ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 22, 2012) – Governor Martin O’Malley today released the following statement on the National Association of Realtors’ housing report:
“The median sales price of homes in Maryland rose in February for the first time since 2007, an important milestone in Maryland’s economic recovery. As our nation continues to recover, we are seeing signs of hope when it comes to homeownership. For the first time since 2007, sales of existing homes in January and February were at their highest level according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors, and in Maryland, home sales last month were 2.4 percent higher than a year ago.
“There is no more powerful place than a family’s home and nothing more important for protecting that home than a job. Protecting homeownership is a challenge so large that we can only tackle it together. Citizens, private companies, and governments at every level have a role to play, and all of us share a stake in the outcome. In Maryland, we’ve focused on comprehensive reforms to help our neighbors keep their homes, and making homeownership attainable for more residents through initiatives like the Maryland Mortgage Program. But we are not out of the woods, while we drove down foreclosure filings last year to their lowest level in four years, bank Notices of Intent to foreclose are on the rise.
“Progress is a choice. We are only as strong and competitive in this changing new economy as our ability and willingness to create jobs, help our families save their homes, and give more Americans the opportunity to realize the dream of homeownership.”
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Friday, March 23, 2012
OCEAN CITY POLICE SEEKING PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY BURGLARY SUSPECT
On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Ocean City Police responded to 3701 Atlantic Avenue for a burglary that had occurred at the Castle in the Sand hotel. An investigation revealed the suspects made entry into numerous units of the hotel and stole 48 televisions, three flat screen wall mounts and five DVD players. The televisions, which were a combination of 26” and 32” flat screens, were of the “Samsung” brand.
In addition to the stolen electronics, police learned that approximately 14 Electrolux industrial strength vacuum cleaners were stolen from a storage room. In all, an estimated $35,000 in property was reported stolen.
Ocean City Police are actively pursuing leads in the burglary, which was believed to have taken place between late October 2011 and early March 2012. The OCPD is asking for anyone with information about this incident, to please contact Detective Simpson at 410.520.5349.
In addition to the stolen electronics, police learned that approximately 14 Electrolux industrial strength vacuum cleaners were stolen from a storage room. In all, an estimated $35,000 in property was reported stolen.
Ocean City Police are actively pursuing leads in the burglary, which was believed to have taken place between late October 2011 and early March 2012. The OCPD is asking for anyone with information about this incident, to please contact Detective Simpson at 410.520.5349.
Response To Williams Op-Ed
Susan Ives provides communications services to many nonprofit, public interest organizations. She previously served as Vice President for the Trust for Public Land. She speaks and writes about parks and conservation, environmental justice and sustainable cities.
Williams has selectively chosen the evidence to make his case and to my mind has failed.
A predictor of crime isn’t blackness or liberal politics. It’s poverty. What the cities cited have in common isn’t Black Democratic mayors it’s having a significant percentage of the population living below the poverty line. When industry leaves town—whether to Asia, Mexico, Korea or Utah, people lose their jobs; tax revenues shrink; schools decline; public services—from medical and mental health services to after school programs to drug treatment to garbage pick up to snow removal are cut. That’s a perfect storm for anger, alienation, hopelessness, and crime.
That poor black people are more often victimized by other poor black people is obvious not the least because there are few rich white people around. Those people able to move out of dangerous urban neighborhoods leave—aka “white flight.” Real estate “red lining,” which draws racial boundaries around small towns and suburbs, abetted by prejudicial mortgage lending effectively transformed struggling cities to permanent ghettos. Unsurprisingly, black people inhabiting crumbling cities elected black council members and mayors to preside over the ruins. To say that some politicians (including black politicians) and their Democratic administrations are/were corrupt or inept—is to state the obvious. To say that cities are on the ropes because of black mayors is specious, and at best crypto racist.
