U.S. Sen. Kit Bond flashes yellow light on green jobs

U.S. Sen. Kit Bond flashes yellow light on green jobs

GOP's Kit Bond flashes yellow light on green jobs By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist May 1 2009 – midwestvoices

U.S. Sen. Kit Bond has just put out a report that will irritate tree-huggers everywhere.

Still, it's well worth reading by environmentalists -- as well as Bond's fellow conservatives who think the country is wasting tons of money with some of its "green" investments.

The Missouri Republican, as part of his work as a member of the Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee, released a report titled, "Yellow Light on Green Jobs."

Find the report here.

An excerpt:

"State and local governments are spending tens of millions of dollars to attract in some cases only a few hundred new green jobs. Green jobs subsidies are costing over $100,000 per job in many cases. Created green jobs often offer sub-par wages insufficient to support a family."

20090501 U.S. Sen. Kit Bond flashes yellow light on green jobs

_____

Yael T. Abouhalkah
The shine is off Warren Buffett
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Part of billionaire Warren Buffett's appeal has always been his Midwestern roots -- the "Oracle of Omaha" being an example.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 2, 2009 - 4:57pm.
Economy
Yael T. Abouhalkah

1 comment
Read more
447 reads
GOP's Kit Bond flashes yellow light on green jobs
Kit BondBy Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond has just put out a report that will irritate tree-huggers everywhere.
Still, it's well worth reading by environmentalists -- as well as Bond's fellow conservatives who think the country is wasting tons of money with some of its "green" investments.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 1:35pm.
Environment
Yael T. Abouhalkah

2 comments
Read more
229 reads
KC's part-time mayor strikes out again
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Kansas Citians now have Mayor Mark Funkhouser's explanation for why he missed a crucial police board budget meeting Tuesday: He had an already-scheduled speaking engagement for that day.
How lame.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 1:01pm.
Kansas City
Yael T. Abouhalkah

14 comments
Read more
518 reads
The legacy of Skip Sleyster
Skip SleysterBy Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Skip Sleyster found value in old stuff, worked for good causes and was a true character in Kansas City.
I butted heads a few times with Sleyster, who died Thursday. But overall, he wanted others to get involved in trying to improve this city. That's a positive legacy.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 11:02am.
Kansas City
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
175 reads
Finally, progress on the Riverfront Heritage Trail
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Port Authority officials this week opened bids on an essential $3 million trails-building project in Kansas City.
Construction could start by June on the ASB Bridge Underpass on the Riverfront Heritage Trail, with completion by the end of 2009.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 10:29am.
Kansas City
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
121 reads
Biden's loose lips sink airlines
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Poor Joe Biden. He makes one tiny mistake -- bizarrely warning Americans not to fly during the H1N1 swine flu crisis -- and the entire aviation industry gets mad at him.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 9:59am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

3 comments
Read more
767 reads
A-Rod: Time to fess up, play on
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
It's apparently time for Alex Rodriguez -- once again -- to apologize to America's baseball fans.
Just months ago he admitted he was a cheater, someone who took drugs many years ago to help him play better.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 8:20am.
Sports
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
119 reads
David Souter's liberal legacy
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
If David Souter retires from the Supreme Court, his legacy is easy to sum up.
He was a conservative sponsored by leading Republicans 20 years, but a justice who eventually tilted to the left on some major decisions.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on May 1, 2009 - 8:02am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

4 comments
Read more
308 reads
WHO changes swine flu's name (but it still kills people)
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Chalk up a victory for pork producers in Kansas and around the globe:
The World Health Organization on Thursday bowed to political pressure and won't call the deadly virus sweeping around the world "swine flu" anymore. Instead, it will be called "influenza A (H1N1)."
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 2:13pm.
Health Care
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
818 reads
The Hall Family Foundation's trying times
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
In a new report, one of Kansas City's largest and most influential foundations says its assets have fallen dramatically, it has restricted giving and it is changing who gets the group's money.
Here's one stunning figure from the report put out by the Hall Family Foundation:
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 2:00pm.
Kansas City
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
195 reads
Competition keeps weekly recycling in KC
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
It's amazing what a little competition will do. Just ask the many supporters of Kansas City's weekly recycling program.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 1:07pm.
Kansas City
Yael T. Abouhalkah

1 comment
Read more
184 reads
Biden spreads swine flu panic
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Vice President Joe Biden's motormouth was causing trouble again on Thursday.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 10:12am.
Health Care
Yael T. Abouhalkah

4 comments
Read more
2430 reads
Credit card bill of rights a no-brainer in Congress
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Members of Congress have seen the polls and heard from their constituents: They hate credit card companies.
They hate the sudden increases in fees, the hidden charges, the murky language in credit-card agreements.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 9:04am.
Economy
Yael T. Abouhalkah

4 comments
Read more
2473 reads
Chrysler bankruptcy is the right move
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
As Chrysler prepares for bankruptcy on Thursday, two issues stand out. One is positive, the other less so.
In bankruptcy, the automaker should be able to follow through on restructured labor deals with its employees, cut costs and try to remain a viable automaker by producing more fuel-efficient cars.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 8:55am.
Economy
Yael T. Abouhalkah

5 comments
Read more
584 reads
Plunge in Exxon's profits good news for motorists
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The plunge in U.S. gasoline prices led to lower revenues and profits for Exxon Mobil in early 2009. That's great news for American motorists, bad news for Exxon stockholders.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 30, 2009 - 8:42am.
Energy
Yael T. Abouhalkah

4 comments
Read more
172 reads
'Air Farce One' incident won't die
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Make a huge, embarrassing mistake like buzzing the nation's biggest media market with a 747 that serves as Air Force One and what happens? Days of ridicule for President Barack Obama and his administration.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 29, 2009 - 3:25pm.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

