Dayhoff Carroll: www.kevindayhoff.org Westminster Md Online - The Winchester Report, by Kevin Earl Dayhoff: Runner, writer, artist, fire and police chaplain Mindless ramblings of a runner, journalist, and artist Westminster, Hampstead, Manchester, Taneytown, Union Bridge, Mount Airy and Sykesville in Carroll Co, Maryland... and Frederick Co. Westminster Fire Dept., Firefighters, police officers, Carroll Co Sheriff's Office, Md St Police. Chaplain duties, Religion, Grace Lutheran Ch.
Friday, May 4, 2018
Voter registration drive held at Carroll Community College
Friday, April 21, 2017
The Carroll County Democratic Central Committee Victory Dinner on Thursday, May 4th, 2017
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Carroll County Democratic Central Committee Annual Fall Breakfast and kick off the 2016 campaign
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
Friday, October 31, 2008
Election Day Food Drive to support Carroll County Food Sunday
Election Day Food Drive to support Carroll County Food Sunday
PRESS RELEASE October 8, 2008 – Posted October 31, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Martin Radinsky
443-520-7750
Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
Election Day Food Drive to support Carroll County Food Sunday
Westminster, MD - October 8, 2008 - The Carroll County Democratic Central Committee will be conducting and "Election Day Food Drive" during the upcoming Presidential Election in support of Carroll County Food Sunday.
Our goal is, with volunteer support, to have manned collection boxes at the polling places, respecting all electioneering laws. The community service event will be conducted in a non partisan fashion and volunteers will be asked not to engage in political activity while collecting for Carroll County Food Sunday. We welcome the support from all organizations, political clubs, and political parties in helping to feed our neighbors in need in Carroll County.
Should you wish to volunteer to assist in this community service project please email Martin Radinsky at maradinsky@comcast.net or call 443-520-7750. Carroll County Food Sunday will offer "Community Service Hours" for any student wishing to volunteer their time.
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Carroll County Food Sunday distributes from the following county sites - WESTMINSTER: from 10 to 11:15 am and 1 to 2:15 pm, Tuesday through Thursday, and 9 am to 11:30 am, Saturday at 10 Distillery Drive (ground floor). TANEYTOWN: from 9:30 to 11:15 am, Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 44 Frederick Street. SYKESVILLE: from 10 am to noon, Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Freedom Avenue and Liberty Roads. This organization is run by volunteers, and is always in need of additional volunteer help. Donations of money and/or food are gladly accepted.
20081008 Election Day Food Drive to support Carroll County Food Sunday
Sunday, September 7, 2008
It's Worse Than We Realized
Hat Tip: JAMS
September 6, 2008
Animals that were formerly self-sufficient are now showing signs of belonging to the Democratic Party as they have apparently learned to simply sit and wait for the government to provide for their care and sustenance. ____
Often when folks ask... I tell them I’m a Republican because I don’t want to grow old waiting for the government to help me.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Carroll County Times Editorial: City was wasteful in spending
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
City was wasteful in spending
No matter how the mayor or Westminster or council members want to spin it, sending 15 people to a conference and then racking up a $1,500 bill for an expensive meal of lobster and alcohol is not prudent given the city's dire financial situation.
In fact, it was just a month ago that Mayor Thomas Ferguson, in announcing the elimination of several positions and firing of several employees, said, "[The layoffs] are clearly driven by the economic environment we're in. Revenue is not growing."
He also said, "The city is looking at all aspects of the government to find productivity gains and cost savings."
Well, perhaps not all aspects.
In all it cost the city $19,000 to send 15 people to the Maryland Municipal League conference. The conference itself can be a good, learning experience. But the city could have done as most companies watching dollars do and saved money by sending half as many people and having them report back to everyone else about what they learned.
And then there's the matter of the extravagant dinner at the expensive Fager's Island restaurant and Bar, which some on the council have tried to pass off as worthwhile for its "team building" value, at a cost of almost $1,500.
Most families, when faced with mounting bills and difficulty paying, don't go out for extravagant dinners or engage in other wasteful spending. Perhaps a cookout with hamburgers and hotdogs would have been better for the "team building" atmosphere than throwing money around like there's no tomorrow, even as these same officials lamented the lack of money that is forcing them to fire people.
The mayor says he will pay the bill out of his own pocket. He says he has done that in the past. But the council members and others who spent the evening drinking alcohol and eating lobster amount to a slap in the face to the employees who were terminated, supposedly, because of budget woes. It's also a slap in the face to taxpayers, who all through the budget season listened to them moan and groan about how tight money was - to the point that the council never did hold a public hearing on the final budget.