Americans largely prospered in the latter 20th century but black Americans prospered far less. In California, where I live, the state now spends more than $10 billion a year (yes, that’s a B) on prisons. This is five times more than it spends on public education. Building the world’s largest prison industry has bankrupted California. Believe me, this industry didn’t arise out of the “progressive agenda” or the failures of “Democratic and black politicians that are beholden to and serve the interests of the powerful vested interest groups, such as labor unions, teachers unions and assorted liberals.”
Williams says that “political power doesn’t necessarily translate into economic power.” No, Walter, it doesn’t.
In case you haven’t noticed it’s economic power that translates into political power. This is why there are more and more poor people; why they are likely to stay poor; and why many American cities are increasingly unlivable.
Williams has selectively chosen the evidence to make his case and to my mind has failed.
A predictor of crime isn’t blackness or liberal politics. It’s poverty. What the cities cited have in common isn’t Black Democratic mayors it’s having a significant percentage of the population living below the poverty line. When industry leaves town—whether to Asia, Mexico, Korea or Utah, people lose their jobs; tax revenues shrink; schools decline; public services—from medical and mental health services to after school programs to drug treatment to garbage pick up to snow removal are cut. That’s a perfect storm for anger, alienation, hopelessness, and crime.
That poor black people are more often victimized by other poor black people is obvious not the least because there are few rich white people around. Those people able to move out of dangerous urban neighborhoods leave—aka “white flight.” Real estate “red lining,” which draws racial boundaries around small towns and suburbs, abetted by prejudicial mortgage lending effectively transformed struggling cities to permanent ghettos. Unsurprisingly, black people inhabiting crumbling cities elected black council members and mayors to preside over the ruins. To say that some politicians (including black politicians) and their Democratic administrations are/were corrupt or inept—is to state the obvious. To say that cities are on the ropes because of black mayors is specious, and at best crypto racist.
Americans largely prospered in the latter 20th century but black Americans prospered far less. In California, where I live, the state now spends more than $10 billion a year (yes, that’s a B) on prisons. This is five times more than it spends on public education. Building the world’s largest prison industry has bankrupted California. Believe me, this industry didn’t arise out of the “progressive agenda” or the failures of “Democratic and black politicians that are beholden to and serve the interests of the powerful vested interest groups, such as labor unions, teachers unions and assorted liberals.”
Williams says that “political power doesn’t necessarily translate into economic power.” No, Walter, it doesn’t.
In case you haven’t noticed it’s economic power that translates into political power. This is why there are more and more poor people; why they are likely to stay poor; and why many American cities are increasingly unlivable.
Delegate Mike McDermott Press Release 3-23-12
“Mr. Speaker, when I started out in politics, I asked how it was possible to keep raiding funds to balance our budget. The answer I received was that it wasn’t a ‘raid’ it was a transfer! This amendment is intended to keep the tax dollars collected for the Coastal and Chesapeake Bay funds intact. We are once again, allowing the raid on a fund that was intended to protect our most beloved natural resource.” said Delegate Mike McDermott (R-District 38B Lower Shore) regarding his amendment to the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act (BRFA) that was on Second Reader today in the House. The BRFA is part of the yearly budget that determines the way governmental monies are spent and what, if any, new taxes are assessed.
“Transferring money away from something as precious as the Chesapeake Bay and our Coastal Bays is still a raid and I would consider this “transfer” akin to an act of piracy” explained Delegate McDermott whose amendment, if passed, would have kept $8 million in the Bay Fund instead of the General Fund. The BRFA requires the transfer of part of the monies garnered from the Maryland tax on gas to be transferred to the Bay Fund, as well as the General Fund. Delegate McDermott’s amendment would allow this trust fund to keep more of the money collected for the intended purpose.
“Every year we raid these funds, Mr. Speaker! It just isn’t right and it’s time we stand up and do what is right--keep the promises you make!” concluded McDermott.
“Transferring money away from something as precious as the Chesapeake Bay and our Coastal Bays is still a raid and I would consider this “transfer” akin to an act of piracy” explained Delegate McDermott whose amendment, if passed, would have kept $8 million in the Bay Fund instead of the General Fund. The BRFA requires the transfer of part of the monies garnered from the Maryland tax on gas to be transferred to the Bay Fund, as well as the General Fund. Delegate McDermott’s amendment would allow this trust fund to keep more of the money collected for the intended purpose.
