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Monday, October 25, 2010

Recent articles in www.explorecarroll.com by Kevin Dayhoff

Recent articles in www.explorecarroll.com by Kevin Dayhoff
    Published September 19, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    A 12-inch water main cracked in the city of Westminster water system around 10:15 a.m. Sunday morning.The break took place in the 300 block of North Cranberry Road near the city’s water treatment plant.Diane King, who lives in the “next house down on the ... ...
    DAYHOFF: Beware the perils of batrachians, atom bombs and kernels of corn
    Published September 19, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... quite distressed until its removal." Now that's a nose for news. When he is not learning new words, to trust the atom bomb and avoiding kernels of corn, Kevin Dayhoff will be hiding under his desk, but he may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. ...
    Primary election carries wave of change for Carroll's Board of County Commissioners
    Published September 19, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    In the immediate aftermath of Tuesday's primary election, insiders in Carroll County began analyzing the reasons behind one of the most sweeping changes in local government in recent memory. "The challenge has always been that people don't get ... ...
    Gouge, Zimmer defeated as voters sweep in a new commissioner board in Carroll
    Published September 15, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    Carroll County residents will get not only an expanded Board of County Commissioners in November — it’ll be barely recognizable.In a sweeping change that impacts every corner of the county, voters in the Sept. 14 primary election brushed out two incumbents ... ...
    LIVE CHAT: Primary Election 2010
    Published September 14, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... -badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_small-a.png" alt="Follow Kevin Dayhoff on Twitter"/> Follow contributor Kevin Dayhoff on Twitter& ... ...

    Low turnout in Carroll County reported by candidates, poll workers
    Published September 14, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... �� in office, Walt said.The story has been updated. Kevin Dayhoff contributed to this story. ...
    DAYHOFF: All of Westminster got fired up over 'Defense Day' in 1924
    Published September 12, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... phone with Chief Spaulding trying to borrow a machine gun, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com.Dayhoff on Twitter"/> Follow Kevin Dayhoff on ... ...
    DAYHOFF: Meritorious, but inglorious, tale of escape and 'burglarious' behavior
    Published September 5, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... "burglarious" before, but it certainly illustriously tops-off an inglorious tale of a laborious, but notorious prisoner escape 110 years ago. When he is not meritoriously learning new words, KevinDayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com...
    Man arrested in connection to New Windsor bank heist
    Published September 2, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    A Waynesboro, Pa., man suspected of being involved in a bank robbery in New Windsor last Monday, is being held in the Baltimore County Detention Center  on $500,000 bond for charges related to another bank robbery on Aug. 28 in Cockeysville.Acting on a tip ... ...
    Republican Lt. Gov. candidate, Mary Kane, visits Westminster
    Published September 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    The Republican candidate for Maryland lieutenant governor, Mary Kane, 48, came to Westminster on Aug. 31 for a listening tour of downtown merchants, restaurateurs and agriculture leaders.Kane, a Montgomery County resident, is no stranger to Central ... ...

