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VIRGINIA: Ohio woman on trial in immigration scam

HARRISONBURG, Va. — An Ohio woman accused of conspiring to obtain bogus Ohio identification cards for illegal aliens in other states is on trial in federal court in Virginia.

MARYLAND: Glen Burnie teen charged with killing his mother - 7:39 pm

MOVING: D.C. union to relocate 120 jobs to Hanover, Md. - 6:57 pm

NATION: Texas boy, 12, charged with murder of thrown baby - 5:34

It always cracks me up whenever we share news from Delaware. Some crackpot always says, I thought this was Salisbury News, not Delaware News. Salisbury News is a FREE service. We don't have the convenience or access to purchase stories from the AP. Nevertheless, we do provide mainly local news and information.

The Daily Times charges daily for their newspaper, yet they clearly have very few reporters on staff any longer and to be truthful with you, 80% of the events I attend any more, you won't see the Daily Times there. They now sit behind their desks and wait for the news to come to them. Then when they see a story on Salisbury News, they make contact with that group and create a story out of it a day or two later.

So the next time someone sends me a comment about how we're not providing enough local news, send me your billing address and let me charge you .75 cents a day, (or whatever it is now) for 10 pages worth of information found right here on Salisbury News days in advance.

OK, so now tell us how many of you have cancelled your subscription to the Daily Times?

Shouldn't this say, "Yesterday's News from Salisbury News?"

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Two possible Bennett Middle sites named

Now look at the volume of comments. I told you, the Daily Times is a nobody any more. Wait for Joe Albero to post it and a day or two later try and make something of it. At least the Fat Man has a RSS feed to Salisbury News and can respond to all of our Posts within seconds.

A Beautiful Shot Right Here In Salisbury Moments Ago

A Charles A. Williams Shooting Update

It has been reported that 13 rounds, (out of 32 rounds shot) actually hit Charles A. Williams. That's an average of around 30% of the shots fired. The average percentage for a situation like this is actually only 15% to 17%. Excellent work Officers!

The last two shots are what finally took Charles A. Williams down. While doing some research on this matter referencing a person threatening or coming at a Police Officer with a knife is as follows.

In training they teach Officers to keep clear of the perp at least 21 feet. Charles A. Williams was 20 to 21 feet from the Officers. The reaction time of an Officer is 1.5 seconds and any perp within 21 feet CAN reach an Officer before he/she can draw their weapon and fire.

That being said, when Charles A. Williams was within 7 feet of the Officers and coming at them while they were firing their weapons they started retreating backwards. I'm told one of the Officers fell to the ground, (as they are trained to do) onto his back. This procedure is to protect the Officer in which he can use his legs and feet to fend off a perp with a knife.

Fortunately the last two shots were what took Charles A. Williams down. Charles A. Williams was in fact coming at the Officers with a knife and not following their commands. It was a clean shoot and a justified shoot according to the professionals I spoke with.

It's time to put this story to rest.

Does Hillary Clinton Have Cystic Cerebral Thrombosis?

TRACTORCADE IN DOWNTOWN SALISBURY TOMORROW MORNING

County Executive Pollitt to get a wake-up call from the landowners that the Planning & Zoning Commission and some County Council Members want to royally screw. The event ends at the Government Office Building at 9 AM.

If you plan on trying to get to work on time tomorrow morning we strongly suggest you leave about 20 minutes early because Downtown Salisbury is going to be a mess! Traffic will come to a stand still as we have come to learn everyone and their brother will be participating.

State Police Seek Assistance In Identifying Resort Area Thieves

Rehoboth Beach / Bethany Beach – The Delaware State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two thieves who are responsible for stealing money from two local businesses.

The first incident occurred at the Exxon Gas Station located on Coastal Hwy and Country Club Road in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday, April 18 at approximately 12:45 pm. In this incident two unknown black male suspects entered the business. One light skinned black male wearing a black White Sox hat proceeded to the office area and utilized an unknown object to pry open the locked office door, removing an undisclosed amount of money in rolled quarters. This theft did occur while the store was open. Employees informed police that they did hear banging noises coming from the rear of the establishment near the office area, however they were busy at the time and did not inquire further. It was later determined that the office door was forced open and the money was taken. Surveillance video captured the suspect wearing the White Sox hat.

