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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

DealBook: Dodd Calls Obama Plan Too Ambitious

DealBook: Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The New York Times
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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1. Top Story: Dodd Calls Obama Plan Too Ambitious
2. M & A: MetLife Confirms Talks Over A.I.G. Unit
3. Banking: From Sydney: Interest Rates and Indiscretion
4. Private Equity: Istithmar Said to Shop Port Unit
5. Hedge Funds: Galleon Case Informant Faces S.E.C. Charges
6. Offerings: A Word of Caution on New Russian I.P.O.s
7. Venture Capital: Agnilux? It Means, 'Won't Say a Peep'
8. Legal: In Court, Challenges of Madoff Trustee's Plans

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1. Top Story: Dodd Calls Obama Plan Too Ambitious
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Christopher J. Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee,
warned that the Obama administration's new proposals to rein in Wall
Street firms ran the risk of derailing months of delicate negotiations
over overhauling financial regulations.

"It's not a movable feast," the chairman, Christopher J. Dodd, told
Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, who has become an
influential outside adviser to President Obama. "It's adding to the
problems of trying to get a bill done," he said at the end of a hearing
on the proposals, after all the other committee members had already
left, The New York Times reports.

Mr. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, added that the administration was
"getting precariously close" to excessive ambition for the legislation.
"I don't want to be in a position where we end up doing nothing because
we tried to do too much," he said.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03regulate.html?dbk

Mr. Volcker pushed his plan on Tuesday to restrict the investment
activities of large banks, telling the Senate Banking Committee that
there was no "rationale for public funds -- taxpayer funds --
protecting and supporting essentially proprietary and speculative
activities."

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/volcker-takes-tough-line-on-trading-by-banks/

Does former Mr. Volcker know the difference between private equity
firms and hedge funds? One blogger wants to know.

Go to Article from Private Equity Analyst via The Wall Street Journal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2010/02/02/volckers-understanding-of-pe-comes-across-as-hazy/

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2. M & A: MetLife Confirms Talks Over A.I.G. Unit
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MetLife on Tuesday confirmed that it is in talks with the American
International Group to buy a major life insurance unit, commonly known
as Alico.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/metlife-confirms-talks-over-aigs-alico/

Go to MetLife Press Release (PDF):
http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/pr/MetLife4Q2009Rls2-2.pdf

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/02/business/business-us-metlife.html?dlbk

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http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/metlife-nears-a-deal-for-aigs-alico-unit/

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Britain's consumer watchdog has asked for a say in the planned merger
of the U.K. arms of France Telecom's Orange and Deutsche Telekom's
T-Mobile, raising prospects of at least a delay to any deal.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/03/business/business-uk-orange-tmobile.html?scp=1&sq=t-mobile&st=cse

Go to Article from The Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/184116de-1098-11df-975e-00144feab49a.html

Go to Press Release from the O.F.T.:
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2010/08-10

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http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/t-mobile-needs-orange-merger-to-compete-exec-says/

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Pearson, owner of The Financial Times, has bought Medley Global
Advisors, a provider of macroeconomic intelligence to hedge funds and
banks, as the company shifts emphasis from advertising-funded
publications to subscription services.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/03/business/business-uk-pearson-ft-acquisition.html?dbk

Go to Press Release from Pearson:
http://www.pearson.com/media-1/pearson-news/?i=1216

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Bank of New York Mellon is growing, but at a price, Breakingviews says,
and PNC's shareholders seem to be getting the better end of the
transaction.

Go to Article from Breakingviews via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03views.html?dbk

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Kraft declared victory on Tuesday in its pursuit of Cadbury, announcing
that it has won widespread support from the British confectioner's
shareholders.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/kraft-seals-deal-for-cadbury/

Hershey defended its decision to back away from a Cadbury bid and a
bigger stake in the global confectionery market, saying it remained
confident about its growth prospects and was raising its dividend.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/02/business/business-us-hershey.html?dbk

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3. Investment Banking: From Sydney: Interest Rates and Indiscretion
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As Chris Bath, an announcer for 7 News, spoke with Martin Lakos on live
television about the possibility of the Australian central bank
eventually lifting interest rates, a Macquarie employee was looking at
what appear to be semi-nude photographs in the background.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/interest-rates-and-nudy-shots-in-sydney/

Go to Article from The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/macquarie-banker-filmed-ogling-nude-miranda-kerr-pictures-named/story-e6frg996-1225826327979

Go to Article from Bloomberg News:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601208&sid=a4EdsRgfT6EM

Go to Video from 7 News via YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1m8a4Jl4ZI

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Lazard, the independent investment bank, reported a $54.9 million loss
for its fourth quarter, as the firm took charges related to changes in
its compensation policies and stock payouts tied to the death of its
former chief executive, Bruce Wasserstein.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/lazard-posts-loss-in-4th-quarter-on-compensation-charges/

Go to Lazard Press Release via Business Wire:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100203005769/en/Lazard-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-Full-Year-2009-Results

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Bank of America has approved more than $4 billion in 2009 pay for its
investment bankers and traders, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Go to Article from The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703338504575041663923952520.html

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/02/business/business-us-boa.html?dbk

The bank is also poised to hire 2,000 retail brokers this year, The
Financial Times reported, citing unidentified sources.

