I am a photojournalist for a smallish daily newspaper in the Baltimore/DC area. NO, NOT that one. To apply for credentials to cover the Annapolis Peace Conference, hereby known as the APC, because I’m so tired of typing the word ‘conference,’ required filling out an application with the standard personal info and numbers over a […]
Archives for November 2007
Long Term Gains: Helton Gets an Aberdeen Tax Break
Convening for its first full meeting since being sworn into office, newly elected Mayor Mike Bennett and the Aberdeen City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve a 10-year tax break for a property owned by Art Helton – the Democratic former state senator who masterminded Bennett’s triumphant ascent. While Enterprise Zone tax credits, 10-year […]
An Army of One
Newly elected Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett has announced the membership of his 30-person transition team, which includes his own brother, Art Helton and wife, four failed city council candidates, a former city mayor, a former Havre de Grace police chief and a handful of annexation opponents. The group, which convened Tuesday night in City Hall […]
Men of Many Hats
We heard along with the rest of the world Wednesday morning that Harford County Executive David Craig had joined Team Rudy, signing on as Maryland co-chair of the Giuliani presidential campaign (http://www.joinrudy2008.com/article/pr/1007). Craig joins his old buddy, ex-governor Bob Ehrlich and Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold as supporters of the 9-11 hero. What I’m […]
Dagger Radio – The Dagger’s entire WAMD interview from 11/20/2007
DaggerTV – The Dagger on WAMD
Breaking Bread and Shedding Blood: The Truth About Thanksgiving
Americans believe that Thanksgiving is about, well, giving thanks for things like food, shelter, liberty, and football, but few people are aware that there may be a dark side to the holiday. When we think about Thanksgiving, images of children dressed in tall hats and buckles and paper-made feathered headbands come to mind. Most of […]
Welcome Back to the Future
Greetings, you’ve just stepped into DaggerPress v1.0 beta (The Dagger 2.0). Now if you’d kindly scrape it off the bottom of your shoe, we’d like you to come in and introduce yourself to the new face of journalism – original, unbiased, immediate, interactive and, best of all, free. Though it may disappoint some to hear, […]