13 comments
Read more
5576 reads
KC police brass should lead, not loiter, on efficiency
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Tuesday’s meeting of the Kansas City police board was great political theater.
The three-hour discussion focused on the Police Department’s budget woes and had several major players:
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 29, 2009 - 1:02pm.
Kansas City
Yael T. Abouhalkah

3 comments
Read more
353 reads
Obama's Missouri town hall meeting: He lectures, they applaud
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
On the 100th day of his presidency, Barack Obama showed up Wednesday morning in Missouri and proceeded to lecture.
It wasn't boring.
Instead, flashing his familiar smile and looking comfortable back in the town hall format, Obama talked about economic problems facing the United States.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 29, 2009 - 11:50am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

3 comments
Read more
585 reads
The GOP's death wish
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Don't call it the Grand Old Party anymore.
The GOP is losing elections, losing its ability to woo American voters and now has lost a U.S. senator with the defection of Arlen Specter to the Democratic side of the aisle.
The Republican Party's wounds run deep.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 29, 2009 - 10:03am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

17 comments
Read more
796 reads
Swine flu death immediately confronts Sebelius
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The news of the first U.S. death from swine flu immediately puts more pressure on former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to make the right moves quickly in her new job.
Sebelius was sworn in Tuesday night as the health and human services secretary, after a contentious Senate confirmation fight.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 29, 2009 - 8:01am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

6 comments
Read more
2250 reads
Obama's 100-day miracle
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The real story about President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office is this:
He has gotten the big things right. And that's a miracle, given all of the huge problems that President George Bush left this nation.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 29, 2009 - 7:50am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

7 comments
Read more
282 reads
Yankees' ticket prices, once outrageous, now just absurd
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Wow, talk about a tough economy. Even the mighty New York Yankees are cutting ticket prices just to get a few more fans to show up for games in their new $1.5 billion stadium.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 28, 2009 - 4:33pm.
Sports
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
1940 reads
Obama kills Bush's anti-environmental rules
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Years of anti-environmental rules approved by the Bush administration are being wiped out by President Barack Obama. And that's a good thing.
In recent days, Obama has shown he's going to do more to protect the environment than Bush did in his eight years in office.
For example:
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 28, 2009 - 3:58pm.
Environment
Yael T. Abouhalkah

Login or register to post comments
Read more
848 reads
Specter defected to get re-elected
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Arlen Specter's decision to bolt the GOP is a bold attempt to carve out a more successful and visible future for himself as a senator from Pennsylvania.
Does Specter want to get re-elected as a Democrat in 2010? Of course.
Don't all U.S. senators have self-preservation as one of their top goals?
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 28, 2009 - 2:31pm.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

2 comments
Read more
794 reads
Funkhouser skips police board budget vote
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Mayor Mark Funkhouser skipped Tuesday's police board meeting -- the one where the board discussed and then voted on the controversial 2009-10 budget for the department.
Funkhouser reportedly was in Lincoln, Neb., on personal business, according to a top aide.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 28, 2009 - 1:18pm.
K-12 Education
Yael T. Abouhalkah

3 comments
Read more
396 reads
Swine flu crisis challenges Obama's presidency
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
On his 99th day in office Tuesday, President Barack Obama faces a huge challenge: How will his administration react to the swine flu crisis spreading across the United States?
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 28, 2009 - 8:04am.
Health Care
Yael T. Abouhalkah

2 comments
Read more
524 reads
NYC jet flyover was frightening
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
In an incredibly naive move, the Obama administration purposefully withheld information from the public about the frightening jet flyover Monday in New York City.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 28, 2009 - 7:49am.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

6 comments
Read more
1990 reads
Obama embraces dramatic global warming change
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Finally, the United States appears ready to be a leader rather than a sullen nonparticipant when it comes to global climate policies.
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 27, 2009 - 4:31pm.
Environment
Yael T. Abouhalkah

22 comments
Read more
5359 reads
Swine flu panic helps Sebelius, hurts GOP
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The swine flu panic has prompted a national union to blast away at GOP senators holding up the confirmation of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as health and human services secretary.
The rhetoric may be a bit over the top, but the point is well made:
READ MORE...
Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 27, 2009 - 2:32pm.
National Politics
Yael T. Abouhalkah

4 comments
Read more
1736 reads
Food fight over the KC police budget
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The ongoing battle over the KC Police Department budget has turned snarky at times.
To wit:
READ MORE...

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/

Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County

Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County

Eagle Archive By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 4/26/09 (431 words)

It was back on April 17, 1931, that the General Assembly approved legislation entitled "Chap 279 Unincorporate Sykesville in Howard Co."

The early beginnings of the "Horse Train Stop" as it was first called — the area we now know as Sykesville — trace back to the 1820s.

The Town of Sykesville was not officially incorporated until the state legislature passed Chapter 256 of the Acts of 1904.

The first mayor was Edwin M. Mellor Sr.

Although the 1931 legislation is complicated, the gist is to dissolve the Howard County portion of the town — or to "exclude all that part of (Sykesville) which lies in Howard County from its corporate limits."

I really do not know for a fact why it was decided to take away the part of the Town of Sykesville that existed in Howard County.

The answer might be because much of the Howard County portion of the town washed away in the devastating flood of July 1868 and never really recovered.

According to an introduction written by Duane Doxzen for Linda F. Greenberg's excellent history, "Sykesville Past and Present," written in 2000, the flooding resulted from a "reported 18 inches of rain in half an hour. ... 50 people died, and homes, mills and other businesses were reduced to rubble."

Of course, I can guess that perhaps another reason is that it gets a little too, how should I say, "interesting," to govern a municipality that exists in two counties.

I mean, think about it. If you believe dealing with one county government has its interesting moments, try dealing with two.