Go to Article from The Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa3a52a2-104e-11df-841f-00144feab49a.html

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan's top bank, swung to profit in
the quarter ending Dec. 31, buoyed by trading gains and an improvement
in its stock portfolio, and kept its full-year forecast.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/03/business/business-mufg.html?dbk

Go to Press Release from Mitsubishi UFJ:
http://www.mufg.jp/english/ir/fs/

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What are the odds that 2010 will be as benign as last year for the
world's economies? In his latest column, Thomas Friedman writes that
the odds are low, and wonders whether the struggle between banks and
President Obama has a win-win resolution.

Go to Op-Ed from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/opinion/03friedman.html?dbk

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The Financial Services Authority of Britain has told banks in the City
to cooperate in deferring 60 percent of all pay, regardless of
contractual obligations, or risk having their banking licenses
withdrawn, The Telegraph reports, citing unidentified sources.

Go to Article from The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7141221/Banks-told-to-comply-on-bonuses-or-lose-UK-banking-licences-in-shock-FSA-ultimatum.html

Goldman Sachs's London-based partners expect the investment bank to
make them whole through stock grants, after having their 2009 bonuses
capped, The New York Post reported.

Go to Article from The New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/goldman_to_defer_brits_1FAMv3AgV2gM85ehA3HSvL

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The PNC Financial Services Group, one of the largest regional banks,
said Tuesday that it would pay back $7.6 billion in government bailout
money to the Treasury Department.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/pnc-to-repay-tarp-money-after-sale-of-unit/

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Galileo Capital Management has started LGBT Capital, a specialist
corporate advisory and investment management unit that will focus
exclusively on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender consumer
market.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/galileo-sets-up-lgbt-capital-for-gay-market/

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4. Private Equity: Istithmar Said to Shop Port Unit
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Dubai World's investment arm Istithmar has put port and shipping agent
Inchcape Shipping Services up for sale for $600 million to $700 million
and has attracted interest from private equity groups, The Financial
Times reported Wednesday.

Go to Article from The Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/312dc536-102d-11df-841f-00144feab49a.html

Go to Article from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6112OZ20100203

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Odyssey Investment Partners said Tuesday that it had inked a deal to
buy Wencor Group, a commercial distributor and maker of aircraft parts.

Go to Article from The Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_14319461

Go to Article from The Deal (Subscription Required):
http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2010/02/odyssey_acquires_aircraft_part.php

Go to Press Release from Odyssey via Earthtimes:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/imperial-capital-llc-advises-odyssey,1148587.shtml

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Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in energy,
healthcare and media investments, said on Tuesday that it has hired
former Bush administration official Jim Nussle to its advisory board.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/avista-hires-ex-bush-official-to-advisory-board/

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5. Hedge Funds: Galleon Case Informant Faces S.E.C. Charges
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David R. Slaine, a former Wall Street hedge fund manager and head of
Nasdaq trading at Morgan Stanley who secretly recorded conversations
for the government in the Galleon Group insider trading case, was
accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Tuesday.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/galleon-case-informant-faces-sec-charges/

The Securities and Exchange Commission admitted in court filings that
federal prosecutors mistakenly sent the agency confidential wiretap
information from the criminal insider trading case against Galleon
Group founder Raj Rajaratnam.

Go to Item from DealBook:
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/sec-admits-it-received-galleon-wiretaps/

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The hedge fund Paulson & Co., run by John A. Paulson, has received an
information request from the Securities and Exchange Commission, The
Financial Times reported, citing unidentified sources.

Go to Article from The Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0bc0e48-105b-11df-a8e8-00144feab49a.html

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Harold E. Ford Jr.'s potential bid for New York Senator Kirsten E.
Gillibrand's seat has touched off a war for the city's richest donors,
especially those on Wall Street, as both camps race to nail down
financial support and demonstrate the breadth of their Rolodexes.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/nyregion/03donors.html?dbk

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http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/bank-tax-is-knotty-issue-for-new-yorks-senators/

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A key U.S. lawmaker, Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, is set to
join forces with several business groups on Wednesday to call for
Congress to end the "reckless speculation" in commodity markets as the
Senate prepares to take on financial reform.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Time:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/02/us/politics/politics-us-commodities-speculation.html?dbk

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The hedge fund and private equity industry may not have been too
pleased with some of the proposals put forth by President Barack Obama
in his 2011 budget blueprint Monday.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/01/us/politics/politics-us-obama-budget-taxes.html?dbk

Go to Article from The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204575039132987274858.html

Go to Article from Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32350.html

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6. I.P.O.s/Offerings: A Word of Caution on New Russian I.P.O.s
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Russian initial public offerings are set for a comeback, and investors
should be able to drive a hard bargain, Breakingviews says.

