Multiple Ocean City Businesses Targeted by Scam

OCEAN CITY, MD – The Ocean City Police Department has recently seen an increase in reports of a phone scam involving callers posing as representatives of electric companies. The scammers are reportedly targeting Ocean City area businesses by telephone claiming to be representatives of “Delmarva Electric” and “Baltimore Gas & Electric.” The scammers urge victims to pay balances of more than $1,000 using a Reloadit pre-paid card before the end of the day, threatening to shut off service if the victim does not comply.

Business owners and citizens are advised that scammers claiming to represent “Delmarva Electric” are using the exact ring-back tone and phone menu used by the legitimate power company – Delmarva Power. Two numbers being used by the scammers are 844-834-2554 and 800-685-0123, however, it is likely that additional numbers may be used.

Business owners and citizens are reminded that legitimate power and electric companies will never endorse or require a specific form of payment such as a pre-paid debit card. If someone claims to represent your power company, it is important that citizens take precautions to verify the person is affiliated with the company by hanging up and contacting the company directly, especially if that person is requesting an immediate payment.

For additional information on how to avoid becoming a victim, visit http://www.delmarva.com/uploadedFiles/wwwdelmarvacom/Content/Page_Content/My_Home/DelmarvaScammer%20March13.pdf.

The 22 Most Dangerous Jobs

Many jobs require employees to put their well-being in danger, even to the point of risking their lives when they clock in.

Aspiring police officers know that they'll be fighting crime, and firefighters are well aware that putting out fires is life-threatening. But there are some careers in which the perils are less evident.

Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and ONet, HealthGrove andStartClass looked at the 22 most dangerous jobs based on the fatal injury rate per 100,000 full-time workers.

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George Zimmerman tries to cash in on Confederate flag debate

George Zimmerman, who has had repeated brushes with the law since he was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, has a new weapon of choice: a paintbrush.

The neighborhood watchman, who became a household name after the shooting sparked racial riots, unveiled his artwork on Monday. No stranger to controversy, Zimmerman decided to paint a symbol that has been in the news lately: the Confederate flag.

The painting, which has been signed and numbered by Zimmerman, shows the flag with the word “The 2nd Protects Our 1st,” in reference to the first and second amendments in the U.S. constitution.

Zimmerman dedicated his latest artwork to the Florida Gun Supply owner Andy Hillinan, who banned Muslims from his shooting range last month.

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Red Cross Home Fire Preparedness Event

PA Toughens Penalties for Stolen Valor Violations

Over the past year or so, we've brought you several alleged instances of stolen valor, in which a person is accused of impersonating a U.S. service member.

An incident at a Pennsylvania mall went viral last year, and now the state has introduced even harsher penalties.

Under the new law, the penalty for falsely claiming a veteran's designation on a driver's license will be up to one year in jail and result in up to $2,500 in fines.

About 190,000 people applied for the designation, but an audit showed that more than 350 applicants were not qualified for it.

Other alleged stolen valor cases have popped up at an airport in California, a Florida bar, and in a recent case of a man pretending to be a SEAL Team Six member.

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Agenda for a Freer and More Prosperous America

There is little that happens in society in general and the market economy in particular that most on the political "left" do not think needs more government intervention, regulation and redistribution to make "better."

One recent example of this is a lengthy "report" primarily prepared by Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph E. Stiglitz, for the Roosevelt Institute. Released in June 2015, Stiglitz and his co-authors present an agenda for Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity.

The "Progressive's" Agenda for Bigger Government

Running for 100 pages, it is based on the premise that markets are inherently likely to be unfair when left on their own without pervasive government oversight and regulation, that income inequality must be cured through various fiscal and interventionist policies, that America's economic system is persistently biased against ethnic and related minority groups and that sustainable growth and stable financial markets require more intrusive government intervention, including making "full employment" a higher priority for theFederal Reserve in setting monetary policy.

In the grab bag of policy proposals are included federal laws restoring union power to control labor markets and hold businesses hostage to their wage and benefit demands, even heavier environmental regulations on business and industry in the name of saving the planet, higher marginal tax rates on the classified "rich" and increased capital gains and dividend taxes to pay for all the things the Roosevelt Institute authors think government should be doing more of.

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New hole opens in ground at site of 2013 fatal Florida sinkhole

Florida emergency responders say another sinkhole has opened in the exact location where a hole opened in March of 2013 and swallowed a man as he slept in bed.

Ronnie Rivera of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said Wednesday morning that the hole opened up again in Seffner, which is east of Tampa. The new hole is around 20 feet in diameter.

