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Friday, June 12, 2015

News from The Hill: Obama pleads with House Dems to save trade package

News from The Hill

Obama pleads with House Dems to save trade package

By Peter Schroeder and Cristina Marcos

President Obama made an impassioned plea to House Democrats on Friday to not kill his trade agenda.

In a last-minute, closed-door meeting held hours before scheduled votes on the fast-track package, the president huddled with House Democrats for about a half hour.

Read the full story here.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244813-obama-pleads-with-dems-to-save-trade-package

Update:

News from The Hill

Pelosi to oppose Obama on trade

By Ian Swanson

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a meandering but dramatic floor speech on Friday said she will vote "no" on a measure providing assistance to workers displaced by trade.

Pelosi's opposition to the Trade Adjustment Assistance program casts doubt on whether the measure will pass.

Read the full story here.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244833-pelosi-to-oppose-obama-on-trade

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And yet another update... What a sop opera... In the end, it does not matter. If the legislation fails - the Republicans will be blamed. If the legislation passes, the Republicans will be vilified ... Whatever...

News from The Hill

House deals humiliating blow to Obama in trade fight

By Cristina Marcos

Defying President Obama, House Democrats on Friday rallied to vote down legislation granting aid to workers displaced by trade, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the fast-track legislation that had been scheduled to hit the floor.

An overwhelming majority of Democrats voted to sink the package in the 126-302 vote despite an impassioned plea from the president, which he delivered in person during a rare morning visit to Capitol Hill. A majority of Republicans also opposed the bill.

Read the full story here.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244835-house-deals-humiliating-blow-to-obama-in-trade-fight

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Carroll County State's Attorney Brian DeLeonardo spoke to our Practical Chaplaincy training class

Carroll County State's Attorney Brian DeLeonardo spoke to our Practical Chaplaincy training class at the Carroll County Non-profit Center.

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Westminster Councilmember Chiavacci spoke to our Practical Chaplaincy training class

We were honored to have Westminster Common Councilmember Tony Chiavacci, chair of the Council Public Safety Committee, spoke to our Practical Chaplaincy training class at the Carroll County Non-profit Center.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

We were honored to have Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees talk with our Practical Chaplaincy class at the Carroll County Non-profit Center.

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Tuesday, June 09, 2015

We are honored to have Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding give a welcome on behalf of the city to the class on Practical Chaplaincy at the Carroll County Non-profit Center.

We are honored to have Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding
give a welcome on behalf of the city to the class on Practical Chaplaincy
at the Carroll County Non-profit Center. June 9, 2015

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Chaplaincy, Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster Chaplain, MD State Troopers Assoc Lodge # 20 Chaplain

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Kevin Rector - The Baltimore Sun: Baltimore prosecutor asked police to target area where Freddie Gray was arrested

Baltimore prosecutor asked police to target area where Freddie Gray was arrested

Defense lawyers for police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody have called for Marilyn Mosby to step down as prosecutor, citing an email calling for increased police activity.

By Kevin Rector The Baltimore Sun

Marilyn Mosby asked police to target corner where Freddie Gray ran.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-defense-lawyers-call-for-mosbys-recusal-in-freddie-gray-case-20150609-premiumvideo.html

June 9, 2015 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-mosby-email-20150609-story.html?track=rss#page=1

About three weeks before Freddie Gray was chased from a West Baltimore corner by three Baltimore police officers — the start of a fatal encounter — the office of prosecutor Marilyn Mosby asked police to target the intersection with "enhanced" drug enforcement efforts, court documents show.

"State's Attorney Mosby asked me to look into community concerns regarding drug dealing in the area of North Ave and Mount St," Joshua Rosenblatt, division chief of Mosby's Crime Strategies Unit, wrote in a March 17 email to a Western District police commander.

The email was disclosed for the first time Tuesday in a motion filed in Baltimore Circuit Court by defense attorneys for the six officers being prosecuted in Gray's arrest and death. The attorneys said Mosby's involvement in the police initiative means that she should be removed from the case.

"Mrs. Mosby herself is now an integral part of the story and as such is a central witness," the defense attorneys argued. "This is a case where the witness and the prosecutor are one and the same."