Go to Article from Breakingviews via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03views.html?dbk

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Investors rallied on Tuesday behind signs of stability in the housing
sector and indications that businesses had bolstered revenue, lifting
stocks for a second day.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03markets.html?dbk

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China First Heavy Industries set its $1.67 billion Shanghai initial
public offering price below the top of its range, the first to do so
since China resumed I.P.O.s last June, and a sign of growing realism as
markets weaken and regulators demand more rational pricing.

Go to Article from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSTRE61219Q20100203

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7. Venture Capital: Agnilux? It Means, 'Won't Say a Peep'
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There's only one thing more frustrating for reporters than a stealth
start-up, and that's a stealth start-up run by former Apple employees.
That would be Agnilux, a secretive venture populated by chip designers.

Go to Item from Bits:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/agnilux-is-start-up-for-wont-say-a-peep/?dlbk

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Silicon Valley's venture capitalists and their investors are finally
feeling the full effect of the dot-com crash a decade ago, thanks to
the industry's long-term approach to tracking returns.

Go to Item from Bits:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/dot-com-crash-catch-up-with-venture-capitalists/?dbk

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Denham Capital said Tuesday that it has invested an additional $108
million in Vulcan Power, a developer of geothermal energy projects.

Go to Article from The Associate Press via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/02/business/AP-US-Denham-Capital-Vulcan-Power.html?dbk

Go to Joint Press Release:
http://www.vulcanpower.com/html/news/vulcannews9.html

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8. Legal: In Court, Challenges of Madoff Trustee's Plans
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Victims of Bernard L. Madoff got their day in court to challenge how
Irving H. Picard, the trustee in charge of dividing up what can be
salvaged from Mr. Madoff's record-setting scheme, is calculating
investor losses.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03sipc.html?dbk

A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed all of the Securities and
Exchange Commission's civil fraud complaints against Cohmad Securities,
a small brokerage firm that the S.E.C. said had played a role in the
long-running Ponzi scheme.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03madoffside.html?dbk

Britain's Serious Fraud Office said Tuesday that it would not pursue
legal action against the British operations of Mr. Madoff, now in jail
in the United States.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03madoff.html?dbk

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The Obama administration is prepared to impose fees on financial firms
for as long as necessary to ensure that every cent spent on bailing out
banks is repaid, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/02/business/business-us-obama-budget-geithner.html?dbk

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Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday that unless the U.S. government
makes more moves to decrease the budget deficit or the economy improves
more than anticipated, the government's ''Aaa'' bond rating will
eventually be put under pressure.

Go to Article from The Associated Press via The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/02/business/AP-US-TEC-US-Moodys.html?dbk

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The American International Group has agreed to cut employee bonuses by
$20 million and will distribute about $100 million on Wednesday,
according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Go to Article from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03aig.html?dbk

A.I.G., which was saved from collapse by a $180 billion government
bailout, said Tuesday that it had named a former top lawyer from Lehman
Brothers as its general counsel.

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Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services
Committee, contends that regulators should force companies to disclose
the compensation for their best-paid employees, potentially forcing
Wall Street to reveal how much top traders and money managers earn.

Go to Article from Bloomberg News:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQ_6NbIIIpWs&pos=4

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Westminster Police investigate double shooting

The Westminster Police Department is currently investigating double shooting which occurred on Tuesday

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2010

WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
36 LOCUST STREET
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-848-4646

JEFFREY SPAULDING CHIEF OF POLICE

The Westminster Police Department is currently investigating double shooting which occurred on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. The shooting location was 99 Charles St. which is located in the Bishops Garth apartment complex.

Initial investigation revealed that three black male subjects came to an apartment in building 99 to continue an on-going argument. Once the door was answered, one of the three individuals produced a handgun and fired numerous shots into the apartment. Two subjects inside of the apartment were struck by the gunfire. One victim sustained a gunshot wound to the arm and the other a grazing gunshot wound to the buttocks. Both subjects were transported to Carroll County General Hospital for treatment.

After the shooting, the three black males subjects were observed running to the rear of the apartment buildings. The only description of the suspects at this time is that they are in their early 20s.

Investigators are speaking with the victims and other subjects that were in or near the apartment at the time of the shooting to determine both the motive and possible identities of the suspects.

Any citizen with information on this shooting should contact the Westminster Police Department, Criminal Investigations Bureau at (410) 848-4646 or the TIPS Line at (410) 857-8477.

MEDIA CONTACT

Captain Gerry Frischkorn
Administrative Bureau
Westminster Police Department
36 Locust Street
Westminster, Maryland

WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT TIPS LINE— (410) 857-8477

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Recent articles by Doug Tallman

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Hogan exits race, urging Ehrlich to enter Amedori announces she'll run for U.S. Senate by Douglas Tallman Staff Writer

Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. bowed out of the Republican gubernatorial race Monday, calling on his former boss, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., to enter the campaign against Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown said Friday that he didn't think Ehrlich had much of a record to run on, in case he does try to reclaim the governorship.