    DAYHOFF: John Dudderar recorded the changing face of Westminster
    Published August 29, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... days. And we will certainly miss John Dudderar. May God bless him. When he is not reminiscing about days gone by, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. For more on the life and service of John Dudderar, go to www.ExploreCarroll.com. ...
    A Tribute to former Westminster City Clerk John D. Dudderar
    Published August 25, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... on my desk contained John's notes from the previous council meeting.  Instead, it was a handwritten note from John."Dear Mayor Dayhoff, I intend to retire from the City of Westminster on Feb. 1, 2002.  It has certainly been a pleasure working for the ... ...
    Former Westminster City Clerk John Dudderar dies
    Published August 24, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... , Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 N. Caroline Street #5064, Baltimore, MD 21287. Arrangements are by the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Westminster.Visit explorecarroll.com to read more from Kevin Dayhoff about the life and times of John Dudderar....
    DAYHOFF: Change is coming, but not as much as we've already seen
    Published August 22, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... districts, along with 36 election precincts and 14 election districts. I wonder how long this latest experiment will last. When he's not busy keeping track of who's on first and what's on second, KevinDayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. ...
    State trooper shoots, wounds Mount Airy man
    Published August 21, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    A Maryland state trooper shot and wounded a Mount Airy man Friday night after witnesses said the man refused to drop a gun and pointed it at the trooper, police said.The officer, Trooper First Class Edward J. Witanowski, a five-year veteran, was ... ...
    Freight train injures woman in Westminster
    Published August 17, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    A westbound freight train passing through Westminster struck and injured a woman standing the in the middle of the tracks Monday evening.After the Maryland Midland train slowly passed the intersection at Main Street in Westminster and passed underneath ... ...
    DAYHOFF: Mike Eaton Room to be dedicated at the Historical Society of Carroll County on Aug. 22
    Published August 16, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    Most folks in Carroll County have “indubitably” heard of William Granville “Mike” Eaton at some point in their life.“Well, I do declare,” if you are not familiar with Eaton or his extensive legacy in our community, “this too shall pass,” as I will, may “God help ... ...
    DAYHOFF: 'Mike' Eaton Room is fitting addition at historical society
    Published August 14, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... . For more information, contact Timmi Pierce, the executive director of the Historical Society, at 410-848-6494. When he is not busy sharing Mr. Eaton memories, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. Photo of Mike Eaton by Kevin Dayhoff. ...
    DAYHOFF: Clock docs make house call to fix historic Westminster clock tower on Main Street
    Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... of Carroll County, 255 Clifton Boulevard, Westminster, Md. 21158. When he is not fighting the ravages of time himself, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com.


Birdie's Cafe; has Westminster's Main Street percolating once again

Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Sherri Hosfeld Joseph sat with a sigh and a big smile. “Hi.  How are ya?  How’s the coffee?”To the delight of many a Westminster caffeine addict, Hosfeld recently opened a coffee shop — Birdie’s Café — in an historic brick building at 233 E. Main St.After a run of ... ...

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Washington Post: Dispute over New Black Panthers case causes deep divisions

"Security" patrols stationed at polling places in Philly

Dispute over New Black Panthers case causes deep divisions


Washington Post Staff Writers 


On Election Day 2008, Maruse Heath, the leader of Philadelphia's New Black Panther Party, stood in front of a neighborhood polling place, dressed in a paramilitary uniform.

Within hours, an amateur video showing Heath, slapping a black nightstick and exchanging words with the videographer, had aired on TV and ricocheted across the nation.

Among those who saw the footage was J. Christian Adams, who was in his office in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington.

"I thought, 'This is wrong, this is not supposed to happen in this country,' " Adams said. "There are armed men in front of a polling place, and I need to find out if they violated the law, because in my mind there's a good chance that they did."

The clash between the black nationalist and the white lawyer has mushroomed into a fierce debate over the government's enforcement of civil rights laws, a dispute that will be aired next week when the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights unveils findings from a year-long investigation.

Two months after Election Day, Adams and his supervisors in the George W. Bush administration filed a voter-intimidation lawsuit against Heath and his colleagues, even though no voters had complained. The Obama administration months later dismissed most of the case, even though the Panthers had not contested the charges... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102203982.html?wpisrc=nl_natlalert


Washington Post: Dispute over New Black Panthers case causes deep divisions
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A super funny but sad look at Barbara Boxer and her distaste for our Military

Call Me Senator
by RightChange

From Director David Zucker "Call Me Senator." A super funny but sad look at Barbara Boxer and her distaste for our Military.
Call Me Senator from RightChange on Vimeo.

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Sykesville councilman charged with DUI

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010  http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_7397a9c8-de09-11df-9cf1-001cc4c002e0.html

By Christian Alexandersen, Times Staff Writer

Sykesville Councilman Scott Sanzone faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine following his arrest Tuesday afternoon for allegedly driving drunk.

Sanzone, who was elected in May 2007, was charged with one count each of driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol, driving while under the influence of alcohol per se, failure to use a turn signal and failure to stop at a stop line.