In Maryland, there are several municipalities whose boundaries lie in two counties. One of which, of course, is right here in Carroll County (and Frederick County) — Mount Airy.

One municipality, Delmar, exists in two states — Maryland and Delaware. Ay caramba, it gives me a headache just to think of the challenges that must bring.

For this week's question, I'm going to ask what may well be the most difficult question I've ever asked.

Really.

Since 1900, other than the Howard County portion of Sykesville, only one town in Carroll County dissolved its municipal charter and disbanded having a town or city government. Which town is it?

OK, OK. Because it's such a hard question, I'll give you a hint. It dissolved its municipal government in 1939.

Think you know?

Drop me an e-mail at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. Be sure to add Carroll Eagle in the subject line. Thanks.

If you answer correctly, your name might be drawn for the coveted Carroll Eagle coffee mug, suitable for use in any county.

When he's not straddling the line between two counties, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com.

20090426 SCE Cutting Sykesville out of Howard County sceked

http://explorecarroll.com/community/2812/cutting-horse-train-stop-sykesville-howard-county/

Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant
Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle

Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle

Dayhoff: Recalling Jackie Robinson, the great American experiment
Published April 15, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

20090429 SDOSM Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in www.explorecarroll.com Explore Carroll com http://tinyurl.com/dktvbf

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/05/recent-kevin-dayhoff-columns-in-explore.html

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Comprehensive planning in Carroll County

19970320c-0979-Little-bit-o.gif

Comprehensive planning in Carroll County

~ May 2, 2009 Kevin Dayhoff

Recently some colleagues and readers have asked me to write an update of the Carroll County Comprehensive Plan - Pathways to Carroll’s Future Landscape, process.

Candidly, it was not on my radar screen; however, I’ll take a look into it…

Meanwhile, this is where you may find a previous column I had written on the history of the Carroll County Comprehensive Plan process in Carroll County: http://tinyurl.com/clkwbn

Planning a pathway in Carroll County from 1961 into the future

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2006/06/planning-pathway-in-carroll-county-from.html

June 14, 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff (639 words)

As the work continues on an update of the Carroll County Comprehensive Plan - Pathways to Carroll’s Future Landscape, it is a good time to reflect on some of the history of master planning in Carroll County and some of the past community leaders who worked hard to provide us with the firm foundation we have today, which allows us to confidently plan our future.

The methodology of developing our “Pathways” plan and the emphasis on community involvement and consensus building are once again highlighting Carroll County in a groundbreaking and leadership position throughout the state.

Then again, when it comes to master planning, leadership is something that comes quite naturally to our county. We have a history of excellence.

In November 1961, the Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission issued the first Carroll County Master Plan, entitled “Agriculture.” The report was developed under the visionary leadership of George A. Grier, the planning director for Carroll County at the time.

Community leaders serving on the 1961 Planning Commission were Chairman E. Miller Richardson, Russell Royer, Walter Harner, and Clarence Shaw. The Agricultural Advisors were Chairman John Bixler, Frank Bushey, Jonathan Dorsey, George Tracy, and Lloyd Wilhide.

The 1961 Carroll County Master Plan was the inspiration of Mr. Grier who began his tenure with county government in 1959. He was the county's first planning director. He later served as the county administrator. Mr. Grier retired in 1983 after almost 25 years of public service.

Read the entire column here: Planning a pathway in Carroll County from 1961 into the future

20090502 SDOSM Comprehensive planning in Carroll County
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/

Glen Beck "Normal Mark" from Twitpic photos posted by Ana Marie Cox

Glen Beck "Normal Mark" from Twitpic photos posted by Ana Marie Cox on May 1, 2009

http://twitpic.com/4b70g

Too funny. "Normal" is not a word I ususally associate with Glen Beck.

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet By Kevin Dayhoff

Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet By Kevin Dayhoff, Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 4/21/09

Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the rededication ceremony for the Carroll County Community Media Center.

More than 80 people attended, and it was a reunion for many of us who have watched this great community asset come out of a closet in a basement at what was then Western Maryland College to become a first-rate facility with many talented artists.

Marion Ware, executive director commented that “the rededication was to celebrate five years in this shared community resource… and to recognize all the people and organizations that have made the vision … of community and connections possible.”

It was five years ago on Nov. 21, 2004, that the Community Media Center was dedicated, after years of work and much public discussion and debate.

A newspaper clipping from September 2002 announced: “The county commissioners signed an easement agreement Thursday with the Carroll County Board of Education for the media center organization to take over land on Old Washington Road near Westminster Senior High School….”

“‘We are finally able to get this done,’ said Marion Ware (in 2002), director of the Community Media Center and Carroll Community Television Channel 19. The organization will now build a 7,948-square-foot building that will include a main studio control room. The building will be centered next to the county Career and Technology Center and Carroll Community Center.”

Most of the younger folks in the community take for granted cable television and public access television, or PEG (public education and government television.)

Many do not remember the days in Carroll County when we only had reception for three television stations, on a good day – and they went off the air around midnight.

Although cable TV has been around in the Unites States since around 1948, my memory and old files are not serving me well as to when the discussions to bring cable TV to Carroll County began.

I can recall discussions about bringing cable TV – and the accompanying public access television, to Carroll as early as the late 1970s; and reading newspaper articles about it in the very early 1980s.

It took a great deal of public discussion and debate before the county entered into an agreement with Prestige in March 1984 with the enactment of county ordinance 41-A. This granted Prestige cable a 15-year cable system franchise for Carroll County.

In return for not being charged for use of the county rights of way – and in return for having a relative monopoly, Prestige agreed to provide a portion of the revenues to the county and municipal coffers and fund cable access TV for our citizens.

