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Tim Russert, “a giant in journalism and in politics” passed away unexpectedly last Friday. It followed by less than a week the death of ABC’s Jim McKay.
For the first time, it was announced recently, the life expectancy in the United States reached above 78 years old. Some may rejoice at this news, but one must be very careful because the quantity of life may have increased but the quality of life has decreased. This quality not only affects the individual who has reached the golden age mark, but the many people who care for him or her.
Iraq was never about military success; the war has always been a political mess: unwinnable at its best. That truth trumped all American pretensions from the start. But U.S. deaths settled down to a point when the casualties could be tolerated by the public. More or less.
One set of elected officials sure to change in 2010 is the gang of five in charge at Winchester Hall. Several incumbent commissioners are looking beyond their current board service to Annapolis, interested to trade in the long hours in the snazzy new first floor hearing room for a case of Severn River fever.
The loss by heart attack of Meet The Press host Tim Russert, especially after an excellent stress test recently, reminds us of our “unbearable lightness of being” on this earth. Friday the 13th, the date this shocked us, will have new meaning now and forever.
Admittedly there are people who get all out of shape over color. There are probably as many for whom human plumbing counts. For all the ranting by media gurus, neither the one candidate's gender nor her opponent's African roots had much to do with the Democratic primary's outcome.
In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Katie Nolan was 17 when she married Johnny, a charming, musical foil to her tiny, brisk, dark-curled practicality. She gave birth to her daughter Francie in 1901 in a tenement while Johnny, sent off by the women, spent 24 hours drunk, and lost their job cleaning a school at night.
Yesterday morning the spotlight of the sports world was focused on the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore as people came together to pay their last respects to Maryland’s own Jim McKay.
These are some direct quotes about the Great White Shark: “Unlike most fish, white sharks are intelligent, highly inquisitive creatures.”… “No one has seen white sharks mate” (that’s understandable)…. “When I am on the boat, they’ll pop their heads out and look me directly in the eye and once when there were several people in the boat, the Great White looked each person in the eye one by one, checking us out.”
Before I spell out my personal thoughts. There's a serious problem at the Bethesda Theatre these nights and matinees. The audience laughs so hard, so frequently and so loud. I had trouble hearing Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson. Fortunately, not all the time.
Continuing last week’s theme, this week we’ll examine the next chronological ballot contest – the City of Frederick’s 2009 election for the mayor and Board of Aldermen.
The anecdotal evidence has been building for many months. Now two top men are forced from positions of power in the United States Air Force for convenient reasons. Is our target Iran?
To which Doug Ross asks the question that is on many of our minds, “Funny - I didn't see this headline in the American press. Iraqi news serviceAswat Al-Iraq(viaGateway Punditand Larwyn)”
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In concert with this hidden report,Ace calls attention to an AP article, which wonders why the successes in Iraq are generating scant attention in the U.S.
During the month of May 2008 the Narcotics Section of the Westminster Police Department initiated a significant undercover investigation within the City of Westminster to identify street-level distributors of illicit drugs.
The investigation utilized the collective resources of the Westminster Police Department, the Frederick Police Department, the Maryland State Police Drug Task Force and the Office of the State’s Attorney for CarrollCounty.
The investigation, dubbed “Operation Crack Down”, was carried out utilizing undercover officers provided by the Frederick Police Department to purchase illegal drugs from local suspects.Nineteen (19) hand-to-hand purchases of illegal drugs were made by the undercover investigators during the course of the operation.
As a result of this investigation, seven (7) Grand Jury indictments were obtained charging the suspects with felonious drug distribution and related charges.Six (6) of the indictments have been served to date. Additionally, nine (9) search and seizure warrants have been obtained and served.A total of fifteen (15) suspects have been arrested during the month of June for drug violations stemming from this investigation.Additional arrests are pending (See attached synopsis for additional details relating to the arrests).