Mosby, through spokeswoman Rochelle Ritchie, said, "Consistent with our prosecutorial obligations, we will litigate this case in the courtroom and not in the media." Mosby's office received the motion Tuesday afternoon, Ritchie said… Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-mosby-email-20150609-story.html?track=rss#page=1

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Sunday, June 07, 2015

Matthew Tobia delivers the keynote address at the 2015 Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial Program in Annapolis Maryland

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Saturday, June 06, 2015

The Carroll County recycling shredding event this morning was a big success

Apparently as many as 500 people came to have personal documents shred. It amounted to about 10 tons of shredded material. Hats off to recycling manager Maria Myers and the Carroll County bureau of solid waste in the public works department.

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Saturday evening services at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster Md. www.gracelc.org

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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

7 key facts about ship sinking in Yangtze

(Xinhua) 07:33, June 03, 2015

http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0603/c90882-8901303.html

BEIJING, June 2 -- A passenger ship carrying 456 people sank in the Yangtze River overnight, in what could be China's worst sinking disaster in decades.

The following are some key facts about the accident.

1. CASUALTIES SO FAR

As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, 14 people have been rescued and seven were confirmed dead, according to the latest counting by the Ministry of Transport.

About 430 others remain unaccounted for.

Rescuers said there could be more survivors in the upturned wreckage.

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An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann

An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann

Under Obamacare, health insurance companies that want to jack up their premiums by more than 10 percent in a year are required to submit their requests to state and federal regulators for review.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted all of those petitions online in an easily searchable database, which revealed that a number of insurers are, in fact, asking for double-digit rate hikes.

As Politico notes, some large plans could theoretically get 20 or even 30 percent more expensive.

The New York Times found one insurer in Georgia looking to up its premiums by as much as 85 percent. The Wall Street Journal, which reported on the news earlier after states began making the filings public, thinks it is "setting the stage for an intense debate this summer over the law’s impact."

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An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/06/02/obamacare_2016_premiums_insurers_ask_for_big_rate_hikes.html?wpsrc=slatest_newsletter&sid=5388f43add52b8e41100cd7e

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Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Caroline and I were recently on the Yangtze River in China where the cruise ship sank #Yangtzeshipsinks

Caroline and I were recently on the Yangtze River in China where the cruise ship sank last Monday evening, June 1, 2015.

#Yangtzeshipsinks http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/caroline-and-i-were-on-yangtze-river-in.html

June 2, 2015

Kevin E. Dayhoff

I was recently on the Yangtze where the cruise ship sank last Mon eve June 1, 2015. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/caroline-and-i-were-on-yangtze-river-in.html Prayers for #Yangtzeshipsinks

Recently, Caroline and I were on Damazhou waterway section of the Yangtze River in China on Sunday evening, April 26, 2015; where the ferry boat sank last Monday evening, June 1, 2015.

It is widely reported that the ferry went down in a storm just after 9 p.m. about three-quarters of the way between the Three Gorges Dam, just west of Yichang, and Wuhan – at a spot in the river very near Jianli, in Jianli County in Hubei Province.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of this disaster; their families and to the Chinese authorities, military and emergency responders. Hopefully many more passengers will be saved and the loss of life be kept to a minimum.

Hopefully, no-one gets hurt responding to the disaster. We pray for the safety of the emergency responders.

Caroline and I were sailing on the Yangtze River at that very spot at that very time of the evening, on Sunday evening, April 26, 2015. According to multiple accounts, “The Yangtze is the third-longest river in the world, stretching 3,915 miles from Tibet all the way to the East China Sea…”

I am looking forward to going through our pictures to see if we have a few photos of the Damazhou waterway section of the Yangtze River just east of Jianli.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, we flew from Xi’an to Chongqing. We had landed in Chongqing, China late that mourning to board a Viking river ship, “Emerald.” From Chongqing, we traveled on the Yangtze River for the next five days – through Sunday, April 26, 2015.

Our trip had begun in Beijing on Thursday, April 16, 2015, after about a day of travel. After a few days in Beijing, we flew to Xi’an on Monday, April 20, 2015.

We then flew to Chongqing and get on the Viking cruise ship, “Emerald.” We spent five days on the Yangtze. We arrived in Wuhan on Monday, April 26, 2015. From Wuhan we flew to Shanghai.

