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Thursday, March 03, 2016

March 3, 2016 updated #Unwanted_phone_call Blocked phone call list



#Unwanted_phone_call Block this number on your ph: 667-888-8559

Block this number on your ph: I just got a #Unwanted_phone_call from this number: 667-888-8559 Th morn 3Mar2016

You may want to consider taking a moment of your time right now to add this number to your phone contacts and put it on your blocked phone number list. The time you take right now may save you time and aggravation later.

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Also block:

267-328-5270 - Tues., Feb. 23, 2016 offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit

512-922-0204 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 VZW LOCKED received a text message from this number explaining, "VZX LOCKED: Unusual activity detected, please validate ownership to restore access: mwirless.updatever2016.us/restroe/?id+00124014102596403 This is a phishing scheme.

408-329-9888 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 CB received a very similar message at the same time from a number that identified itself as VZW. This is a phishing scheme.

410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar., 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization for Google. What a shame.


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410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar. 2, 2016

Block this number on your phone: 410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar. 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/03/unwantedphonecall-block-this-number-on.html

Block this number on your ph 410-277-1020 2Mar2016 unwanted ph call pushing web services search engine optimization.

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March 3, 2016 Updated Blocked phone call list

#Unwanted_phone_call - Blocked phone numbers recently added to my updated list of unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls include:


2016 seems to have gotten off to a bad start. Just today, I got an unwanted spam phone call from a telemarketer and so did my wife.

I am not sure when I last updated my list of blocked phone numbers, so I sat down and did a bit of file maintenance.

If you have a few minutes available, put the numbers below in your phone and block them. It might save you some time and aggravation later.



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682-703-8118 Diamond Resorts called Caroline today, Tuesday, January 19, 2016, trying to sell her time shares….

814-923-0976 from Pennsylvania on Jan. 19, 2016. A quick search reveals a number of complaints, including a solicitation for a security system to a pitch for a pre-approved business loan. Whatever it is that this phone number is selling, I am not interested and entered the number on to my blocked list.

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March 4, 2015

I wonder what changed for the year 2015 that so many folks, including me, are now receiving scam – spam unwanted phone calls from telemarketers on our cell phones. I do not recall getting hardly any telemarketer calls before January 2015.

Running list of unwanted telemarketing phone calls and scammers in my phone to date: Updated January 20, 2016:

Spam 1:

909-387-2418

541-257-1575

407-519-1035

603-570-9015

619-324-4655

407-519-1035: This number was already in our system on July 16, 2015, when a family member got the call. She already had it in her system as "junk." And I already had it in my system as blocked - "spam." A quick search of the internet indicates that it is this is source of several various phishing schemes.

619-324-4655 called 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 and the phone said that the call came from Riverside, Cathedral City, CA, United States, 92235. A quick search of the internet reveals, "Received call on mobile. Robo-message. "False Alert" about credit account. Did not identify which company call came from. Intrusive and scammy..."

Spam 2:

469-615-8471

410-667-3963

646-712-8141

541-257-1119

281-753-3916

Spam 3

321-215-4861

206-397-5640

410-318-9171

630-914-8915

610-298-9506

630-914-8915 called at 12:44 PM on July 22, 2015. I did not answer it, I was on the phone with another person. When I did a quick search on the Internet, I found, ""Congratulations your business has been approved for a $250,000 loan" at this point I hung up...." and "The current company is Peerless Network: 312-506-0920, if enough of us contact them and complain, perhaps they will stop. Seems to be various scams coming from this number...

610-298-9506 appears to be unwanted phone spam from Avondale, PA... I got a call from this number September 8, 2015. I did not answer. The caller left no message. I called it back and it immediately answered with a recording, "if I would like to be placed on the do not call list...."Although a quick search on the internet does not easily indicate its product, it does appear that many folks do not want to contacted by that number. Whatever, it is certainly not a family member or friend so I blocked the number.

Spam 4

210 627-8613

305-587-2062

7777

615-671-3047

682-703-8118

210-627-8613 was a spam phone call on Monday, June 15, 2015 from San Antonio TX that I have won a free cruise.

