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Friday, July 12, 2013

July 11, 2013: Wendi Peters Announces Campaign for Maryland District 4 Delegate

July11. 2013

Wendi Peters Announces Campaign for Delegate

Mount Airy, MD -- Wendi Peters formally announced her candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates, District 4, for the 2014 election. Peters announced her candidacy at the Counties Four Post 10076 VFW on Main Street in Mount Airy, MD Thursday evening.

Standing before a standing-room-only crowd of nearly 100 supporters, elected officials, and candidates, Peters spoke about her sadness of constitutional rights being eroded, pockets being raided, and leaders that gain our trust at election time but disappoint us with their votes after being elected.

In an interview following the event, Peters stated: "The depth of my municipal experience, coupled with my passion to serve the community, will bring fresh insight to Annapolis and a way of doing business that demonstrates compassion for the taxpayer."

Peters served two terms on the Mount Airy Town Council from 2004 - 2012. During her tenure, she worked to improve town infrastructure, manage growth and retain and expand business investment in the Town. Her commitment to service includes serving as Chair of the Communications Committee for the Maryland Municipal League, volunteering as a Sunday School teacher, PTA Board Member, Vice Chair of Planning Commission, Board Member of Mount Airy Main Street Association and Youth Mentor.

In 2010 and in 2012 The Daily Record recognized Peters as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women for her leadership, community service and mentoring. She was also recognized by the Maryland Recycling Network for Extraordinary Achievement in 2011, and in 2012 she was inducted in to the Mount Airy Hall of Fame in recognition of her service and volunteerism in the community.

Peters is a graduate of Villa Julie College and Loyola University Maryland and a Fellow of the Academy for Excellence in Local Governance from the University of Maryland - Institute for Governmental Service and Research. She works as a paralegal at Ober|Kaler, a law firm headquartered in Baltimore and is an Associate member of the Maryland State Bar Association.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

The Tentacle - Zachary Peters: Where’s the Interest? Why isn’t there more?

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5291 Please enjoy the son of The Honorable Wendi Peters, Mr. Zachary A. Peters' piece in The Tentacle. I'm looking for much more good work from Mr. Peters.

Zachary Peters Biography August 16, 2012

Where’s the Interest? Why isn’t there more?

Teen Mom, Toddlers in Tiaras, 16 and Pregnant, and the granddaddy of them all, Jersey Shore are just a few examples of the television shows that dominate the young adult generation these days... http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=71

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Want2Dish - DONNAMARIE NEEDLE: Mount Airy Councilwoman Wendi Peters decides to not run for re-election

Want2Dish - People - Local Government (including services such as fire / ems / police) - COUNCILWOMAN PETERS SURPRISES RESIDENTS: "FEBRUARY 23, 20122 DAYS, 14 HOURS AGO MOJO: DONNAMARIE NEEDLE"

Mount Airy town council members, the mayor, commission members, residents and five candidates all gathered at Town Hall on Monday, Feb. 13, for the bi-annual Board of Elections nominations meeting.

Councilwoman Wendi Peters, whose term would soon end, stood in the back of the room. As nominations were announced, one couldn't help but notice the puzzled and questioning looks on many faces; by the end of the process, a nomination had not been made for Councilwoman Peters.

As a wave of shock overtook the crowd, Peters seemed content with her decision. “It was after prayerful consideration and discussion with my family that I decided not to seek re-election,” said Peters...

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Want2Dish - DONNAMARIE NEEDLE: Mount Airy Councilwoman Wendi Peters decides to not run for re-election

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

The Grogg Report:Wendi Peters, was awarded and named to the Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2010

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Mt Airy Council woman, Wendi Peters, was awarded and named to the Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2010 on May 1st at the Oppenheimer in Baltimore. This award is given annually to 100 women throughout the state by The Daily Record Newspaper's selection board for the impact their service has brought to the State of Maryland. [Continues here...]

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Mount Airy Blog: Always a Few “Whining Winners”

Always a Few “Whining Winners”

......To Sour The Thrill of Victory...

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I would like to take this opportunity to send a big congratulations out to Mayor-elect Pat Rockinberg as well as David Blais and Scott Strong for winning the two Town Council seats on May 3.

The Mayoral race was very close. With that, I hope Mayor-elect Rockinberg will recognize he does not have a mandate. He must embrace all the voters, including the 47% who voted for Wendi Peters. I know these three men will work diligently along with fellow council members Peter Helt, Dave Pyatt and Wendi Peters to bring back the stability and continuity that's been missing over the past several years.