As an aside, for a story for another day, we flew in China three times. Flying in China is an adventure. We flew from Beijing to Xi’an; Xi’an to Chongqing; and from Wuhan to Shanghai.

The three flights inside of China are also in addition to the two flights it took to get to China and the two flights home from Shanghai, where we spent two-and-a-half hours on the tarmac before the 14 hour flight even began. That said, I was good-to-go – I watched Bollywood for most of the trip.

On Saturday, April 25, 2015, we visited the Three Gorges Dam to the west of Yichang on the Yangtse River. From the Three Georges Dam, we sailed east to Jingzhou, where we visited an elementary school on Sunday, April 26, 2015.

The balance of Sunday we continued to travel east on the Yangtze, by Jianli, towards our destination in Wuhan. Jianli is about three-quarters of the way from Jingzhou to Yueyang. Yueyang is halfway between Yichang and Wuhan.

At Jianli, the river does a wide but relatively tight turn. The river is very deep – around 50-feet deep, a little over three-quarters of a mile wide and the current is very strong. Just south and east of Jianli, where the ferry sank, the Yangtze River crosses wide expanses of rural and agricultural land.

Go here for coverage by The Guardian: “Cyclone hits Chinese cruise on Yangtze River: 400 missing – live updates” - - http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jun/02/chinese-ferry-sinks-yangtze-river-458-people-aboard-latest-updates

Washington Post: “Chinese ship carrying more than 400 tourists sinks on Yangtze River” - - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/02/chinese-ship-carrying-more-than-400-tourists-sinks-on-yangtze-river/ According to Sarah Kaplan, writing for the Washington Post, in an article published at 4:40 a.m. – which would be 4:40 p.m. in China; “Hundred[s] of passengers remain unaccounted for more than 12 hours after a ship carrying 458 people sank in China’s Yangtze River, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.

“The captain and chief engineer, who were reportedly among at least a dozen passengers rescued, told Xinhua that the ship sank within one or two minutes after being caught in a cyclone around 9:30 p.m. Monday. Another five people are confirmed dead.

“The four-tier Dongfangzhixing or “Eastern Star,” was carrying five travel agency workers, 47 crew members and 406 Chinese passengers. Most of the passengers were between 50 and 80 years old and were traveling as part of a tour arranged by the state-owned Shanghai Xiehe Travel Agency. The youngest was only three, according to Xinhua…” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/02/chinese-ship-carrying-more-than-400-tourists-sinks-on-yangtze-river/

According to the Washington Post, “The boat was [in-route] from the eastern city of Nanjing to the southwestern city of Chongqing, more than 850 miles away. It capsized in Jianli County in Hubei Province, about 600 miles west of Shanghai…”

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“The Eastern Star is considered one of the best passenger ships in China, according to CCTV. It’s owned by the Chongqing Eastern Shipping Corporation (also translated as Chongqing Oriental Ferry Company), which runs ships along tourist routes in the popular Three Gorges area, a scenic river region framed by mountains and lush landscapes. About 250 feet long and four stories high, the Eastern Star can hold up to 540 passengers — nearly 100 more than were on board Monday. And initial investigations found that the ship was equipped with enough life vests for everyone on board, Reuters reported.

The Yangtze, China’s longest river and the world’s third longest, is a popular waterway for shipping and travel. It’s also the site of the Three Gorges Dam, a massive hydroelectric project about 200 miles upriver from Jianli…”

The BBC has more information here: “Chinese ship capsizes on Yangtze with hundreds missing,” - - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32969861

CNN’s coverage may be found here: “Cruise ship sinks in China's Yangtze River with 458 aboard,” By Jethro Mullen and Steven Jiang, CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/asia/china-yangtze-river-ship-sinks/

NBC News has coverage here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/survivor-freed-ship-chinas-yangtze-river-400-missing-n368176

Find a good Google map of the area here: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2940791,113.4066166,9z The earth view is quite fascinating… https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7840665,113.5948849,254992m/data=!3m1!1e3

The New York Times has extensive coverage here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/world/asia/ship-reported-sunk-in-chinas-yangtze.html?_r=0 “Hundreds Missing After Chinese Cruise Ship Sinks on Yangtze By EDWARD WONGJUNE 1, 2015”

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Charles Kennedy, former UK Liberal Democrat leader dead at 55

June 2, 2015 Tuesday morning.