The following property/evidence was seized during the course of this operation:
Total U.S. currency seized for forfeiture:Approx. $3,630.00
Counterfeit U.S. currency seized:Approx. $2,080.00
Total crack cocaine seized: Approx. 28 grams
Total marijuana seized:Approx. 51 grams
Total Oxycontin seized:Approx. 140 pills
“I hope that this operation sends a strong message to those who facilitate and perpetuate the drug problems in our community”, states Chief Jeffrey Spaulding of the Westminster Police Department.“The use, sale and addiction to illicit drugs are significant causal factors in many crimes committed in Westminster and other communities across our country.Collaborative and proactive law enforcement efforts, like those employed during this investigation, illustrate our collective resolve to rid our communities of this significant public safety problem.We in CarrollCounty law enforcement will continue our collaborative efforts to arrest and prosecute those responsible”.Chief Spaulding gratefully acknowledges the active participation and invaluable assistance provided by the Frederick Police Department and the Office of the State’s Attorney for CarrollCounty.
On 06-09-08 at 10:56 AM, this department charged a 16-year-old male juvenile with one count of trespass. Charges are being forwarded to Juvenile Services.
On 06-11-08 at 7:09 AM, a resident of the 100 block of E. Green St., Westminster reported that unknown suspect(s) shattered the rear window on their Dodge Shadow.Damage is estimated at $200.00.
On 06-11-08 at 8:48 AM, a resident of Oakland, Maryland, reported that unknown suspect(s) scratched the front passenger door and egged the trunk of their green Accura.The vehicle was parked at the Wal Mart in Westminster when this incident occurred. Damage is estimated at $500.00.
On 06-11-08 at 12:15 PM, this department arrested a 17 year-old male juvenile. He was charged with one count each possess/issue forged currency and attempted theft less than $100.00. He was released into the custody of Juvenile Services.
On 06-12-08 at 8:40 AM, this department charged a 12 year-old male juvenile with one count of disorderly conduct. Charged are being forwarded to Juvenile Services.
On 06-13-08 at 1:19 AM, this department arrested Brandon Paul Wood, age 25, of Plaintree Circle, Owings Mills.He was taken into custody following a traffic stop that occurred in the area of Route 140 and Englar Road, and charged with driving while intoxicated and several traffic violations.
On 06-13-08 at 3:10 PM, this department served a criminal summons on Alexander Zus Reiff, age 26, of no fixed address. He was charged with one count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
On 06-13-08 at 4:32 PM, a resident of the first block of Bond Street, Westminster reported that an unknown suspect attempted to forcibly gain entry into their residence.Molding was damaged in the attempt.Damage is estimated at $ 100.00.
On 06-13-08 at 11:16 PM, this department arrested Jacquelyn Elizabeth Zuelch, age 23, of Sullivan Avenue, Westminster. She was taken into custody following a traffic stop that occurred in the area of the first block of Sullivan Avenue and charged with driving with a suspended license.
On 06-14-08 at 12:02 AM, a resident of the 2000 block of Mayberry Road, Westminster reported that a known suspect had violated an exparte order.This incident occurred in the first block of West George Street.
On 06-14-08 at 1:20 AM, this department served a bench warrant on Shane Wisniewski, age 34, of West Main Street, Westminster. He was taken into custody in the area of the first block of West Main Street and charged with being a fugitive from another agency.
On 06-14-08 at 8:42 PM this department served a summons on Dalton Tyler Norris, age 18, of Naugahyde Rd., Westminster.He was charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance marijuana and possession of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia.
On 06-14-08 at 9:36 PM this department arrested John Lawrence Ritcey, age 28, of Uniontown Rd.He was taken into custody following an incident that occurred in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and James Street and charged with disorderly conduct.
On 06-14-08 at 10:32 PM, two residents of the 400 block of Babylon Ct., Westminster reported being assaulted by each other.
On 06-15-08 at 3:05 PM, a resident of E George St., Westminster reported being assaulted by a known suspect.The incident occurred in the first block of Madison Street.