“Every year we raid these funds, Mr. Speaker! It just isn’t right and it’s time we stand up and do what is right--keep the promises you make!” concluded McDermott.
House Votes To Repeal President Obama’s Medicare Rationing Board
Washington, DC – Today, the House voted to repeal President Obama’s Medicare rationing board known as the Independent Payment Advisory Board or IPAB. The panel of 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats’ sole purpose would be to cut funding for Medicare. Even though the board would make important medical decisions, it is expressly forbidden from having members who are active health care providers.
“Buried deep in the President’s 2,000 page health care bill, was one of Nancy Pelosi’s “you have to pass the bill to know what’s in it” surprises-the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB),” said Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. “It’s an unelected, unaccountable, 15 member rationing board appointed by the President, for the sole purpose of cutting Medicare. A Federal Government bureaucrat has no place in your doctor-patient relationship and that’s why we must repeal the IPAB as soon as possible.”
“Buried deep in the President’s 2,000 page health care bill, was one of Nancy Pelosi’s “you have to pass the bill to know what’s in it” surprises-the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB),” said Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. “It’s an unelected, unaccountable, 15 member rationing board appointed by the President, for the sole purpose of cutting Medicare. A Federal Government bureaucrat has no place in your doctor-patient relationship and that’s why we must repeal the IPAB as soon as possible.”
House Votes To Cap Malpractice Damages
While the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week over the constitutionality of the nearly two-year-old health-care reform package, members of Congress have been busy trying to chip away at the legislation.
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Senate Passes Weakened Version Of Bill To Prevent Lawmakers From Insider Trading
It's been a few months since we last heard much about the STOCK Act, the legislation intended to close the loophole that has allowed lawmakers (and their aides) to profit from insider trading. Well, it's finally worked its way through the Senate, but not without losing a few teeth.
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Realtor Sexually Assaulted Previewing Home
A realtor was sexually assaulted while previewing a home in Suitland, Md., Wednesday evening, according to Prince George’s County police.
The woman was assaulted about 7:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of Dupont Avenue, police said. A man grabbed the victim when she entered the basement of the home and began to sexually assault her, said police. The victim fought off the attacker and he fled the scene.
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The woman was assaulted about 7:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of Dupont Avenue, police said. A man grabbed the victim when she entered the basement of the home and began to sexually assault her, said police. The victim fought off the attacker and he fled the scene.
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Delaware Law Enforcement For Special Olympics Hosting “Dodgeball Madness” Tournament
Delaware Law Enforcement for Special Olympics Hosting “Dodgeball Madness” Tournament at Caesar Rodney High School, Camden DE
Location:
Caesar Rodney High School
239 Old North Road
Camden, DE 19934
Date of Occurrence:
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:30 a.m.
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Delaware Law Enforcement for Special Olympics (LESO) is hosting the second annual “Dodgeball Madness” tournament to benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Delaware on Saturday, March 24, 2012, beginning at 0830 hours. The tournament will be held in the Caesar Rodney High School Gymnasium.
The tournament will consist of the 36 teams. Those 36 teams will be divided into 3 different brackets, for purposes of competition.
The minimum age to participate is 16 years old. Teams must consist of six players and may have two alternate players. Teams can consist of all male, female, or co-ed members. Each team is guaranteed to play in at least five games. Games will be played under the rules and regulations of the National Dodgeball League. Food and refreshments will be available to purchase on site.
The entry fee for each team member is $50.00. All team members will receive a Dodgeball Madness event t-shirt. Trophies will be given to the overall tournament winner and runners up. For more information on this event please visit www.sode.org or call Special Olympics Delaware (302)-831-3482.
Location:
Caesar Rodney High School
239 Old North Road
Camden, DE 19934
Date of Occurrence:
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:30 a.m.