I remember when I first watched public access television in the mid-1980s, I was instantly hooked. It opened-up a wonderful new world for artistic expression, education, transparency in government and learning more about our growing community.

As the service has grown over the years, the possibilities continue to be unlimited.

I have grown to love watching various government meetings and cringe-worthy public hearings from the comfort of my living room couch, with a cup of coffee and a bag of chips.

Since the 1980s, I have had the sheer delight to participate in a number of interviews and locally produced shows about art, government and everything that is great about our local community.

All of this has been made possible by the hard work and visionary outlook of countless individuals.

The Community Media Center as we know it today is located in a relatively state-of-the-art facility on Washington Road; but the facilities were not always so great.

According to the Community Media Center’s history on its web site: “Channel 19 - Carroll's public access channel—started in 1989 first in a small studio in a bank building on Main Street. Then it moved to the basement of the Community College beneath a gym and weight room — not an ideal location for recording or working.”

I have fond memories of working on an art production called the “Sozra Sound Project” in the bank building in 1992. It was collaborative art project with a great co-op of talented artists, and married music, performance art and painting.

After most of the folks left the rededication ceremonies last Friday, several of us stayed behind to reminisce.

I really enjoyed talking with Pat Flaherty - with whom I worked with on the Sozra Sound Project. Then there's Bob Johnson - who has been around “since the beginning,” Michael Armacost - who started in 1992, Dick Slechter - 1993, and Ken Birnie.

They all took turns recalling the beginnings at Western Maryland College before 1989 and other visionaries who were involved such as Dr. Bob Sapora and George Shearer.

We talked about how the local public access initiative was known as “Channel 50” around 1986 and later as “Channel 55” when it later moved to space in the early formulations of Carroll Community College, when it was still a part of Catonsville Community College.

The early pioneers of the service worked with begged and borrowed equipment, sweat equity and hard work that went into getting it off the ground.

At one point, Birnie exclaimed that “we were all happy to get out of the closet” at Western Maryland.

Well Ken, we are all glad and the community has greatly benefited. Last Friday was indeed a celebration – of not only the Community Media Center, but also everything that is great about our community.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.

http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/2773/dayhoff-getting-community-media-center-closet/

20090421 WE Getting the CMC out of the closet weked

Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant
Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle

Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle

Dayhoff: Recalling Jackie Robinson, the great American experiment
Published April 15, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

20090429 SDOSM Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in www.explorecarroll.com Explore Carroll com http://tinyurl.com/dktvbf

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Sun cuts 27 percent of newsroom by Andy Rosen Daily Record

Baltimore Sun cuts 27% of newsroom

ANDY ROSEN

Daily Record Business Writer

April 29, 2009

The Baltimore Sun has laid off 61 newsroom employees this week, in a round of job cuts that has claimed some of the longest tenured journalists at the paper.

The Sun Wednesday confirmed the number of layoffs, but did not provide a breakdown of what positions were affected. Officials with the Baltimore-Washington Newspaper Guild said that 40 newsroom members were losing their jobs — one voluntarily. Those reductions were in addition to at least 18 top and mid-level editors, and three others, who were laid off.

The reductions amount to about 27 percent of the Sun’s newsroom staff, according to the guild, hitting several long-tenured editors, photographers, designers and other staff.

“People are devastated,” said Gus Sentementes, a guild mobilizer in the newsroom and a general assignment reporter, who said these were some of the most severe reductions in memory. “We are changing the way we do our work.” Sentementes will remain on staff, he said.

The magnitude of the reductions left many wondering whether they’d be able to recognize the Sun in coming days and months.

Publisher Timothy E. Ryan and Editor J. Montgomery Cook did not respond to calls seeking comment Wednesday. Spokeswoman Renee Mutchnik confirmed that the paper had informed the guild of layoffs.

[…]

The Sun is owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co., which filed for bankruptcy in December.

[…]

People who were in the newsroom Wednesday described an emotional scene, with staff members being called into offices to get the news that their jobs were gone.

Bill Wachsberger, a designer who was laid off Wednesday, said staff members had widely anticipated the job reductions and the atmosphere was tense when he arrived around 1:45 p.m. At 2 p.m., management began informing employees.

“You could hear a pin drop in the newsroom,” he said.

[…]

Eileen Canzian, a metro desk editor who was laid off Tuesday, said she was glad to have spent 30 years at the Sun, but wonders what it will look like in the future. She said the cuts severely reduced the number of editors on the metro desk.

“When I realized that they felt that they didn’t need my skills anymore, I thought, ‘Well, the paper’s in a new place, and that is a very sad place,’” Canzian said. “I feel even worse for the young people who didn’t get to spend their lives doing this.”

The Baltimore Sun Media Group has also made cuts in the past few weeks to many of the newspapers it owns throughout Central Maryland in its Patuxent Publishing chain. Last week, the Northeast Booster in Perry Hall and the Northeast Reporter in Parkville said they would combine and publish as a monthly paper. Both outlets had been weeklies. The Owings Mills Times and the North County News in Baltimore County will shift to monthly production as well.

The company has also stop publishing the Eldersburg Eagle in Carroll County, which came out on Wednesdays, and will combine some of its elements into the Sunday Carroll Eagle.

[…]

Read the entire story here: Sun cuts 27 percent of newsroom by Andy Rosen Daily Record

20090429 Sun cuts 27 percent of newsroom by Andy Rosen Daily Record

http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=11400&type=UTTM

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Washington Baltimore Newspaper Guild release: More cuts at the Baltimore Sun

Washington Baltimore Newspaper Guild release

Poynter Online Poynter Forums

View Forum Post
Topic: Miscellaneous items
Date/Time: 4/29/2009 4:50:47 PM
Title: More cuts at the Baltimore Sun
Posted By: Jim Romenesko

For more information go to Poynter Online
http://www.poynter.org/

Newspaper Guild release

http://www.poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13920

TRIBUNE CO. ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LAYOFF 27 PERCENT OF THE BALTIMORE SUN’S NEWSROOM STAFF, INCLUDING FOUR COLUMNISTS

Layoff notices comes as Tribune slashes 18 senior editors and newsroom managers on Tuesday and Wednesday without warning.

