The agenda for the
for the week of January 29, 2007
Board of
Julia W. Gouge, President
Dean L. Minnich, Vice President
Michael D. Zimmer, Secretary
410-386-2043; 1-888-302-8978
fax 410-386-2485; TT 410-848-9747
Agenda for the Week of January 29, 2007 ~ Revision 1
Please Note: This weekly agenda is subject to change. Please call 410-386-2043 to confirm a meeting you plan to attend. All meetings will be in Room 300A, (Unless otherwise noted)
Monday – January 29, 2007
8:30 a.m. Tour of
Commissioner Zimmer
6:00 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr. Candle Lighting Ceremony
Commissioner Zimmer
Tuesday – January 30, 2007
10:00 a.m. Open Session
Public Hearing ~ Ten Year Solid Waste Management Plan Update
Department of Public Works ~ Mr. J. Michael Evans
10:15 a.m. Discussion and Decision on Rezoning No. 210 for
Location of Property is
Department of the
Department of Planning ~ Mr. Steve Horn
Request Approval to Proceed for Public Hearing
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant ~ (CDBG)
Review of Grant Activities & Progress for Safe Haven Expansion &
Department of Citizen Services ~ Mrs. Jolene Sullivan
Department of Management & Budget ~ Mr. Ted Zaleski
Briefing on My Medicare Matters Grant
Department of Citizen Services ~ Ms. Jolene Sullivan
Department of Management and Budget ~ Mr. Ted Zaleski
Tuesday – January 30, 2007 ~ Continued
Present Results of Recreation and Parks Customer Service Survey
Department of Recreation and Parks ~ Mr. Jeff Degitz
Approval of Rural Legacy Applications for FY07-FY08 for
Department of Planning ~ Mr. Steve Horn
Department of Citizen Services ~ Ms. Jolene Sullivan
Chief of Staff Time
Chief of Staff, Mr. Steve Powell
Wednesday – January 31, 2007
8:00 a.m. Tour of Carroll County Public Schools
Commissioner Zimmer
10:00 a.m.
Commissioner Gouge
Thursday – February 1, 2007
10:00 a.m. Board of
County Office Building ~ Room 300A
Commissioners Gouge, Minnich, & Zimmer
1:30 p.m. Open Session
Presentation of Legislative Audit
Board of Education ~ Dr. Charles Ecker
Board of Education Enrollment Projections
Board of Education ~ Dr. Charles Ecker
Chief of Staff Time
Chief of Staff ~ Mr. Steve Powell
Friday – February 2, 2007
10:30 a.m. Visiting Carroll
Commissioner Zimmer
6:30 pm. Church of the Open Door’s 24th Annual Sweetheart Banquet
Martin’s
Commissioner Zimmer
Saturday – February 3, 2007
9:00 a.m. Water
Commissioner’s Gouge, Minnich and Zimmer
Sunday – February 4, 2007
8:05 a.m. “The Commissioners’ Report” – WTTR
Commissioner Zimmer
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Posted: 07/07/06
01/29/07 ~ dms
Hillary Clinton Walking Eagle
January 29th, 2007
UPDATE: 20070212 Snopes says Clinton Walking Eagle Story is False
Go here for additional information.
Or go straight to the Snopes post here:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/eagle.asp
H/t: Grammy
The story below was pasted from an e-mail. I have not a clue as to whether or not the story is true – or not true.
However it is illustrative of my view that Senator Hillary Clinton will say whatever it takes to win the presidency…
If anyone has a source as to whether or not the story is true, please pass that information along. Thanks.
Two weeks ago in up state
invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation.
She spoke for almost an hour on her future plans for increasing every Native American's present standard of living, should she one day become the first female President.
She referred to her career as a New York Senator, how she had signed "YES" for every Indian issue that came to her desk for approval. Although the Senator was vague on the details of her plan, she seemed most enthusiastic about her future ideas for helping her "red sisters and brothers."
At the conclusion of her speech, the Tribes presented the Senator with a plaque inscribed with her new Indian name - Walking Eagle.
The proud Senator then departed in her motorcade, waving to the crowds. A news reporter later inquired of the group of chiefs of how they had come to select the new name given to the Senator.
They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of (crap) it can no longer fly.
Hillary Clinton Watch, Presidential election 2008
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Hillary Clinton - Walking Eagle
January 29th, 2007
H/t: Grammy
The story below was pasted from an e-mail. I have not a clue as to whether or not the story is true – or not true.
However it is illustrative of my view that Senator Hillary Clinton will say whatever it takes to win the presidency…
If anyone has a source as to whether or not the story is true, please pass that information along. Thanks.