305-587-2062 called Monday, June 22, 2015 with an offer for a business loan.

7777 is a new malicious unwanted pH call that first happened to Caroline Sunday evening June 28, 2015 and then I got it at 2:54 am in the morning Monday June 29, 2014. Unbelievable
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Spam 5

Spam
  814-923-0976
Spam
  410-934-7919
Spam
  720-376-0968
Spam
  281-806-5695
Spam
  717-409-1018

Spam 5

281-806-5695

720-376-0968

410-934-7919 is Google spam - what a shame.

814-923-0976 from Pennsylvania on Jan. 19, 2016. A quick search reveals a number of complaints, including a solicitation for a security system to a pitch for a pre-approved business loan. Whatever it is that this phone number is selling, I am not interested and entered the number on to my blocked list.

717-409-1018 - Tues., Feb. 16, 2016 10:45 am:  Add this number now to your phone contacts and put it on your "auto reject" blocked list. I just got an unwanted robo-phone call from a telephone marketer who offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit rating. There is a special place in hell for unwanted telephone calls from marketers who call my cell phone. Fortunately, I do not get many calls from telephone solicitors...

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Spam 6

Spam
  267-328-5270
Spam
  512-922-0204
Spam
  408-329-9888
Spam
  410-277-1020
Spam
  667-888-8559

267-328-5270 - Tues., Feb. 23, 2016 offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit

512-922-0204 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 VZW LOCKED received a text message from this number explaining, "VZX LOCKED: Unusual activity detected, please validate ownership to restore access: mwirless.updatever2016.us/restroe/?id+00124014102596403 This is a phishing scheme.

408-329-9888 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 CB received a very similar message at the same time from a number that identified itself as VZW. This is a phishing scheme.

410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar., 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization for Google. What a shame.

667-888-8559 Th morn 3Mar2016

Unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls update for March 4, 2015:

A family member got a phone call from 321-215-4861. According to various sources, this is a vacations promoter and telemarketer out of Melbourne Florida. Although one source said that the telemarketer sells timeshares. Another said Carnival Cruise Lines. Whatever. Another commenter reported that “they use a computer program called a Predictive Dialer. It starts with an area code i.e. 201 then start at 201-000-0000 then 201-000-0001 etc until they get a ringing number. All none ringing gets kicked out of the system. After a pre-determined # of rings it hands up. After they call a # x amount of times, that # gets kicked out of the system too.” Read more at http://www.whycall.me/321-215-4861.html#WFUgorAwxbf6eafR.99

I recently read one account that reported that the telemarketers of today do not care about the do not call list – especially if they are using a sequential dialing program… That the telemarketers today have no fear of any consequences of the do not call sanctions – not unlike the e-mail scammers… This is one f the many reasons that millennials are increasingly not using e-mails – or taking phone calls.

Sometime after February 13th, 2015 and before March 4, 2015; I got a spammer telemarketing phone call from 909-387-2418

Unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls update February 13, 2015

On February 13, 2015 a family member got a phone call from 407-519-1035. A quick search indicates that it is a spammer – One of the many websites reporting the number as a problem reported, “Phone number: 407-519-1035 is located in Geneva, Florida. Its exchange 519 is managed by MCI METRO ATS, INC. - FL. The number is currently on switch number ORLDFLXHDS0.”

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February 4, 2015 ph spammer update. Add another telemarketer 541-257-1575 from Oregon, to your spammer – do not call list.

Phone number 541-257-1575. Wanted to talk with the owner of the business in charge of working capital. She was very aggressive. I immediately said, quietly and politely, “Please put me on the do not call list.” This annoyed her and she kept repeating her question. I finally simply and quietly hung up.


January 21, 2015 update: Add another telemarketer 646-712-8141 to your spammer – do not call list.