Please Note:This weekly agenda is subject to change.Please call 410-386-2043 to confirm a meeting you plan to attend.All meetings will be held at the CarrollCountyOfficeBuilding
Room 311. (Unless otherwise noted)
Indicates Outside Activities
Monday ~ June 16, 2008
11:30 a.m.Luncheon
EldersburgSeniorCenter
Commissioner Zimmer
Tuesday ~ June 17, 2008
9:00 a.m. Planning & Zoning Commission
County Office Building ~ Room 003
Commissioner Gouge
1:00 p.m. Administrative Session ~ Closed
1:30 p.m. Board of CountyCommissioners Open Session
County Office Building ~ Room 311
Deliberate & Decide Bid Protest Appeal Filed by CarrollCounty Contracting
Department of the CountyAttorney ~ Ms. Kimberly Millender
Bid Approval
Historical Restoration Services Re-advertise
Bureau of Purchasing ~ Mr. Rich Shelton
Department of General Services ~ Mr. Tom Rio
Tuesday ~ June 17, 2008 ~ Continued
2:00 p.m. Signing of Agreement with CarrollCommunity College
& Carroll CountyPublic Schools ~ TeacherAcademy of Maryland
Westminster, MD
Commissioner Zimmer
5:00 p.m. BaltimoreMuseum of Arts ~ Board of Trustees Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD
Commissioner Zimmer
Wednesday ~ June 18, 2008
10:30 a.m. Issues & Insights
Westminster, MD
Commissioner Gouge
6:30 p.m. CarrollCommunity College Board of Trustees
Westminster, MD
Commissioner Gouge
Thursday ~ June 19, 2008
Friday ~ June 20, 2008
8:30 a.m. Annual Housing Conference
Westminster, MD
Commissioner Zimmer
9:30 a.m. Observation of Drug Treatment Court
Westminster, MD
Commissioner Zimmer
Saturday ~ June 21, 2008
Sunday ~ June 22, 2008
8:05 a.m. “The Commissioners’ Report” – WTTR
Commissioner Gouge
ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: The Americans with Disabilities Act applies to the Carroll County Government and its programs, services, activities, and facilities.If you have questions, suggestions, or complaints, please contact Ms. Jolene Sullivan, the Carroll County Government Americans With Disabilities Act Coordinator, at 410-386-3600/1-888-302-8978 or TTY No. 410-848-9747.The mailing address is 225 North Center Street, Westminster, Maryland21157.
Posted:07/07/06
CARROLLCOUNTY
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People often complain that governments have hidden agendas.
Unfortunately, some Carroll County governments are very literally living up to that, if they have an agenda at all.
Take for example the City of Westminster's Common Council meeting Monday night, where the council approved the fiscal year 2008 budget.
The problem? Despite numerous attempts, we were unable to get an agenda for the meeting until about 3:45 p.m. Monday - just slightly more than 3 hours before the meeting.
It was only then that it came to light that the city planned to approve the fiscal year 2008 budget.
Needless to say, there probably were few average citizens who were aware of what the council was going to do at Monday night's meeting.
Passing the budget is, more often than not, the most important decision any governing body will make during the entire year. And for some reason, the Westminster Common Council didn't view this as important enough to let taxpayers know about it sooner than three hours before the meeting.
On the town's Web site, there was still no agenda posted Tuesday morning, just a notice that the May 26 meeting was canceled because of Memorial Day, and the next meeting was scheduled for June 9. There was no agenda for the meeting, and certainly no mention of the approval of the budget.
The state's Open Meetings Law doesn't require governments to post agendas of their meetings. But common sense would suggest you aren't going to get too many people to your meetings if you don't tell them what the meeting will cover. Posting agendas is just a basic part of good government, whether it is required or not.
The fact that the budget was approved without a public hearing is another matter altogether.
This is just the most recent and egregious example of governments not posting agendas for meetings within a reasonable time frame. Municipalities around the county routinely do not post agendas until the day of the meeting, if at all.
Another example is last week's quarterly mayors meeting with the Carroll County Board of Commissioners. No agenda was released until Tuesday - two days before the parties were scheduled to meet - and the meeting was postponed the next day.