Resume:
Delaware Law Enforcement for Special Olympics (LESO) is hosting the second annual “Dodgeball Madness” tournament to benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Delaware on Saturday, March 24, 2012, beginning at 0830 hours. The tournament will be held in the Caesar Rodney High School Gymnasium.
The tournament will consist of the 36 teams. Those 36 teams will be divided into 3 different brackets, for purposes of competition.
The minimum age to participate is 16 years old. Teams must consist of six players and may have two alternate players. Teams can consist of all male, female, or co-ed members. Each team is guaranteed to play in at least five games. Games will be played under the rules and regulations of the National Dodgeball League. Food and refreshments will be available to purchase on site.
The entry fee for each team member is $50.00. All team members will receive a Dodgeball Madness event t-shirt. Trophies will be given to the overall tournament winner and runners up. For more information on this event please visit www.sode.org or call Special Olympics Delaware (302)-831-3482.
School Closings
At this time there are no closings/delays in Worcester, Wicomico and Sussex County Schools.
National Library Week
WHO: Everyone
WHEN: April 8th – 14th
WHERE: Wicomico Public Library
SALISBURY, MARYLAND – March 21, 2012 - For over 50 years, libraries across the country have celebrated National Library Week, and this year Wicomico Public Library is challenging the community to get out and explore their local libraries from April 8 – April 14. Whether you are a job seeker looking for resources to land a new job, a parent looking for free activities for children or a student searching for your next favorite book, you belong @ your library.
Libraries offer so much more than books – and truly have something for everyone from our digital collections to cultural programming, eBooks, computer classes and more. Here are some suggestions:
Research your family’s history using our online subscription to AncestryPlus and Heritage Quest.
Attend a class or lecture at the Main Library or one of our branches.
Try out our digital collection - download an eBook or audio book to your personal device.
Need help with your job search? Learn about resumes, online applications, and interview strategies at one of our Job Search Centers.
Bring the kids to a story time.
Learn about a new technology – check our line-up of free computer classes at our branches.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS DURING NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
In addition to the events highlighted below, Wicomico Public Library also offers free story times Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Main Library. Visit wicomicolibrary.org for more information. FREE
April 9: Lecture – Libraries Across Time. A look at images and maps of libraries as they grew from private, subscription libraries, to the public libraries we have today. May include old shots of downtown Salisbury and Wicomico County. 11 a.m. @ the Main Library, FREE
April 11: You Belong Sing-Along at the Main Library – Children aged 0 to 5 years old and their caregivers are invited to help us celebrate National Library Week in our story time sing-along, because YOU belong at your library! – 10:30 a.m., Main Library, FREE
April 13 & 14: Friends of Wicomico Public Library Book Sale, 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Main Library, Room 1
April 13 & 14: Friends of Wicomico Public Library Membership Drive – All day at the Main Library, Centre Branch and Pittsville Branch.
For more information, visit Wicomico Public Library in Bivalve, Salisbury or Pittsville, call 410-749-3612 or see the library’s web site at www.wicomicolibrary.org
WHEN: April 8th – 14th
WHERE: Wicomico Public Library
SALISBURY, MARYLAND – March 21, 2012 - For over 50 years, libraries across the country have celebrated National Library Week, and this year Wicomico Public Library is challenging the community to get out and explore their local libraries from April 8 – April 14. Whether you are a job seeker looking for resources to land a new job, a parent looking for free activities for children or a student searching for your next favorite book, you belong @ your library.
Libraries offer so much more than books – and truly have something for everyone from our digital collections to cultural programming, eBooks, computer classes and more. Here are some suggestions:
Research your family’s history using our online subscription to AncestryPlus and Heritage Quest.
Attend a class or lecture at the Main Library or one of our branches.
Try out our digital collection - download an eBook or audio book to your personal device.
Need help with your job search? Learn about resumes, online applications, and interview strategies at one of our Job Search Centers.
Bring the kids to a story time.
