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Salisbury Mayoral Candidates Meet for First Debate

Jim Ireton - Vote for Me Because Joe Albero Is a Racist

The two candidates for Salisbury mayor met Wednesday night for the the first debate of 2013 election and voters received a sample of what they have to look forward to.  At Wednesday's NAACP forum, incumbent mayor Jim Ireton set the tone for the campaign by implying that challenger Joe Albero is a racist: "It’s become abundantly clear that my opponent on his website is someone who sees color.  I don't."

SBYNews publisher Joe Albero chose not to directly respond to Ireton's attacks during the forum.  Afterwards, Albero had this to say:

When you can't run on your record, this is the type of politics you can expect.  I have a question for the residents of Salisbury - should Jim Ireton be spending his time engaging in the politics of destruction or should he be spending his time trying to solve the problems of Salisbury?  A leader would be working to solve problems.  Jim is clearly not a leader.

During the course of the debate, Albero did comment that Ireton had four years to create jobs in the city, but hadn't.  Ireton's response was to blame the city council for his lack of accomplishment.

The NAACP put on a great event.  Unfortunately, the format did not permit a substantive discussion of issues (regardless of Ireton's antics).  Allowing only one minute to answer a question simply didn't offer the opportunity to here where candidates really stand on issues.  The short answer period was precipitated by the fact that eight candidates appeared at the forum.

At one point in the debate, NAACP president Mary Ashanti was forced to interrupt the proceedings to admonish Ireton (although not by name), "We will not having you come in here to be insulted whether you’re in the audience or up here."

The event was taped for broadcast on PAC-14.  It will also be available on YouTube after airing.

Law School Applications Are Declining

Law school applications are set to reach a 30-year low for the current academic year, The National Law Journal's Karen Sloan reported Monday.

As of mid-January, 27,891 people had applied for places at U.S. law schools, Sloan reports, citing data from the Law School Admission Council.

At the present rate, there will be between 53,000 and 54,000 for the current academic year.

That's fewer applicants than U.S. law schools have seen in the past three decades, Sloan reports, citing research by Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Professor Deborah Jones Merritt.

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Salisbury Council Candidates Debate at NAACP Forum

Jake Day and Jack Heath - Vote for Me!  I'm not Debbie Campbell

The two candidates challenging Salisbury councilwoman Debbie Campbell agree on one thing - they would be opposed to the sun rising if Campbell supported it.  On Twitter last night, Daily Times reporter Jeremy Cox posted:
Little daylight between Day and Heath on issues. Seem to agree on most. Mainly, that they are against everything Campbell has done.

Little daylight between Day and Heath on issues. Seem to agree on most. Mainly, that they are against everything Campbell has done.

Despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of Campbell's votes have been in support of Ireton's initiatives, opponents Jacob Day and Jack Heath emphasized that they would "work with the mayor" if elected.  Campbell noted that it "takes courage to say no.  I will do what's best for Salisbury, not some individual."

Day illustrated that his command of the issues was not as strong (or accurate) as he attempted to portray.  When asked about what votes he would have made differently, Day cited the "critical areas bill".  This bill has not even come before the council yet.

Study: New E15 Gas Can Ruin Auto Engines

This week's warm Washington temperatures had some thinking about rolling the Lawn-Boy out of the garage for the first cut of the year. And we all know what that means: Difficult starts due to E10 gas that gels when it sits.

Now, according to a new study, cars and truck may face the same fate thanks to President Obama's demand for a higher ethanol in the new E15 gas.

The fuel industry's American Petroleum Institute tested the 15 percent ethanol gas approved in 2010 and found it gums up fuel systems, prompts "check engine" lights to come on, and messes with fuel gauge readings.
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Another Fire Reported In Accomack County

According to Virginia State police, crews have been called to an abandoned structure fire in Pungoteague in Accomack County.

Since November of 2012, there have been over 40 cases of arson in the area.
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You Know You're Not Living In A Free Country When

You know you’re no longer living in a free country when the government tells you what you can and cannot put in your body. Or when an unelected board of bureaucrats and corporate insiders can confiscate the assets of hardworking small business owners. Yet these have become par for the course in the Land of the Free. The latest bout involves a family-owned raw milk operation in Missouri that was decimated last week by the heavy hand of government, courtesy of the State Milk Board. Of course, this isn’t even an actual government agency, but rather one of more than 200 such committees in Missouri which wield tsarist authority over their domains. State Milk Board members include both state bureaucrats and corporate leaders from the milk industry. How convenient that a few big producers are given unelected, absolute authority to torpedo a raw milk competitor... And so, last Friday, farm inspectors arrived to confiscate 18 tons of cheese that Morningland Dairy had produced from raw milk. They were met by a small crowd which had gathered to show support for the family… and to denounce these agents of government for carrying out an immoral act on innocent people. It was all captured on video, including the police response.