I just called by 646-712-8141. I did not answer because neither me, nor my phone recognized the number. A quick search on the internet reveals that it is a scammer according to multiple posts, for example, “Business loan offer from a robo-call.” Another post said, “Unknown caller is a breather. The breather called to our personal home phone which is an unlisted number. I've been getting numerous unwanted calls at all hours of the day/night by various phone numbers. I'm very unhappy about this.”

According to MyCallBot: “Central Office: NWYRCYZN01, NY - NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – NY”

A (real) friend on Facebook recently wrote what many of us are feeling these days, “About a month ago, we ditched our landline to save a few bucks and to free us from the dozens of robocalls, marketing surveys and other come-ons. Since then, my cell phone has received Frederick city-sponsored poll, a woman who wants me to save on my car insurance and, just now, a recording that says I just won a cruise to the Bahamas. When we had the landline, I could pretty much guarantee a call on my cell phone was worthwhile. What the hell is going on?”

I’m guessing here – but I can only imagine that this is all okay with the telecommunications industry – that is not known for really caring about the user experience of its customers.

Apparently the recent spate of unwanted phone calls – and text messages has spawned a cottage busy with lawyers: “Why You Should Report Text Message Spam… Stop Text Message Spam … Did you know that it’s illegal for marketers to send you a text message without your consent?  According to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) if a company sends you an unsolicited text message, then they are responsible to pay you $500 for each spam text message that they sent you.   This law is in place to protect you from the annoyance, nuisance, and invasion of privacy from these telemarketers.  If you report the unsolicited text message that you received to us, we’ll track down the sender of the text message and help you recover $500 for each unsolicited text message you received.  We’ve helped hundred of individuals collect against telemarketers for their spam text message campaigns.  Report now above and we’ll see if we can help you recover $500 for each text message.”

This is good. Just saying.
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20150105 909 387 2418 scam

January 21, 2015 update: Add 410-667-3963 to your list…

Update Westminster Maryland Online: Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418, 602-346-9758 or 410-667-3963


Take the time now to enter into your phone the following phone numbers and identify them as Spammer…

410-667-3963

909 387 2418

602-346-9758

410-667-3963 is one of the latest “Do Not Answer” phone numbers out there.

This is the phone number of a telemarketer for a remodeling company…

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Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418 or 602-346-9758.



On Monday, January 5, 2015 I got a scam-phone call from 909 387 2418. Then, the very next day, got another scam phone call from 602-346-9758.

Update January 6, 2015

After hardly ever getting spam phone calls on our cellphones for many years, in the last two days we have received two unwanted sales calls – calls that, in reality were probably attempts to commit fraud…

Today, the phone call was from 602-346-9758. I answered it. Yes, I understand that I probably should not have answered it…

The computer-generated robocall immediately began, “Attention, this is not a sales call. You have been referred by a friend to receive a free wireless system.  There is no cost for this system." 

What a load of crap… I did wait for the opportunity to block it.

For more information, go here: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-602-346-9758

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Phone number 909 387 2418 is a scam

Monday, January 5, 2015

Do NOT answer a phone call in which the caller id indicates that the number is 909 387 2418. I got the call earlier today.

Fortunately, I have a policy that if you are not in my phone system, I usually, more often than not, do not answer the phone. This policy has saved me an enormous amount of time. Furthermore, this policy has probably saved me from many scams.

Today I got a phone call from 909 387 2418. I did not answer it. Afterwards, a quick search on the internet indicated it was indeed spam. For example, http://www.scamcallfighters.com/scam-cal:

“Scam Phone Number 9093872418, Robocall 909-387-2418. Important message about your credit card: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=909-387-2418

“Calls and would not leave any message. Picked up and found a recording. "Important message about your credit card. Press 1 to speak to a representative". Clicked 1 hoping that I could get them to take me off, to escape the harassment but the line went dead. That's it! Waste of time... I've blocked this number for good” http://www.scamcallfighters.com/scam-call-9093872418-Robocall-909-387-2418--Important-message-about-your-credit-card--Credit---Debit--ATM-Card-Fraud-17791.html

Another post by “David Fights, Lead Investigator for Scamcallfighters,” reports, “This must be the "lower your interest rate" scammer. It's good that the darned system is not working! That should save the gullible from getting scammed.

