Joe...I thought you'd be interested in this small part of a Washington Post article. It just goes to show how different the laws can be in different states. It appears that Virginia respects the Constitution more than Maryland does...
On July 2, Fairfax County police received a 911 call from a Champps restaurant in Reston. Six men are seated at a table, the caller said. They're all armed. Dispatchers quickly sent four officers to the scene. The officers were "extremely polite" and were hoping that some of the men were in law enforcement, said Sgt. Richard Perez, a spokesman for the police department. None was.
The men told the officers "they were just exercising their rights as citizens of the commonwealth," Perez said.
Turns out, packing a pistol in public is perfectly legal in Virginia. And three times in the last month, including at Champps on Sunset Hills Road, residents have been spotted out and about in the county, with guns strapped to their hips, exercising that right.
In the first episode, at a Starbucks, Fairfax police wrongly confiscated weapons from two college students and charged them with a misdemeanor. Police realized their mistake, returned the guns and tore up the charges the next day. Police commanders have since issued a reminder to officers that "open carry" is the law of the land in the Old Dominion.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
HISTORICAL COMMENTS BY GEORGE CHEVALLIER
Sections of SalisburyOver the years there have been sections of Salisbury that had rather distinctive names. For the most part these are all gone now and people wouldn’t know where they are if you referred to them by their former name.
The earliest distinct name was Cotton Patch. It was located out Riverside Drive and was the farthest upriver a large boat could go. The wharf was naturally named Cotton Patch Wharf, and there are houses now where they have built up the land for housing. Most of the houses that are on the riverside of Riverside Drive are built on land that was once part of the river.
Near here is a section of Salisbury that was referred to as Snuff Hill. It is near Riverside Drive and Oak Hill Avenue. The name originated because so many of the ship’s captains lived there, and most of them used snuff. This was because the use of any other form of tobacco on their long voyages subjected it to the wet conditions.
The Hunting Park section of the city used to be called Weatherhead’s Woods after the man who previously owned all the land that now comprises Hunting Park. The Larmar Corporation bought all the land and developed it in the 1940’s. George Chandler was the guiding hand behind the Larmar Corporation, and the surveyor he used was Bert Cropper from Ocean City. They started before World War II and finished it after the war.
An area that was still familiar to many in the 1950’s was Rabbit Gnaw. It is the area around the Salvation Army complex.
Another area is Hasty Town. This area was around where Expert Tire is now. There is no history of Hasty Town, only a vague reference as to its location by the late historian, Richard Cooper.
The area that is now the Oaks sub-division at the corner of North Division and Isabella streets was called Pea Hill before 1890. It was sort of a park that had a ball field and picnic area for people to enjoy on week-ends. E. E. Jackson bought the entire piece of land and built his mansion on it. He called it “The Oaks”. The 40-room mansion was sold in 1925 to an out-of-town buyer for $100,000. He tore it down and sub-divided the property.
Two areas have been referred to as the Fairgrounds. The first was the block that is encircled by Church, Truitt, and Isabella Streets and Holland Avenue. This was around 1875. The other is where Pemberton apartments are now. This was used as the county Fairgrounds beginning in 1909.
One of the larger enclaves was Georgetown. It was a predominately black section that was formerly part of the plantation of Major Levin Handy called Poplar Farm. The Poplar Hill Mansion was the manor house for the farm. It is thought that one of his slaves bought his freedom and settled in the area. No one knows how it became to be known as Georgetown. The east-west perimeters are between Poplar Hill Avenue and just to the west of the railroad. The north boundary was around Isabella Street and extended southerly to the main part of Salisbury. The southerly part of Georgetown was also referred to as Cuba.
Anything west of the river was in “California”. My grandmother was born in 1888 on the corner of Second and Pearl, and my grandparents’ first house after they got married in 1911 was on the corner of Isabella and Lake Streets – in California. Another area in California was a large area known as “the cranberry bog” because that is what it was. It was unsuitable for building and it eventually became a dump. It now sits under our new fire house on Cypress Street.
Today there are many sub-divisions that are familiar to us such as Camden and Newtown, but how many of the old names do you hear?
Have I Finally Arrived?
Believe it or not, I have been fighting the text message thing for many years now but yesterday I finally gave in and Verizon got me.
