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Thursday, May 02, 2019

Kevin Dayhoff, Westminster Common Council Candidate 2019



Kevin E. Dayhoff Candidate for the Westminster Common Council – May 14th, 2019



Community Media Center Candidate Profile - 12:30 pm Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Community Media Center located at 1301 Washington Road, Westminster MD.

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Hi, I am Kevin Dayhoff and I am running for one of the three open Westminster city council seats available in the upcoming May 14th city election.

I previously served as the Westminster mayor from 2001-2005. And a council member from 1999-2001. Folks tell me that I did a good job.

I am a retired farmer, business owner, historian, fire and police chaplain, artist, and writer. I would like to roll up my sleeves, work hard, and put all those experiences to work and do it again.

I would like to take another turn working for the community in City Hall. I know the community, its citizens, its history, and traditions – and have a keen eye for some future changes. I offer experience, energy, accessibility, vision, a fresh perspective, new ideas, and fiscally prudent and socially responsible leadership.

I am convinced I can make a contribution and make a difference.

The opportunity to serve as an elected or appointed official in a community like Westminster is a special privilege and responsibility. There are many ways that a person can serve our community. You can volunteer with service clubs, civic and non-profit organizations, recreational programs, or help out at your place of worship.

Historically, since the early days of our city, various folks in the community have taken turns on the city council. This has been the case ever since the days when folks served as a trustee for the Union Meeting House – the seat of government years before Westminster was incorporated in 1818.

In the past 14-years since I left office in 2005, I have remained active and served the community in other ways – primarily with my job as a newspaper reporter writing history. I have also volunteered at my church, the NAACP, and the Westminster Fire Company. It was good to take a break and let other folks have a turn.

Our current leadership has done a good job. I would like to build upon all their hard work and successes. However, at the same time, I'm concerned that in some ways, the city lost a little of its focus and needs to get back to basics. Especially when it comes to supporting public safety – the fire company, the police department, and public works.

I look forward to supporting our historic downtown shopping and business district by working to continue to attract special events, businesses, shopping and local jobs.

I believe that we need to maintain a continued emphasis on municipal and business infrastructure improvements –such as developing more water resources and maintaining our roads, sidewalks, trails – and recreational opportunities.

A number of folks in the community have approached me and asked if I would like to take another turn. After some thought and discussion with various friends who are city, county and state officials, I am convinced that by working together, we can move Westminster and Carroll County to another level – and take the community to that next step.

I remain positive and optimistic that we can seize a number of opportunities that are available at this point in the city’s history, shake some things up, give it a fresh coat of paint, and makes some things happen.

Please consider voting for me on May 14th. I promise to work hard for you. 


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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Common Council
Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019
Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

Carroll County Times: www.tinyurl.com/KED-CCT
Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: http://tinyurl.com/KED-Sun

Facebook Dayhoff for Westminster: https://www.facebook.com/DayhoffforWestminster/
Facebook: Kevin Earl Dayhoff: https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff

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Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net
Dayhoff Carroll: www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Time Flies: https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/  

Thursday, February 21, 2019

An ice storm on February 21, 1902 paralyzed Carroll County


Dayhoff Time Flies: An ice storm on February 21, 1902 paralyzed Carroll County Time Flies Sunday, February 17, 2019 by Kevin Dayhoff

Almost 120 years ago. Carroll County experienced a rain and sleet storm that the American Sentinel newspaper hailed as “The Great Sleet Storm,” according to a published account written for the Historical Society of Carroll County in Feb. 1994 by local historian and Historical Society executive director, now Judge Joe Getty.

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In 1902, Carroll countians were just starting to become dependent on the telephone, telegraph, and electric power. So you can imagine the paralysis which resulted as The Democratic Advocate proclaimed: “The wreck of the system in this city of the Western Maryland Telephone Company was nearly complete. Two-thirds of the poles were down, cross-arms broken off and wires snapped and tangled all over the city, particularly from the railroad east.”

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Lately, February in Maryland has been living up to its reputation and turning into an endurance contest. This column goes best with Antonio Vivaldi’s “L’inverno,” the winter movement of “The Four Seasons” violin concerto written in 1723. Who knew Vivaldi invented heavy metal in 1700s?