BALTIMORE, Md., April 29, 2009 – Members of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild said yesterday that Tribune Co. is bent on gutting what was once one of America’s great newspapers after 40 newsroom employees, or 20 percent of the staff, received layoff notices yesterday.

The move comes a day after Tribune fired 18 senior editors and newsroom managers on Tuesday and Wednesday without warning. Many of the editors and managers, who are not members of the newspaper guild, were ushered out of the newsroom by security guards.

“Tribune, through careless management practices, has saddled itself under $13 billion in debt and now Baltimore is paying a price,” said Cet Parks, Executive Director of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. “Tribune is siphoning good jobs from Baltimore and sending work that talented editors, reporters, photographers, copy editors and designers have done here to its home base in Chicago. That is not right.”

Tribune plans to lay off the 40 newsroom employees by May 27. Targeted employees, who include four columnists, photographers, critics and copy editors, received hand delivered letters Wednesday afternoon signed by Monty Cook, senior vice president and editor. Also, in the last two weeks The Sun has laid off seven employees in other departments including advertising and customer service.

Since Tribune acquired The Sun in 1999, the newsroom staff has been cut by more than 60 percent to currently 148 employees from roughly 420.

"While we understand that media companies, especially newspapers, are reeling from declining advertising revenue, shrinking circulation and a year-and-a-half of recession, we believe Baltimore needs a metropolitan paper that covers the important events in the region,” said Angela Kuhl, Guild Unit Chair who works at The Sun. “It is imperative that Baltimore maintains a newspaper that brings people news, exciting and provocative stories and enriches the lives of all who live here.”

-30-

20090429 Washington Baltimore Newspaper Guild release

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant
Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle

Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle

Dayhoff: Recalling Jackie Robinson, the great American experiment
Published April 15, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

20090429 SDOSM Recent Kevin Dayhoff columns in Explore Carroll com

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Carroll Co coverage in baltimoresun.com and explorecarroll.com

Carroll Co coverage in baltimoresun.com and explorecarroll.com

Coverage of neighborhood, sports and entertainment news in Carroll County

Man shows gun while under restraint order
A 38-year-old Carroll County man pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while he had a restraining order against him, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office said.

Recent news

Hit-and-run suspect arraigned in Carroll court

Health officials taking steps to track swine flu

Freedom area water service to be disrupted May 1

Victims' rights activist urges families to push forward

Channel 2 weatherman to visit Eldersburg Elementary

Carroll County Explore Carroll

Smoking waivers
Patrons of the Crossroads Inn in Keymar savor permission to smoke there, dodging a statewide ban.

Moving forward
A victims' rights activist urges families to use the law to its fullest potential.
April 24, 2009
McDaniel head Joan Develin Coley to retire

April 22, 2009
Westminster man charged with attempted murder, arson

April 21, 2009
Barricaded man apparently kills self in Westminster
Explore Carroll Co.: Coley says it has been 'my great fortune' to work at McDaniel

Carroll Co. man gets probation for making bomb in basement

Explore Carroll Co.: Sykesville women win big in lottery

Westminster to be capital for a day

April 19, 2009
Crossroads Inn in Keymar savors smoking waiver

April 16, 2009
2-car crash in Carroll kills Sykesville woman

April 15, 2009
3, one a juvenile, charged in killing

Man, 32, charged in bank robbery

April 10, 2009
Finksburg man admits stealing child-support checks

April 06, 2009
Worker injured in chemical explosion at Carroll plant

2 arrested for Sykesville Middle bomb threat

April 03, 2009
Carroll Co. man indicted in death of girlfriend's child

Westminster student accused of shooting classmate with BB gun

April 02, 2009
Judge steps aside in Hensen trial

April 01, 2009
Westminster woman pleads guilty to sex trafficking of minor

Economy forces horses' relocation from Maryland Stallion Station

Extradition delayed in hit-and-run death

March 29, 2009
A stream of tickets, a death in his wake

20090501 SDOSM CC coverage baltimoresun com explorecarroll com

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Recent Charles Schelle articles in Explore Carroll com

Recent Charles Schelle articles in Explore Carroll com

Hit-and-run suspect arraigned in Carroll court
Published May 1, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Carroll County Circuit Court Judge Francis Arnold denied bond Friday morning for Shawron Gabriel Bibbs, who arraigned for charges in a hit-and-run accident that killed a McDaniel College student.Bibbs was then returned to the Carroll County Detention ... ...

Health officials taking steps to track swine flu
Published May 1, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Carroll County Health Officer Larry Leitch said this week that he sees swine flu as an extension of the seasonal flu.“This is a very, very mild virus so far,” he said Thursday at a Board of County Commissioners discussion in Westminster.Swine flu has the ... ...

Victims' rights activist urges families to push forward
Published April 27, 2009 by Eldersburg Eagle, Carroll Eagle
Roberta Roper this week urged victims and their families to persevere, sharing the words that her late daughter Stephanie wrote in her journal:“One person can make a difference, and every person should try.”Roper spoke Monday, April 27, at the kickoff to ... ...

Water wars
Published April 27, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Gov. Martin O'Malley's Mark Twain quote simply summed up what Westminster and Carroll County is facing: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting over."Well, except for the whiskey part.Several Carroll municipalities, including ... ...

Victims' rights activist to speak in Sykesville
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle
Maryland's victims' rights pioneer Roberta Roper will be the keynote speaker Monday in Sykesville as part of the state's kickoff event for Victims' Rights Week.Roper will be part of the 10th annual open house and awards ceremony at the Public Safety ... ...