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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

WJZ: Mount Airy, Md., Elects Growth Planner New Mayor

WJZ: Mount Airy, Md., Elects Growth Planner New Mayor

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MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) ― Voters in Mount Airy have chosen a new mayor who has worked to control growth of the town on the Frederick-Carroll county line.

Pat Rockinberg, vice chairman of the town's planning and zoning commission, defeated Councilwoman Wendi Peters with 54 percent of the vote Monday.

Rockinberg succeeds David Pyatt, who resigned in December amid complaints from City Hall staff and Town Council members that he bullied people.

Pyatt claimed he was forced out by those who favor more rapid growth in the town of nearly 9,000 people, about 25 miles west of Baltimore.

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20100504 WJZ Mount Airy Md Elects Growth Planner New Mayor

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Digest of stories on the Mount Airy election

Digest of stories on the Mount Airy election

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Explore Carroll www.explorecarroll.com: Rockinberg becomes Mt. Airy's fourth mayor in 15 ... Mount Airy has yet another new mayor while voters also selected two new ... After the votes were tallied, newcomer Scott Strong, 38, led the field with 940 ... www.explorecarroll.com/news/4294/mount-airy-election/

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Mt Airy MD town election results By Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/2a62rs5

Rockinberg becomes Mt. Airy's fourth mayor in 15 months Blais, Strong win council positions By Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/2a62rs5

http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4294/mount-airy-election/ http://tinyurl.com/2a62rs5

New Bedford Herald http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/327123.html by Kevin Dayhoff - Mount Airy election results ... By New Bedford Herald It was well past midnight before the results of the Mount Airy elections became known. After the votes were tallied, newcomer Scott Strong, 38, led the field with 940 votes for one of the council seats. He will be joined by David Blais, ... New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff - http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

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Rockinberg to be Mount Airy's new mayor Stong Blais in as ...
Pat Rockinberg will take over as Mount Airy's mayor on May 17 ... Mount Airy The town's planning and zoning vicechairman Pat Rockinberg will be the new ... http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/displayUpdate.htm?StoryID=104486 ...

Mount Airy, Md., Elects Growth Planner New Mayor WJZ Pat Rockinberg, vice chairman of the town's planning and zoning commission, defeated Councilwoman Wendi Peters with 54 percent of the vote Monday. ... http://wjz.com/wireapnewsmd/Mount.Airy.Md.2.1674113.html

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Mount Airy vote counting goes into wee hours
Councilwoman Wendi Peters and Pat Rockinberg were running for the town's mayoral seat. David Blais, Scott Strong and incumbent Chris Everich were running ...
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New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff - Ending the Mount Airy Civil War
By New Bedford Herald BJ Dixon nominates Councilwoman Wendi Peters for the Office of Mount Airy Mayor By Kevin Dayhoff for Soundtrack March 29, 2010 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/bj-dixon-nominates-councilwoman-wendi.html ... New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff - http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff - The ironies of the Mount ... By New Bedford Herald Special for The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff - Crossposted on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack Mount Airy's citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town on May 3. The town's approximately 5350 registered voters will choose ... http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/326089.html

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Peters for council
Wendi Peters has a commitment of the heart to Mount Airy. Both her grandfather and father served long and successful tenures as council men. ...
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Mount Airy MD election results are in: Strong, Blais elected to council Rockinberg chosen mayor By K Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/397w5ow

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Mount Airy election results are in

Mount Airy election results are in: Strong, Blais elected to council Rockinberg chosen mayor.

By Kevin Dayhoff May 4, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/397w5ow

(Also see: Rockinberg becomes Mt. Airy's fourth mayor in 15 months Blais, Strong win council positions By Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/2a62rs5 in http://www.explorecarroll.com/)

Out of the 5,657 registered voters in the small town of about 10,000 citizens, a total number of 1434 Mount Airy citizens cast their votes at the fireman's carnival grounds activities building on Twin Arch Road in Mount Airy on Monday.

Up for grabs were two council seats and the mayor’s office. Each town council member is paid $4,000 per year and the mayor is paid $8,500 a year. It was well past midnight before the results of the Mount Airy elections became known.

After the votes were tallied, newcomer Scott Strong, 38, led the field with 940 votes for one of the council seats. He will be joined by David Blais, 42, who garnered 855 votes.

The third council candidate, incumbent Chris Everich, 49, received 651 votes. The other council incumbent, Gary Nelson, choose not to run for re-election.

Patrick Rockinberg, 47, bested Wendi Peters, 46, 768 to 658 votes, respectively, to lead the municipality for the next four years.