Also on the election front, Carmen Amedori, a former delegate, announced she was running for U.S. Senate.

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Meanwhile, Amedori would be the third Republican to file a candidacy for U.S. Senate. Daniel W. McAndrew and Jim Rutledge, both of Forest Hill, have filed to run as Republican candidates for senator, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections. Eric Wargotz, a Queen Anne's County commissioner and pathologist, also is planning to run for the seat.

"It's not something on a whim. It's something I've been wanting all my life," said Amedori, who spent five and a half years in the House of Delegates representing a Carroll County district before Ehrlich appointed her to the Maryland Parole Commission.

The winner of the Sept. 14 Republican primary is likely to face U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who is seeking a fifth term.

Defeating Mikulski, a Baltimore Democrat, could be an uphill climb for any Republican. A January poll by Gonzales Research and Marketing of Annapolis put her approval rating at 64 percent, higher than President Barack Obama and Gov. Martin O'Malley.

"Sen. Mikulski has been in office for four terms. I'm sure she has helped a lot of constituents. I'm sure her constituent service has been excellent. But they have not met Carmen Amedori," Amedori said. "I know how to provide for my constituency. And I would hope that anyone who has covered a seat for that long would have that kind of approval rating. But that's not going to deter me."

Amedori, 54, said she would work to remove excess regulations.

"For every law or regulation that people are out there supporting, I would work hard to repeal three or four others," she said.

Amedori served in the House of Delegates until 2004, when Ehrlich appointed her to the Parole Commission. That appointment ended in January.

Staff Writer Alan Brody contributed to this report.

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Police investigate shooting in Bishops Garth in Westminster

Two people struck by gunfire in apartment shooting

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The Westminster Police Department is investigating a double shooting which police say occurred Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the unit block of Charles St., in the Bishops Garth apartment complex in Westminster.

Police said three men came to an apartment in building No. 99. When the occupants opened the door, one of the three individuals pointed a handgun and fired numerous shots into the apartment.

Two people inside of the apartment were struck by the gunfire. One sustained a gunshot wound to the arm and the other a “grazing” wound, police said.

Both victims were transported to Carroll Hospital Center for treatment.

After the shooting, the three suspects — described only as black males in their twenties — were observed running to the rear of the apartment buildings.

Police said investigators are interviewing victims and other people near the apartment at the time of the shooting.

Anyone with information on this shooting may contact the Westminster Police Department, Criminal Investigations Bureau at 410-848-4646 or the TIPS Line at 410-857-8477.

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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominees

'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominees

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The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” and the war-on-terror thriller “The Hurt Locker” lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow. For the first time the Oscars feature 10 best-picture contenders instead of the usual five. Read more at Herald-Mail.com »

'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominees (Tuesday 2 February 2010)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” and the war-on-terror thriller “The Hurt Locker” lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each.

'Avatar' - Biggest movie in History of Ever? (Tuesday 26 January 2010)James Cameron films are in a league of their own, they deserve words all their own.

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School board passes final redistricting proposal
HAGERSTOWN — The Washington County Board of Education disappointed the parents of about 28 Boonsboro Elementary School students when it voted Tuesday to reassign their children to Pleasant Valley Elementary School.

Barr: Co. budget will need additional belt-tightening
WASHINGTON COUNTY — Although conservative budgeting has kept Washington County in a stable financial position, some additional belt-tightening will be needed to offset a projected $14 million revenue loss.

Marine from Fayetteville, Pa., killed by IED
FAYETTEVILLE, PA. — A 2008 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School serving with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan died Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in Helmand province

Cameras might catch local traffic scofflaws
HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown is thinking again about camera surveillance to catch traffic scofflaws.

Gov. O’Malley offers uplifting State of the State
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday delivered what some local legislators characterized as an uplifting State of the State address to the General Assembly. more »

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Smithsburg mayor to run for re-election
Officials celebrate completion of central booking facility
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Westminster Police investigating Armed Robbery

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WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
36 LOCUST STREET
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-848-4646

JEFFREY SPAULDING CHIEF OF POLICE

IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2010

The Westminster Police Department is currently investigating an armed robbery which occurred on February 2, 2010 at 12:35 a.m. at a private residence in the unit block of Shaffer Avenue.

An unknown masked assailant entered the residence, produced a handgun and demanded money from the two residents inside. An altercation ensued and one of the residents was struck multiple times about the head and face by the assailant with the handgun. The victim refused medical treatment.

After the altercation, the suspect fled the residence. The suspect is described as:

W/M, 5’5”-5’7” tall and weighing approximately 160 lbs. The suspect was last seen wearing a black puffy winter jacket over top of a grey hooded sweatshirt. During the robbery, the suspect had a “T” shirt covering his face.