How is it that a once-every-three-months meeting doesn't have an agenda until 48 hours prior? (In this case, the mayors and commissioners hadn't met in six months, because the December meeting was canceled so the parties could attend tree lightings.) And could it be that the involved parties weren't prepared for the topics on the agenda, hence the weeklong postponement?
These same government officials often state they want more involvement and better attendance from residents at these meetings. But if these boards aren't making residents aware of what will be taking place at the meetings, why would they bother to attend?
Not releasing agendas until hours before a meeting is not only a bad practice from that standpoint; it also raises serious concerns about these governments trying to hide something. Do they not want people attending meetings? Or is it just laziness?
If governments really want community involvement at their meetings, they absolutely must do a better job of informing people about what is going on. Releasing an agenda well in advance so people can decide whether the meeting is worth attending and giving them enough time to make plans to do so is the first and simplest step in the right direction.
Westminster Governance taxes, Westminster Governance open and transparent govt, Westminster Mayor 200505 to 2009 Thomas K. Ferguson, Westminster Dept Finance Budget 2008 – 2009 FY, Media Newspapers Carroll County Times,
Last Tuesday morning the spotlight of the sports world was focused on the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore as folks came together to pay their last respects to Maryland’s own Jim McKay.
Mr. McKay passed away last Saturday on his horse farm in Monkton, in northern BaltimoreCounty.He was 86 years-old.
For many of us who grew up watching early television, Mr. McKay was one of the first recognizable television celebrities in our lives.
One of the driving forces of television in its infancy was sports programming and many a youngster learned manners, poise, integrity, and speaking skills from Mr. McKay.
Much has been written about the socializing affect television can have on young impressionable minds.Of course, in recent years, much of the conversation has centered on the concern over the terrible impact the manners and behavior and violence displayed on television are having on today’s young children.
We may not have known at the time that we were learning to be gracious ladies and gentleman – but learning social skills is exactly what was happening.
We just thought we were watching sports.
(For many baby-boomers, the example set by folks like Mr. McKay may very well be one of the reasons that we are so disillusioned with Hollywood, television, and sports celebrities of the last decade or so.)
Mr. McKay was always very knowledgeable, well spoken, and gentlemanly as compared with television and sports of today which frequently appears to emphasize empty glitz, pizzazz, and mindless, banal banter over depth, talent, and integrity.
Mr. McKay was born James Kenneth McManus on Sept. 24, 1921 in Philadelphia.His family moved to Baltimore when he was 15 years-old, according to a definitive article written last Sunday by Baltimore Sun reporters David Zurawik, Tom Keyser, and Justin Fenton.
Running nearly 3,000 words in length, it is must reading for anyone who really wants to gain insight into the life and times of Mr. McKay – and why so many of us came to admire him as one of the truly great gentlemen of our time.
For the seasoned newspaper reader, one subtle tribute stands out.The AP stylebook now has folks simply referred to by their last name after they are introduced in an article.Unfortunately not many newspapers use a modified AP style that allows a writer to refer to a person by “Mr.” or “Mrs.” or “Dr.” after they are first mentioned.
In the article which appeared in the Baltimore Sun last Sunday, Jim McKay is referred to as “Mr. McKay.”It is one of the first times in recent memory that I can remember such respect for the subject of a Baltimore Sun news story.
As it should be, Mr. McKay began his career as a police reporter for Baltimore’s Western District, in 1946, for The (Baltimore) Evening Sun.
Dan Rodricks proudly pointed out in his column from last Sunday, that “Jim McKay had once been one of us.(So had his wife, Margaret; so had Louis Rukeyser of Wall Street Week, the author William Manchester, CBS reporter David Culhane, to mention a few.)”
Before Mr. McKay joined the paper, he graduated from LoyolaHigh School and LoyolaCollege where he “was sports editor of the college paper and … the public address announcer at basketball games.He was president of his senior class, and president and star of the drama club, which abruptly altered the course of his life,” said the Baltimore Sun.