“By enticing people with offer to lower interest rate, the scammers get the victim to reveal his personal & banking info apart from credit card details!

“According to the FTC, the companies behind these Card Services Offers can’t do anything for you that you can’t do for yourself, for free. If you are not able to get the rates reduces with your card issuer, neither would they. These scammers try to obtain your card details and will steal money as ‘fees’.

“However, FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule prohibits companies that sell relief services like these rate reduction scams on the phone from charging a fee before they settle or reduce your debt.

“You should file complaint with FTC, whenever you get a ‘Card Services’ call.

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#Unwanted_phone_call Block this number on your ph: 667-888-8559

#Unwanted_phone_call Block this number on your ph: 667-888-8559

Block this number on your ph: I just got a #Unwanted_phone_call from this number: 667-888-8559 Th morn 3Mar2016


You may want to consider taking a moment of your time right now to add this number to your phone contacts and put it on your blocked phone number list. The time you take right now may save you time and aggravation later.

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Also block:

267-328-5270 - Tues., Feb. 23, 2016 offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit

512-922-0204 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 VZW LOCKED received a text message from this number explaining, "VZX LOCKED: Unusual activity detected, please validate ownership to restore access: mwirless.updatever2016.us/restroe/?id+00124014102596403 This is a phishing scheme.

408-329-9888 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 CB received a very similar message at the same time from a number that identified itself as VZW. This is a phishing scheme.

410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar., 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization for Google. What a shame.

667-888-8559 Th morn 3Mar2016
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#Unwanted_phone_call - Block this number on your phone: 410-277-1020

#Unwanted_phone_call - Block this number on your phone: 410-277-1020 

Blocked phone numbers recently added to my updated list of unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls.

You may want to consider taking a moment of your time right now to add this number to your phone contacts and put it on your blocked phone number list. The time you take right now may save you time and aggravation later.

Block this number on your phone: 410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar., 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization.

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March 1, 2016 Training never stops at the Westminster Vol. Fire Dept.


March 1, 2016 Training never stops at the Westminster Vol. Fire Dept.

Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster, Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster training, #Dayhoffphotoblog, Dayhoff Daily Photoblog, People Carroll County, 

Jon Kelvey Carroll County Times: EMS technology extends careers


Carroll County Times: EMS technology extends careers at the Westminster Md Vol Fire Co

EMS technology extends careers at the Westminster Md Vol Fire Co http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/03/carroll-county-times-ems-technology.html


Retrieved Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Volunteers at our local fire companies sometimes put their lives on the line battling blazes, but a majority of the calls these departments receive are to respond to medical emergencies. While — for the volunteer responders at least — they aren't facing a life or death situation for these calls, they are often putting wear and tear on their bodies, which shortens careers.

So we were happy to see the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department demonstrate last week the latest technology to be deployed by the department, Stryker Power Load System stretcher, which allows patients to be loaded and easily put into ambulances, saving the stress on volunteers' limbs and spines.

Fire Department Lt. Brett Pearce told us that about half of the department's line-of-duty retirements for emergency medical service workers each year are due to back injuries, which occur when lifting and carrying people out of their homes on a stretcher.


[…]

Yet, that's exactly the situation volunteers at some of these companies are facing. Westminster Volunteer Fire Department alone responded to 5,743 EMS calls last year, making it one of the busiest volunteer agencies in the state, according to the department's Public Information Officer Kevin Dayhoff. For almost every EMS call, a paramedic is lifting a stretcher four times — in and out at the scene and again at the hospital. While we'd like to think they follow proper form every time, we know that isn't realistic, especially when time is of the essence for the patient.



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March 1, 2016 The Carroll Co spring woods fire on Leister’s School Rd is out...