A $500.00 reward is being offered for the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect in this incident.

Citizens with information about this armed robbery are requested to contact Det. Richard Lambert, Westminster Police Department, Criminal Investigations Bureau at (410) 848-4646 or the TIPS Line at (410) 857-8477.

MEDIA CONTACT

Captain Gerry Frischkorn
Administrative Bureau
Westminster Police Department
36 Locust Street
Westminster, Maryland

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5 Essential Tools for the Mobile Journalist

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Mashable – The Social Media Guide

The multi-function playground that is the smartphone has shrunk the capabilities of a van-sized 1970’s news team into the pocket of a single reporter. Today, front-page news can stream from any individual with a cell phone camera and a Twitter account, as it did during Iran’s election protests last summer. Today, major news outlets, such as CNN, have crowdsourced parts of their newsroom to locally-savvy citizen journalists, often armed with little more than a camcorder.

In addition to the standard smartphone equipment, such as a camera and social networking applications, we’ve compiled a list of five additional tools that can help a single journalist rival a fully-functional news team. With these tools, a mobile journalist can record data, edit clips, and broadcast polished stories as events unfold.
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Monday, February 01, 2010

NYT Can't Report Box-Office Receipts Without Blurting 'Mel Gibson, Anti-Semitic Drunk'

Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the New York Times
Monday February 01, 2010 @ 05:23 PM EDT

Nagourney Finds More Reasons for G.O.P. Pessimism: Lack of Leadership, Tea Partiers, Etc., Etc....
Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney spreads Republican pessimism on Sunday's front page: "At a moment of what appears to be great if unexpected opportunity, the Republican Party continues to struggle with disputes over ideology and tactics, as well as what party leaders say is an absence of strong figures to lead it back to power, from the party chairman to prospective presidential candidates."

Barack Obama: Just Too Much of a Complex Pragmatist for Today's Voters to Figure Out
Never mind that enormous health-care plan and "stimulus" spending, Obama's really a complex pragmatist who may be just too nuanced for today's politics: "On this much, President Obama's friends and foes could agree: He eludes simple labels. Yes, he's a liberal, except when he's not."

Jackie Calmes Twice Sees an Obama Goal of Budget 'Austerity'
No wonder it's so hard to cut federal spending: A limited "spending freeze" of $250 billion over three years, out of a 2001 budget of $3.8 trillion, is twice trotted out as a radical "austerity" measure.

NYT Can't Report Box-Office Receipts Without Blurting 'Mel Gibson, Anti-Semitic Drunk'
Checking the weekend receipts for Mel Gibson's dark thriller, "Edge of Darkness," arts writer Brooks Barnes reminded readers of the actor's "anti-Semitic outburst" and pondered: "Had moviegoers forgotten his rant and the subsequent tabloid brush fire? Many people in the movie business still harbor raw feelings about it." So, evidently, do "many people" at the Times.

Another Liberal Attack on Republican Patriotism
While the Times routinely rebukes Republicans for allegedly questioning the patriotism of Democrats, columnist Frank Rich is free to claim that Republican "John McCain epitomizes the unpatriotic opposition."

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Reception held for McDaniel president-elect

Reception held for McDaniel president-elect
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January 27, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

Last Wednesday, Westminster community leaders had an opportunity to meet and welcome McDaniel president-elect Dr. Roger N. Casey and his wife, Ms. Robyn Allers at a reception held at the Carroll Arts Council.

Casey, 48, was selected by the McDaniel board of trustees to serve as the 142-year-old college’s ninth president on December 17 to succeed President Joan Develin Coley as of July 1, 2010.

An article published in Explore Carroll on April 22, 2009 noted, “Coley announced her retirement at an executive session of the April 18 board of trustees meeting at the college. Coley has served as McDaniel’s president for 10 years and her retirement will start June 30, 2010…

“Coley has spent her life in higher education, accumulating 40 years of experience in the classroom and in administration. Prior to her serving as McDaniel president, she served as provost for six years. She joined the college faculty in 1973 as director of the Graduate Reading Program and was later promoted to serve as dean of Graduate Affairs and chair of the Department of Education…

‘It has been my great fortune to spend almost all of my working life on this [McDaniel] college campus, a place I love and believe in with unreasonable passion,’ she said in a news release issued today by the college.”

Casey currently serves as the vice president of academic affairs and provost of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He was chosen to lead the college during a national search conducted by a presidential search committee, led by Mary Lynn Durham, a 1970 graduate of the college, who serves as the vice chair of the board of trustees, eight trustees, three elected faculty members, one administrator and one student.

“During the search interviews and campus visits, Dr. Casey distinguished himself as a visionary leader who understands McDaniel’s steadfast commitment to academic excellence through collaborative learning and deliberate faculty mentoring of students,”, said Martin K. P. Hill, chairman of McDaniel’s board of trustees, according to the McDaniel College web site.