The second theft occurred the same day at approximately 1:56 pm at the Shore Foods located on Coastal Hwy in Bethany Beach. In this incident, the same two black male suspects enter the store. Video surveillance reveals the first black male distracting the clerk on the opposite end of the store while the other suspect wearing the White Sox hat removed a large sum of money from money bags that were laying unsecured in the rear office.

In both incidents, the suspects fled undetected and committed these crimes as the stores were open for business. Attached a photographs captured from surveillance cameras of the suspects. Anyone who has any information on this crime or anyone who can assist investigators with the identity of these persons is urged to contact detectives at Troop 4 at 302.856.5850 ext 223 or Crime Stoppers at 1.800.TIP.3333. Tips may also be forwarded to law enforcement through tip lines maintained by Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-333 3 or on line at www.tipsubmit.com.

TONIGHT'S TEXAS ROAD HOUSE FUNDRAISER

In order for the Simpson Family to receive 10% from the Texas Road House, you need to print this flyer and hand it to them when you enter. So here's what you do. See the title of this Post, "TONIGHT'S TEXAS ROAD HOUSE FUNDRAISER" click on the title and it will bring you to this post only. Then hit PRINT. It will only print this article once you follow these instructions. Thanks for supporting Jesi Simpson and let's thank our lucky stars none of us have to experience this. Take a loved one out tonight and support Jesi. Have a great evening Folks.

2010 Proposed Budget Is Online

As promised:

http://www.ci.salisbury.md.us/Default.aspx?tabid=625

Jim Ireton

Strong Arm Robbery In Canby Park

Location of Incident: Canby Park Shopping Center- 1900 Maryland Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware, New Castle County

Date and Time of Occurrence: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at approximately 10:40 p.m.

Suspect(s): two unknown black male subjects

Resume: Last evening, Troopers responded to the Canby Park Shopping Center for the report of a robbery complaint.

When officers arrived, they contacted a 35-year-old male victim. He advised he pulled up behind the La Cabana Restaurant to throw away some trash. Once he was finished, the victim began to close the truck to his car when a subject snuck up behind him and placed him in a ‘bear-hug.’ While he was restrained, a second subject approached and took the victim’s wallet from his pants.

After the robbery, the suspects released the victim and fled on foot toward Alban Park. The victim was not injured.

Anyone with information pertaining to this caper is asked to call investigators at 302-834-2630 ext. 6 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

Western Shore Bankers, Realtors and Special Interests Threaten YOUR Way of Life

Be here tomorrow for an important post on the truth of the "downzoning" issue. In the meantime, here is a comment from an earlier thread worthy of posting:

MALPF is NOT some crazy scheme. The segmentation of property rights is as fundamental to American property as private ownership. Landowners have the right to sell or donate certain rights, just as they have the right to sell ALL rights (development, mineral, farming, etc.). If you don't get that, you don't understand land ownership.

The ONLY folks railing against this are the people who want to see us look like New Jersey or Long Island or Suburban Atlanta. The ONLY people railing against this are single-family real estate developers and the farmers who have been brainwashed to believe that they would lose value, equity, or loan collateral through downzoning or an effective TDR program.

The FACT of the matter is that every scholarly paper published and every after-the-fact research report done in this region has shown that property values INCREASED (admittedly only marginally) for farms following an effective downzoning and TDR implementation. Property values increased because the market adjusts positively in the face of certainty. When it is more likely that land will be farmed in perpetuity, or at least more contiguous land is likely to be farmed, higher market value is placed on farms in that area. NO bank stopped lending, or reduced the lending amount for seed or equipment.

Anyone who tells you differently is simply lying, saying what they FEEL, not what they KNOW.