In March 2013, Jeffrey Bush was asleep in his bedroom on the property when the floor collapsed and he fell in. His body was never recovered.

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Worcester County Sheriff's Office Speed Enforcement Initiative

Speed Enforcement Initiative. Members of the Patrol Division will be increasing their patrols in the following areas to deter speed and aggressive driving. Sheephouse Road in Pocomoke City. Be mindful of the speed changes on this road. Deputies will also be patrolling Whiton Road and Libertytown Road during the morning hours along with Route 12 between Snow Hill and the Wicomico County line due to recent speed complaints. On the North end of the county, South Point Road and Route 611 will be patrolled more heavily as well to keep those speeds down. Please drive with care and arrive safely at your destinations.

Good Men

Can a good man spend his days doing bad things and remain a good man? What if he chooses to spend his days doing bad things and could at any time elect not to do the bad things? Could decide – I am not comfortable with this; this isn’t for me – and quit, without risking anything (other than the need to find honest work)?

The German SA man of the 1930s was a very bad man – but he did, at least, have the defense of being under duress.

In 1930s Germany, it was socially (if not legally) difficult for any man to not become a willing helper of Hitler’s in some capacity – or at least, give the appearance thereof. One joined the partei – and sieg heiled along with the crowd. To not do so invited suspicion at minimum – and the very real likelihood of much worse. God help you if you publicly criticized the national socialist state or its leaders.

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An Immigration Lawyer On The Truth About Birthright Citizenship

GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s immigration plan, released on Sunday, can be easily summarized in the candidate’s own four words: “They have to go.” The plan is little more than a nativist wish list, with a bold kicker: an end to so-called “birthright citizenship,” the constitutional rule that a child born in and under the jurisdiction of the U.S. is a citizen.

This position is not new. Over the years, there have been attempts by restrictionists to challenge birthright citizenship. In the 1800s, the focus was Chinese immigrants. Of late, the effort has been focused on Latino immigrants, led in Congress by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and, more recently, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), who believe they can end this constitutional provision with legislation. Earlier this year, Vitter tried to attach an amendment to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which provided that a child born in the United States would be considered a citizen only if at least one parent is a citizen, is a lawful permanent resident, or has served in the military.

Now, opposing birthright citizenship may emerge as a kind of litmus test for Republicans; earlier this month, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said we should “re-examine the 14th Amendment.” But before that happens, let’s get a few facts straight.

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The Seamless Web of Liberty

Many people think the Internal Revenue Service was violating civil liberties when it harassed tea party groups. After all, the groups were targeted because they wanted to exercise their civil liberty to challenge government policies. However, the specific issue in the IRS case was the groups' application for tax-exempt status, which seems to be an aspect of economic liberty. In fact, the IRS case demonstrates that there is no meaningful distinction between civil and economic liberties. A true friend of the free society defends both civil and economic liberties. 

Many "civil libertarians" who oppose government laws interfering in the personal choices of consenting adults support laws preventing consenting adults from working for below the minimum wage. Other civil libertarians support government programs forcing consenting adults to purchase health insurance. Many liberals who join libertarians in opposing the NSA's warrantless wiretapping fail to protest Obamacare's assault on medical privacy. Even worse are those "First Amendment defenders" who cheer on government actions preventing religious individuals from operating their businesses in accord with the teachings of their faith.

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O’Malley’s Taxes, Regs Drove Jobs Out Of Maryland, Hurt Its Poor

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley took executives from more than 100 firms on official overseas junkets to stimulate foreign trade, but his economic policies drove businesses and residents from the Old Line State, and especially hurt its poorest regions.

O’Malley’s campaign this year has gone nowhere, but his record as governor will get much deeper scrutiny in coming days if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s public credibility continues to plummet, with a result that increasing numbers of Democrats look for more attractive alternatives for their party’s 2016 presidential nomination.

“Obviously, his economic policy has severely affected the state of Maryland,” said conservative think tank Maryland Public Policy Institute President Christopher Summers told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “It hasn’t just hung an anti-business sign on Maryland. It’s carved it in stone.”
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Fed Up With FOIA

Is FOIA reform finally at the tipping point? The federal Freedom of Information Act was designed to give citizens prompt access to information about their government. Instead, it’s a bureaucratic nightmare, a vast black hole of years-long delays and heavily censored documents.

In recent weeks, a trifecta of powerful federal judges, each acting independently, has blasted the Obama Administration’s FOIA delays. It is never good to anger a federal judge. Angering three over the same issue is unprecedented.