20090501 SDOSM Recent Charles Schelle articles in Explore Carroll com
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

A report on newspapers by computer from 1981

A report on newspapers by computer from 1981

“Long before anyone had heard of the Internet, early home computer users could read their morning newspapers online ... sort of. Steve Newman's 1981 story was broadcast on KRON San Francisco.”

1981 primitive Internet report on KRON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ



Hat Tip: "Imagine if you will...." Saturday, January 31, 2009 http://newsofthesun.blogspot.com/ at twitter.com/newsofthesun

Email for private rants and news tips at: newsofthesun(at)gmail(dot)com.

Are you a Sun newsroom Guild member? Join our private Google Group. To signup, email newsofthesun(at)gmail(dot)com.

19810000 newspapers by computer
20090501 SDOSM A report on newspapers by computer from 1981

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Some of the moving gears to replace Justice David Souter

Some of the moving gears to replace Justice David Souter

April 30, 2009

Considering that Justice David Souter was relatively liberal-leaning and he will have his replacement named by the most liberal president in American history, (after consultation with Hugo Chavez?) there will be essentially little ideological change in direction in the court. Thank the Good Lord…

More info…

AP What comes next: Filling a Supreme Court vacancy by JESSE J. HOLLAND May 1, 2009 04:19 AM EST

Compare other versions »

WASHINGTON — Now that Justice David Souter has helped solve the mystery of whether anyone would retire from the Supreme Court this year, what's next? How will the executive and legislative branches of government set about filling a vacancy on the nation's highest court?

Read the rest of the AP story here: What comes next: Filling a Supreme Court vacancy

20090501 AP Some of the moving gears to replace Justice David Souter
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

House Republican Whip Cantor speaks at Frederick Dinner by Meg Tully

I attended this dinner with six of my “The Tentacle” colleagues and this was a super event. Ms. Tully has done a great job of capturing it in print. I will post pictures later…

U S House Republican Whip: 'This country needs us' Originally published in the Frederick News-Post April 30, 2009 By Meg Tully News-Post Staff

U.S. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor urged Frederick Republicans to go forward as party leaders and focus on winning the midterm election in 2010.

"This country needs us as a check and a balance on the complete reign of power that is going on in Washington right now," Cantor said.

The Virginia representative spoke to about 240 people gathered for the annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner at Dutch's Daughter restaurant Wednesday night. The dinner is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Frederick County Republican Central Committee.

Speaking about an hour before President Barack Obama held his own news conference in Washington, Cantor called several policies being enacted as divergent from Republican values, including the budget conference report adopted earlier in the day.

Calling the economy the top issue facing the nation, Cantor said Democrats think expanding the government will solve the country's woes.

"We've got our president deciding who to hire and who to fire as CEO of an auto company," Cantor said. "Now where has this country gone if this is where we are?"

[…]

Frederick County Republican Central Committee chairwoman Kelly Schulz was encouraged by Cantor's message.

[…]

Delegate Paul Stull was given the organization's first Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a member of the central committee and then in the House of Delegates.

Read Ms. Tully’s entire article here: U S House Republican Whip: 'This country needs us'

20090430 SDOSM House Rep Whip Cantor speaks at Fred Dinner

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display_comments.htm?StoryID=89622#postComments

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Music that came up in my April 29, 2009 The Tentacle column, “The Mockingbird’s Song”:

Music that came up in my April 29, 2009 The Tentacle column, “The Mockingbird’s Song”: http://tinyurl.com/de9vh7
http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3134

Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ “The Mockingbird’s Song” -

For VL-WAB

The reclusive and enigmatic childhood friend of Truman Capote, Harper Lee, celebrated a birthday yesterday. She was born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama…

She is best known for her one and only book, which just happened to be a Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” published in (July 11,) 1960, when she was 34 years old.

Ms. Lee and “Mockingbird” come to mind for a number of reasons which I thoroughly do not understand; and that’s just fine with me.

I’ve been told artists dream of castles in the clouds, writers live in them and psychologists are the landlords that charge rent.

At my advanced age, I’m comfortable with the concept that my cloud is my castle, and I own it and I’m too tight to pay rent.

[…]

From those long-gone lazy days, I usually associate “Mockingbird” with short stories like Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” “Rain” by W. Somerset Maugham and “Portnoy’s Complaint” by Philip Roth – and why I’m still traumatized by the word spatula – except when Rachel Ray says it on her cooking show.

I think of the film “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” by Robert Altman. I was initially introduced to him when he directed a number of episodes of “Bonanza.”

“McCabe” introduced me to Leonard Cohen – and later his song “Famous Blue Raincoat.” Remember: “It’s four in the morning, the end of December. I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better…”

(An outtake: “Many of the “summer anthems” also come to mind when I recall those childhood summers. Who can forget “Summer in the City” by the “Lovin’ Spoonful,” “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry, “Summertime Blues” by “The Who,” or one of my favorites, “Red Rubber Ball” by “The Cyrkle.”)

I think of Carole King’s “It’s too late,” and Carly Simon’s “That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be” – “My father sits at night with no lights on. His cigarette glows in the dark…”

It was over 40 years ago in the summer of 1967 that I first heard the song, “Ode to Billy Joe,” by Bobbie Gentry on WCAO on the AM dial of the car radio.

