Found Dog In Steeple Chase ***UPDATE***

Thank you! The dogs owners are on their way to get him now!

Joe, this dog was found this afternoon in Steeple Chase development in Salisbury. If this dog is yours or if you know who this dog belongs to, please contact Jerry @ Thank you!

Newt Talks Of Impeachment

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama’s decision not to fully enforce the Defense of Marriage law has sparked a constitutional crisis as he has directly violated his constitutional duties by arbitrarily suspending a law.

Gingrich for the first time raised the specter of Obama’s removal from office, noting that, if a “President Sarah Palin” had taken a similar action, there would have been immediate calls for her impeachment.

Obama Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday that the administration will not defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in the courts, which has banned recognition of same-sex marriage for 15 years. President Clinton signed the act into law in 1996.

Obama’s decision to forego a legal defense of the law has caused a firestorm of anger from conservative groups.

Gingrich slammed Obama for his decision, telling Newsmax that he is not a “one-person Supreme Court” and his decision sets a “very dangerous precedent” that must not be allowed to stand.

Read more at Newsmax

Update On House Bill 1107 At A Local Level

On a local level, Salisbury News has come to learn that the plan at the moment is for County Executive Rick Pollitt and the County Council to sign a letter of opposition to the legislation and send it to our delegation in Annapolis.

Hebron Residents Want An Alleged Local Drug Dealer To Know, YOU"VE BEEN BLOGGED

"Dear Neighborhood Drug Dealer"

(400 N. Main Street)

Please find a new location.

Sincerely,

The Entire Town of HEBRON

Jack Russel Found In Delmar ***UPDATE***

Well, now its my turn to reach out to the public and share the image above. This very friendly Jack Russel showed up at the Albero Ranch just moments ago. After a few phone calls we were able to learn the owner lives in White Tail Road in Delmar but weren't able to reach them by phone.

If this is your pet, he's safe and sound just waiting for you to come pick him up. Give me a call at 410-430-5349.

Tips Lead To Arrest In Ocean City Pharmacy Burglary

Crime Stoppers and RxPatrol would like to thank all of the news organizations who helped in the apprehension of suspect William Freeman in connection with a burglary that occurred on January 3 at Bailey’s Pharmacy in Ocean City.

Thanks to your help, along with anonymous tips from the public in response to the reward offer, this criminal is off the streets.

For additional details, please call Jessica Waters with the Ocean City Police Department at (410) 723-6665.

Have a nice weekend,

Shannon

Floating Through Winter

Who says Winter isn't beautiful? Here are some beautiful scenes I shot from the ground and air in Delmarva. Most of the areas are in Wicomico County, specifically Wetipquin.

Crime Solvers Site Updated

Help Crime Solvers find these suspects. GO HERE

Port Penn Man Arrested For The Rape Of An Eight Year Old

Location:  100 block of S. Congress Street, Port Penn, DE

 

Date of Occurrences:  Unknown at this time. The incident was reported on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

 

Victim: 

 

-8 year old Port Penn, DE female

 

Defendant: Joshua Jones, 23, Port Penn, DE

 

Charges:

 

-Rape 1^st Degree

-Unlawful Sexual Contact 1^st Degree

 

Resume:  

Port Penn- Delaware State Police Major Crimes detectives have arrested a 23 year old Port Penn man for the rape of an eight year old female after videos of him were discovered by the victim’s mother.

 

The investigation into this incident began on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 as troopers were called to respond to a residence in the 100 block of S. Congress Street in Port Penn. Upon their arrival the troopers were contacted by a 28 year old female resident who advised them that she had discovered two videos on a desk top computer in the residence that depicted her 8 year old daughter performing sexual acts on her 23 year old boyfriend, Joshua Jones.  Troopers were advised that when the mother confronted Jones about the videos, he fled the residence. Troopers searched the area for Jones, however; they could not locate him. The case when then turned over to detectives from the Major Crimes Unit located at Troop 2. After further investigation, detectives obtained a warrant charging Jones with one count each of Rape 1^st Degree and Unlawful Sexual Contact 1^st Degree.

 

On Thursday, February 24, troopers were called to the area of US Rt. 13 at Drawyer’s Creek, north of Odessa, for the report of a suspicious person. Upon their arrival, they came into contact with Joshua Jones and took him into contact without incident. He was then transported to the Wilmington Hospital for an evaluation. After his release he was arraigned by JP Court 2 and committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institute for lack of $55,000 secured bail.

The American Red Cross Lower Shore Press Release

Poplar Hill Ave, Salisbury, MD

House Fire 25 February 2011

The American Red Cross Lower Shore Chapter Disaster Action Team #4 responded to assist a family of 3 displaced by a house fire on Poplar Hill Ave, Salisbury, MD early this morning.