A few months ago I called Verizon and asked them to please remove the two land lines in my home. I hadn't used the home phone in probably 2 years, (at least). The only calls we'd ever receive on the home line was from the School. They have our cell phone numbers now. I had been paying for unlimited calls for probably 4 years and quite frankly I started feeling pretty stupid for paying Verizon extra money for lines we just weren't using.
Yesterday we were driving past Verizon and my Wife mentioned she'd like a new phone. She doesn't use hers a whole lot but considering hers was about 5 years old, it was time to get her an upgrade. We have a plan where we have four cell phones but only mine had text messaging and because I'm so cheap, even my cell phone was limited to 250 text messages a month. My plan also had 3,000 minutes on it and I'd find myself going over those minutes fairly often.
While we were in the store I was able to show them a problem with my phone that happened once in a while and for the heck of it they dialed my phone and low and behold the problem I mentioned happened right then and there. Man, talk about LUCK!
It was at the point they said, this is not good and you too qualify for a new phone, because of this technical issue. So there we were getting new phones, all state-of-the-art. They looked at my plan and said to my Wife, would you like text messaging too. She smiled and said, yes, that would be nice. They then explained they had a new unlimited plan for calls and text messages and believe it or not it would save me at least $100.00 a month if I joined this new plan.
Now let's see, a savings of at least $100.00 a month, unlimited calls and unlimited pictures and text messages, I'm all about that deal. So we switched plans and jumped at the opportunity.
I guess it's OK for you to send me back the response I HATE. Someone would text me something like, will you be coming to a particular meeting. I'd reply, I'll be there at 6 PM. Then they'd reply, OK. I HATE THAT! With 250 messages a month, why the hell would you reply, "OK"?
So I guess you might say that Verizon has now lowered my blood pressure, saved me a few bucks and I can even hold my head high knowing my Wife can now text her friends without looking like a cheapskate, (all my fault, of course). Oh, you can now text me "OK" and you won't get a nasty message back from me.
Obama On 'The View': Blames Media In Racial Firing
NEW YORK – President Barack Obama blames the media for creating a "phony controversy" over racial remarks by a black Agriculture Department official that were posted on the Internet.
His administration ousted the employee, but then apologized and offered to rehire her.
In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," Obama says the media often seek controversy, not the facts. But he acknowledged that the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod could also be blamed on those in his administration who overreacted.
Obama said the incident shows that while progress has been made, racial tensions still exist in the U.S.
The wide-ranging interview also covered lighthearted topics, from Obama's knowledge of pop culture to his Blackberry use.
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His administration ousted the employee, but then apologized and offered to rehire her.
In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," Obama says the media often seek controversy, not the facts. But he acknowledged that the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod could also be blamed on those in his administration who overreacted.
Obama said the incident shows that while progress has been made, racial tensions still exist in the U.S.
The wide-ranging interview also covered lighthearted topics, from Obama's knowledge of pop culture to his Blackberry use.
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The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets
Hidden inside Ashley Hayes-Beaty's computer, a tiny file helps gather personal details about her, all to be put up for sale for a tenth of a penny.
The file consists of a single code— 4c812db292272995e5416a323e79bd37—that secretly identifies her as a 26-year-old female in Nashville, Tenn.
The code knows that her favorite movies include "The Princess Bride," "50 First Dates" and "10 Things I Hate About You." It knows she enjoys the "Sex and the City" series. It knows she browses entertainment news and likes to take quizzes.
"Well, I like to think I have some mystery left to me, but apparently not!" Ms. Hayes-Beaty said when told what that snippet of code reveals about her. "The profile is eerily correct."
Ms. Hayes-Beaty is being monitored by Lotame Solutions Inc., a New York company that uses sophisticated software called a "beacon" to capture what people are typing on a website—their comments on movies, say, or their interest in parenting and pregnancy. Lotame packages that data into profiles about individuals, without determining a person's name, and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers. Ms. Hayes-Beaty's tastes can be sold wholesale (a batch of movie lovers is $1 per thousand) or customized (26-year-old Southern fans of "50 First Dates").
"We can segment it all the way down to one person," says Eric Porres, Lotame's chief marketing officer.
One of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found, is the business of spying on Internet users.
The Journal conducted a comprehensive study that assesses and analyzes the broad array of cookies and other surveillance technology that companies are deploying on Internet users. It reveals that the tracking of consumers has grown both far more pervasive and far more intrusive than is realized by all but a handful of people in the vanguard of the industry.
