2002. The County currently has $1. 5 Million allocated to it to purchase Rural Legacy Easements. Negotiations are in process for the next easement acquisition.
$4.2 Million of Rural Legacy funds, along with $122,000 of Wicomico County Forest Conservation funds, Wicomico County Agricultural Preservation funds and private donations have been used to protect 2,126 acres of land in the Quantico Creek Rural Legacy Area by way of easement acquisition. The easements are on lands near the headwaters of Quantico Creek surrounding historic Quantico, Maryland, and prime agricultural and forest land along Royal Oak Road.
"TEA PARTY” NOW IN FREE FALL IN WICOMICO COUNTY
No matter the outcome today, there’s already a big loser in this election cycle – the local T-P crowd who thought that they could usurp the electorate by whining about taxes and spending but offering no solutions or even a serious proposal. Like, can you say "Julie Brewington" (and what has Ms. Wannabe been doing since her embarrassing debacle in the primary)?
With leaders like her and her husband no serious candidate was lured aboard their ship of fools, and their coterie of candidates – Mr. & Ms. B., Chris Lewis and Calpino the absurd – have either been eliminated or will be today.
The electorate has a remarkable ability to detect a sham, and having been duped by Obama two years ago, is not about to let that happen again. By trying to foist upon us candidates who have no knowledge of local or state government but simply want to run it "their way," the Tea Party has effectively neutered itself in Wicomico County. New leadership (assuming it would not be a carbon copy of the current) might not be enough.
In essence, they blew it! But, in the next election cycle we probably will have to endure "Julie, the Sequel."
With leaders like her and her husband no serious candidate was lured aboard their ship of fools, and their coterie of candidates – Mr. & Ms. B., Chris Lewis and Calpino the absurd – have either been eliminated or will be today.
The electorate has a remarkable ability to detect a sham, and having been duped by Obama two years ago, is not about to let that happen again. By trying to foist upon us candidates who have no knowledge of local or state government but simply want to run it "their way," the Tea Party has effectively neutered itself in Wicomico County. New leadership (assuming it would not be a carbon copy of the current) might not be enough.
In essence, they blew it! But, in the next election cycle we probably will have to endure "Julie, the Sequel."
Sign Of Dirty Tricks Times: Md. State Workers Remove GOP Posters
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley ordered state highway workers to remove political campaign signs for Republican candidates during the weekend, according to GOP candidates and homeowners.
The leader of the state with the slogan of "Seize the Day Off" apparently told state employees to work on their days off, at overtime rates, according to candidates and residents along major thoroughfares in the Democratic stronghold of Montgomery County, in the Washington suburbs. Those residents told Newsmax they were surprised on Saturday when highway workers removed signs from their front yards and tossed them into a state dump truck.
“This is an absolute outrage,” said Rob Vricella, a Republican candidate for county council who confronted the workers. “I jumped up into the truck and retrieved my own signs and saw a pile of what looked like all Republican signs.”
When Vricella challenged the workers, they identified themselves as state employees who were getting overtime to remove the signs on the Democratic governor’s orders, he said.
Perhaps not coincidentally in this state regarded as one of the bluest of the blue, O’Malley is running for re-election against former Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich (right), whom O’Malley ousted in 2006 after Ehrlich had served just one term.
A few minutes after Vricella encountered the state workers, the truck stopped in front of Charles Pelham’s house in Bethesda. His wife was working in the yard when the state workers removed Republican campaign signs from their property, despite her protests, Pelham said.
The workers told her the same story: They were acting on the Democratic governor’s orders and receiving overtime for working on Saturday and Sunday.
Candidates regularly put up signs on the medians of main roads, even though state law forbids the practice and holds offending candidates responsible for their removal. Candidates who don’t remove their signs after Election Day can be fined, although that has happened rarely, if ever.
But the state has no authority to remove signs from private property. Removal of private property without the owner’s request is theft.More here
The leader of the state with the slogan of "Seize the Day Off" apparently told state employees to work on their days off, at overtime rates, according to candidates and residents along major thoroughfares in the Democratic stronghold of Montgomery County, in the Washington suburbs. Those residents told Newsmax they were surprised on Saturday when highway workers removed signs from their front yards and tossed them into a state dump truck.
“This is an absolute outrage,” said Rob Vricella, a Republican candidate for county council who confronted the workers. “I jumped up into the truck and retrieved my own signs and saw a pile of what looked like all Republican signs.”
When Vricella challenged the workers, they identified themselves as state employees who were getting overtime to remove the signs on the Democratic governor’s orders, he said.