“We are absolutely confident that Roger will respect our traditions and realize our aspirations through focusing the College’s vision, advancing its mission and implementing its strategic plan.”

“With labor and love, I will do my best to live up to the expectations of those who have given me the chance to be the organizational leader of a community that champions the tradition of liberal arts education. … Great things lie ahead for McDaniel,” said Casey, in a letter addressed to the McDaniel community posted on the college’s web site.

“The sense of community that undergirds it, is what first drew me to ‘the Hill,’” continued Casey in his letter. “Building on the exceptional work of President Coley and her predecessors, my job is now clear: to make sure everyone hears the fullest understanding of what that tradition and its present manifestation means at McDaniel.

“I believe that message is important to our existing community, to future students, to this region, to donors and other supporters, to American higher education, and to the world. The message is that McDaniel makes a difference.”

Casey is a South Carolina native who “graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Furman University in 1983 and went on to earn both an M.A. degree and a Ph.D. in English from Florida State University,” according to the McDaniel College web site.

Allers was in her element at the arts council reception. She currently serves “as the interim director of Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins,” said the web article introducing the president-elect last December.

“Prior to Rollins, Casey served Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama as an associate dean and professor from 1991-2000.”

At the reception, Casey, who has studied and traveled in more than 60 countries, noted that he was also right at home in the Tevis Gallery at the Arts Council. Behind him, as he shared brief remarks, was the art of a number of artists who grew-up in other parts of the world, but now make Maryland their home.

Casey said in his letter to the McDaniel community last December, when it was announced that he was appointed, that he and his wife were traveling in Laos.

Hill noted the international flair of the reception in his introductory remarks; noting that the “current exhibit, ‘Ubuntu,’ is a collection of international artists… It serves as a perfect back drop” for the reception. “Dr. Roger Casey is himself an advocate for the transformational nature of global study and travel.”

“In 1994, Casey was named a Fellow of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation that supported his travel to 16 countries over a four-year period to examine the role of vision in the creation of community, a transformational experience that has instilled a strong sense of global and local responsibility,” according to McDaniel College.

“His current scholarly passions,” according to information from McDaniel, “include exploring the organizational behaviors of Generation X and The Millennials, examining literary and film depictions of teachers and students, and studying the impact of social media on higher education. His expertise in these areas earns him frequent invitations to present at both national academic conferences and in corporate settings.”

It was also noted that, “He has been a theatrical producer, director, and actor, most recently in 2006 as F. Scott Fitzgerald in a Winter Park production of ‘Devotedly, With Dearest Love: The Letters of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.’”

Hill also noted at the reception, “Each of the eight previous presidents at McDaniel have found it easy to feel at home in Westminster. I am certain this will be the first of many opportunities to meet and get to know Roger and Robyn.”

Allers shared in a conversation with several folks who had gathered around her, including Marcus Lee Primm, Dave Bollinger, and Corynne Courpas, that she and Casey had quietly visited Westminster and the college one day last fall.

She remarked that she and her husband were impressed with the sense of community and history, and the friendliness of the students and the Westminster community.

“How delighted we are, Robyn and I, to meet you… We are looking forward to calling Westminster our home,” said Casey in his remarks at the reception. “It is an honor to follow in Joan’s (Coley’s) footsteps…”

Commissioners Mike Zimmer and Dean Minnich joined with county chief of staff, Steve Powell to meet the new president. Minnich, who had noted that Allers is also a writer, expressed that he was eager to get to know the president-elect and his wife.

Also, present were Westminster mayor Kevin Utz, along with council members Damian Halstad, Tony Chiavacci, Dr. Robert Wack, and Greg Pecoraro. Halstad, also a writer, nodded in approval as Audrey Cimino, the executive director of the Community Foundation of Carroll County, and also an actress, singer and fan of the theatre, looked on.

“We’ve always had a great relationship with the college and we’re looking forward to continuing that relationship with Dr. Casey,” said Halstad.

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Funeral for Senator Charles Mathias set for Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral

Photo caption: Former U.S. Sen. Charles Mathias. Courtesy of the Congressional Archives

Senator Charles Mathias, a champion of civil rights, dead at 87

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Senator Charles Mathias, a champion of civil rights, dead at 87
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By Kevin Dayhoff January 31, 2010

The funeral for former Maryland U.S. Senator Charles McCurdy (Mac) Mathias has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

Mathias died at the age of 87 on January 25

Although he is most remembered for his decades of fervent support for civil rights; he was also know as an advocate for the Chesapeake Bay, against the war in Vietnam, and his repeated clashes with the conservative wing of the Republican Party.

Mathias served in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district, which includes Carroll County, from 1961 to 1969.

Afterwards he served in the U.S. Senate until 1987. He was succeeded by Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, who still holds the seat to this day.

He was born into a politically prominent old Maryland family in Frederick on July 24, 1922, where he attended public schools and graduated from Frederick High School in 1939.