• The study found that the nation's 50 top websites on average installed 64 pieces of tracking technology onto the computers of visitors, usually with no warning. A dozen sites each installed more than a hundred. The nonprofit Wikipedia installed none.
• Tracking technology is getting smarter and more intrusive. Monitoring used to be limited mainly to "cookie" files that record websites people visit. But the Journal found new tools that scan in real time what people are doing on a Web page, then instantly assess location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions. Some tools surreptitiously re-spawn themselves even after users try to delete them.
The file consists of a single code— 4c812db292272995e5416a323e79bd37—that secretly identifies her as a 26-year-old female in Nashville, Tenn.
The code knows that her favorite movies include "The Princess Bride," "50 First Dates" and "10 Things I Hate About You." It knows she enjoys the "Sex and the City" series. It knows she browses entertainment news and likes to take quizzes.
"Well, I like to think I have some mystery left to me, but apparently not!" Ms. Hayes-Beaty said when told what that snippet of code reveals about her. "The profile is eerily correct."
Ms. Hayes-Beaty is being monitored by Lotame Solutions Inc., a New York company that uses sophisticated software called a "beacon" to capture what people are typing on a website—their comments on movies, say, or their interest in parenting and pregnancy. Lotame packages that data into profiles about individuals, without determining a person's name, and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers. Ms. Hayes-Beaty's tastes can be sold wholesale (a batch of movie lovers is $1 per thousand) or customized (26-year-old Southern fans of "50 First Dates").
"We can segment it all the way down to one person," says Eric Porres, Lotame's chief marketing officer.
One of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found, is the business of spying on Internet users.
The Journal conducted a comprehensive study that assesses and analyzes the broad array of cookies and other surveillance technology that companies are deploying on Internet users. It reveals that the tracking of consumers has grown both far more pervasive and far more intrusive than is realized by all but a handful of people in the vanguard of the industry.
• The study found that the nation's 50 top websites on average installed 64 pieces of tracking technology onto the computers of visitors, usually with no warning. A dozen sites each installed more than a hundred. The nonprofit Wikipedia installed none.
• Tracking technology is getting smarter and more intrusive. Monitoring used to be limited mainly to "cookie" files that record websites people visit. But the Journal found new tools that scan in real time what people are doing on a Web page, then instantly assess location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions. Some tools surreptitiously re-spawn themselves even after users try to delete them.
Obama: Republicans Holding Small Businesses "Hostage"
President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses "hostage to politics" after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package.
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A Black Hole For Babies And Bucks
Planned Parenthood hides facts about abortions and tax dollars
Where's the money? That's the question on everyone's mind after reading the recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The GAO numbers on money paid out to Planned Parenthood between 2002 and 2008 reveal an unaccounted-for $1.3 billion.
No answers have been forthcoming. In typical Planned Parenthood style, the abortion giant has done nothing to shed light on the question. In fact, it has done just the opposite.
After weeks of investigation by American Life League's Stop Planned Parenthood project, it appears the reason the GAO was not able to account for the expenditure of the great majority of the government money received is that Planned Parenthood will not produce its internal audits for the GAO to analyze.
Because of this, the GAO had to rely on reports filed by Planned Parenthood affiliates under the Single Audit Act, and those reports grossly underreport the amount of government money expended by Planned Parenthood.
The American taxpayers are left with more questions now than before:
* Why didn't Planned Parenthood hand over its internal audits to the GAO as it did in 2001 in the face of a similar inquiry into its spending?
* Why is the organization allowed to disregard the request of 31 U.S. senators and representatives to account for its expenditure of government funds? What is Planned Parenthood hiding?
* Why do we continue to fund Planned Parenthood to the tune of $349 million annually and not hold it accountable for how it spends that money?
* Most important, why is an organization that kills more than 300,000 innocent unborn children each year sanctioned and funded by our government?
Can an organization that operates more than 800 facilities in 50 states and has an annual budget of more than $1 billion really be hiding from public view?
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Where's the money? That's the question on everyone's mind after reading the recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The GAO numbers on money paid out to Planned Parenthood between 2002 and 2008 reveal an unaccounted-for $1.3 billion.