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Likeable and talented, former Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy dead far too young at 55. Sad and great loss for UK. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/charles-kennedy-former-uk-liberal.html

He died suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Fort William. He was the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party from 1999 to 2006

“Chat Show Charlie,” as he was known for his frequent popular appearances on talk shows; was an affable and friendly Member of Parliament for about 31 years. He was first elected at age 23 in 1983 as a member of what was known then as the Social Democrats. He lost his seat last month in the SNP landslide in the general elections.

Leaders from throughout the political spectrum in the UK have heaped praise and honors on the life an accomplishments of Mr. Kennedy.

The popular elected leader was well-known for his spirited and principled opposition to the war in Iraq in 2003.

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BBC: Former Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy has died at his home in Fort William aged 55. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32970337

His family said they were devastated to lose a "fine man and loving father".

David Cameron said politics had lost a man of "immense ability", while Nick Clegg said his opposition to the Iraq war had been "enormously courageous".

Mr. Kennedy, who led his party from 1999 to 2006, lost his seat last month. No cause of death has been given but police said it was not suspicious. Read more from the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32970337

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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Carly Fiorina Takes Andrea Mitchell To Foreign Policy School | Truth Revolt

Carly Fiorina Takes Andrea Mitchell To Foreign Policy School | Truth Revolt:
This is how you answer a question.

5.28.2015

News

Caleb Howe

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"Mitchell asked Fiorina what she would do about ISIS. Her answer is more than informed and a stark contrast to the weak sauce offered not only by the former Secretary of State, but also by Republican opponents like Jeb Bush:" http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/carly-fiorina-takes-andrea-mitchell-foreign-policy-school
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Friday, May 29, 2015

George Vincent Martin, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, 95 of Westminster died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015

George Vincent Martin, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, 95 of Westminster died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/05/george-vincent-martin-pearl-harbor.html

George Vincent Martin, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, 95 of Westminster died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at the Dove House. He was born on September 30, 1919 in Philadelphia, PA. He raised his family on Long Island, New York.

After Pearl Harbor, George faithfully served this nation as a B-25 Pilot in China-Burma and India during WWII. After the war, he extended his service in the Civil Air Patrol. He then began a career selling aircraft parts. George went on to benefit his community as a firefighter in the Wantagh Volunteer Fire Department on Long Island for more than 25 years.

George is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Shirley May Martin and their seven children; Gayle Mulvihill, Glenn Martin, Robert Martin, Richard Martin, Donna Martin, Suzanne Martin and Diane Kaufman; his sisters, Pricilla Hays and Winifred Fogerty; ten grandchildren, Dean Mulvihill, Regina Granados, Bryan Mulvihill, Julie Enderby, Glenn Martin, Jr., Meg Enderby, Alexandria Kaufman, Kaitlyn Martin, Michael Kaufman and Zane Martin. Also survived by 5 great grandchildren. George was predeceased by his sister Marjorie Koltun.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from 2-4 and 6-8 pm at Fletcher Funeral & Cremation Services, P.A., 254 East Main Street. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 27 at 11:00 am at St. Benjamin’s (Kriders) Lutheran Church, 700 Kriders Cemetery Road, Westminster. Interment will be at the church cemetery.

The Martin family wants to express heartfelt gratitude to Carroll County Hospice, especially The Dove House.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Avenue, Westminster, MD 21157.

Please hold George as close, as we do, in your heart and in your mind.

http://www.fletcherfuneralhome.net/obits/obituary.php?id=647597

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FDR October, 21, 1944 Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it…

"Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it," said President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October, 21, 1944, on a radio address at the Foreign Policy Association.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

The 2013 Young America’s Foundation President Ronald Reagan Ranch calendar

A wonderful pictorial tribute by one of our greatest presidents… http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-2013-young-americas-foundation.html

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Presidents, calendars, 2013, Ronald Reagan

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Download the calendar here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/266951680/The-2013-Young-America-s-Foundation-President-Ronald-Reagan-Ranch-calendar

The 2013 Young America’s Foundation President Ronald Reagan Ranch calendar by Kevin Earl Dayhoff

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

The Economist: Greece - The sorry saga of Syriza

In its first hundred days Greece’s government has failed dismally. A crunch looms

May 9th 2015 http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21650600-its-first-hundred-days-greeces-government-has-failed-dismally-crunch-looms-sorry-saga?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/st/thesorrysagaofsyriza

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Perhaps it was naive to expect anything else. A few years ago many of the men now in charge spent their time discussing the contradictions of capitalism over coffee and cigarettes. Few had ever run anything, let alone a government. Their European contacts were limited. Syriza, their party, typically won only 3-4% of the vote. But Greece’s economic calamity transformed its prospects. In 2012 it came within a whisker of power. And after January’s election it went one better, forming a governing coalition.