The 42-year-old councilman was taken into custody at 12:40 p.m. by the Maryland State Police after being pulled over near the intersection of Jeroby and Village roads in Sykesville... http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_7397a9c8-de09-11df-9cf1-001cc4c002e0.html

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Mental Health and Disability Awareness Fair at Carroll Community College



Mental Health and Disability Awareness Fair at Carroll Community College

Twenty-four mental health and disability agencies and activities were represented at the Carroll Community College Mental Health and Disability Awareness Fair.  The Fair was held for students, faculty, and staff on Oct. 20, 2010 in the college’s Babylon Hall.  Community members also attended the event.

Submitted photo: Pictured here (seated) is Lisa Pollard, screening, assessment, referral, and treatment specialist for Carroll County Health Department Addictions Treatment Services.

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Conflict Resolution Day celebrated at Carroll Community College


Conflict Resolution Day celebrated at Carroll Community College on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

The Carroll County Community Mediation Center (CCCMC) celebrated Conflict Resolution Day at Carroll Community College  on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 from 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. The CCCMC operates under the auspices of Carroll Community College. Exhibitors and area experts staffed displays and answered questions from students, faculty, and staff about peaceful conflict resolution.

Submitted photo: Pictured here front, left to right: Patricia Ryan, director of the CCCMC and Pat Harter, CCCMC volunteer  Pictured here back, left to right: Larry Brock, CCCMC volunteer and Cindy Faucette, regional ADR program director, District Court of Maryland.

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Bryan Sears has left the virtual building for a Patch of greener pastures





Bryan Sears has left the virtual building for a Patch of greener pastures

Monday, 25 October 2010

By Kevin Dayhoff

Today, Oct. 25 is Bryan Sear’s first day as Patch.com’s assistant regional editor for Maryland region one and the politics and government reporter in Baltimore County.

Join me in wishing him the best on his new adventure in journalism.

It was on Friday, October 15 that Sears, the award-winning political writer succinctly announced on Facebook “Today was my last day at the Towson Times.”

It was an uncharacteristic short missive for Sears, the well-known and well-read prolific peripatetic political editor for Patuxent Publishing Co.'s eight Baltimore County community newspapers.

(For more on Sears, see: “COUNTY COUP — Patch puts Patuxent Publishing's political pundit on payroll,” written by Alan Z. Forman and of which, I contributed.)

For the last nine years, Sears have covered “government and politics in Baltimore County and state government and politics as it relates to Baltimore County,” according to a brief bio on his newspaper blog, “Strange Bedfellows.”
His blog, on the Explore Baltimore County website, is considered by many political junkies to be must reading for anyone who wants to know anything about Baltimore County – and Maryland politics.

Sears, who is also the president of the local Maryland Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, is also known in the close-knit Maryland area family of journalists as a student of the ever-changing 24/7 world of newspapers in the age of the Internet, Twitter, Facebook and blogs.
He frequently posts newspaper and media news and analysis on his Facebook page, always has time on the phone for inquiries from various other writers, and has constantly pushed the envelope of encouraging the Internet presence of newspapers both vertically and laterally.

According to his personal writer’s blog, “Baltimore County Politics,” he is “also a political contributor on the Maryland Morning News program on Thursdays on WBAL 1090 AM…

“[A]s well as a frequent guest on many of the station’s shows, a co-host on Jay Liner’s ‘All Politics is Local’ show on WCBM 680 AM, and [has] appeared on State Circle on Maryland Public Television.”

As readers quickly filled his Facebook page with best wishes and surprise, folks slowly coaxed more information out of Sears about the abrupt change of venue.

“I'm sure I’ll probably repeat this a few times but for you early birds...  I'm going to Patch.com here in Baltimore County where I will continue to cover county government and politics,” wrote Sears.

Later, Sears revealed even more insight into his new job, “I'm the assistant regional editor for Maryland Region 1 (mostly Baltimore County) and I'll be covering Baltimore County government for the Patch.com sites in Baltimore County…”

“There's a lot more to say about this and I'm sure it will all be said but it's important to start with noting that I spent about 1/4 of my life (about 9 years) here at Patuxent and loved the work.  I love my home county and what I covered and was honored to work with the reporters and staff that came and went during my time.

“The work I did at The Towson Times was the best of my career (so far -- stay tuned) and it is in no small part due to the people around me who helped me become a better reporter every day.”