[…]

*****

“Ode to Billy Joe,” by Bobbie Gentry
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2007/11/20071101-today-billy-joe-macallister.html

Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/03/famous-blue-raincoat-by-leonard-cohen.html

Carole King “It’s Too Late” released April 1971
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/04/carole-king-its-too-late-released-april.html

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Directed by Robert Altman
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/04/mccabe-and-mrs-miller-1971.html

Carly Simon’s “That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be”
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/04/carly-simon-live-in-grand-central.html

20090429 Music that came up in my Apr 29 2009 Tentacle column

Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)


Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

David Ettlin’s “The Real Muck” piece, “The Sun Massacre”

David Ettlin’s “The Real Muck” piece, “The Sun Massacre” … is well written about a very sad subject. It may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/cnoy83

If you are journalist or care about the value of newspapers to the social fabric of our community – read it in private as it could move you to tears.

It is just heartbreaking to read so many names of folks with whom we have worked with for years.

Our prayers go out for the talent that has left the building, for their families and ultimately, our greater community.

A colleague wrote on my Facebook wall: “A Sun friend says nobody is left at the row of desks where he sits... they're all gone.”

****

“The Real Muck” - Baltimore Sun Massacre by David Ettlin Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (See my media disclosure here. I work for Tribune.)

Quarter of newsroom staff fired in a bloodbath by bankrupt Tribune Co.

Tears, cheers for departees on a dark day at The Sun

Tribune Company reapers whacked their way through the Baltimore Sun newsroom Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon in a bloodbath of layoffs that decimated the staff – editors, columnists, photographers, copy editors, page designers and support personnel.

Except in the sports department, the reporting staff seemed to remain mostly intact – but with some alterations in duties as the company reorients the newspaper toward an online and local news focus.

As much as I expected (and in my last blog posting foreshadowed) new layoffs at The Sun, my former home of 40 years, the extent of the slaughter was unimaginable: At least 15 editors, and 40 other staffers. The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild issued a statement saying Tribune was cutting 27 percent of the already reduced newspaper staff. Online accounts put the total number of layoffs as high as 61.

[…]

Accounts that these key editors – some, like … having dedicated more than a quarter-century of their lives to the newspaper – were given 15 minutes to get out of the building and watched over by a beefed-up contingent of security guards could not be confirmed.

[…]

Shopping bags and tears

Ellie Baublitz, who put in 22 years and four months as a Sun editorial assistant after a few years as a community news freelancer, wore a spritely yellow outfit to work Wednesday, to “cheer people up” -- but having heard from a newsroom confidant of the Tuesday Night Massacre, she came prepared.

“I stuffed two shopping bags into my briefcase, just in case I needed them.”

About 2 p.m., as the newsroom awaited an expected announcement, Ellie and fellow editorial assistant Fay Lande were summoned by a top editor into a glass-windowed conference room overlooking the newsroom and told of their layoffs.

Ellie came out in tears and, by one reporter’s account, “That really broke the newsroom up, when Ellie broke up.”

In a telephone chat Wednesday night, Ellie acknowledged the account as “pretty accurate,” and recounted how colleagues cheered and applauded staffers leaving the building after getting the same fate.

“It was pretty ugly down there,” Ellie said. “They probably did me a favor. The last couple of years have been really bad.”

For Ellie, that included the death of one of her three children and transfer by the newspaper from one suburban office to another, in shutdown after shutdown, until she was commuting from her home in rural Carroll County into the city each day.

She had an interesting spin on the timing of the layoffs. “Friday [May 1] starts the new vacation year, so they had to get rid of us before then. I know how the jackals work.”

After Ellie and Fay got the word, one reporter said, “it was like the Angel of Death walking around the newsroom.”

[…]

If you want a description of what it's like to be a survivor, you can use this unattributed quote: "It's a little like being the turkey who survives Thanksgiving but knows Christmas is a month away."

{…}

Read the entire article by David Ettlin here: Baltimore Sun Massacre

See my media disclosure here. I work for Tribune. And here for additional disclosures

According to “various tribune employee reports and blogs,” the following employees have lost their jobs…

If you read this list and you see an error – or where an addition or a correction is warranted – e-mail me right away at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com with the word - Sun Massacre – in the subject line.

If you are on this list and you wish to have your name removed for any reason – no questions asked – e-mail me at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com with the word - Sun Massacre – in the subject line.

However, think about, your name is already “out there”… I did a lot of thinking before I posted this and the bottom line is “we” in the journalism community can not help find jobs for “our” colleagues if we do not know you may looking for a job.

If you are like me - - I can no more stop writing than I can stop breathing…

Two quotes come to mind:

“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

“Without writing I have no doubt I would turn into a basketcase.” Roy Meachum August 8, 2008 “Greasepaint Missing.”

Editors:
Paul Moore, Deputy Managing Editor
Ann LoLordo, Opinion Editor
Larry Williams, Deputy Opinion Editor
Patricia Fanning, Education Editor
John McIntyre, Copy Desk Chief
Ray Frager, sports editor
George VanDaniker, sports editor
Eileen Canzian, metro editor
Steve Auerweck, Systems Editor
Jay Apperson, Regional Editor
Chuck Weiss, Photo Assigning Editor
Andrew Ratner, features editor and blogging columnist
Bernie Kohn, the investigative team's editor

Bureau Chiefs
Joe DeCarlo
Dan Clemens
Bill Caulfield

Columnists and critics:
Rashod Ollison, music critic
Rick Maese, sports columnist
Bill Ordine, sports columnist
David Steele, sports columnist

Photographers:
Liz Malby
Glenn Fawcett
Chiaki Kawajiri
Monica Lopossay
Doug Kapustin
Glenn Fawcett

Designers:
Bill Wachsberger
Tracey Dieter
Carrie Lyle
Shirdell MacDonald

Copy desk:
Todd Windsor, designer/copy editor

Editorial Assistants:
Ellie Baublitz, editorial assistant
Makeda Crane, editorial assistant for opinion section
Fay Lande

Library staff:
Phyllis Kisner

This list is by no means complete.