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Chamber Of Commerce Debates

The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce and Salisbury University have announced a pair of candidate debates ahead of the city’s spring elections.

A City Council debate is scheduled from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 19 on the SU campus at Perdue Hall, room 156.

A Feb. 26 primary will decide which two frontrunners move on to the April 2 general election. In District 1, incumbent Shanie Shields faces community activist April Jackson and businesswoman Cynthia Polk. In District 2, incumbent Debbie Campbell faces urban redevelopment activist Jake Day and nonprofit executive Jack Heath.

The winners will debate again from 7-8:30 p.m. March 26 in the Wicomico Room of the Guerrieri University Center. 

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Rape Charge Dismissed Against Fed Hill Restaurant Owner

Prosecutors review surveillance footage at Blue Agave, dismiss charge
BALTIMORE —The co-owner of a popular Federal Hill restaurant in Baltimore is no longer facing a rape charge.
Earlier this month, police arrested 29-year-old Matthew Lasimski after a customer claimed she was assaulted inside the bathroom at Blue Agave restaurant in the early morning hours on New Year's Day.

But after viewing surveillance footage, the prosecution decided to dismiss the charges.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY 1-31-13

“Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear — kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor — with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.”

General Douglas MacArthur

Explosion At Mexican Oil Giant Pemex Offices Kills 14

An explosion rocked the Mexico City headquarters of state oil giant Pemex on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 80 others, the government said.

The blast, which media reports said was caused by machinery, hit the lower floors of the downtown building, throwing debris into the streets and sending workers running outside.

Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong told Mexican television the blast had killed 14 people and injured 80. It was not yet clear what caused the explosion, and the death toll could still rise, he added.
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Baby Goes Home After Surgery To Mend Face, Brain

Shortly after Mary Gundrum found out that her unborn son was developing with part of his brain outside his skull, she found herself searching the internet to find out more about the baby's diagnosis and potential treatment.

Her next search would be for infant-sized coffins.

"He was only supposed to live a couple of hours," she said.

Instead, baby Dominic was born "screaming and kicking and full of life," but he had a Tessier midline facial cleft, which means the sides of his face didn't fuse together properly during early pregnancy, causing it to split down the middle. Dominic also had an encephalocele, a rare cranial abnormality that means a sac of brain tissue and fluid formed outside the skull. Dominic's encephalocele filled the space between the cleft in his face, splitting his nose in two with a fluid-filled bubble and causing some of his brain matter to sag into his mouth.
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OCPD Arrests a Suspect in Connection With The Death of Michael Post

On January 26, 2013, Officers of the Ocean City Police Department responded to 216 Somerset Street, for a report of an unconscious male subject lying on the ground. Upon arrival, officers located the victim, identified as Michael Post. Ocean City EMS transported Post to Atlantic General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 

Ocean City Police Detectives investigated this incident and learned that a male, identified as George Daron Nottingham, 39, of Ocean City, had assaulted Post in front of 216 Somerset Street, causing Post to fall and strike his head on the ground.


The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland determined that Post died of head injuries related to the Assault. On January 31, 2013, OCPD Detectives arrested Nottingham at his residence on Townsend Road in West Ocean City and have charged him with Manslaughter and Second Degree Assault.


Nottingham was seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner and is being held on $500,000.00 bond.

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Some Families To Be Priced Out Of Health Overhaul

Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped.

As a result, some families that can't afford the employer coverage that they are offered on the job will not be able to get financial assistance from the government to buy private health insurance on their own. How many people will be affected is unclear.

The Obama administration says its hands were tied by the way Congress wrote the law. Officials said the administration tried to mitigate the impact. Families that can't get coverage because of the glitch will not face a tax penalty for remaining uninsured, the IRS rules said.
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BREAKING NEWS: Senate Approves House Plan To Suspend Debt Ceiling

In a 64-34 vote, the Senate has approved a plan to suspend the debt ceiling, as well as congressional pay if a budget is not produced, sending bill to the President's desk.