HB1107 PART I

This country and our State is in the midst of a depression.  Unemployment is at an all-time high and government is still trying to get larger by increasing their size and spending.  Spending money they don’t have and will never be able to pay back.  Maryland is already trying to balance their budget by pass the cost of their programs down to the counties, but they still retain the control by dictating how the programs are to be enforced.    The proposed bill HB1107 titled Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2011 is just another example of the same kind of liberal control that will further increase the debit.   One might ask how does this increase the debt.  It’s simple,  by directing that all major subdivision must have public facilities drives the cost of development up making it impossible for a property owner to do their own development.  So it either shifts the burden to local towns who already cannot afford to pay their own budgets, which in turn will raise taxes in order to take on the new responsibilities.  Or if that doesn’t happen and someone has a large property that is currently permitted to develop a major subdivision, can no longer afford to do that development.  Therefore they must sell their property to a large development company, which is almost always located out of the jurisdiction where the development will take place.  They move in with their deep pockets, do the development, sell the lots, and when it’s over go back where they came from and take all their profits with them leaving local jurisdictions holding the bag.  So how do they handle all this, increase their size, hire new employees, and yes raise taxes.  This way it also decreases the value of the property to the owner of the property because when a development company purchases the land they need to pay less in order to meet the overall development cost if they are going to make a profit, and they will make a profit, and they will make a profit or they wouldn’t be in the business.  The fact is that right now there is no development going on because even those developers know that the economy there is no one who can afford to purchase their lots.

           

The writer of this bill is making a lot of assumptions that may not be true and I my opinion are not factual.  The bill even says they are estimates.  When the Coastal Bays critical area was being studied the estimates have not changed that much and most of the development taken place has been by these big developers with public facilities.  The fact it that 8% nitrogen load from on-site sewage disposal systems is a drop in the bucket to the overall picture.  What is happening with all the other contributors to this problem?   That’s a good question; farmers and the agricultural business are being hit with more regulations driving their costs up and their profit down.  And if that isn’t enough, environmental groups are suing farmers, and chicken processing companies, who then must defend themselves also increasing their cost and reducing their profit while these environmental groups’ costs are paid for by us the tax payers.  Therefore those being sued are not only paying for their own defense, but also for the lawsuit brought against them and quite frankly these radical environmental groups really don’t care and will tell you they don’t care.  So the end result is government is responsible for reducing the value of the farmer’s land, which can no longer afford to farm the land and this legislation, slaps them in the face once again.  And remember one of the purposes of the bill is agricultural preservation.  So what are they preserving it for, certainly not for agricultural because this bill is further killing the industry and putting the nail in the coffin.  When are our legislators going to wake up and realize they are kill our country and economy by passing regulations such as this piece of junk and driving our economy further and further down.

           

 I think if left in the hands of the property owner growth is controlled much better.  You don’t see a local coming in and building a large 5000 lot subdivision all at one time.  No, they do it a little at a time, in proportion to the need and in accordance with the regulations imposed on them by government.  These regulations, currently on the books already control growth and preserve agricultural land.  For instance in Worcester County, agricultural land is prohibited from doing a major subdivision and the chance of getting a zoning change completed is next to impossible.   The critical area regulations limit development considerably by requiring the size of the lots to be 20 acres even in agricultural zoned land.  Now that really preserves farmland doesn’t it.

           

Now to the minor subdivisions as anticipated in these regulations.  Worcester County now as previously stated only allows up to five lots.  However, this new definition only allows 4 lots (definition as follows: “Minor Subdivision” means the subdivision of land into fewer than five new lots, plats, building sites, or other divisions of land)  therefore the farmer in one swipe of the pen loses again.   And then there’s the addition of nitrogen removal units which adds a minimum of $10,000 to the cost of building a new home or for that matter to the cost of replacing an existing on-site sewage disposal system.  And then we look at the nitrogen removal unit itself.  The definition in this bill says, ”Nitrogen removal technology” means technology for the removal of nitrogen as approved by the department.   So you go to the expense of installing a new or replacement nitrogen unit today and one might think it’s over, but it’s not.  The definition says “as approved by the department”.   So, a few years down  the road, the subsurface part of the system fails and the department has changed what is acceptable technology, guess what, your spending more money to replace that unit again and who knows what the cost will be then.  It’s just a never ending problem because it’s always left up to the discretion of whom, the department and the bureaucrats running it. 

MORE TO COME

WHO ARE THESE “SUPER-DONORS” IN SALISBURY’S CITY ELECTION?