March 1, 2016 The Carroll Co spring woods fire on Leister's School Rd is out but the paperwork continues for Westminster Vol. Firefighter Lt. Chad Petry – otherwise known officially as 'Jamie's husband.' The risk of brush and woods fires increase with warmer weather. Practice fire safety and be careful out there. Just saying

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March 1, 2016 The Carroll Co spring woods fire on Leister’s School Rd is out... http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/03/march-1-2016-carroll-co-spring-woods.html

Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Reprint from nine years ago: Ag, Bay groups remain wary of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation


Reprint from nine years ago: Ag, Bay groups remain wary of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/03/reprint-from-nine-years-ago-ag-bay.html

Ag, Bay groups remain wary of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Update March 21, 2015 - Sadly this is a dead link: http://www.americanfarm.com/TopStory3.21.06a.html


For years, the agricultural community has been distrustful of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

But in recent months, various officials from the farm community and the foundation have been able to sit at the same table and push for a common goal — to have a viable, profitable agriculture that protects the environment.

Both sides are critical of the “dating” relationship the two groups are experiencing, and both say that marriage is far into the future.

Down for the count?

Before 1997, CBF and the farm community had what some have called a mutual existence.

“I guess we had a non-relationship prior to 1997,” said Bill Satterfield, executive director of the Delmarva Poultry Industry.

In 1998, however, that changed, when Pfiesteria was discovered to have caused fish deaths in the Chesapeake Bay.

“We did what we believed was right at the time,” said Kim Coble, Maryland executive director for CBF. “That’s when the relationship severed. I think (the farmers) resented our call.”

That call was to crack down on nutrient management. A scientist from North Carolina State University had come out with research that said the Pfiesteria was caused by poultry manure. The foundation wanted poultry companies to share responsibility for their growers’ manure handling, and the Parris Glendening administration agreed.

“We may be part of the problem, but we’re not the biggest part of the problem,” said Buddy Hance, president of the Maryland Farm Bureau.

Though the research was disproved, the relationship between the two communities was severed.

“The two communities have been fairly separate historically, which is unfortunate,” said Michael Heller, farm manager of CBF’s Clagett Farm. “By approaching the problem in a one-dimensional way, they put the agricultural community on the defensive.”

Read more here: Update March 21, 2015 - Sadly this is a dead link: http://www.americanfarm.com/TopStory3.21.06a.html

Taking a risk

In the past, CBF would tell farmers one thing, but turn around and release a report that would say another, said Delegate Paul Stull, R-4A Dist.

“It seemed like every article that came out, (they) were ridiculing the farmers,” he said. “We all want to see clean water and a clean bay. Farmers aren’t the only ones polluting the bay.”

Hance received a call last summer regarding the the CBF’s report, “Vital Signs: Assessing the State of Chesapeake Agriculture in 2005.” The foundation called to ask him if he would be willing to go to the press conference in September announcing the report.

He checked with Farm Bureau leadership, and asked to see the report, which details the importance of agriculture to the Chesapeake Bay, ahead of time to help make the decision.

“Everyone always says be careful who you get in bed with,” Hance said. “We haven’t gotten in bed with anybody. People just have to move on. You can’t dwell on the past. You can’t hold a grudge.”

And meeting in the middle and working together, officials say, is the best way to accomplish goals for the both groups.

“I think we all need to know when we’ve got a goal to meet,” said Lew Riley, Maryland’s secretary of agriculture. “I think the farm community realizes the importance of the Chesapeake Bay. I think the environmental community realizes the importance of the agricultural community.”

Relationship counseling

Both groups can now sit at the same table in the Lowe House or Miller Senate buildings in Annapolis without going after the other.

“I’ve got to hand it to the farm community,” Coble said. “There wasn’t one person who wasn’t willing to turn the page from here. I have a lot of respect for the farming community for turning the page that quickly.”

But some are still critical of the cooperative spirit that has surfaced in recent months.

“It wasn’t that many years ago, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation was accusing agriculture of causing Pfiesteria in the Chesapeake Bay,” said Sen. Richard Colburn, R-37th Dist. “You just have to be careful in any new friendship. Hopefully it will be a lasting alliance. It’s a wait-and-see attitude that you have to take.”