He was the son of Charles Mathias, Sr. and Theresa Trail Mathias. Several ancestors in the Mathias family had served in the Maryland General Assembly.

A recent Washington Post tribute noted, “Sen. Mathias's great-grandfather served in the Maryland legislature in the 1860s, and his grandfather was a state senator who campaigned with Theodore Roosevelt. When the future senator was a boy, his father took him to the White House to meet presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover.”

He was living in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where his family reported that he died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease.

Mathias also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1959 to 1960.

He graduated from Haverford College, Pennsylvania, in 1944; attended Yale University; and went on to receive a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1949

He served in the U.S. Navy, during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. After 1944, he was stationed in the Pacific Ocean theatre of the war and later in Japan, where he personally saw the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb.

He returned home after the war and receiving his law degree, briefly practiced law in Frederick. He served as an assistant Maryland Attorney General from 1953 to 1954 and then moved-on to serve as the municipal attorney for the city of Frederick from 1954 to 1959.

It was while he served as the Frederick city attorney that he first developed a reputation as a stalwart advocate for civil rights.

While serving in the Maryland General Assembly in 1959, he worked hard to see that Maryland finally ratified the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Maryland had not ratified the amendment, which gave African-Americans certain rights and privileges after the Civil War, almost 90 years earlier. Maryland was one of several states that did not ratify the amendment in the 1860s.

In 1968, according to multiple sources, including a New York Times tribute: in “his first election, to the Senate … he defeated Daniel Brewster, a Democratic incumbent who was a friend and former classmate at the University of Maryland Law School. Mr. Brewster had been an usher at Mr. Mathias’s wedding in 1958, and Mr. Mathias had been godfather to Mr. Brewster’s son.”

The Washington Post noted that Mathias described “the future of the Republican Party in a 1996 interview with the Baltimore Sun, Sen. Mathias said (at that time): ‘I'd like to think there would be a place for Abraham Lincoln, a place for Theodore Roosevelt, a place for Dwight D. Eisenhower. If there's a place for them, I'd like to think I could find a small niche.’

“In 2002, Sen. Mathias announced his opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and in 2008 he wrote an article for The Washington Post endorsing the presidential candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

“Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Ann Bradford Mathias of Chevy Chase; two sons, Charles B. Mathias and Robert F. Mathias of the District. Other survivors include a sister, Theresa M. Michel of Frederick; a brother, Edward Trail Mathias of Baltimore; and two granddaughters.”

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The Blue Phase

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“It was late one afternoon when the blue phase began”

Goethe reveals to Haller a tiny likeness of a woman's leg

A meandering, in search of a plot, by Kevin Dayhoff Jan. 23, 2010…

It’s a long story, however the other day I found myself in a meeting in which all I could think of was “Steppenwolf,” by Herman Hesse. To protect the guilty, I’ll spare you the details of the circumstances of the meeting. Especially since, n the long-run; it is all so boring and meaningless.

In Herman Hesse’s “Steppenwolf,” originally published in 1927, the main character, Harry Haller has fallen into deep despair and therefore, has determined that he will end his life.

According to commentary by Bob Corbett, written in December 2001, “In this strange tale of Harry Haller three different times he is confronted by weird events which are beyond coincidence and into the occult. The first occurs very early in the novel when Harry is walking down the street and a strange man thrusts a pamphlet into is hand. He gets home and discovers it is Treatise On The Steppenwolf.

“This is so amazing since Steppenwolf is his own self-chosen name, referring to his tendency to live outside the world of human bourgeois society, living more life a lone wolf of the steppes of Asia…”

Mr. Corbett explains, “Harry Haller is a 48 year old loner. Divorced but in a vague relationship with a distant girl friend, Harry is some sort of author and scholar, but we never really learn of what. He lives in a pair of rooms in a middle class home in a German city in the late 1920s.

“What we do know about Harry is his view of himself as the Steppenwolf. Harry sees the world as divided into two basic classes of person: the ordinary citizen and himself and a handful like him, the steppenwolves of the world.

“These are people who embrace the meaninglessness of life, who then create a world of meaning in the pursuit of knowledge, art and a certain view of perfection -- the disciplined pursuit of the limited worthy things.

“On the other hand, Harry is quite honest to his own contradictions. He always takes rooms in a pleasant bourgeois home and has a great nostalgia for the comforts and ease of bourgeois living with which he grew up.

“However, he is convinced he can really take it or leave it, and in some sense leaves it since he does provide such a life for himself, but lives quietly amidst it, while at the same time being aloof and scornful of the very life he enjoys so much.

“These early days of the story are hard days for Harry. He no longer has his keen sense of the value of what he is doing, and combined with his own developed sense that he and those like him are people who know that death is to be chosen when the time is ripe, Harry is flirting seriously with suicide.

“As mentioned above, his first experience with his occult messages come when he is given the Treatise On The Steppenwolf by the stranger on the street. It is clearly personally about himself.