Saturday, on his personal writer’s blog, Sears elaborated more, “It’s been a whirlwind week here at the home office in Towson,” said Sears in “Leave?  I live here.”

“In case you haven’t heard, I left the Towson Times and Patuxent Publishing Co. Friday.  (Well, technically Thursday but what’s a few hours among friends?)”

Sears went on to explain that his tenure with Patuxent “ended Thursday when I gave notice of my intention to leave and go to Patch.com and was subsequently let go a day later.  It’s an odd feeling to be let go from a job where you work from home.

“I’d be escorted out of any other office under the same circumstances.  This time, everything was done by phone and e-mail and when it was over I simply hung up the phone and let my dog in…

“I start the new gig on Oct. 25 where I’ll be Patch.com’s assistant regional editor for Maryland region one and the politics and government reporter in Baltimore County.

Lutherville-Timonium Patch“Patch.com is a hyper-local news source that has sites around the country
 including 27 in Maryland. Four of those are in Baltimore county — Catonsville, Lutherville-Timonium, Perry Hall and Towson.

Since the beginnings of newspapers in Germany in 1615, newspapers have always been changing, adapting – and controversial.

Many historians accept that 1960 was the first year more Americans got more of their news by watching TV than reading the newspaper.  Recent historians believe that the year 2000 was the first year that more Americans get their news from the Internet than from the television. 

Enter into the fray, Patch.  Jay Yarow wrote in Business Insider on May 2, 2010, “AOL plans to spend $50 million to build hundreds of Patch sites… this year according to its 10-K.”

For those who have been around the block several times, in the last decade, in which the newspaper industry has labored under a bad case of the flu, there have been plenty of newspapers that have come and gone.

Who can forget the short life of the print edition of the Baltimore Examiner that lasted from April 4, 2006 until February 15, 2009?  Today, the Baltimore Examiner continues an online presence; of which many with 20/20 hindsight suggest is where it ought to have concentrated its energies from the beginning.

However, Patch is going to be only an Internet newspaper and not have to deal with the expense and aggravation of printing presses and newspaper delivery.

The data migration from newsprint to website media has been ugly.  So much so, that several years ago, a younger colleague who was an early adopter of advocating for a strong Internet presence for newspapers, once said, in a moment of total frustration, that if he had his way, no-one over the age of 45 should be allowed to be newspaper management.

Sears is 42 years-old.

Photo of Bryan Sears Courtesy of Baltimore County Politics

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

BRIAN GRIFFITHS at Red Maryland: Why you should vote for State Question 1

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010

Why you should vote for State Question 1

http://redmaryland.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-you-should-vote-for-state-question.html

Sure there are a few places that have been talking about Question 1 for a few years now, but only recently has Question 1 been getting even a moderate amount of press, and most voters probably have no idea that it is even on the ballot.

What is Question 1? It's a Constitutional required provision that requires every twenty years that we be asked if we want to hold a Constitutional Convention:

Question 1
Constitutional Question
(Senate Bill 26, Chapter 9 of the 2010 Legislative Session) 
Maryland Constitutional Convention

Should a constitutional convention be called for the purpose of changing the Maryland Constitution?
Under Article XIV, Section 2 of the Maryland Constitution the General Assembly is required to ask the voters every 20 years whether a constitutional convention should be called for the purpose of altering the Maryland Constitution.
If a majority of voters support a Constitutional Convention, we will go to the polls and elect 188 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in a non-partisan election. Those Delegates will go to Annapolis and literally have the opportunity to write a new constitution to put before the people of Maryland.
Now there are a lot of people who don't necessarily think this is such a great idea. Kevin Dayhoff is concerned, for example, that this would turn into a liberal field day. However, I tend to disagree with that assessment... http://redmaryland.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-you-should-vote-for-state-question.html

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Unofficial Polling Place turnout for Carroll County on September 14, 2010

Unofficial Polling Place turnout for Carroll County on September 14, 2010

Maryland State Board of Election Unofficial Polling Place Turnout for Carroll County on September 14, 2010

http://www.elections.state.md.us/press_room/2010_stats/pp_carroll.pdf

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