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Showing posts with label Election Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election Day. Show all posts

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Explore Carroll: Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day By Kevin Dayhoff 11/09/08

Explore Carroll: Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day By Kevin Dayhoff 11/09/08 

Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day

(From November 8, 2008 after the 2008 general election…)

By Kevin Dayhoff  Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 11/09/08  EAGLE ARCHIVE

Last Tuesday, after two years, 45 debates and $2.4 billion spent, American voters finally had their day. Is it just me, or does $2.5 billion seem an obscene amount of money for a country to spend on politics?

Nonetheless, I recently read an article in the London Sunday Times which stated: "This may seem a lot, but Americans annually spend $8 billion on hair care products, $64 billion on soft drinks ... so $2.4 billion isn't too much to pick the leader of the free world."

In Carroll County, it was good to see that we maintained our proper priorities with the idea of having an Election Day food drive to support Carroll County Food Sunday.

By late afternoon, when I checked with Marty Radinsky and Frank Baylor, Carroll Countians had generously donated five huge 150 cubic foot containers of food for the needy.

Radinsky said he hopes "to build (the food collection effort) into a Carroll County habit for elections in the future."

I've always been unrepentantly, patriotically, misty-eyed and corny about Election Day. It's a wonderful day to celebrate being an American… http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/1509/patriotic-misty-eyed-corny-about-our-election-day/

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Election Day, Carroll County, Maryland, Westminster, food drive, Kevin Dayhoff




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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day By Kevin Dayhoff

Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day

By Kevin Dayhoff  Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 11/09/08  EAGLE ARCHIVE

Last Tuesday, after two years, 45 debates and $2.4 billion spent, American voters finally had their day. Is it just me, or does $2.5 billion seem an obscene amount of money for a country to spend on politics?

Nonetheless, I recently read an article in the London Sunday Times which stated: "This may seem a lot, but Americans annually spend $8 billion on hair care products, $64 billion on soft drinks ... so $2.4 billion isn't too much to pick the leader of the free world."

In Carroll County, it was good to see that we maintained our proper priorities with the idea of having an Election Day food drive to support Carroll County Food Sunday.

By late afternoon, when I checked with Marty Radinsky and Frank Baylor, Carroll Countians had generously donated five huge 150 cubic foot containers of food for the needy.

Radinsky said he hopes "to build (the food collection effort) into a Carroll County habit for elections in the future."

I've always been unrepentantly, patriotically, misty-eyed and corny about Election Day. It's a wonderful day to celebrate being an American… http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/1509/patriotic-misty-eyed-corny-about-our-election-day/

20081109 SCE Patriotic misty eyed and corny about our Election Day sceked

Explore Carroll: Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day By Kevin Dayhoff 


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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Along with your vote, bring a can of beans

Along with your vote, bring a can of beans


Posted 10/31/08

The Democratic Central Committee will conduct an Election Day Food Drive on Tuesday in support of Carroll County Food Sunday.

Collection boxes will be placed at polling places where possible. Call Martin Radinsky at 443-520-7750.

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