If you wish your name added, e-mail me at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com with the word - Sun Massacre – in the subject line.

Now let’s find jobs for everyone one this list.

20090429 The Real Muck Baltimore Sun Massacre
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

This week in The Tentacle for Wednesday April 29 2009

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Mockingbird’s Song
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The reclusive and enigmatic childhood friend of Truman Capote, Harper Lee, celebrated a birthday yesterday. She was born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama.

Malaysian Wedding – Part 3
Tom McLaughlin
Seremban, Malaysia – I returned to the groom’s home after a refreshing sleep. To my surprise, a ceremony was in progress. I thought I had it down about Malay weddings, but this part was not in my file.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Overwhelming Majority
Roy Meachum
At the end of his first 100 days on the job, a significant poll indicates President Barack Obama receives approval from an overwhelming majority of his fellow Americans. Sixty-three percent voted in his favor, 36 percent did not, in a survey paid for by The Washington Post and ABC-TV.

Advice from The Voice of Experience – Part 3
Nick Diaz
Alas, my third installment on buying a used motorcycle, one of my favorite activities. Buying a used motorcycle, as I’ve mentioned before, is much more fun than selling one.

Monday, April 27, 2009
General Assembly Journal 2009 – Volume 12-Part 2
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
Last week, we started a review of the fallout from the just completed General Assembly session. Let's pick up where we left off.

While you were out…
Steven R. Berryman
If you blinked at the wrong moment over the last few weeks, and rely solely on one part of the media paradigm for your news, you may have missed any of these following items. Not necessarily because of media-bias, but simply because we only have so much time and tolerance for added information in our lives:

Friday, April 24, 2009
"Turtle" Jennifer
Roy Meachum
Aside from her declaration on City Hall steps, ex-mayor Jennifer Dougherty seems to have disappeared. What a difference from her recent campaigns!

If you ain’t the lead dog…
Joe Charlebois
President George W. Bush led. President William Jefferson Clinton led. Presidents George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan led. No matter what your opinion of our last four presidents in regard to their policies, they were leaders.

Thursday, April 23, 2009
George Santayana was correct…
Chris Cavey
Maryland’s political landscape is showing the pre-revolutionary signs of change. Just over a week ago, thousands of voting citizens took to the streets in the cold damp April rain to show their disgust in government’s rampant spending and to exercise their right to assemble in protest.

You’ve Found Your Voice. Use it!
Joan McIntyre
I’m guessing that by the time this article makes it to print there will others already out there about the Tea Party. I also suspect there will be as many different angles to that day as there will be stories.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
‘Smiling Faces…’
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Monday a smiling President Barack Obama stopped by CIA headquarters for the first time since taking office. It was a charm offensive to give the agency a pep talk to help stave off low morale issues.

In the Face of Tragedy…
Michael Kurtianyk
On Sunday morning, I heard the church bells ring as I went to get the morning papers. I wanted to make sure that I picked them up before my 7-year-old daughters got to them. I knew what the headlines were going to be, and I didn’t want daughters to read the headlines before my wife and I had a chance to talk and prepare for that conversation.

A Malay Wedding – Part Two
Tom McLaughlin
Seremban, Malaysia – It’s the day before the celebration. Nazir’s son picked me up at the airport and I feigned I knew him, faking it most of the way. The marble finally dropped into the correct location in the brain and I realized who he was and could participate in the conversation instead of stupidly nodding my head.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Selling Newspapers?
Roy Meachum
"State of Play" opened this weekend; the film will be discussed with Bob Miller on his WFMD "Morning Express" Friday. Its’ message about modern newspapering burns in my mind and cannot wait another three days.

A Call to Arms…
Farrell Keough
I had the privilege of attending the Frederick County Tea Party. While neither man will accept the credit, great thanks goes out to Blaine Young and Bob Miller of WFMD radio, 930 A.M. That attendance on such an awful day to be outside was remarkable!

Monday, April 20, 2009
General Assembly Journal 2009 – Volume 12
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
The General Assembly Department of Legislative Services produces a document each year summarizing the legislative session. This year, I thought I’d produce my own right here on The Tentacle.

Because Hope is not a Method
Steven R. Berryman
My name is Steve, and I’m a “right-wing extremist.” That’s how I would start an “AA” meeting if those letters stood for “activists anonymous!”

20090429 This week in The Tentacle

Journalists Berryman Steve, Journalists Keough Farrell, People Cavey-Chris, Journalists Charlebois Joe, Journalists McLaughlin Tom, Journalists Meachum Roy, Journalists Diaz Nick, People Weldon-Richard, Journalists McIntyre Joan, Journalists Kurtianyk Michael,

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net

Red, White And Blue Dinner Special Guest Speaker - Newt Gingrich

Red, White And Blue Dinner Special Guest Speaker - Newt Gingrich

Host: MARYLAND REPUBLICAN PARTY

Date: Friday, June 5, 2009
Time: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: BWI Marriott Hotel
Street: 1743 W. Nursery Road

Phone: 4102690113
Email: arose AT mdgop.org

The Maryland Republican Party cordially invites you to The 19th Annual Red, White and Blue Dinner and Tribute to Maryland Republican U. S. Congressmen and women Past and Present

Honorary Chairman
The Honorable Roscoe Bartlett
U.S. Congressman, Maryland District 6
Special Guest Speaker
The Honorable Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the U.S. House

Friday, June 5, 2009
6:30 p.m. VIP Reception
7:30 p.m. Dinner and Program

BWI Airport Marriott
1743 W. Nursery Road, Baltimore, MD 21090

Donation: $250 VIP Reception Dress: Business Attire
$125 per person

For tickets, contact John Wafer at jdwafer AT verizon.net

20090430 SDOSM Red White Blue Dinner Je 5 Spec Speaker Gingrich
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net