No answers have been forthcoming. In typical Planned Parenthood style, the abortion giant has done nothing to shed light on the question. In fact, it has done just the opposite.
After weeks of investigation by American Life League's Stop Planned Parenthood project, it appears the reason the GAO was not able to account for the expenditure of the great majority of the government money received is that Planned Parenthood will not produce its internal audits for the GAO to analyze.
Because of this, the GAO had to rely on reports filed by Planned Parenthood affiliates under the Single Audit Act, and those reports grossly underreport the amount of government money expended by Planned Parenthood.
The American taxpayers are left with more questions now than before:
* Why didn't Planned Parenthood hand over its internal audits to the GAO as it did in 2001 in the face of a similar inquiry into its spending?
* Why is the organization allowed to disregard the request of 31 U.S. senators and representatives to account for its expenditure of government funds? What is Planned Parenthood hiding?
* Why do we continue to fund Planned Parenthood to the tune of $349 million annually and not hold it accountable for how it spends that money?
* Most important, why is an organization that kills more than 300,000 innocent unborn children each year sanctioned and funded by our government?
Can an organization that operates more than 800 facilities in 50 states and has an annual budget of more than $1 billion really be hiding from public view?
Will Washington's Failures Lead To Second American Revolution?
The Internet is a large-scale version of the "Committees of Correspondence" that led to the first American Revolution — and with Washington's failings now so obvious and awful, it may lead to another.
People are asking, "Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?"
Pruning the power of government begins with the imperial presidency.
Too many overreaching laws give the president too much discretion to make too many open-ended rules controlling too many aspects of our lives. There's no end to the harm an out-of-control president can do.
Bill Clinton lowered the culture, moral tone and strength of the nation — and left America vulnerable to attack. When it came, George W. Bush stood up for America, albeit sometimes clumsily.
Barack Obama, however, has pulled off the ultimate switcheroo: He's diminishing America from within — so far, successfully.
He may soon bankrupt us and replace our big merit-based capitalist economy with a small government-directed one of his own design.
He is undermining our constitutional traditions: The rule of law and our Anglo-Saxon concepts of private property hang in the balance. Obama may be the most "consequential" president ever.
The Wall Street Journal's steadfast Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote that Barack Obama is "an alien in the White House."
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People are asking, "Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?"
Pruning the power of government begins with the imperial presidency.
Too many overreaching laws give the president too much discretion to make too many open-ended rules controlling too many aspects of our lives. There's no end to the harm an out-of-control president can do.
Bill Clinton lowered the culture, moral tone and strength of the nation — and left America vulnerable to attack. When it came, George W. Bush stood up for America, albeit sometimes clumsily.
Barack Obama, however, has pulled off the ultimate switcheroo: He's diminishing America from within — so far, successfully.
He may soon bankrupt us and replace our big merit-based capitalist economy with a small government-directed one of his own design.
He is undermining our constitutional traditions: The rule of law and our Anglo-Saxon concepts of private property hang in the balance. Obama may be the most "consequential" president ever.
The Wall Street Journal's steadfast Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote that Barack Obama is "an alien in the White House."
GO HERE to read more.
Is It Time To Scrap BP brand?
BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
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Gingrich: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Should Sue Feds
In an exclusive Newsmax interview, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backs Arizona’s new immigration law and says Gov. Jan Brewer “ought to promptly file suit against the federal government to make them pay for all the costs that Arizona’s dealing with — costs in schools, costs in prisons, costs in hospitals.
If the federal government’s basis of it’s lawsuit is that it has sole responsibility, then it ought to have sole responsibility.
If I were [Gov. Brewer], I’d present them with a bill for several billion dollars on behalf of the people of Arizona who are currently suffering because of the incompetence and failure of the federal government.”
Arizona Governor Considers Changing Immigration Law
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal appeals court has decided not to step into the controversy over Arizona's tough immigration law until November, leaving state officials to consider other steps they might take in the meantime.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law and appealed a ruling blocking its most controversial sections, said Friday she would consider changes to "tweak" the law to respond to the parts U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton faulted.
"Basically we believe (the law) is constitutional but she obviously pointed out faults that can possibly be fixed, and that's what we would do," Brewer told The Associated Press. She said she's talking to legislative leaders about the possibility of a special session, but said no specific changes had been identified.
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Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law and appealed a ruling blocking its most controversial sections, said Friday she would consider changes to "tweak" the law to respond to the parts U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton faulted.