Perhaps not coincidentally in this state regarded as one of the bluest of the blue, O’Malley is running for re-election against former Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich (right), whom O’Malley ousted in 2006 after Ehrlich had served just one term.
A few minutes after Vricella encountered the state workers, the truck stopped in front of Charles Pelham’s house in Bethesda. His wife was working in the yard when the state workers removed Republican campaign signs from their property, despite her protests, Pelham said.
The workers told her the same story: They were acting on the Democratic governor’s orders and receiving overtime for working on Saturday and Sunday.
Candidates regularly put up signs on the medians of main roads, even though state law forbids the practice and holds offending candidates responsible for their removal. Candidates who don’t remove their signs after Election Day can be fined, although that has happened rarely, if ever.
But the state has no authority to remove signs from private property. Removal of private property without the owner’s request is theft.More here
GOP Surge Expected To Weaken Obama’s Support Of PA Demands
An expected drubbing of the Democratic party by the GOP Tuesday probably will weaken PA demands and strengthen Israel, foreign analysts say.
By all counts, the Republican party is likely to win a majority in the House of Representatives and whittle the Democrats’ Senate majority to a whisker. The mid-term elections are being fought primarily on domestic issues, especially the economy and “Obamacare.”
Israel is a big factor in several local campaigns, but the overall anticipated Republican sweep is likely to result in a Congress that is “not likely to put heavy pressure and … more likely to give knee-jerk support on all kinds of other issues," strategic analyst Yossi Alpher told the French news agency AFP.
Netanyahu "will probably think he's in a stronger position," Middle East specialist and former U.S. official Robert Danin told a major California newspaper, the Sacramento Bee.
The Palestinian Authority has been assuming that once elections are out of the way, U.S. President Barack Obama will feel freer to pressure Israel, but PA negotiator Nabil Sha’ath recently admitted that if the Democratic party is trounced, President Obama’s leverage on foreign policy will be reduced.More here
By all counts, the Republican party is likely to win a majority in the House of Representatives and whittle the Democrats’ Senate majority to a whisker. The mid-term elections are being fought primarily on domestic issues, especially the economy and “Obamacare.”
Israel is a big factor in several local campaigns, but the overall anticipated Republican sweep is likely to result in a Congress that is “not likely to put heavy pressure and … more likely to give knee-jerk support on all kinds of other issues," strategic analyst Yossi Alpher told the French news agency AFP.
Netanyahu "will probably think he's in a stronger position," Middle East specialist and former U.S. official Robert Danin told a major California newspaper, the Sacramento Bee.
The Palestinian Authority has been assuming that once elections are out of the way, U.S. President Barack Obama will feel freer to pressure Israel, but PA negotiator Nabil Sha’ath recently admitted that if the Democratic party is trounced, President Obama’s leverage on foreign policy will be reduced.More here
Work On Israeli Southern Border Fence To Begin This Month
The Ministry of Defense stated Sunday that construction work on the security fence between Israel and Egypt will begin this month.
In the course of a weekend meeting of the Diplomacy-Security Cabinet, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructed government ministries to try and find African countries that would be willing to take in the illegal immigrants that Israel expels, in return for financial compensation.
No country has yet agreed to take in the infiltrators.
An expert on demography told Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service that Netanyahu's proposal is not unlike France's way of dealing with the gypsy population. Prof. Sergio Della Pergola of the Hebrew University said, “It is a little like what [French president Nicola] Sarkozy did with the gypsies: he sent planes to Romania with gypsy immigrants [on board] and paid each immigrant 300 Euro.”
“And this was done in enlightened France,” Della Pergola added sarcastically.
The demographer said there was “a bit of a paradox” in the construction of the anti-infiltrator fence. “On the one hand, one needs to prevent the entry of refugees and terrorists through the border. But on the other hand, it is actually a good sign that the border between Israel and Egypt is an open one, because it shows that there are no hostile incidents between the two countries.”
Della Pergola said it was no coincidence that the infiltrators choose to head for Israel. “No one wants to take them in, but there is mostly an economic reason – they want to reach a free country like Israel; out of all the countries in Asia and the Middle East, they want to come here, but the problem is that these immigrants compete with Israelis for the same jobs and hurt us in the long run.”
Egyptian border guards shot and killed a Sudanese person who was trying to infiltrate into Israel on Saturday. A security source told Chinese news agency Xinhua that the guards had called out a warning to the infiltrator and his group before opening fire. Two other infiltrators were arrested, and the others escaped.More from INN
In the course of a weekend meeting of the Diplomacy-Security Cabinet, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructed government ministries to try and find African countries that would be willing to take in the illegal immigrants that Israel expels, in return for financial compensation.