The candidates’ initial reporting for campaign financing has revealed a significant matter – a group of just 8 donors (counting joint donors as one) have provided a total in excess of $4,000 to Messrs. Boda, Dixon and Dryden. That’s about 40% of the total reported by all eight candidates. In the cases of Boda and Dryden, almost all of their funding has come from these super-donors, some of whom are from out-of-town and even out-of-state – here are the details:

Charlene Lococo, Berlin, MD - Dryden, Boda & Dixon – $200 each

Bret Hopkins, Fairfax Station, VA – Dryden, Boda & Dixon -- $150 each

Bryan and Harold Fox, Lexington, SC -- Dryden and Dixon -- $250 each

Paul and Sarah Allen, Lexington, SC -- Dryden and Dixon -- $250 each

Gabriel Investment Company, Salisbury, MD -- Dryden and Boda -- $250 each

Lauren and Keith Fisher, Salisbury, MD -- Dryden and Boda -- $250 each

Lynne Smith, Salisbury, MD -- Dryden and Boda -- $250 each

Susan and Arthur Spengler, Salisbury, MD -- Dryden and Boda -- $250 each

And here is a comparison, by candidate, of all their funds received from large or small contributions:

Boda - $1,635 from 9 donors ($182 each)

Dixon - $1,850 from 8 donors ($231 each)

Dryden - $2,100 from 9 donors ($233 each)

Ford - $310 from 2 donors ($155 each)

Spies - $2,360 from 45 donors ($52 each)

Cohen – $2,155 from 49 donors ($44 each)

Mitchell and Taylor did not receive enough money to require disclosure.

It’s very obvious that anonymous special interests – probably including SAPOA – are funding Boda, Dixon and Dryden, whereas Terry Cohen and Tim Spies have much broader support, mostly from local residents who appreciate their civic involvement over the years. The other candidates were absent from Council meetings until very recently (can you say “Louise Smith?).

Folks, we are just too busy right now to get all the details on these super-donors, so we ask that you send information about them to our e-mail address or post it as a comment to this report. Why, for instance have several persons from Lexington, South Carolina making large contributions to both Dryden and Dixon? Who is “Gabriel Investment Company”?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Medical Marijuana/HB-291

Medical Marijuana/HB-291

by Mike McDermott

 

There are multiple marijuana bills facing the General Assembly this year. They range from decriminalization to the use of the drug as medicine. As with most bills presented, none of them are perfect. For bills which have problem areas, many can be made better with amendments. Such is the case with HB-291, dealing with the application of marijuana as a medicine.

On the surface, the bill has mixed reviews. Many fear the end result witnessed in California, where the application is laughable. That does not mean there is no place for the potential use of marijuana as a medicine. In fact, the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, has been available in pill form (Marinol), and many find relief from some of their suffering through the use of Marinol. However, there are other patients who do not receive that same relief from the pill form.

For those who must inhale to gain relief, vaporization of marijuana is the most effective and medically clean method of receiving relief. Vaporization eliminates the need to “smoke” marijuana and the ingestion of many harmful carcinogens from that process. The sponsor of HB-291, is Delegate Morhaim, who coincidentally is a medical doctor. My research and conversations with medical professionals, such as Delegate Morheim, have led me to offer an amendment to the current bill which would require that marijuana be received into the body through “vaporization, ingestion, pill, or injection”. This would truly constitute “medical” usage of marijuana. Dosage can be properly measured, and, in the case of vaporization, the relief supplied is vastly multiplied to the patient minus the harmful effects of smoking the drug. Many are simply unfamiliar with vaporization.

My proposed amendment would also allow for any future medical devices which may be created for better vaporization or ingestion of marijuana as a medicine. If this is truly a “medical” bill, the amendment would insure that it is viewed by patient and public as a medical issue. Furthermore, vaporization would eliminate any second hand smoking occurring in a residence. Surely this should be a concern for the problems associated with smoking the marijuana indoors as is generally required by the current bill.

Very Sincerely,

Mike McDermott, Delegate

Thank God Its Friday

What Will You Be Doing This Weekend?

Wis. Assembly Passes Bill Taking Away Union Rights

Governor's proposal would strip almost all public sector workers of right to collectively bargain benefits, work conditions

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Assembly early Friday passed a bill that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights — the first significant action on the new Republican governor's plan. 

The vote put an end to three straight days of punishing debate, but the political standoff over the bill is far from over.

The measure now goes to the Senate, where minority Democrats have been missing for a week, preventing a vote in that chamber.

No one knows when — or if — the Senate Democrats will return from their hideout in Illinois. Republicans hold a 19-14 majority but need a quorum of 20 lawmakers to vote on spending bills.

Republicans who control the chamber sent state troopers out looking for them at their homes on Thursday, but they turned up nothing.

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Bodies Of 3 Amish Kids Found In Ky. Creek

MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Authorities found the bodies of three Amish children early Friday who were swept away in a creek swollen by heavy rains in southwestern Kentucky and continued searching for another child.