"Basically we believe (the law) is constitutional but she obviously pointed out faults that can possibly be fixed, and that's what we would do," Brewer told The Associated Press. She said she's talking to legislative leaders about the possibility of a special session, but said no specific changes had been identified.
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The Final Act Of The Rangel Drama
By Congressman John Carter (R-TX)
The trial process is under way on 13 counts of alleged wrongdoing by former House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel. This is the action I have demanded night after night on the floor of the House since 2008, when the New York Democrat first publicly admitted wrongdoing. It is action that should have begun within a reasonable time frame - during 2009 at the latest. It is action that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly predicted would be concluded by the end of 2008.
Justice delayed is justice denied. The speaker's delay in addressing this very serious case is ironic, as the timing of this final act of Mr. Rangel's likely downfall will be played out during the last weeks of the 2010 election campaigns, to the detriment of the speaker's party. But to anyone who would cry partisan politics, please remember all those nights on the House floor during 2008, 2009 and this year when we pleaded with Mrs. Pelosi to resolve this issue. Had the speaker expedited this process as she promised, this case would have been settled last year, to her great political benefit.
This is the speaker who promised to "drain the swamp" of congressional misdeeds but instead has presided over the most scandal-tainted House in modern history, with Charlie Rangel as the flagship of Mrs. Pelosi's fleet of corruption.
From the conviction of former Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana on bribery charges, to the still unresolved charges of stimulus-money misuse by Rep. Maxine Waters of California, to the allegations of defense-contract wrongdoing against the late Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania and the now-defeated Rep. Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, to the ongoing investigation of the speaker herself for the alleged cover-up of former Rep. Eric Massa's male-staffer sexual harassment scandal, the speaker instead has established a history of allowing Democratic corruption to grow and fester to unprecedented levels.
These are the inactions that have led to an 11 percent public approval rating of Congress, the lowest in American history. But there is more about this discredit to the House than the actual charges against Mr. Rangel, that in fact go beyond the speaker's area of responsibility.
That is the issue of equality under the law for all Americans. Mr. Rangel has admitted failure to pay $75,000 in federal taxes for more than a decade. He has paid not one nickel in penalties or interest.
Any working American guilty of this massive a tax violation would be assessed at a minimum for tens of thousands of dollars in penalties and interest, and maybe even jail time for tax evasion. Yet the powerful former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has paid nothing other than the taxes owed, nor has any enforcement action been taken by the IRS against this blatant and confessed tax evasion. This comes from the same Obama administration that promised to eliminate "two Americas" - one for the rich and powerful and another for the working people.
As it turns out, that is exactly what we have been given by President Obama and Mrs. Pelosi, as evidenced by the Rangel case and further exemplified by the case of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, who also admitted to evading federal taxes without penalty. This is the very same official who oversees the IRS itself and whose employees would be fired for committing the same offense their boss did.
The trial process is under way on 13 counts of alleged wrongdoing by former House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel. This is the action I have demanded night after night on the floor of the House since 2008, when the New York Democrat first publicly admitted wrongdoing. It is action that should have begun within a reasonable time frame - during 2009 at the latest. It is action that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly predicted would be concluded by the end of 2008.
Justice delayed is justice denied. The speaker's delay in addressing this very serious case is ironic, as the timing of this final act of Mr. Rangel's likely downfall will be played out during the last weeks of the 2010 election campaigns, to the detriment of the speaker's party. But to anyone who would cry partisan politics, please remember all those nights on the House floor during 2008, 2009 and this year when we pleaded with Mrs. Pelosi to resolve this issue. Had the speaker expedited this process as she promised, this case would have been settled last year, to her great political benefit.
This is the speaker who promised to "drain the swamp" of congressional misdeeds but instead has presided over the most scandal-tainted House in modern history, with Charlie Rangel as the flagship of Mrs. Pelosi's fleet of corruption.
From the conviction of former Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana on bribery charges, to the still unresolved charges of stimulus-money misuse by Rep. Maxine Waters of California, to the allegations of defense-contract wrongdoing against the late Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania and the now-defeated Rep. Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, to the ongoing investigation of the speaker herself for the alleged cover-up of former Rep. Eric Massa's male-staffer sexual harassment scandal, the speaker instead has established a history of allowing Democratic corruption to grow and fester to unprecedented levels.
