Dearbought resident battles political apathy
Originally published April 28, 2008 By Nicholas C. Stern News-Post Staff
Steve Berryman Photo by Sam Yu
During his hour-long daily commute to work, where he estimates, bids and negotiates construction projects, Steve Berryman, a resident of the Dearbought community in
A self-described news and information junkie, Berryman doesn't just allow what he hears to wash over him.
He uses the power of the pen to take a stand, to influence the way those around him think, and to clear his community from what he sees as a negative effect from Muslim worshippers and illegal immigrants.
Berryman said he began maintaining his blog, www.infoservesme.blogspot.com, several years ago.
"Writing about things that made me mad made me feel better," Berryman said.
One of those things was an appeal more than a year ago by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to build a worship and recreation center on agricultural land in Walkersville.
Berryman became the spokesman for Citizens for Walkersville, a group opposed to allowing an exception in zoning ordinances to build the Muslim center.
In February, the Walkersville Board of Zoning Appeals denied that exception.
Within the past three months, Berryman said, he was contacted by Help Save
Berryman also contributes to a local political commentary website, www.thetentacle.com, where he is joined by, among others, Joan McIntyre, a former member of the Frederick County Planning Commission, and Rick Weldon, a state delegate representing Frederick and Washington counties.
Illegal immigrants, Berryman said, are a drain on precious education and health resources, and are disproportionately inclined to join violent gangs. Frederick County hasn't reached a critical stage, Berryman said, but the writing is on the wall.
Read the rest of the interview here:
http://infoservesme.blogspot.com/2008/04/dearbought-resident-battles-political.html
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