Someone attacking MET, Lower Shore Land Trust, or another land preservation entity is laughable. These organizations have nothing to do with "taking someone's rights or land away". Quite the opposite. The only way development rights end up with these organizations is when a LANDOWNER sells or gifts them (for enormous tax benefits). It's so funny to me that people are confused by this, seeing it as some sort of conspiracy.

More Susan Boyle

For those who were blown away by Susan Boyle's performance on "Britain's Got Talent", here's the link to a YouTube audio file of Boyle singing "Cry Me A River", taken from a charity CD recorded 10 years ago!

What a voice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ETPG26ALE

BREAKING NEWS! John Pick Could Be Leaving Salisbury!

Five finalists named for Urbandale city manager
Posted By Tom Barton On April 21, 2009 (10:04 pm) In Urbandale

Long tenures and extensive careers in city management stood out among finalists being considered as Urbandale’s next city manager.

Urbandale City Council members unanimously approved Tuesday night five finalists for their open city manager position.

The five finalists are: Jim Hurm, city administrator in Austin, Minn.; A.J. Johnson, Muscatine city manager; Timothy Zisoff, Indianola city manager; Cara Pavlicek, interim department manager with the Village of Oak Park, Ill.; and John Pick, city manager of Salisbury, Md.

“We are excited about the prospects for these candidates,” said Urbandale Mayor Robert Andeweg. “We couldn’t ask for a better pool and process in terms of quantity and quality. All have city manager experience and significant tenures that impressed me.”

All five candidates have careers in city management dating back at least 19 years. The most are Hurm and Zisoff, who have careers dating back to 1979. Pavlicek began her career with the City of Des Moines in 1990 as an administrative assistant in the city manager’s office until 1995.

Johnson has served as City Manager of Muscatine since 1989. Pick has served as city manager of Salisbury since 1995.

All, except for Pavlicek, come from cities smaller than Urbandale. The Village of Oak Park has a population of 52,000. Urbandale’s population is slightly more than 38,000.

Sixty-five people applied for the Urbandale job, and Slavin Management Consultants narrowed the list to 15. The council then cut the list to five after Slavin conducted background investigations and site visits.

Slavin was hired to find a replacement for former Urbandale City Manager Robert Layton, who left Urbandale at the end of January after 25 years in the position to take the same position in Wichita, Kan.

The five candidates are scheduled to travel to Urbandale on May 4, when they will be interviewed by the mayor and council, two city management teams and the Urbandale Citizen Advisory Committee, a group of 15 residents appointed by the City Council in January to provide input about the job description for a new city manager.

Interviews with the Citizen Advisory Committee will be the only public interviews. Those will begin at 11:15 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m.

In addition, the finalists will tour Urbandale with chief city planner Steve Franklin. The day will end at the Urbandale Senior Center with a public “meet and greet” session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

City officials said they hope to make a decision shortly thereafter. Andeweg said he hopes to have someone in the seat by June or July. The council is scheduled to meet for a regular meeting May 5, and could add the item to their agenda.

Resumes of the finalists will be posted on the city’s Web site at www.urbandale.org.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FINALISTS?

Do you live in the communities where the finalists are from? How do you feel about their performance as city managers? Have they improved the community? How?

Leave your feedback here or e-mail me at tbarton@dmreg.com.

Article taken from Des Moines Register Staff Blogs - http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr
URL to article: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2009/04/21/five-finalists-named-for-urbandale-city-manager/

Another Massive Vocal Sensation!

GO HERE, you're going to love this too! Meet Shaheen Jafargholi.

The last time Salisbury News presented the video of Susan Boyle, there were around 200,000 views World Wide. Salisbury News presented her on Easter Sunday, (two days before the MSM cought wind of it) and two days later she became a world wide super star with 11,244,000 hits.

Shaheen Jafargholi now has just over 200,000 hits. Let's watch this for a few days and see what happens to his numbers once again after debuting on Salisbury News.

It's 9:21 PM and his numbers are now up to, 333,160 views.