Peters, who is currently a town councilwomen has two years remaining on her current term. She has served as an elected or appointed official for over 20-years and her father and grandfather had previously served on the town council

Mayor Peter Helt, who was voted in as mayor by the council members on Dec. 7, 2009 after the council voted out former Mayor David Pyatt, chose not to stand for election for mayor. Mayor Pyatt had taken the place of former Mayor Frank Johnson Jr., who was elected in 2006 and resigned in February 2009.

In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement. In the last several years, Mount Airy has stayed in the news for political turmoil and intrigue, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexation, recreation, and water.

While issues such as the town budget, local schools, parks and recreation opportunities, recycling and trash removal were mentioned; growth, water, development, and annexation were the main items of concern on the minds of most voters and the emphasis by all the candidates.

Rockinberg, moved to the town 13 years ago, currently serves as the vice-chair of the Mount Airy planning and zoning commission.

In the March 31 League of Woman Voters candidates forum, he emphasized that he will meet with citizens every Saturday in the mayor’s office to discuss citizen concerns.

He furthermore said that he will greatly rely upon the 2007 town survey “with an overwhelming 44% response,” that he spearheaded as the Chairman of the Growth and Development Task Force.

According to his campaign literature, Strong has “21 years of business experience working in the private sector as a government contractor supporting all aspects for multiple $100+ million dollar programs,” has lived in Mount Airy for 10 years.

Strong stated that he “could make a difference in shaping policy and managing growth thereby positively benefiting not only the businesses and the town's economy…

“Mount Airy needs to be a distinct community bordered by existing agricultural farmland that protects our watershed areas rather than having our town turn into the next Gaithersburg, Germantown, or Frederick.

“I also want to work more closely with county governments and think we can have Mount Airy prosper without needing to have residential developers growing not only the population base, but also increasing the burden to existing infrastructures that are currently maintainable for the residents today, wrote Strong on his Facebook page.

Former Mayor Pyatt nominated Blais at the March 8 town nominations meeting, by noting that “he earned his Eagle Scout badge from Mount Airy’s Troop 460, graduated from Linganore High School and has served honorably in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years since 1986.”

In a candidate’s questionnaire for the Frederick Gazette, Blais noted, “I believe the town should concentrate on more commercial growth versus residential.

“The town still has over 400 homes in the pipeline to be built. We need to look hard at infill development before approving any new annexations or outer development. I will not support any commercial growth that could damage the vitality of our downtown Main Street.”

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Mount Airy MD election results are in: Strong, Blais elected to council Rockinberg chosen mayor By K Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/397w5ow

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Monday, May 03, 2010

Mount Airy voters go to the polls. No results yet…

Mount Airy voters go to the polls.

No results yet…

May 3, 2010

By Kevin Dayhoff

The polls have now been closed at the Fireman's carnival grounds activities building on Twin Arch Road in Mount Airy since 8 p.m. and so far no word as to any of the winners.

In today’s town elections, voters went to the polls from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. to choose two council members from a filed that included David M. Blais, Scott Strong, and incumbent Chris Everich.

For the mayor’s office, citizens had a choice of Patrick Rockinberg and Wendi Peters.

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Ending the Mount Airy Civil War

Ending the Mount Airy Civil War

April 28, 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3728

The mayor’s office and two council seats are up for grabs when Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town May 3.

The town’s voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for (hopefully) the next four years in the mayor’s office. In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement.

Mount Airy has stayed in the news in recent years with political turmoil, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexations, recreation, and water. It is time for the soap opera to stop.

Of the two candidates for mayor, Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to Councilwoman Wendi Peters.

Read the entire column here: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3728

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The ironies of the Mount Airy election by Kevin Dayhoff

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The ironies of the Mount Airy election

April 29, 2010

Special for The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff - Crossposted on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town on May 3.

The town’s approximately 5,350 registered voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for the next four years in the mayor’s office.

Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to councilwoman Wendi Peters….

Read the rest here: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/04/ironies-of-mount-airy-election-by-kevin.html

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Ending the Mount Airy Civil War Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff
The mayor’s office and two council seats are up for grabs when Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town May 3.

The town’s voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for (hopefully) the next four years in the mayor’s office. In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement.

Mount Airy has stayed in the news in recent years with political turmoil, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexations, recreation, and water. It is time for the soap opera to stop.

Of the two candidates for mayor, Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to Councilwoman Wendi Peters.