Learn about a new technology – check our line-up of free computer classes at our branches.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS DURING NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
In addition to the events highlighted below, Wicomico Public Library also offers free story times Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Main Library. Visit wicomicolibrary.org for more information. FREE
April 9: Lecture – Libraries Across Time. A look at images and maps of libraries as they grew from private, subscription libraries, to the public libraries we have today. May include old shots of downtown Salisbury and Wicomico County. 11 a.m. @ the Main Library, FREE
April 11: You Belong Sing-Along at the Main Library – Children aged 0 to 5 years old and their caregivers are invited to help us celebrate National Library Week in our story time sing-along, because YOU belong at your library! – 10:30 a.m., Main Library, FREE
April 13 & 14: Friends of Wicomico Public Library Book Sale, 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Main Library, Room 1
April 13 & 14: Friends of Wicomico Public Library Membership Drive – All day at the Main Library, Centre Branch and Pittsville Branch.
For more information, visit Wicomico Public Library in Bivalve, Salisbury or Pittsville, call 410-749-3612 or see the library’s web site at www.wicomicolibrary.org
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Fashion Show Benefits Local Breast Cancer Group
The Birds and Blooms Fashion Show & Luncheon to benefit Women Supporting Women’s Worcester County Chapter, Eunice Sorin Office will be held on Friday, March 30 at the Berlin Fire Hall, 214 N. Main St., Berlin. Women Supporting Women is a nonprofit organization that provides free local services and local support for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and their families, and promotes education and awareness about breast cancer.
Tickets are just $25 each for the event, which includes a full Eastern Shore style luncheon, fashion show, silent and Chinese auctions, 50/50 raffle, door prizes and vendor tables.
Fashions are being provided by Bruder Hill of Berlin, CraZy LadyZ! in West Ocean City and the Women’s Health Boutique at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. This year’s event will feature a dozen models who are either breast cancer survivors or members of a survivor’s family modeling this spring’s casual and formal wear, along with swimsuits specially designed for breast cancer survivors.
The luncheon is being provided by the Berlin Fire Company Auxiliary and includes fried chicken, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, salad, rolls, desserts and beverages. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at 12:30 p.m. and the fashion show at about 1:30 p.m.
Vendor tables are available for $50 each. Small businesses and crafters are welcome to participate and sell their wares.
WSW’s programs provides mentoring and support groups, a lending library and educational materials, wigs, scarves and head coverings, prostheses and bras, specially designed pillows and other items to aid in the recovery process. WSW is entirely funded through community support, donations and grants and all funding is returned directly to the local community through its programs and services.
For more tickets or vendor information or more information about Women Supporting Women, call 410-641-2849, visit the Berlin office at 10026 Old Ocean City Blvd., Suite 4, Berlin or contact Rota Knott, Worcester County coordinator, at rota@womensupportingwomen.org.
Tickets are just $25 each for the event, which includes a full Eastern Shore style luncheon, fashion show, silent and Chinese auctions, 50/50 raffle, door prizes and vendor tables.
Fashions are being provided by Bruder Hill of Berlin, CraZy LadyZ! in West Ocean City and the Women’s Health Boutique at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. This year’s event will feature a dozen models who are either breast cancer survivors or members of a survivor’s family modeling this spring’s casual and formal wear, along with swimsuits specially designed for breast cancer survivors.
The luncheon is being provided by the Berlin Fire Company Auxiliary and includes fried chicken, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, salad, rolls, desserts and beverages. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at 12:30 p.m. and the fashion show at about 1:30 p.m.
Vendor tables are available for $50 each. Small businesses and crafters are welcome to participate and sell their wares.
WSW’s programs provides mentoring and support groups, a lending library and educational materials, wigs, scarves and head coverings, prostheses and bras, specially designed pillows and other items to aid in the recovery process. WSW is entirely funded through community support, donations and grants and all funding is returned directly to the local community through its programs and services.
For more tickets or vendor information or more information about Women Supporting Women, call 410-641-2849, visit the Berlin office at 10026 Old Ocean City Blvd., Suite 4, Berlin or contact Rota Knott, Worcester County coordinator, at rota@womensupportingwomen.org.