These are the inactions that have led to an 11 percent public approval rating of Congress, the lowest in American history. But there is more about this discredit to the House than the actual charges against Mr. Rangel, that in fact go beyond the speaker's area of responsibility.
That is the issue of equality under the law for all Americans. Mr. Rangel has admitted failure to pay $75,000 in federal taxes for more than a decade. He has paid not one nickel in penalties or interest.
Any working American guilty of this massive a tax violation would be assessed at a minimum for tens of thousands of dollars in penalties and interest, and maybe even jail time for tax evasion. Yet the powerful former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has paid nothing other than the taxes owed, nor has any enforcement action been taken by the IRS against this blatant and confessed tax evasion. This comes from the same Obama administration that promised to eliminate "two Americas" - one for the rich and powerful and another for the working people.
As it turns out, that is exactly what we have been given by President Obama and Mrs. Pelosi, as evidenced by the Rangel case and further exemplified by the case of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, who also admitted to evading federal taxes without penalty. This is the very same official who oversees the IRS itself and whose employees would be fired for committing the same offense their boss did.
GOVERNOR WELCOMES NEW TROOPERS TO THE RANKS
CLASS PRESIDENT TO BEGIN TOUR OF DUTY NOT AS TROOPER, BUT AS SOLDIER
(Sykesville, MD) – Governor Martin O’Malley joined Colonel Terrence Sheridan today as they welcomed more than fifty new troopers to the ranks of the Maryland State Police.
After 26 weeks of rigorous academic and physical training in the Maryland State Police Academy, 51 new troopers marched across the stage to accept their diploma from Governor O’Malley and their new gold badge from Colonel Sheridan. Hundreds of family members, friends, and their new fellow troopers witnessed the graduation of the 135th Trooper Candidate Class at Century High School in Sykesville.
“There is no profession like law enforcement more critical to maintaining the quality of life and the freedoms that we enjoy,” Governor O’Malley said. “The most important responsibility we have in government is the protection of public safety. We are proud to have the Maryland state troopers as our partners in accomplishing that goal. Our mission is an important one and we intend to stick to it.”
While thanking Governor O’Malley for the seven classes of new troopers that have graduated and the law enforcement technological advances made during his administration, Colonel Sheridan reminded the new troopers that the human factor is still an important part of good law enforcement. “Providing public safety services cannot be left up to technology,” Colonel Sheridan said. “There still has to be that human element of competent men and women who interact with professionalism and compassion with our citizens who need their help. We have those kinds of people throughout the Maryland State Police.”
The 49 men and two women in the 135th Trooper Candidate Class elected Trooper Nathan Steelman as their class president. Trooper Steelman addressed his classmates during the graduation ceremony, but that will be one of the only duties he will be performing in his new job for awhile.
Trooper Steelman, from Washington County, is also an E-5 sergeant in the United States Army Reserve. He served a 15-month tour of duty in Baghdad in 2006-2007. Trooper Steelman has been redeployed and will soon begin training for a tour in Afghanistan to begin later this year. His State Police Stetson will be waiting for him upon his return from military service.
After a few days off, the new troopers will begin their field training at barracks across the state. A new class of trooper candidates is scheduled to begin training later this month.
(Sykesville, MD) – Governor Martin O’Malley joined Colonel Terrence Sheridan today as they welcomed more than fifty new troopers to the ranks of the Maryland State Police.
After 26 weeks of rigorous academic and physical training in the Maryland State Police Academy, 51 new troopers marched across the stage to accept their diploma from Governor O’Malley and their new gold badge from Colonel Sheridan. Hundreds of family members, friends, and their new fellow troopers witnessed the graduation of the 135th Trooper Candidate Class at Century High School in Sykesville.
“There is no profession like law enforcement more critical to maintaining the quality of life and the freedoms that we enjoy,” Governor O’Malley said. “The most important responsibility we have in government is the protection of public safety. We are proud to have the Maryland state troopers as our partners in accomplishing that goal. Our mission is an important one and we intend to stick to it.”
While thanking Governor O’Malley for the seven classes of new troopers that have graduated and the law enforcement technological advances made during his administration, Colonel Sheridan reminded the new troopers that the human factor is still an important part of good law enforcement. “Providing public safety services cannot be left up to technology,” Colonel Sheridan said. “There still has to be that human element of competent men and women who interact with professionalism and compassion with our citizens who need their help. We have those kinds of people throughout the Maryland State Police.”