Read the entire column here: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3728

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Mount Airy prepares for town elections League of Women Voters of Carroll County to hold candidates’ forum. March 31, 2010 Special to be crossposted on The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/mount-airy-prepares-for-town-elections.html

Wendi Peters for Mount Airy mayor campaign profile http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/wendi-peters-for-mount-airy-mayor.html Posted March 31, 2010

Mount Airy town elections a little over a month away League of Women Voters to hold candidates' forum March 31 Posted http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4173/mount-airy-town-elections-little-over-month-away/ 3/29/10 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle

Scott Strong for Mount Airy town council campaign profile March 29, 2010 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/scott-strong-for-mount-airy-town.html

BJ Dixon nominates Councilwoman Wendi Peters for the Office of Mount Airy Mayor By Kevin Dayhoff for Soundtrack March 29, 2010 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/bj-dixon-nominates-councilwoman-wendi.html

Mount Airy town elections a little over a month away http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/mount-airy-town-elections-little-over.html League of Women Voters of Carroll County to hold candidates’ forum.
March 19, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

Current Mount Airy Mayor Helt nominates Mr. Everich http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/current-mount-airy-mayor-helt-nominates.html

The Mount Airy Lottery in The Tentacle: http://www.thetentacle.com/ by Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, March 24, 2010: “The “awful aughts” were not kind to Mount Airy. The last decade seemed to have been on the minds of citizens who crowded into the Mount Airy town hall on March 8 to nominate candidates to vie for elected offices in the upcoming election….”

“Mount Airy electoral nominees named” By Jennifer Jiggetts, Times Staff Writer Jiggetts http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_27f19880-2d92-11df-9131-001cc4c002e0.html Friday, March 12, 2010

“Mount Airy announces nominations for mayor and Town Council” Originally published March 10, 2010 By Nicholas C. Stern News-Post Staff http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=102271

“Peters, Rockinberg to face off for mayor - Two nominated for mayor, three for two open council seats in Mount Airy's May 3 election” by Angie Cochrun Staff Writer Thursday, March 11, 2010 http://www.gazette.net/stories/03112010/mounnew162451_32547.php

David Blais Candidate for Mount Airy Town Council web site
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http://www.thegroggreport.com/merrygoround.htm

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Sunday, May 02, 2010

The ironies of the Mount Airy election by Kevin Dayhoff

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

The ironies of the Mount Airy election by Kevin Dayhoff

The ironies of the Mount Airy election

April 29, 2010

Special for The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff - Crossposted on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack

Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town on May 3.

The town’s approximately 5,350 registered voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for the next four years in the mayor’s office.

Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to councilwoman Wendi Peters.

Four of the five town council and mayoral candidates for office in next Monday’s election are relatively new to Mount Airy, whose history and heritage dates back to the 1830s. They live in one of the new 198 single-family homes in one the town’s newer developments, Summit Ridge.

They came to Mount Airy as part of the latest generation of families who were attracted to the town for its small town feel and quality of life and helped grow Mount Airy approximately 61% in the last ten years.

It is an irony that for many residents in town, Summit Ridge is the very same development that became the straw that broke the camel’s back in Mount Airy’s struggle to keep the very same traditional small town values, for which the candidates from this seemingly semi-autonomous northern region of Mount Airy, aspire.

It was as early as 1993 that residents of Mount Airy began to realize that the growth and development initiatives of the 1970s and 1980s, which were formulated to ensure the survivability of the town in the face of the population decline and downward spiral of the town in the 1950s and 1960s - were now imperiling the town.

In short, the post World War II population trends which witnessed a flight of citizens to the cities had reversed and by now unhappy urban refugees were fleeing the chaos and decline of the cities to come to the suburbs and places like Mount Airy.

Who could blame them? Once the new residents arrived they quickly became determined that they would not allow the problems associated with urban population density to happen to their newfound home.

The Mount Airy planning commission began to take a hard look at growth in 1989 when it noted, “During the 1980s the town again experienced rapid development and approved several large annexations…”

The 1993 Mount Airy comprehensive plan observed, “Mt. Airy’s rapid growth in the 80’s is typical of many towns outside major metropolitan areas across the country. In many communities this rapid development has significantly impacted natural resources and threatens to outpace the capacity of utility and infrastructure systems. Another effect of this growth that is equally important is a growing perception that the qualities of community are being lost.

“Mt. Airy has done well to avoid many development-related problems: however there is a real concern that the qualities of Mt. Airy that attract new residents are becoming endangered by the development that accommodates this growth.”

That last paragraph came to a head on May 1, 2006 when voters overwhelmingly went to the polls and said that they did not want the town to annex the Zeltman farm that had been in the town’s master plan for growth for 10 years.

For many voters in the 2006 election, it was the example of the negative impact of Summit Ridge on Mount Airy - that cause that caused them to vote against Zeltman, dubbed Summit Ridge II.

To add to the irony, many of the candidates for office in next Monday’s election found their interest in politics after Summit Ridge was built-out and they coalesced in opposition in 2006 to the Zeltman farm, and last fall to a proposed annexation of the Rigler property on Buffalo Road which is contiguous to their “new” Summit Ridge development.