Open Windows Offer Opportunities For Burglars
Alexandria resident Kathleen Wiederman says she found herself in a fearful state of shock Tuesday morning when she discovered a stranger just outside her bedroom door.
Wiederman and her 3-year-old daughter were sleeping upstairs when two burglars broke through a screen and entered through an open first floor window.
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Wiederman and her 3-year-old daughter were sleeping upstairs when two burglars broke through a screen and entered through an open first floor window.
“The first thing I thought or did was yell and it scared him away,” she says. “I guess because he took off running.”
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Wicomico Registration Fair March 26-30 For 2012-13 Kindergarten/Prekindergarten
A Registration Fair to enroll students in kindergarten and prekindergarten for the 2012-13 school year will take place March 26-30 in the Flanders Rooms of the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center.
Please note that no registration will take place March 19-23, the dates originally published in the 2011-12 school system calendar. Those dates are no longer valid. Also, individual schools will not handle 2012-13 enrollments for prekindergarten and kindergarten students.
The Registration Fair is for families of children who will start prekindergarten or kindergarten next school year, and children not in public kindergarten now who will be enrolled in the first grade for the 2012-2013 school year. The Registration Fair will be open in the Flanders Rooms of the Civic Center from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on the following schedule:
Monday, March 26: Beaver Run Elementary, Pemberton Elementary
Tuesday, March 27: Delmar Elementary, Westside Primary, Northwestern Elementary
Wednesday, March 28: Charles H. Chipman Elementary, West Salisbury Elementary and Prince Street Elementary
Thursday, March 29: Fruitland Primary, Willards Elementary, Pinehurst Elementary
Friday, March 30: For any family that has not been able to register on their assigned day
Any parent or guardian who is not able to enroll a child during the Registration Fair should come to the Central Office of Enrollment starting April 10. The office is open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The Central Office of Enrollment is located in Annex 4 of the Board of Education Office, off Mt. Hermon Road. 410-677-4438 or 410-677-4479.
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Please note that no registration will take place March 19-23, the dates originally published in the 2011-12 school system calendar. Those dates are no longer valid. Also, individual schools will not handle 2012-13 enrollments for prekindergarten and kindergarten students.
The Registration Fair is for families of children who will start prekindergarten or kindergarten next school year, and children not in public kindergarten now who will be enrolled in the first grade for the 2012-2013 school year. The Registration Fair will be open in the Flanders Rooms of the Civic Center from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on the following schedule:
Monday, March 26: Beaver Run Elementary, Pemberton Elementary
Tuesday, March 27: Delmar Elementary, Westside Primary, Northwestern Elementary
Wednesday, March 28: Charles H. Chipman Elementary, West Salisbury Elementary and Prince Street Elementary
Thursday, March 29: Fruitland Primary, Willards Elementary, Pinehurst Elementary
Friday, March 30: For any family that has not been able to register on their assigned day
Any parent or guardian who is not able to enroll a child during the Registration Fair should come to the Central Office of Enrollment starting April 10. The office is open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The Central Office of Enrollment is located in Annex 4 of the Board of Education Office, off Mt. Hermon Road. 410-677-4438 or 410-677-4479.
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Capitol Police Arrest 29 AIDS Activists Following Sit-Ins
More than two dozen AIDS activists protesting the ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs were arrested after staging sit-ins in House lawmakers’ offices Wednesday morning.
Capitol Police took 29 protesters into custody after they descended on the offices of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), and Reps. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and Hal Rogers (R-Ky.).
According to Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, nine individuals were detained in Rehberg’s office in the Rayburn House office building and are charged with demonstrating within a Capitol building.More
Results Of The Eastern Region DI Tournament March 17
The winners of the 2012 Eastern Region Destination ImagiNation (DI) Tournament were announced at the end of the tournament Saturday, March 17. The winners through 4th place are listed below, with a (G) beside teams that are going on to the state DI Tournament at University of Maryland Baltimore County on April 14.