Westminster voters today should be asking themselves about the decision-making abilities of the people who they have elected to office.
In front of the public, they whine about having no money in the budget. Then they scoot off in droves to a conference where money - that same tax money - flows quite freely. And upon being questioned, they defend their extravagance as somehow necessary and helpful to the city.
This conference is just one example, but if it is indicative of the way Westminster handles its finances, it is no wonder money is tight and people need to be laid off to pay for the alcohol and lobster.
20071130 City municipal offices relocate by Ryan Marshall
20080611 No agenda is sign of poor government
20080720 Carroll County Times Westminster shutting out the public
20080908 Thoughts on Westminster posting an agenda in a timely manner
20080827 Carroll County Times editorial: City was wasteful in spending
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/opinion/editorial/editorial533.txt
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
20070818 Police Presence at Eldersburg Demonstration Raises Concern
August 18th, 2007
Found on:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/26039
http://www.carrollcountyprogressives.com/
http://wibspeakout.blogspot.com/2007/08/wib-westminster-in-solidarity-with.html
Police presence at Eldersburg demonstration raises concern...
At approximately 11:45am today during our demonstration four (4)
At that point, I head my sign high above my head to express my freedom of speech about the impeachment of Bush, Cheney and Gonzales. Trooper Tindell continued his discussion with us stating, "We can pull any of these drivers over for unnecessarily honking their horns."
It was now two minutes of noon and we decided to disband anyway. Upon further thought and discussion, I took this a step further and contacted MD State Trooper Corporal Williams at the
Upon arrival at the
I then drove to the Carroll County Sheriff's Department in Westminster and was greeted by a young US Navy Veteran waiting to go on a ride-along with one of the deputies. We discussed how most of the soldiers hate the war and believe it is all about oil and that most of them cannot wait to get out of
I must say, I was quite surprised that the following officers and county official did not inform me of this article when I contacted them to ensure that I was not in violation of any laws, prior to the demonstration:
Sergeant Brawning of the
Sergeant VanLeuvan of the
Captain Jay Gribbin III of the Hampstead Police Department
Chief John Williams of the Sykesville Police Department
Chief William Spaulding of the Westminster Police Department
From this moment forward, the
We will be steadfast in maintaining our right to Freedom of Speech in this county and will still attend the September 15th March in
This county has not heard the last of us...
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/26039
http://www.carrollcountyprogressives.com/
http://wibspeakout.blogspot.com/2007/08/wib-westminster-in-solidarity-with.html
Women in Black
Sunday, May 1, 2005
20041102 West Green St Wster Liberals by Justin Palk for the Carroll County Times
Webmaster’s note: In all three of my elections in Westminster in the past – May 1999, May 2001 and May 2005 - almost every one of my campaign signs, folks placed in their yards in the West Green Street area, were promptly removed…
Whatever… Oh there is no doubt that there are many really nice folks in the neighborhood. However, the perception of the Westminster community is that perhaps there are idiosyncratic examples of tolerance, but this area of town has a reputation for being elitist and condescending – and intolerance for anything or anyone who dares not believe as they do… May 2005/ked
Differences in politics don't prohibit folks from being friendly
By Justin Palk, Times Staff Writer, Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Lawns on West Green Street in Westminster are dotted with more Kerry-Edwards signs than might be expected, given that registered Democrats make up only one-third of registered voters in the county.
But the area is in a pretty progressive precinct, said resident Lloyd Helt.
However, with half the county's electorate composed of registered Republicans, it shouldn't be too surprising that some of those Kerry backers find their neighbors posting their own signs, urging passers-by to vote for the Bush-Cheney ticket.
Take the case of Helt and his wife, Ruth Gray, and their next-door neighbors, Jim and Mary Judge.
Helt and Gray have lived on Green Street for 10 years, and the Judges have lived there for five.
The Judges have a Bush-Cheney sign in their yard, while Helt and Gray have two signs in theirs - one supporting the Kerry-Edwards ticket, the other calling for the defeat of President George W. Bush.
Despite their differing political views, all four of them agree that they're pretty friendly neighbors. For the most part, the couples said, they don't even talk about politics.
"It's wonderful," Gray said. "It's America, it's democracy. Only through our signs do we communicate our politics."
They haven't even discussed it enough to agree to disagree about it, said Jim Judge.
"We don't have anything in common there," he said. "We just remain friendly neighbors."
Both couples said they usually have signs out.
This year, the signs are less of a mismatch than they could be, Helt said. In a year with local and state elections, the couple's lawn has signs for all the Democratic candidates. This year, with only federal races, things are a little less pronounced.
Reach staff writer Justin Palk at 410-751-5909 or jpalk@lcniofmd.com.
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