A married couple along with seven children were trying to cross the creek Thursday on a roadway in their horse-drawn buggy when it overturned knocking them into the water, Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said. The couple and three of the children escaped but four other children under age 12 were swept away.

The bodies of three of the children -- including a 6-month-old -- were found Friday around 12:30 a.m., Redmon said. Authorities continued searching for the fourth child, an 11-year-old girl, he said.

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Behind The Arab Revolt Is A Word We Dare Not Speak

Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite group of CIA officers who prepared the President’s daily intelligence brief. McGovern was at the apex of the "national security" monolith that is American power and had retired with presidential plaudits. On the eve of the invasion, he and 45 other senior officers of the CIA and other intelligence agencies wrote to President George W. Bush that the "drumbeat for war" was based not on intelligence, but lies.

"It was 95 per cent charade," McGovern told me.

"How did they get away with it?"

"The press allowed the crazies to get away with it."

"Who are the crazies?"

"The people running the [Bush] administration have a set of beliefs a lot like those expressed in Mein Kampf … these are the same people who were referred to in the circles in which I moved, at the top, as ‘the crazies’."
I said, "Norman Mailer has written that he believes America has entered a pre-fascist state. What’s your view of that?"

"Well … I hope he’s right, because there are others saying we are already in a fascist mode."

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2011 OC FOP Poker Run

To All:

We are holding our 3rd Annual Poker Run on Saturday May 14, 2011, please mark your calendars. 

All of the proceeds raised for this event go to benefit "The Home of the Brave" which is a house in Berlin, MD that is available to troops who have recently returned home from being deployed to reconnect with their families. This is done at no cost to the solider.

Registration begins at 10:30 am at the Public Safety Building located at 65th Street/ Coastal Highway in Ocean City, MD. The ride will continue through Worcester County to include such stops as the Bearded Clam, Home of the Brave, Oasis Bar and Grill, Blue Collar Customs, and Hooters of OC.

Cohen, Spies Brunch Spotlights Crime

Councilwoman Terry Cohen and Tim Spies, candidates for the Salisbury City Council District 2 election, coordinated resources to hold a joint fundraiser at which Wicomico County State's Attorney, Matt Maciarello, and Dr. Mark Bowen, director of Gang Intelligence for the State of Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services, were guest speakers addressing crime, gangs, successes and challenges.  The primary will be held Tuesday, March 1.  From left to right are: Spies, Bowen, Cohen and Maciarello.

 Cohen, Spies Use Fundraiser to Educate on Crime

SALISBURY – Salisbury City Councilwoman Terry Cohen and Tim Spies, both candidates in the Salisbury City Council elections this year, coordinated resources to hold a fundraiser this past Saturday at the American Legion Post #64 with an unusual focus.

Instead of the traditional candidate speeches about qualifications and supporter testimonials, Cohen and Spies brought Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matt Maciarello and Dr. Mark Bowen, director of Gang Intelligence for the State of Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services, to inform the event’s attendees about the crime problem in Salisbury and what is being done about it through the efforts of the Safe Streets Coalition.

Given that both Spies and Cohen have an extensive track record in the fight against crime, focusing the event on the public’s concern about crime came naturally.  Spies is a former law enforcement officer and a four-time co-chair of the Department of Justice’s Salisbury Weed and Seed Program during its six-year run in the city.  Cohen is credited with having initiated the process of bringing the Maryland Safe Streets Program to Salisbury through her contact with Governor Martin O’Malley and the Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP).

Maciarello passionately described the activities of his office and numerous allied agencies in the Safe Streets Coalition in identifying and apprehending the Top 25 Violent Offenders.  He stated that approximately half of them have been removed from the streets.

Bowen’s presentation on gang recruitment, illegal activities and mainstream presence was an eye-opener for many in the audience.  He outlined steps being taken to deal with the problem through technology, intelligence-gathering, legislative initiatives and social interventions.

Spies told the audience, “Thanks to our guest speakers, you now know more about crime and gang violence than 99% of the people in Salisbury.”

Cohen said, “We are grateful to Mr. Maciarello and Dr. Bowen for their time and valuable insights.  They came not for any political or endorsement purposes, but to educate.  We absolutely must build on our recent successes and momentum to ensure a safer community.”

For more information, contact Tim Spies at 410-219-5209 or Tim@TimSpies.com, and visit http://www.timspies.com/.  Councilwoman Terry Cohen can be reached at 410-845-0296 or Terry@TerryCohen.com, and by visiting http://www.terrycohen.com/.

Authority: Citizens for Terry Cohen – Rebecca A. Goss, Treasurer    By Authority:  Tim Spies for Salisbury – Emily E. Spies, Treasurer

Here's How They Voted On Gay Marriage

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