“After graduating from college, Mr. McKay served 3 1/2 years in the Navy during World War II, mostly on escort duty in the South Atlantic aboard minesweepers.”
In 1947, A. S. Abell Company, the publisher of the Baltimore Sunpapers at the time, started the 11th television station in the country, WMAR – TV.
Last Sunday’s article noted that Mr. McKay did not understand why he was being recruited for the brand new medium.He was told, “(D)idn't you say you were president of the dramatic society at LoyolaCollege? That's good enough for now.”
The television station began on Oct. 27, 1947 with a live broadcast of “two horse races at Pimlico.”The article noted “the first words heard on television in Baltimore were spoken by Mr. (McManus) McKay: “This is WMAR-TV in Baltimore, operating for test purposes.”
He changed his name in 1950 to Mr. McKay after he was recruited that year to work for CBS - TV.His first program was “The Real McKay.”
Many of us remember Mr. McKay for different reasons.In his long and storied career, he broadcast 25 KentuckyDerbys beginning in 1978.
He was the first host of the “Wide World of Sports” in 1961 and over the next four decades, he introduced many different sports to the American living room other than the traditional fare of baseball, football, or basketball.Many will remember the iconoclastic opening for each episode: “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.”
He reported upon the Olympics for the first time in 1960 and went on to cover a total of 12 Olympics throughout his career.
For many folks, who are not sports enthusiasts; his place in history occurred when he anchored the live coverage, for 16 hours straight, of the terribly tragic 1972 Munich Olympics when 11 Israeli athletes were senselessly murdered by Palestinian terrorists.
History will forever remember Mr. McKay’s concluding remark when the ordeal was over: “When I was a kid, my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized.Our worst fears have been realized tonight.They have now said that there were 11 hostages.Two were killed in their rooms this morning -- excuse me, yesterday morning.Nine were killed at the airport.They're all gone.”
He is the only sportscaster to win an Emmy for news coverage - for his reporting at those 1972 Olympics.
In 1968, he was the first sports broadcaster to win an Emmy for sports coverage – his first of 13 Emmys.He received a lifetime achievement award in 1990.In 1995, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
In a statement released by President George W. Bush, he said: "For a generation of Americans, Jim was more than the much-honored host of Wide World of Sports and ABC's Olympic coverage. He was a talented and eloquent newsman and storyteller whose special gift was his ability to make the viewers at home genuinely care about more than just who won or lost.”
His death marks the end of an era.He leaves behind a legacy of sharing, with several generations, a life known for the thrill of victory.
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Tim Russert, “a giant in journalism and in politics” passed away unexpectedly on June 13, 2008 at age 58.
He has been a guest in our living room every Sunday since he took over “Meet the Press” in 1991; after having joined NBC News in the Washington bureau in 1984.
So it can easily be understandable that NBC did a must-see and appropriate tribute to one of the more professional – and powerful journalists from inside the beltway bubble.
We hold his friends, family and loved ones in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
-- Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Jackie Calmes contributed to this article.
June 14, 2008
Tim Russert, dean of Beltway political journalists and the hard-charging anchor of NBC's Sunday morning interview show "Meet the Press," died Friday of a heart attack at the NBC bureau in Washington. He was 58 years old.
Mr. Russert had been a fixture in Washington for a quarter-century. Through books, commentary and his two, hour-long television news shows, he established himself as one of the toughest questioners in journalism and an outsize personality in political circles.
Early Friday, Mr. Russert was back in Washington after a trip to Rome with his wife, Vanity Fair contributor Maureen Orth, to visit their college-age son, Luke.
[…]
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Russert was a lawyer by training and had a brief but accomplished career in politics, including stints as aides to New York Governor Mario Cuomo and New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He joined NBC News's Washington bureau in 1984, graduated to bureau chief four years later and remained there for the rest of his career. Mr. Russert took over "Meet the Press" in 1991. He also served as a roving political commentator and hosted an hour-long talk show for the cable news channel CNBC.
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