“However, he learns in this treatise that he isn't really the steppenwolf he paints himself to be. Not only are his bourgeois tendencies unmasked to him, but much more powerfully, it is revealed to him that he isn't even the contradiction of two forces, the steppenwolf and bourgeois culture, but he is thousands of personages, flitting back and forth in a jumble that boggles the mind.

[…]

“Harry arrives at a frustration with life and living and decides it is time to commit suicide and end his pain and suffering. He goes out wandering on his last day.

“In the process he comes across a funeral and follows it, just to test the experience…”

“After the funeral he wanders the streets for hours, planning his suicide and death, dreading it and looking forward to it by turns. He prepares to return to his room and do the deed with a razor, but decides to allow a last meal and drink. He's deep into an unfamiliar part of town and turns to the first place he encounters, which, of course is The Black Eagle, the second of Harry's strange encounters.”

At “The Black Eagle,” Harry Haller - Steppenwolf - falls off into a deep sleep and dreams that he is a newspaper reporter who is about to interview the German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

As he awaits the arrival of Goethe, a black scorpion attempts to climb up his leg and then disappears…

Upon Goethe’s arrival, he states, “that he and the other Immortals have not been appreciated.”

Although somewhat in agreement, Steppenwolf insists that Goethe failed because he was not “straightforward.”

Mr. Haller insists that Goethe had lived to be eighty-two years old and “therefore,” according to another un-cited analysis in my old file notes, “he knew the futility, the despair, the worthlessness of human existence, but he denied it. In fact, he presented faith and optimism as truths, even though he knew otherwise.”

Goethe responds that it is indeed Steppenwolf who is wrong in his convictions. “You take the old Goethe much too seriously, my young friend,” he says. “You should not take old people who are already dead seriously. It does them injustice. We Immortals do not like things to be taken seriously. We like joking. Seriousness, young man, is an accident of time.”

As Harry Haller awakened from his dream, “Goethe opens a small box to reveal a tiny likeness of a woman's leg. Steppenwolf realizes it's the scorpion in disguise...”

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It is the scorpions in disguise – in life - prove most problematic in the negotiation of existentialism…

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O'Malley Blocks Conservative Media From State House

UPDATE: Please find Mr. Giordano's article on media credentialing in Annapolis here: http://mrgiordano.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/governor-omalley-blocks-conservative-press-from-state-of-the-state/

The Maryland Senate Republican Caucus has called to our attention that the O'Malley administration is thwarting access of the conservative media to the Maryland State House:

"Governor O'Malley took office three years ago pledging to the citizens ofMaryland that he would run the most transparent administration in Maryland'shistory.

"However, as O'Malley's poll numbers have dropped over the past year, theGovernor's press office has excluded media and citizens from pressconferences in the Governor's Reception Room. They have also established newbarriers for obtaining press credentials for the State House press corps.

"Reporter Hassan Giordano of the Baltimore Independent Examiner describes hisfrustration with the Governor's interference of an open and transparentgovernment in Maryland and, specifically, the lack of access to the Governorunless you are one of the few favored media representatives known to write or produce pro-Administration pieces:

"'While certain members of the Press, including myself, have been stalled andconsistently delayed our press credentials, due to some new process theO'Malley administration has put in place, many are questioning why now? As if not already known as the liberal oppressor of all things conservative,Governor O'Malley is now playing games with certain reporter's credentials,who are too closely tied to conservative publications.'"

"Yes, the administration has stooped to new lows in attempting to control themedia coverage of Governor O'Malley and restrict what citizens get to learnabout their state government.For links to the Baltimore Independent Examiner article, visit our websiteat www.mdsenategop.com.

Cross-posted: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2010/02/omalley-blocks-conservative-media-from.html

For the full article click here. (Unfortunately, the article to which we are referred, http://www.examiner.com/x-1899-Baltimore-Independent-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Governor-OMalley-blocks-conservative-press-from-State-of-the-State has not yet propagated on to the http://www.examiner.com/x-1899-Baltimore-Independent-Examiner web site.

I have sent Mr. Giordano an e-mail asking for more information.

In case you are not already following the work of Hassan Giordano - - he's the real deal. I like to follow his stuff at the http://www.reportersroundtable.com/.

Reporters' Roundtable with Hassan Giordano
State of the MD GOP
Tue Jun 09 2009
State of the MD GOP and Youth and politics with Del. Christopher Shank and Del. Jeannie Haddaway. Related posts:Young Dems ... read more

Reporters' Roundtable with Hassan Giordano
Baltimore City Budget Process
Tue Jun 09 2009
Hassan speaks with Andrew Klein, Baltimore City Budget Director and Angela Fraser of the Office of Neighborhoods. Related ... read more

Reporters' Roundtable with Hassan Giordano
Adoption Process
Sun May 24 2009
Hassan speaks with Suzzanne Floegel and her attorney Chad Cos about struggles with the adoption process in Maryland. Related ... ... read more

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