Two weeks ago in up state
invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation.
She spoke for almost an hour on her future plans for increasing every Native American's present standard of living, should she one day become the first female President.
She referred to her career as a New York Senator, how she had signed "YES" for every Indian issue that came to her desk for approval. Although the Senator was vague on the details of her plan, she seemed most enthusiastic about her future ideas for helping her "red sisters and brothers."
At the conclusion of her speech, the Tribes presented the Senator with a plaque inscribed with her new Indian name - Walking Eagle.
The proud Senator then departed in her motorcade, waving to the crowds. A news reporter later inquired of the group of chiefs of how they had come to select the new name given to the Senator.
They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of (crap) it can no longer fly.
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Little Green Footballs has video of last weekends’ protests
January 29th, 2007
Little Green Footballs has video of last week’s anti-war - - impeach President George W. Bush festivities in
Click here to watch the video.
Beautiful. Just beautiful. Is this a great country or what?
Here’s a selection of rough clips from today’s tantrum at the National Mall, featuring “progressive” celebrities such as CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin and her troupe of harpies, a British Stop-The-War moonbat who advocates impeaching America’s president, a cheer from the crowd at the mention of American Taliban traitor John Walker Lindh, Sean Penn, Jane Fonda (you didn’t want to hear her talk, did you?), Tim Robbins (chewing up the scenery like a silky poodle on crack), a rapper named “Bedouin” who assures us that “Islam means peace,” and the new anti-war slogan that sums up the whole thing so beautifully, “Just Poop.”
Or you can find the video here on YouTube.
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Barbaro euthanized after lengthy battle
January 29th, 2007
MSNBC is carrying an Associated Press story that “
'It was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain,' co-owner says
BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:11 p.m. ET Jan 29, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16846723/
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from his gruesome breakdown at last year’s Preakness, ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an outpouring of support across the country.
“We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain,” co-owner Roy Jackson said. “It was the right decision, it was the right thing to do. We said all along if there was a situation where it would become more difficult for him then it would be time.”
A series of ailments, including laminitis in the left rear hoof and a recent abscess in the right rear hoof, proved too much for the gallant colt.
Barbaro battled in his ICU stall for eight months. The 4-year-old colt underwent several procedures and was fitted with fiberglass casts. He spent time in a sling to ease pressure on his legs, had pins inserted and was fitted at the end with an external brace. These were all extraordinary measures for a horse with such injuries.
Read the rest of the story here.
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Bond Insurer MBIA announces settlement
January 29th, 2007
MBIA, Inc. (NYSE: MBI,) is a financial services company that was founded in 1973, and is considered to be the world’s largest bond insurer. The New York based company provides insurance for municipal bonds and mortgage-based securities.
MBIA has announced a $75 million settlement with the SEC, the New York Attorney General and the New York Insurance Department.
MBIA Inc. (ticker: MBI, exchange:
ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2007--MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) and MBIA Insurance Corporation announced today that they have concluded civil settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the New York State Attorney General's Office (NYAG), and the New York State Insurance Department (NYSID) with respect to transactions entered into by MBIA in 1998 following defaults on insured bonds issued by the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation (AHERF).
Gary C. Dunton, MBIA chief executive officer, said, "We are pleased that the AHERF-related investigations are finally behind us. MBIA cooperated fully with the regulators to resolve these matters, and we are grateful for the strong support of our employees, clients, shareholders and investors in MBIA-insured bonds during the long period while the investigations were being resolved. We are committed to earning their loyalty every day through our tradition of high integrity and excellent customer service as befits an industry leader."
The terms of the settlements, under which MBIA neither admits nor denies wrongdoing, include:
· A restatement, which was completed and reported in MBIA's third quarter 2005 earnings release, of MBIA's GAAP and statutory financial results for 1998 and subsequent years related to the agreements with AXA Re Finance S.A. (AXA Re) and Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellshaft (Munich Re);
· Payment of penalties and disgorgement totaling $75 million, of which $60 million will be distributed to MBIA shareholders pursuant to the Fair Fund provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and $15 million will be paid to the State of
· MBIA's consent to a cease and desist order with respect to future violations of securities laws;
· A report by MBIA's independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to MBIA's board of directors, the SEC staff, the NYAG and the NYSID concerning MBIA's accounting for and disclosure of advisory fees and the assets of certain conduits; and
· Retention of an Independent Consultant (IC) to review and report to the SEC, the NYAG and the NYSID on the evaluation previously undertaken at the direction of the Audit Committee of MBIA's board of directors by Promontory Financial Group LLC of MBIA's controls, policies and procedures with respect to compliance, internal audit, governance, risk management and records management, the Company's implementation of Promontory's recommendations; MBIA's accounting for and disclosure of its investment in Capital Asset Holdings GP, Inc. (Capital Asset); and MBIA's accounting for and disclosure of its exposure to the US Airways 1998-1 Repackaging Trust and any other transaction in which MBIA paid or acquired all or substantially all of an issue of insured securities other than as a result of claim under the related policy.