All three judges sit on the influential U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In Judge Richard Leon’s court, he slammed the State Department for a four year delay in responding to the Associated Press’s FOIA requests for records about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top aides. State Department lawyers, Judge Leon complained, were answering him with “convoluted gobbledygook” about the records.

“I want to find out what’s been going on over there” at the State Department, Judge Leon said. “I should say, what’s not been going on over there.” Later, according to a report in Politico, the judge snapped when State Department lawyers indicated there would be further delays: “Have it by next week. Have it by next week when we have our hearing. Do you hear me?”

Matters also were heated at the courtroom of Judge Rudolph Contreras. In a hearing concerning a Judicial Watch lawsuit about email records from Mrs. Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the judge warned the State Department that it will “have to answer for” any destruction of the documents.

Ordering that some records related to the Clinton Foundation be turned over by mid-August, Judge Contreras warned: “If documents are destroyed between now and August 17, the government will have to answer for that, and, you know if they don’t want to do anything out of the ordinary to preserve them between now and then, they can make that choice. I will allow them to make that choice, but they will answer for it, if something happens.”

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The Russian Media Is Talking About What Is Coming In September

But the U.S. media has been strangely silent

Why does the Russian media seem to be far more on the ball than the mainstream media in the United States much of the time?

Could it be possible that Russian reporters have more freedom to talk about important issues than reporters that work for the major corporate conglomerates in the United States do? Of course the Russian media is far from perfect. They put out pro-Russian propaganda just like the U.S. media puts out pro-American propaganda. But I must admit that I often find that Russian news sources are willing to tackle controversial issues that the mainstream media in the United States would not touch with a ten foot pole. This includes the critical events that are coming up this September.

Even after everything that has been said and written in the alternative media about what is going to happen during September, most Americans are still completely ignorant about the history changing events that are going to take place next month.

First of all, the most important template for global governance that the United Nations has ever dreamed up is going to be launched at a major conference from September 25th to September 27th. The launching of this “new universal agenda” is such an important event that the Pope is going to be traveling to New York City to give the address that will kick off this conference. This new plan is known as “the 2030 Agenda“, and it is being called “Agenda 21 on steroids”. This is one of the most significant steps toward global government in the history of the world, and yet the mainstream media in the United States is saying virtually nothing about it.

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EPA Hiding Data From Toxic Spill it Caused in Colorado

The Environmental Protection Agency insists it needed to take over a gold mine in Colorado. But — now that it’s caused a massive pollution spill — the agency refuses to furnish proof that it ever needed control of the mine.

Not only did the EPA coerce the mine owner to grant it access on threat of a $35,000 per day fine and then fail to take common sense precautions to check the water pressure behind the Gold King mine when it began removing debris from the portal, now the agency is hiding the data related to the before and after effects of the spill.

On Friday Breitbart News posed eight specific questions to the EPA regarding the pollutant levels and exfiltration rates at the Gold King mine and the Red and Bonita mine during the period before and after the August 5 spill into the Cement Creek and Animas River in Colorado. The agency failed to offer any response by our Monday evening story deadline.

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O’Malley to rally workers at Trump hotel in Las Vegas

The former Maryland governor will hold a press conference Wednesday outside Trump’s hotel with leaders of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, workers at the Trump hotel, and other union activists and hospitality industry workers.

The union counts a large number of Hispanic workers as members and is an influential political force in Nevada, which has a high concentration of hotel, casino and restaurant workers.

On Friday, the protesters will march from Las Vegas Boulevard to the Trump hotel “to demand equality.” The union says about 500 workers at the Trump hotel want to join it.

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A Letter To The Editor: Crime Reporting App

Can you post this, curious to see what other City of Salisbury residents think about it? Maybe Jake can put this on his to do list.

What does everyone think about a crime reporting app like http://crimepush.com?

I think it would be beneficial to have a way to take a picture and report it to the SPD from my phone. There have been many times I do not know the house number to report to the SPD, it would be nice to be able take a picture with embedded GPS numbers and send it to them. Being able to sending it anonymously would be great as well.

This is something I could stand behind spending speed camera money on. (I have NO vested interest in the app)

SPD Press Release 8-19-15 (UPDATE-3rd Bank Robbery Arrest)

Wicomico County Public Schools is currently taking online applications

Wicomico County Public Schools is currently taking online applications for a number of great positions, including staff...

Posted by Wicomico County Public Schools on Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Woman’s Dying Wish: ‘Please Don’t Vote For Hillary’

A Philadelphia woman used her obituary to make one last request.

“In lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Hillary Clinton,” Elaine Fyrdrych, 63, wrote at the end of her obituary before she died on August 13.
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