Syriza, under the leadership of the new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, offered an attractive promise to a country battered by recession and humiliated by years of tutelage at the hands of foreign bureaucrats. Mr Tsipras promised to tear up the bail-outs, restore Greek dignity and keep the euro (as the vast majority of Greeks want). Greece might also, ministers mused, change the rules of euro-zone governance, to the benefit of all Europeans.

Three months on, the first two of these pledges are in tatters, the third looks shaky and the fourth is a bad joke. Less than a month after the election, Greece agreed to extend its second bail-out until the end of June, in the hope of securing the €7.2 billion ($8.1 billion) left in the kitty. The abrasive approach of Mr Tsipras and Mr Varoufakis since then may have played well at home, but abroad it has won Greece nothing but mistrust and scorn.

This has had two results. http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21650600-its-first-hundred-days-greeces-government-has-failed-dismally-crunch-looms-sorry-saga?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/st/thesorrysagaofsyriza

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Mikulski, Cardin Lead Maryland Delegation in Requesting Major Disaster Declaration for Baltimore

May 27, 2015

Delegation asks President Obama to support Governor Hogan’s request for a major disaster declaration as Baltimore recovers from recent unrest

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) were joined by members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation today in sending a letter to President Barack Obama supporting Governor Hogan’s request for a declaration of a major disaster for Baltimore following recent unrest in the city. If awarded, Maryland will become eligible for federal disaster recovery dollars through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), ensuring the state’s already strained budget is not stretched any thinner. The letter was signed by Senators Mikulski and Cardin, as well as U.S. Representatives Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), John P. Sarbanes (D-Md.), Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.) and John Delaney (D-Md.).

“Following the tragic death of Freddie Gray, citizens of Baltimore reacted with outrage in their demands for truth and their demands for justice,” the Members wrote. “For seven days, from April 25, 2015 through May 1, 2015, the City of Baltimore experienced civil unrest... Maryland and its local jurisdictions have contributed a vast amount of resources, which will continue to have economic impacts around our state. A Major Disaster declaration is necessary to help provide the resources needed by all.”

The full text of the delegation’s letter of support is as follows:

May 26, 2015

The President

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

We are writing to express our strong support for Governor Hogan’s May 21, 2015 request for a Major Disaster declaration for the City of Baltimore. Given the massive impact that the situation in Baltimore is having on the state’s resources, we respectfully request that you urgently approve Federal assistance.

Following the tragic death of Freddie Gray, citizens of Baltimore reacted with outrage in their demands for truth and their demands for justice. For seven days, from April 25, 2015 through May 1, 2015, the City of Baltimore experienced civil unrest. The boiling emotions of a small fraction of Baltimoreans turned into violence and vandalism to homes and businesses that the vast majority of Baltimore’s citizens have been working to rebuild and restore.

Governor Hogan took appropriate action under State law and directed the execution of the State Response Operations Plan in accordance with Section 401 of the Stafford Act. In addition, the Governor issued an Executive Order declaring that a State of Emergency existed and activated the Maryland National Guard to State service. The Governor has certified that additional Federal assistance is needed. The Governor has provided the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with a preliminary damage assessment of over $19 million in expenditures for local jurisdiction law enforcement, security, firefighting, and emergency management costs as well as out-of-state resources required to supplement local and state resources. This Major Disaster declaration is necessary to address emergency protective measures and public buildings and contents per Category B & E of Public Assistance under the Stafford Act. This situation has the potential to negatively impact services in other areas, given an already strained state budget environment.

Maryland and its local jurisdictions have contributed a vast amount of resources, which will continue to have economic impacts around our state. A Major Disaster declaration is necessary to help provide the resources needed by all. We appreciate your consideration of Maryland’s request, and look forward to continue working with you in this recovery.

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