JIM PERDUE DISCUSSES POULTRY POLLUTION ON “POISONED WATERS” SHOW

The documentary program “Poisoned Waters” appeared on Maryland Public Television last night and can be viewed on-line at the website of the FRONTLINE show (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline). It is being described by some as a frontal attack on the poultry industry on the Eastern Shore and the Perdue firm in particular. Here are two reviewers’ comments:

*****

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042003737.html David Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
... Smith ... uses visual imagery to arresting effect. ... And the film also provides several moments of crackling journalism. Smith takes on the Eastern Shore’s chicken industry and prods its representatives into the kind of verbal evasions that would twinkle a tobacco industry scientist’s eye. ...

www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/04/review-poisoned-waters-PBS-frontline
Steve Aquino, Mother Jones
... Narrator Hedrick Smith shows us the first striking snapshot of aquatic pollution when he joins one environmental activist on a flyover of a Purdue chicken farm in Maryland. ... Poisoned Waters is filled with those types of images: Frogs with six legs, once-male bass in West Virginia rivers that have morphed into females, and an underwater waste pipe spewing a constant noxious cloud of brown goop into Puget Sound. ...

*****

Besides the obligatory appearance of our local “expert” (on everything) Tom Horton, the program features an interview of Jim Perdue by the senior producer and narrator, Hedrick Smith. In a tough interview by a skilled questioner Mr. Perdue more than holds his ground. Here is an excerpt:

SMITH ... Critics say that agriculture, specifically the chicken industry, is the primary source of pollution in the bay and that if large integrators like Purdue were to be responsible for the waste, it might be better cleaned up. [What's your] point of view on that criticism or argument? ...
PERDUE The farmer puts the litter on his land, and that's a nutrient management plan, and we're not involved in that, you know? If he puts chemical on his land, he's responsible for what he does with his chemical fertilizer. ...

The entire Hedrick Smith – Jim Perdue interview is available online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/interviews/perdue.html#4 www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/interviews/perdue.html#4

This show was a news item locally last summer, when a farmer contacted the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office because he thought that Hedrick Smith and a production crew were trespassing on private property.

Just How AT RISK Are Your 2nd Amendment Rights?

THE STATES PARTIES,

AWARE of the urgent need to prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials, due to the harmful effects of these activities on the security of each state and the region as a whole, endangering the well-being of peoples, their social and economic development, and their right to live in peace;

CONCERNED by the increase, at the international level, in the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials and by the serious problems resulting therefrom;

GO HERE to view the article.

The Missing Letter

A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.
He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says,'We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.'

He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years.

Hours go by and nobody sees the old Abbot.

So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing.

'We missed the R! We missed the R! We missed the R!' His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is sobbing uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old abbot, 'What's wrong, father?'

With A choking voice, the old abbot replies, 'The word was...
'CELEBRATE!!!'

RICK POLLITT CALLS OUT JOHN CANNON ON TAX CAP CONUNDRUM

An interesting exchange occurred yesterday during the open work session of the Wicomico County Council. Rick Pollitt and his staff presented a “Long Range Financial Outlook” from which certain tables and graphs have been reproduced with this post, after which there was a brief but dramatic discussion.

Bill McCain and David MacLeod made no attempt to disguise their desire to kill the tax cap. But John Cannon tried to play an inside straight by urging Pollitt to rally public support to rescind the tax cap.

Rick responded by stating that he has been doing so for several years and urged Mr. Cannon to do so also. Or, as folks in Allen, where Mr. Pollitt was raised and now resides, might say: “Put up or shut up, Johnny m’boy.”

Dave Suiter, "On The Road Again"

Hi Folks,

Left Fallon,NV early this AM. 55 degrees. Temp dropped to 34 going through mountain passes. Went through Carson City. Casinos all over the place. 75 at Sutters Mill and 90 by the time I got to Sacramento. I was shedding layers as I came down from over 7600 ft.