The 49 men and two women in the 135th Trooper Candidate Class elected Trooper Nathan Steelman as their class president. Trooper Steelman addressed his classmates during the graduation ceremony, but that will be one of the only duties he will be performing in his new job for awhile.
Trooper Steelman, from Washington County, is also an E-5 sergeant in the United States Army Reserve. He served a 15-month tour of duty in Baghdad in 2006-2007. Trooper Steelman has been redeployed and will soon begin training for a tour in Afghanistan to begin later this year. His State Police Stetson will be waiting for him upon his return from military service.
After a few days off, the new troopers will begin their field training at barracks across the state. A new class of trooper candidates is scheduled to begin training later this month.
Uncle Steny: Expiration Of Bush Tax Cuts Equals A ‘Republican Tax Increase’ On Middle Class
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that the expiration built into the Bush tax cuts is a “Republican tax increase” for “working Americans” and the Democrats have “no intention” of allowing it to go into effect.
“We have no intention of allowing the Republican tax increase — that their policies would lead to — to go into effect for working Americans. Period,” he said. “We’re going to act and make sure that the Republican phase out and increase in taxes does not end as they provided for in the laws they passed.”
Hoyer’s press secretary told CNSNews.com in an e-mail that the Democratic Majority Leader was referring to the “middle class” when he said “working Americans.”
Hoyer also said at the press conference, “If we left the Republican policies in place, their [working Americans] taxes would be increased next year. We’re not going to let that happen.”
Hoyer spoke at a “Make It In America” press conference where analysts spoke about ways the federal government could encourage manufacturing in America, particularly for small- and medium-size energy companies.
When asked if allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire could hinder manufacturing in the United States, Hoyer said that raising taxes on upper-income Americans will not hurt the economy.
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“We have no intention of allowing the Republican tax increase — that their policies would lead to — to go into effect for working Americans. Period,” he said. “We’re going to act and make sure that the Republican phase out and increase in taxes does not end as they provided for in the laws they passed.”
Hoyer’s press secretary told CNSNews.com in an e-mail that the Democratic Majority Leader was referring to the “middle class” when he said “working Americans.”
Hoyer also said at the press conference, “If we left the Republican policies in place, their [working Americans] taxes would be increased next year. We’re not going to let that happen.”
Hoyer spoke at a “Make It In America” press conference where analysts spoke about ways the federal government could encourage manufacturing in America, particularly for small- and medium-size energy companies.
When asked if allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire could hinder manufacturing in the United States, Hoyer said that raising taxes on upper-income Americans will not hurt the economy.
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REWARD DOUBLED FOR SOMERSET CO. SUSPECT AFTER VICTIM DIES
(Princess Anne, MD) – A reward for information leading to the arrest of a Somerset County man who has now been on the run for months has been doubled, after the death of his victim was ruled a homicide this week.
The reward has been raised to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of Jason J. Phillips, 30, also known as Joerell Glover, who was formerly from Princess Anne, Md., but has no known current address. He should be considered dangerous and has been known to resist arrest.
Phillips is described as an African American male, 6’1” tall and 170 pounds. Troopers have warrants charging Phillips with first and second degree assault and reckless endangerment. Additional charges are pending.
The victim is identified as Melissa Morris, 30, of Princess Anne, Md. Phillips is the former boyfriend of the victim.
Early on the morning of May 15, 2010, Maryland State Police from the Princess Anne Barracks responded to the victim’s home for the report of a domestic argument and assault. The victim stated she had been assaulted by Phillips, her ex-boyfriend. Phillips had fled the scene prior to troopers arriving.
Morris was transported to the hospital in Salisbury and subsequently developed severe complications from internal injuries inflicted by the accused. She was transferred to a Baltimore hospital, but died from her injuries on July 27, 2010. After an autopsy, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide as a result of blunt force trauma.
Maryland State Police continue to lead the search for Phillips, which began after troopers obtained warrants for the original assault on Morris. The warrant information is on file in the National Crime Information Center database and information has been distributed to police departments in and outside of Maryland. Troopers continue to work with the Somerset County State’s Attorney’s Office on this investigation and additional charges are anticipated.