No country has yet agreed to take in the infiltrators.
An expert on demography told Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service that Netanyahu's proposal is not unlike France's way of dealing with the gypsy population. Prof. Sergio Della Pergola of the Hebrew University said, “It is a little like what [French president Nicola] Sarkozy did with the gypsies: he sent planes to Romania with gypsy immigrants [on board] and paid each immigrant 300 Euro.”
“And this was done in enlightened France,” Della Pergola added sarcastically.
The demographer said there was “a bit of a paradox” in the construction of the anti-infiltrator fence. “On the one hand, one needs to prevent the entry of refugees and terrorists through the border. But on the other hand, it is actually a good sign that the border between Israel and Egypt is an open one, because it shows that there are no hostile incidents between the two countries.”
Della Pergola said it was no coincidence that the infiltrators choose to head for Israel. “No one wants to take them in, but there is mostly an economic reason – they want to reach a free country like Israel; out of all the countries in Asia and the Middle East, they want to come here, but the problem is that these immigrants compete with Israelis for the same jobs and hurt us in the long run.”
Egyptian border guards shot and killed a Sudanese person who was trying to infiltrate into Israel on Saturday. A security source told Chinese news agency Xinhua that the guards had called out a warning to the infiltrator and his group before opening fire. Two other infiltrators were arrested, and the others escaped.More from INN
Thank You Candidates
6 years later we're sitting with more than 40 candidates running for office, many doing their very first video interview with a Blog.
I want to personally reach out to ALL of those candidates who took the time to come in and be interviewed. This process allowed our viewers to become far more educated. Voters are making more informed decisions about the candidates wishing to represent them.
GET OUT AND VOTE!
Victory Parties
One individual continues to send me anonymous comments wanting, (sometimes demanding) I tell them which Victory Party I'll be attending this evening.
Well, I've been invited to many. Both Ehrlich & O'Malley have invited me to theirs. Harris has invited me to his. Wargotz, Mathias and several others have also asked I attend their parties.
However, there's only ONE party in which I have any interest in being at and quite frankly that's no ones business. I'm 99% sure I know, (and you do too) who keeps sending me that anonymous question over and over again in almost every single Post. There's only one person that obsessed with Joe Albero.
Salisbury News will have people all over the place. While I wish I could be at several, there's only one of me. Win or lose, I will be at one party. Good Luck To ALL Candidates Today.
Well, I've been invited to many. Both Ehrlich & O'Malley have invited me to theirs. Harris has invited me to his. Wargotz, Mathias and several others have also asked I attend their parties.
However, there's only ONE party in which I have any interest in being at and quite frankly that's no ones business. I'm 99% sure I know, (and you do too) who keeps sending me that anonymous question over and over again in almost every single Post. There's only one person that obsessed with Joe Albero.
Salisbury News will have people all over the place. While I wish I could be at several, there's only one of me. Win or lose, I will be at one party. Good Luck To ALL Candidates Today.
Appeals Court Extends Life Of Gay Military Policy
Panel grants government's request for stay of ruling that 'don't ask, don't tell' is unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court extended the military's ban on gays serving openly Monday by indefinitely freezing a judge's order halting enforcement of the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law, heightening pressure on the Obama administration to persuade the U.S. Senate to repeal the law before a new Congress is sworn in.
A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the U.S. government's request for a stay while it challenges the trial court's ruling that the ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional.
GO HERE to read more.
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Wicomico County Health Department To Hold PUBLIC FLU Vaccination Clinic
(Salisbury, MD) - The Wicomico County Health Department will hold a public walk-in flu vaccination clinic on Friday, November 5, 2010 from 7:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. The clinic will be held at the Wicomico County Health Department William C. Fritz Center located at 300 W. Carroll Street, Salisbury, MD. Appointments are not needed. Vaccinations are for adults age 18 and older and will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Cost is $15 per flu shot. The public is encouraged to wear short sleeve clothing to the clinic.
Flu mist will also be available at no cost for children, age 5 to 11 only, enrolled in private schools or homeschooled students. Wicomico County public school students who missed receiving the flu mist at their school are also eligible.
Lori Brewster, Wicomico County Health Officer, encourages everyone to get a flu vaccination unless one has a medical contraindication or religious belief. “By doing so, you protect not only your own health, but that of your family, friends, and co-workers as well.”
For additional flu information, go to www.wicomicohealth.org or call 410-543-6943 to schedule a vaccination appointment after November 5, 2010.