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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Common Council
Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019
Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

Carroll County Times: www.tinyurl.com/KED-CCT
Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: http://tinyurl.com/KED-Sun

Facebook Dayhoff for Westminster: https://www.facebook.com/DayhoffforWestminster/
Facebook: Kevin Earl Dayhoff: https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff

Dayhoff for Westminster: www.kevindayhoff.info
Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net
Dayhoff Carroll: www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Time Flies: https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/  

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

November 9, 1923 Maryland Governor Ritchie Re-Elected


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Picture caption and credit: Maryland Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie served from Jan. 14, 1920 to Jan. 9, 1935. This is a press photograph from the George Grantham Bain collection, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 1948. (Digital ID ggbain.29462) According to the library, there are no known restrictions on the use of these photos. The date of this photograph is unknown. [19320000 c nd MD Gov Albert Ritchie]

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Today – err, yesterday in history it was reported:

Gov. Ritchie Re-Elected by 41,000 -- Only Executive to Serve Successive Terms--All State Candidates Win. Democrats Elect Nine Local Candidates in Carroll.—

Governor Ritchie lost Carroll County by 1657 on Tuesday. Four years ago he was defeated by less than 500.

Holland pulled through by only 14 over Gordy, Robinson lost to Coleman by only 19, Young carried the county over Brewer by 4.

Judge Thomas beats Brooks by 1799, the highest lead over any opponent in the county.

"Bill" Phillips carries the county over "Bill" Bowers by 546.

Samuel J. Stone is improving as he runs. He beat Kephart by 962.

State's Attorney Brown was re-elected by 225 over Walsh.

Daniel J. Hesson defeated Walter R. Rudy by 546 for State Senator.

The house of Delegates will be three Democrats—C. Scott Bollinger, John T. Yingling and Francis Earl Shriner, and one Republican, Melvin W. Routson.

The Judges of the Orphans' Court will be Thomas J. Haines, Democrat; J. Webster Ebaugh and William E. Green, Republicans.

William A. Roop, who ran for re-election for County Commissioner was defeated by John W. Reaver by 238.

John J. Johns is surveyor by defeating John D. Roop, Jr., by 663.

Miss Mary Janet Miller, Socialist, received 55 votes in the county. She ran ahead of any Socialist or Labor candidate for State offices.

Democratic Advocate, November 9, 1923.

19231109 Nov 9 1923 Gov Ritchie Re Elected

Elections History Carroll Co, Gov Ritchie Albert, Governors MD, History Carroll Co, History MD, History This Day in History

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Md History: Nov 9 1923 MD Gov Ritchie Re-Elected from Jan 14 1920 to Jan 9 1935 http://tinyurl.com/yeogu8n http://twitpic.com/p2s26

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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

Monday, November 17, 2008

At Westminster polls in 1920, the 'Women Disappointed Them'

At Westminster polls in 1920, the 'Women Disappointed Them'

By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 11/16/08

Sunday Carroll EAGLE ARCHIVE

The fact that women gained the right to vote was a milestone that got mixed reviews in Carroll County after the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920.

It was an argument four decades in the making.

In 1878, a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote was introduced by Sen. A. A. Sargeant of California. Suffrage supporters called the proposal the "Anthony Amendment," for Susan B. Anthony.

When President Woodrow Wilson delivered his State of the Union message to Congress in December 1916, women in the galleries unfurled a large banner that read, "Mr. President, What Will You Do For Woman Suffrage?"

In October 1920, after women were finally allowed to vote, local newspapers carried several articles about women and the election, according to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Jay Graybeal.

An Oct. 29, 1920, newspaper article carried the headline: "The Republican Meet, A Remarkable Gathering." The article read: "On Tuesday evening the Armory in this city was filled both to its seating and standing capacity with men and women voters of the county to hear the issues of the campaign discussed. ...