Information has been developed indicating Phillips could be in Philadelphia or Florida, where he has friends and relatives. Troopers have contacted staff at America’s Most Wanted, who agreed to list the lookout for Phillips on their website immediately. Further assistance may also be provided by AMW, but those details are not confirmed at this time.
The reward money being offered is from the Somerset County Crime Solvers fund. Anyone with information about Phillips is urged to immediately contact Maryland State Police at the Princess Anne Barracks, at 443-260-3700, or call 911.
The reward has been raised to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of Jason J. Phillips, 30, also known as Joerell Glover, who was formerly from Princess Anne, Md., but has no known current address. He should be considered dangerous and has been known to resist arrest.
Phillips is described as an African American male, 6’1” tall and 170 pounds. Troopers have warrants charging Phillips with first and second degree assault and reckless endangerment. Additional charges are pending.
The victim is identified as Melissa Morris, 30, of Princess Anne, Md. Phillips is the former boyfriend of the victim.
Early on the morning of May 15, 2010, Maryland State Police from the Princess Anne Barracks responded to the victim’s home for the report of a domestic argument and assault. The victim stated she had been assaulted by Phillips, her ex-boyfriend. Phillips had fled the scene prior to troopers arriving.
Morris was transported to the hospital in Salisbury and subsequently developed severe complications from internal injuries inflicted by the accused. She was transferred to a Baltimore hospital, but died from her injuries on July 27, 2010. After an autopsy, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide as a result of blunt force trauma.
Maryland State Police continue to lead the search for Phillips, which began after troopers obtained warrants for the original assault on Morris. The warrant information is on file in the National Crime Information Center database and information has been distributed to police departments in and outside of Maryland. Troopers continue to work with the Somerset County State’s Attorney’s Office on this investigation and additional charges are anticipated.
Information has been developed indicating Phillips could be in Philadelphia or Florida, where he has friends and relatives. Troopers have contacted staff at America’s Most Wanted, who agreed to list the lookout for Phillips on their website immediately. Further assistance may also be provided by AMW, but those details are not confirmed at this time.
The reward money being offered is from the Somerset County Crime Solvers fund. Anyone with information about Phillips is urged to immediately contact Maryland State Police at the Princess Anne Barracks, at 443-260-3700, or call 911.
KIDS FISHING DERBY
The Annual Kids Fishing Derby sponsored by the Nanticoke River Yacht Club and local businesses will be held on Saturday, August 7th from 9 am to 1 pm. That’s just two Saturdays from now! This event is open to all kids from ages 5 to 16 who must bring a parent or guardian with them in order to participate. Participants will register at the Nanticoke River Yacht Club in the Blades Marina and then proceed as a group to the Seaford River Walk for the Fishing Derby and Casting Contest. An Awards Picnic will follow the Derby back at the Yacht Club. Dozens of prizes will be awarded to participants and there will be door prizes for the adults. The picnic will feature plenty of burgers and hot dogs with all the fixings and sides, including dessert! What a great way to enjoy a morning as a family, and it’s free! Also, don’t forget the group (church, scouts, sports, etc.) competitions
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Each child must provide his or her own fishing pole and tackle, and at least one parent or guardian must accompany the child throughout the morning’s activities. Bait will be provided by Jerry Taylor, owner of Taylored Tackle. Groups must bring their group leaders. The event is primarily a catch, register and release type of derby. However, if a child wishes to keep their legal catch, they must bring their own cooler and ice.
Contact Jack Wilson, Chairman, at (302) 629-8986 for more information. Group leaders are asked to contact Sandy Blackwell at (302) 629-7038 for details and pre-registration.
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Each child must provide his or her own fishing pole and tackle, and at least one parent or guardian must accompany the child throughout the morning’s activities. Bait will be provided by Jerry Taylor, owner of Taylored Tackle. Groups must bring their group leaders. The event is primarily a catch, register and release type of derby. However, if a child wishes to keep their legal catch, they must bring their own cooler and ice.
Contact Jack Wilson, Chairman, at (302) 629-8986 for more information. Group leaders are asked to contact Sandy Blackwell at (302) 629-7038 for details and pre-registration.
Refrigerator Needed At Local Food Ministry
A food ministry in Fruitland needs a refrigerator for their food pantry.
Please call Barbara, @ 410-742-1571.
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