Pics;
Lake Tahoe from Spooner Summit at 7600 feet.
Tahoe from South Lake Tahoe City dock
50 through woods near Strawberry,CA.
American River near Strawberry
Gold discovered here at Sutters Mill in American River by James Marshall 1849. This was start of Gold Rush. This is several miles down river and off US50 and much lower in altitude than previous pic. Must have been 200 kids on field trips. Some panning for gold in righ side of pic.
Sutters Mill recreation built 1962 from old picture. Original washed away in flood in late 1800s. Park service recently found original pilings about 100 yds away closer to river.

Went to Sutters Fort. Better info and pics at www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21491.

Going to coast tomorrow and then north. Would like to see Redwoods. Weather should be good for next two days at least. Heading to Portland,OR (1957 Class mate).

Really enjoyable ride today. Beautiful scenery, smell of pine in the mountains met some real nice folks along the way. I enjoy the reaction to the Maryland tag on my bike or "USN Retired" cap. Lots of conversations!! Spent 1/2 hour with Ca.Park Guard at Sutters Mill talking NAVY, bikes and the history of the mill and area. He was Navy and has an old English bike like mine. 1954 Ariel for the bike guys.

Later,Dave

A Letter To The Editor

Crisfield Chief of Police

"Hey Joe...

I had gotten some information about the Chief of Police in Crisfield..Michael Tort...I received information that he was stopped by a Maryland State Trooper a month or two back for DWI....My question is how come this never made it to the press...How come the Wicomico Co. State's Att. makes it and the Crisfield Chief doesn't....I can't believe it has been so hush hush...But this is Somerset we are talking about...Apparently this is his second time being stopped for DWI....I did a District Court Case search..I didn't see anything...So maybe you or someone could do a little investigation....This incident SHOULD NOT be kept quiet and should be brought to light....No Law Official is above the law and should never get away with such crime...Hope to hear from ya later..thanks.."

Letter From Michael Steele

Dear Fellow Republican,

In his speech in France, Barack Obama called America "arrogant." (1) I'm sure the French loved it - And so did the liberal press.

But who is this president who calls the American people arrogant?

This is the same politician whose supporters anointed him "The One" and a candidate who boasted that his election would be remembered as "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." (2)

This is the same man who indicated his disdain for small town and working Americans when he said they "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them," while addressing a group of San Francisco caviar and champagne liberal elitists.

How arrogant is that? Arrogant enough?

In truth, President Obama seems to champion the twisted "Blame-America First" mentality of the worst of the American left.

More importantly, it shows an absence of wisdom to criticize the United States while on foreign soil, and then join with the Pelosi-Reid Democrats in Congress to do everything possible to end American exceptionalism and create a weak, dependent socialist state patterned after the examples of Europe.

He has taken steps towards nationalizing American auto companies; firing executives while leaving in power the same Union Bosses who funded his campaign and helped cripple the U.S.'s manufacturing base.

He has refused to let financial firms pay back taxpayer-funded bailout loans (3) so he can make them hostages to the whims of the Federal government.

As a lawyer, Obama once sued the same financial institutions on behalf of radical groups like ACORN for failing to use leftist social engineering criteria for lending instead of an applicant's ability to repay a loan.

He has opened up talks with Iran. Apparently, he believes he can make peace with crackpot tyrants and heartless terrorists simply by sitting down and talking.

He campaigned on "transparency" and "integrity" in government and then has nominated a rogue gallery of tax evaders, Washington bureaucrats, and lobbyists to run his Administration.

And he has brazenly followed his chief of staff's maxim of "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste ... This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before"(4) to cripple our free markets with massive taxation and spending that wrests away our freedoms and puts even our great-grandchildren in debt.

You know that Barack Obama's hubris and charisma conceal the inexperience and lack of wisdom that our country cannot afford in its president.

And though the teleprompter and mainstream media liberals may delay America's realization of the peril the Obama White House portends for our future for a while, the eventual failure of leftist policies and ineffective leadership will not.

We must be ready when that time comes.

Please help the Republican Party's effort to spread the word about the Democrats' arrogance of power and support GOP Members of Congress as they work to hold the Obama Democrats accountable to the American people.

Sincerely,

Michael Steele
Chairman, Republican National Committee