EDITORIAL: Ehrlich For Maryland Governor
Andy Harris, Charles Lollar for Congress
5:41 p.m., Friday, October 29, 2010
Maryland is on a path to become the Shakedown State. The current administration stands for tax increases, big spending and speed cameras on every street corner. Tomorrow, voters should insist on returning to a path of limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty. They can do that with a vote for Bob Ehrlich, the former Republican governor seeking to replace Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat.
Mr. O'Malley gained a slight polling advantage thanks to a negative ad barrage designed to flamboozle voters into thinking he's the candidate who would tread most lightly on the taxpayer's wallet. He shouldn't be allowed to get away with this swindle. In 2007, Mr. O'Malley enacted increases in personal income taxes, corporate income taxes, sales taxes, taxes on cigarettes and the tax on vehicle titles - a package adding up to a yearly total of $1.4 billion. Mr. Ehrlich's sin was his support for a temporary property tax increase that cost homeowners a comparatively modest $200 million. As penance, Mr. Ehrlich pledged to repeal the O'Malley sales tax increase. Mr. O'Malley's commercials are built upon whoppers like counting the cost of a tax increase on health maintenance organizations that the Democratic General Assembly enacted over Mr. Ehrlich's veto.
Such dishonesty is a distinctive feature of Mr. O'Malley's administration. Upon taking office, one of his top priorities was to ram the statewide expansion of speed cameras through the legislature in the name of protecting highway workers and schoolchildren. The state government now uses speed cameras on freeways in "work zones" where there are no workers and no work is being done. The State Highway Administration has been approving the creation of brand-new "school zones" on commuter roads unconnected with any school - the real purpose has been to extract yet more money from taxpayers.
Mr. Ehrlich vetoed speed-camera legislation as governor, proving he understands that this corruption should be given no place in the Old Line State. Maryland needs Mr. Ehrlich, who will lower taxes to encourage entrepreneurs to invest in the state and restore its former prosperity.
Voters in the Eastern Shore's 1st District have an especially important opportunity to send Andy Harris, a physician, veteran and state senator, to Congress. Dr. Harris shows a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil Jr., who beat Dr. Harris by less than 3,000 votes in 2008. It's time to remedy that mistake.
While Mr. Kratovil has been careful to avoid being linked to the liberal agenda of President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, it's a tough sell. Mr. Kratovil voted for the so-called stimulus package, which wasted $814 billion in taxpayer funds to create a handful of make-work jobs. He voted for the "cap-and-trade" bill that would raise taxes on the cost of energy. Although he voted against Obamacare, Mr. Kratovil refuses to commit to its repeal. Dr. Harris understands that the Obama-Pelosi-Hoyer agenda threatens to pull the plug on America's long-term health.
Voters in the 5th Congressional District have the advantage of being able to target a key member of that liberal triad. Combat veteran, businessman and Tea Party activist Charles Lollar, a Republican, is taking on Mr. Hoyer. That is no small task, considering Mr. Hoyer is a professional politician who has held some sort of public office for the past 45 years - including 15 terms in Congress. Mr. Lollar's unrestrained enthusiasm and passion for limited government show he's a rising star in the Maryland GOP.
Judge: Md. Firefighters Can Campaign For Ambulance Fees
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Montgomery County judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop county firefighters from campaigning for ambulance fees.
Without a 'Yes' vote on 'Question A' -- the ballot measure that would institute ambulance fees -- Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett says he'll have to cut more than 80 firefighter positions and take 11 ambulances out of service.
Leggett has put the county's paid firefighters to work lobbying in support of the measure. Uniformed firefighters, at times with equipment, have handed out literature and shown up on the clock at shopping and government centers in what the county calls "an education effort" and what opponents call "electioneering."
In making his ruling, Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg said the plaintiffs -- volunteer firefighters -- failed to file in a timely manner.
The judge also said citizens could be as outraged that the county is "crying poverty" while spending taxpayers' money to argue its case.
GO HERE to read more.
Without a 'Yes' vote on 'Question A' -- the ballot measure that would institute ambulance fees -- Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett says he'll have to cut more than 80 firefighter positions and take 11 ambulances out of service.
Leggett has put the county's paid firefighters to work lobbying in support of the measure. Uniformed firefighters, at times with equipment, have handed out literature and shown up on the clock at shopping and government centers in what the county calls "an education effort" and what opponents call "electioneering."
In making his ruling, Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg said the plaintiffs -- volunteer firefighters -- failed to file in a timely manner.
The judge also said citizens could be as outraged that the county is "crying poverty" while spending taxpayers' money to argue its case.
GO HERE to read more.
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