Read the rest of the column here: At Westminster polls in 1920, the 'Women Disappointed Them'

http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/1576/westminster-polls-1920-women-disappointed-them/

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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Carroll County’s Legacy in Presidential Politics by Joe Getty


Carroll County’s Legacy in Presidential Politics by (c) Joe Getty

October 30, 2008

I am always amazed at how the Baltimore region media wrongly stereotypes Carroll County as some unsophisticated poor “country cousin” that is always doing something to embarrass its big city counterparts.


The most frequent media technique to pigeon-hole Carroll County’s citizens is to send a news reporter for a “person on the street” interview. To me, they are talking to a normal, common-sense Carroll Countian with traditional conservative values – but in the Baltimore City media, it always comes off as commentary from some far-out, right-wing zealot.

Recently, the public radio station WYPR sent a reporter to find Obama supporters in Carroll County. The journalist actually did a fairly good job in balancing both sides in comparison with many hatchet jobs done by other media outlets – but you are still left with an underlying insinuation of “Here we are in Carroll County wondering how in the world those people out there could vote for John McCain?”

If the big city media got past its myopia of Carroll as a long-standing Republican bastion in a Maryland sea of blue, they would realize that there is a diversity of political opinion in the county. In fact, through most of the 20th century, the majority of registered voters in Carroll County were Democrat. And traditionally, the elected officials in Carroll County ranged about 50/50 of Democrats to Republicans.

It is a phenomenon of the 1990s that Republicans gained the majority in voter registration and, in 1998, captured all of the state, local and courthouse seats in Carroll. Probably many factors contributed to this very recent Republican dominance.

One of the major factors would be that, despite party labels, county residents have had a long tradition in choosing the more conservative candidate in presidential politics.

As shown by the chart below, over the past 70 years, a Democrat presidential candidate carried Carroll County in only one election. That candidate was Lyndon Johnson who beat Barry Goldwater in the county by the slim margin of 119 votes in 1964.

Moreover, if you go back 90 years of elections, Republican presidential candidates have been victorious in Carroll County in 20 out of 22 contests. Even Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who carried the county in the depression era election of 1932 against Herbert Hoover, failed to carry Carroll County in his three latter campaigns.

We can expect the pendulum to swing back and for local Democrats to be elected to state and local office, perhaps as early as 2010 when the county government switches from three at-large commissioners to five commissioners elected by district.

But the county’s bedrock philosophy of conservative politics, especially as shown in presidential contests, will likely be around for many decades to come.

Year

Republican

Votes

Democrat

Votes

2004

Bush

55,275

Kerry

22.974

2000

Bush

41,742

Gore

20,146

1996

Dole

30,316

Clinton

17,122

1992

Bush

28,405

Clinton

15,447

1988

Bush

31,224

Dukakis

12,368

1984

Reagan

27,230

Mondale

8,898

1980

Reagan

19,859

Carter

10,393

1976

Ford

15,661

Carter

9,940

1972

Nixon

16,847

McGovern

4,408

1968

Nixon

11,888

Humphrey

4,658

1964

Goldwater

8,332

Johnson

8,451

1960

Nixon

11,445

Kennedy

5,763

1956

Eisenhower

11,749

Stevenson

4,423

1952

Eisenhower

11,563

Stevenson

4,934

1948

Dewey

8,003

Truman

4,226

1944

Dewey

8,999

Roosevelt

4,483

1940

Wilkie

8,300

Roosevelt

5,883

1936

Landon

7,383

Roosevelt

6,493

1932

Hoover

5,732

Roosevelt

6,482

1928

Hoover

8,644

Smith

3,731

1924

Coolidge

5,301

Davis

4,616

1920

Harding

5,784

Cox

4,273

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

18970508 New Windsor election issue Hogs

May 8th, 1897: New Windsor election issue Hogs

Democratic Advocate, May 8, 1897.

New Windsor - The municipal election in this town on Monday was very exciting. Two tickets were in the field, one favoring and the other opposing the removal of hog pens from the corporate limits.

J. W. Hawk was on both tickets.

Otherwise, the ticket against hog pens was—Winfield S. Drach for burgess and L. H. Dielman and Samuel Otto for commissioners.