Fast-forward to next week’s election and by now all the candidates “get it” that an overwhelming majority of citizens want Mount Airy to stay a small town.

The disagreement over growth and development in Mount Airy has exacted a huge toll on the community. In yet another irony in a town full of ironies, the desire to maintain and promote Mount Airy’s small town charm by waging a holy war on annexations has deteriorated the community into a seething cauldron of toxic bitterness.

What is left is a shell-shocked community in which a generation of families is being taught to confuse family and community values with yelling, screaming, and bitter hateful character assassinations of Shakespearian proportions.

New approaches and new leadership will be necessary to face the community’s future recreation and park needs, facilitate the state and county relationships necessary to address schools, devastated economy and business environment, budgetary deficits, water, sanitation and basic infrastructure deterioration.

Of the two mayoral candidates Councilwoman Peters has the experience to address the town’s challenges.

Ms. Peters has the collective benefit of the previous two generations of her family who have served as Mount Airy elected officials to help guide her in the perilous waters that lay ahead for Mount Airy.

Many have been swayed by the endorsement of Ms. Peters by B.J. Dixon, who recently retired after serving as an employee of the Mount Airy town government.

Ms. Dixon spoke for many when she said: “Having worked with Wendi over the years, I believe she has the experience to lead the Town into the future. Wendi understands the workings of our government, she is a problem solver and possesses the ability to stand up and take on tough decisions.

“We need to quit drawing lines in the sand. We need stability and continuity back in our town. We need Wendi Peters to do just that. With her experience, her leadership and her commitment…”

What Mount Airy needs is someone with the experience, knowledge and abilities that can only come from decades in the arena making the difficult decisions and having the scars to show for it. There’s plenty of blame to go around, it’s time to concentrate on the future...

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Ending the Mount Airy Civil War Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff
The mayor’s office and two council seats are up for grabs when Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town May 3.

The town’s voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for (hopefully) the next four years in the mayor’s office. In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement.

Mount Airy has stayed in the news in recent years with political turmoil, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexations, recreation, and water. It is time for the soap opera to stop.

Of the two candidates for mayor, Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to Councilwoman Wendi Peters.

Read the entire column here: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3728

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Mount Airy prepares for town elections League of Women Voters of Carroll County to hold candidates’ forum. March 31, 2010 Special to be crossposted on The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/mount-airy-prepares-for-town-elections.html

Wendi Peters for Mount Airy mayor campaign profile http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/wendi-peters-for-mount-airy-mayor.html Posted March 31, 2010

Mount Airy town elections a little over a month away League of Women Voters to hold candidates' forum March 31 Posted http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4173/mount-airy-town-elections-little-over-month-away/ 3/29/10 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle

Scott Strong for Mount Airy town council campaign profile March 29, 2010 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/scott-strong-for-mount-airy-town.html

BJ Dixon nominates Councilwoman Wendi Peters for the Office of Mount Airy Mayor By Kevin Dayhoff for Soundtrack March 29, 2010 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/bj-dixon-nominates-councilwoman-wendi.html

Mount Airy town elections a little over a month away http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/mount-airy-town-elections-little-over.html League of Women Voters of Carroll County to hold candidates’ forum.
March 19, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

Current Mount Airy Mayor Helt nominates Mr. Everich http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/current-mount-airy-mayor-helt-nominates.html

The Mount Airy Lottery in The Tentacle: http://www.thetentacle.com/ by Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, March 24, 2010: “The “awful aughts” were not kind to Mount Airy. The last decade seemed to have been on the minds of citizens who crowded into the Mount Airy town hall on March 8 to nominate candidates to vie for elected offices in the upcoming election….”

“Mount Airy electoral nominees named” By Jennifer Jiggetts, Times Staff Writer Jiggetts http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_27f19880-2d92-11df-9131-001cc4c002e0.html Friday, March 12, 2010

“Mount Airy announces nominations for mayor and Town Council” Originally published March 10, 2010 By Nicholas C. Stern News-Post Staff http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=102271

“Peters, Rockinberg to face off for mayor - Two nominated for mayor, three for two open council seats in Mount Airy's May 3 election” by Angie Cochrun Staff Writer Thursday, March 11, 2010 http://www.gazette.net/stories/03112010/mounnew162451_32547.php

David Blais Candidate for Mount Airy Town Council web site
http://www.davidblais.com/contact.html

http://www.thegroggreport.com/merrygoround.htm

http://www.gazette.net/stories/03112010/mounnew162451_32547.php

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=102271
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