The settlements have brought the AHERF-related investigations against the Company to a close.
PwC completed and submitted to the SEC, the NYAG and the NYSID its report with respect to advisory fees and conduits. The report was reviewed by the regulatory agencies and has now been submitted in its final form. The Company does not anticipate further regulatory action with respect to the matters covered by the report.
The Independent Consultant began work in the summer of 2006 and is currently reviewing the matters described above. MBIA does not anticipate any further enforcement action against the Company with respect to any of the matters being reviewed by the Independent Consultant or with respect to any of the other matters that were under investigation. The Independent Consultant's work is ongoing, however, and the outcome and completion of the IC's work cannot be predicted. The Company is committed to a process for the review and implementation of the Independent Consultant's conclusions and recommendations.
MBIA made its original investment in Capital Asset in 1996 and increased that investment in December 1998, when it acquired the founder's interest in Capital Asset and became majority owner. It issued financial guarantee policies on three securitizations of Capital Asset tax liens in 1997, 1998 and 1999. All of the financial guarantee policies have been extinguished.
In 1998, MBIA insured Series A Notes issued by the
MBIA Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading financial guarantor and provider of specialized financial services. MBIA's innovative and cost-effective products and services meet the credit enhancement, financial and investment needs of its public and private sector clients, domestically and internationally. MBIA Inc.'s principal operating subsidiary, MBIA Insurance Corporation, has a financial strength rating of Triple-A from Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Fitch Ratings, and Rating and Investment Information, Inc. MBIA has offices in London, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney and Tokyo. Please visit MBIA's Web site at http://www.mbia.com.
CONTACT: MBIA Inc. Michael C. Ballinger, 914-765-3893 SOURCE: MBIA Inc.
Level 5 Armor on Hummers headed for
January 29th, 2007
As far back as May 3rd, 2005, (see pasted below) there were reports that the Hummers were headed to
Now “word is” that Level 5 armor on Hummers are being installed and headed for
The Strategy Page has some background from almost two years ago.:
Armored Hummers Become Permanent
by James Dunnigan May 3, 2005
The
While armored hummers have been very useful in the low level combat encountered in
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Deborah Orin-Eilbeck Dies of cancer
January 28th, 2007
Photograph from the New York Post article.
Many of us were surprised to read this evening that the New York Post's
Many of us (read: I was certainly not aware) that she was sick.
Just recently as last November 20th, 2006, she was still annoying the left with her straightforward and no-frills approach to writing. The “Democratic Underground” gave her a mention in number 5 of their “The Top 10 Conservative Idiots” post.
Whatever.
“Editor and Publisher” has a post about her here.
The New York Post’s Cynthia R. Fagen writes about her here.
President and Mrs. Bush (are) Saddened by Death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck:
Laura and I were saddened to learn of the death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck. Deb had a distinguished, decades-long career as a journalist, covering every Presidential campaign since 1980 and joining the
Laura and I send our condolences to Deb's husband Neville Eilbeck, and to her family, friends, and colleagues. She will be missed by all of us at the White House who cared deeply for her.
Her death is quite a loss to the journalism community. She was part of what was right about a mainstream media that continues to be lost in their role as P. R. machine for the left.
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H/t for vintage picture of Hanoi Jane – Michelle Malkin.
She’s back. Now isn’t this special.
The Gateway Pundit has much of the story. Click here.
And in another story, the Gateway Pundit reports:
HotAir reports tonight that Sparling got spat at during the protest.
You may remember PFC. Joshua Sparling...
Michelle Malkin reported this from FOX and Friends back in December 2005:
Lots of readers watched Fox & Friends this morning and e-mailed about the disgusting greeting card a wounded soldier received while hospitalized at
The card front, decorated with patriotic and holiday stamps, was deceptively innocuous. But, when you take a look inside it says "P.S. DIE".
According to Kilmeade, who visited Walter Reed on Friday, a
The Hill reports:
Anti-war protesters spray paint Capitol building
Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of the west front steps of the
According to the sources, police officers were livid when they were told to fall back by
For more on Hanoi Jane – click here.
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