And while farmers are happy to have CBF on their side, they say they are still wary.

“Everyone I’ve talked to is viewing it with guarded optimism,” said Steve Moore, a Sudlersville farmer. “In the past, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has been an adversary to the farmers, rather than an asset. We’re happy to see them working with the legislature … and we hope that continues.”

The foundation acknowledges the communication barriers of the past, and says it is working to show farmers that it really is on their side.

There were “mistakes of poor communication and we apologize for those,” said Will Baker, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. “Saving the bay and saving the farm are just two sides of the same coin. If we lose our agricultural heritage, we’re going to lose the bay.”

Moving on

Changing its perspective has helped elevate the foundation in the agricultural community. The foundation now sees farming as the most cost-effective way to save the bay, and as the best way to help the environment.

“They had a change of direction,” said Jim Saathoff, a farmer from Denton whose land in Dorchester County would be impacted by the Blackwater Development. “We’re treading lightly. They’ve been honest so far, at least with me. They’ve come to realize that blaming the farmer isn’t going to save the bay.”
Saathoff said the organization deserves a chance to prove itself.

“Let’s work with them and see if they’re serious about this,” he said. “We don’t have many more chances to save the bay. The watermen will tell you there are dead zones out there, and farmers didn’t make them.”

Trust takes time, as it does with any relationship, and officials from both groups admit that change hasn’t taken place overnight. The farm community is still suspicious of the bay foundation, and the environmental community has accused CBF of being too lenient on farmers now.

But the groups say they are willing to give each other a chance.

“We’re not going to agree on everything,” Hance said. “We’ve agreed to disagree. So far, it’s working out. It takes time. We didn’t expect everyone to agree on everything. But you can still have differences and get the work done.”
Looking at the change of heart from both groups is almost a sigh of relief for some, and the sigh brings with it a hope for the future.

“There’s a very genuine sense that we really want to help farmers keep farming,” Heller said. “If we lose farms, we’re losing a valuable ally for solving water quality issues. It’s more than just a change in saying what we think of agriculture. We have to link farm viability and bay health, and not just focus on the bay health piece.”

Back to the future

Forgiveness is divine and the groups are moving forward, putting the past behind them, said Sen. J. Lowell Stoltzfus, R-38th Dist., and Senate minority leader.

“Inside, I still have a lot of frustration about what happened under the Glendening Administration. At the same time, we must extend the olive branch and we must go beyond that anger. We must work out a genuine, long-lasting partnership.”

As far as “first dates” go, Riley said he married his first date, and hopes that the groups will continue to work together to have a true partnership.

“It comes together very well when you’ve got a cooperative effort,” he said. “It’s encouraging to see the two sides coming together. Life’s a lot more pleasant for me and a lot more pleasant for farmers.”

Both sides recognize the advantages in working together, and look to cement a relationship that can go beyond dating.


“The farming community has met us more than halfway,” Baker said. “I think we’ve gotten over the past and we’re moving forward. We’re working for the future and trying to put the past behind us. We realize we have to earn the trust of agriculture, and we’re prepared for the long term investment. I believe it. I’m committed to it. We’re committed to it.”
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U.S. Passports to Get a Makeover in 2016 Written by Katherine LaGrave

U.S. Passports to Get a Makeover in 2016
Written by Katherine LaGrave 

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From the passport rule most travelers don't know to State Department suggestions on when to renew (in one word: now), passport news in the past few months has been frequent, wide-ranging, and indicative of wider reform in the coming years. As part of the government's efforts to cut down on fraud, forgery, and misuse, updated security features will be unveiled later this year...

Animal welfare nonprofit fundraising strategies


March 2, 2016

Another excellent video from Humane Watch exposing HSUS for what they really are after - your money, not animal welfare. My dysfunctional relationship with this organization is a matter of public record. One disagrees with them at enormous peril. Received some of the worst, most harrowing threats I have ever received as a journalist, came from this organization. On par with the threats I received as an elected official. Fortunately my Baltimore Sun editor backed me up. Thank goodness.



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