The ticket favoring hog pens was—Dr. J. W. Helm for burgess and William Lovall and Jacob Troumfelter for commissioners.

A full vote was cast and the Helm ticket won, so that hog pens will not be disturbed in New Windsor for a year to come.

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New Windsor

History New Windsor

History Carroll County

Elections History Carroll County

Monday, May 12, 1997

19970512 Statement Or Return of Election

May 12, 1997 City of Westminster Statement Or Return of Election

The following "Statement Or Return of Election" was presented by Chief Election Judge, Nancy A. Smelser:

"STATEMENT OR RETURN OF ELECTION To The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster:

We the undersigned Judges and Clerk of the Biennial Municipal Election, held in the City of Westminster, Maryland, on Monday, May 12, 1997, (between the hours of 7 o'clock A.M. and 7 o'clock P.M.) for the election of Mayor and two Council Members to serve as members of the Common Council for the City of Westminster for four years commencing on the Third Monday of May, 1997, do hereby certify that the polls were opened at 7 A.M. and closed at 7 P.M. on this 12 day of May, 1997, and that at said election the whole number of votes cast was 903 and of that number those cast for the candidates for the respective offices was and is as follows:

FOR MAYOR NUMBER OF VOTES

Kenneth A. Yowan 227

Jerry Toadvine 121

FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS NUMBER OF VOTES

Edward S. Calwell 268

Damian L. Halstad 287

And it appearing that Mayor Kenneth Yowan and Edward Calwell and Damian Halstad for Common Council received a majority of the votes cast, we the undersigned Judges and Clerk of the election, do hereby certify and proclaim that the forenamed persons were duly and fairly elected to their respective offices for four years.

And it further appearing that Kenneth Yowan, Edward Calwell and Damian Halstad were the 3 candidates who received the highest number of votes cast for Mayor and Common Council we do hereby declare that they will hold office for the four years.

And we do further certify that the above statement is correct in all and every respect, and that notice has been given to the candidates of their election.

Witness our hands this 12 day of May, 1997

s/ Nancy A. Smelser s/ Fred L. Plunkert Chief Judges"

For more information:

History Westminster

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Sunday, March 26, 1989

18190326 Westminster Elections The Westminster Chronicle

Town of Westminster elections for one Burgess and six commissioners

This is the first election for a municipal government in he history of Westminster, however, annual elections for the Trustees for the Westminster general meeting house for quite a few years, which could be considered a governing body of the town…

Friday March 26, 1819

The Westminster Chronicle

"We are indebted to Miss Kate Shriver, near this city, for a copy of The Westminster Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, vol. I No. 17. The paper bears date "Westminster, Frederick County, (MD.) Friday, March 26, 1819. The paper is about quarter the size of THE ADVOCATE, and was published by William B. Burke at $2 per annum.

Among the list of Agents for the paper we find the names of "John Hyder, Union-Town; J. Denning, Denning's Post-Office; Charles Devilbiss, Union Mills; Peter Mathias, Taney-Town; Mr. Farquier, Union Bridge; G. W. Gist, Middleburg; Wm. Bull, New-Windsor; Henry Beltz, Manchester."

Thomas W. Morgan and Upton Wagers, offered themselves as candidates for Sheriff.

Dr. Elias Umbach and Dr. Willis offered their services to the community.

Among the advertisements of business men appear the names of John Krouse, Jacob Grove, Aquilla Elliott, David Uhler, David Winters; William Frizell advertised a cow as strayed, John Kline gave notice that a bay mare had been stolen from him on the 9th instant.

A communication, signed many voters, gave notice that on the 1st Monday of April the following gentlemen would be voted for:-For Burgess, John Fisher; for Commissioners, Ludwig Wampler, Jacob Sherman, Jacob Frenger, Isaac Shriver, John C. Cockey and Jacob Yin Ling.

William H. McCannon was acting Postmaster; Jesse Slingluff was President of the Bank of Westminster. Philip Littig, Market Street, Baltimore, offered $10 reward for a German man names Johon George Klotter.

Isaac Shriver gave notice that the annual election of Trustees for the Westminster general meeting house would be held on Easter Monday.

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