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Horrifying ‘Chop Shop’ Reveals Murdered Human Remains Dissolved in Acid
It’s being called a “house of horror” or a “chop shop.” German authorities recently identified some of the gruesome activities that occurred at a home in Tuddern, according to the Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail states locals became suspicious of a “peculiar” smell emanating from the house. What was later revealed from the police was that a family from Holland killed several individuals out of revenge and attempted to dispose of the bodies by putting them in “hydrochloric acid vats” and dumping the “sludge” down the toilet.
Supreme Court Rules Against Feds!
Takes stinging power away from Obama's EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency cannot issue a “drive-by” decision that a parcel of land is a protected wetlands and prohibit the owner from using it, and then refuse to hear any challenges to such decisions.
So says the U.S. Supreme Court.
The decision today came in the case of the Sackett family of Priest Lake, Idaho. Mike and Chantell Sackett bought a piece of land in a residential subdivision that was about two-thirds of an acre, purchased the appropriate building permits and started work on their dream home.
Then the EPA arrived, ordered them to restore the land to its pristine condition, protect it for years and then go through a ruinously expensive application process to request permission to use their own land.
Further, the EPA, in collusion with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, told the couple they could not even challenge the decision unless they went through that expensive process.
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The Environmental Protection Agency cannot issue a “drive-by” decision that a parcel of land is a protected wetlands and prohibit the owner from using it, and then refuse to hear any challenges to such decisions.
So says the U.S. Supreme Court.
The decision today came in the case of the Sackett family of Priest Lake, Idaho. Mike and Chantell Sackett bought a piece of land in a residential subdivision that was about two-thirds of an acre, purchased the appropriate building permits and started work on their dream home.
Then the EPA arrived, ordered them to restore the land to its pristine condition, protect it for years and then go through a ruinously expensive application process to request permission to use their own land.
Further, the EPA, in collusion with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, told the couple they could not even challenge the decision unless they went through that expensive process.
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Report: 29 Wis. Judges Signed Recall Petitions Against Gov. Scott Walker — Was That Wrong?
Twenty-nine Wisconsin judges are among the hundreds of thousands of people who signed petitions in favor of recalling Gov. Scott Walker from office, a newspaper analysis found.
The total represents about 12 percent of the state’s approximately 250 county-level judges, according to the Gannett Wisconsin Media review. The judges who signed were from counties in all areas of the state, though Milwaukee County had the largest share with nearly one-fourth of its county judges adding their names.
None of the state’s 16 appeals court judges or seven Supreme Court justices signed the petitions.
Sheriff Joe: 'Tons' More Shocking Obama Info
Rips 'biggest censorship blackout in the history of the United States'
“America’s toughest sheriff” says there is “tons” more potentially shocking information on Barack Obama in connection with his probe into the president’s eligibility, and he calls the media’s suppression of his findings of a likely forged presidential birth certificate and Selective Service Card “probably the biggest censorship blackout in the history of the United States.”
“I’m not going after the president to keep him off a ballot or anything else, but that could happen,” Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio said. “I’m going at it strictly as a law-enforcement guy investigating a possible forgery and fraud. I’m sticking with that, but I’ll tell you one thing. We got tons of other information that could be very shocking, too, but I’m sticking now with just the [forgery] investigation and possible criminal violations.”
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“America’s toughest sheriff” says there is “tons” more potentially shocking information on Barack Obama in connection with his probe into the president’s eligibility, and he calls the media’s suppression of his findings of a likely forged presidential birth certificate and Selective Service Card “probably the biggest censorship blackout in the history of the United States.”
“I’m not going after the president to keep him off a ballot or anything else, but that could happen,” Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio said. “I’m going at it strictly as a law-enforcement guy investigating a possible forgery and fraud. I’m sticking with that, but I’ll tell you one thing. We got tons of other information that could be very shocking, too, but I’m sticking now with just the [forgery] investigation and possible criminal violations.”
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