Twenty-three years ago, Aberdeen mayoral-candidate Mike Bennett made the biggest mistake of his life. This week, as he prepared for a candidate’s forum showdown, Bennett, a Vietnam veteran and ordained deacon, was exorcising old ghosts and cutting off at the pass an anticipated ambush set by his detractors. In 1984, I was six years old, […]
Archives for October 2007
Off to the Races (updated again)
The City of Aberdeen will hold its municipal election for mayor and four city council members on Tuesday, November 6 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center at 7 Franklin Street. The Harford County Municipal Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 128 will be sponsoring “Meet the Candidates Night” on Wednesday, October […]
Former Aberdeen police corporal-turned-council candidate challenges mayor’s “law enforcement strategy”
By Rick Denu (candidate for Aberdeen City Council) http://www.rickdenu.net/ The “Aberdeen Model” isn’t a Model at all! The Aberdeen Mayor claims to have a “model law enforcement strategy”, which was only placed on paper weeks ago, that eliminates crime and now he wants to impose that ridiculous notion outside City limits; has crime been eliminated […]
Press 1 for Intolerance
One of the greatest moments of my career as a local newspaper reporter came a few days after Maryland District 7 Delegates Pat McDonough and Rick Impallaria got into a scuffle with a pro-immigration activist in an Annapolis hallway. I was sitting at a Board of Education meeting and in a break between presentations, listening […]
