Rarely do politicians pull back the curtain and let the public see how political appointments are made, but Harford County Councilman Richard Slutzky has done just that by introducing the resolution to open up the selection process for school board members. Designed as a temporary fix until elections are approved by the General Assembly, the […]
Archives for May 2008
Del. McDonough: Free-Wheeling Spending Of Taxpayers’ Hard-Earned Money Must End
Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown have spent more than $172,000 in taxpayer’s funds for trips across the country and around the world. The two executives have spent 84 days out of state since taking office. O’Malley has used his travel time on political events, such as campaigning for Hillary Clinton in New […]
Delaware sees Maryland’s slots, and raises them Sports Betting
From the Washington Times… Delaware is on the verge of instituting sports betting. Last week, the state House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow betting on professional and college sports at state casinos. It now moves onto the Senate, where it likely will pass. According to the creators of some online betting sites […]
Bush Plans Military Attack On Iran
Tuesday an official in Jerusalem stated that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have plans to attack Iran sometime in the next few months. It is claimed this information came from a senior official in Bush’s entourage in a closed meeting while Bush was is Israel last week. Bush and Cheney reportedly […]
Into the Home of the Evil Empire: Don’t You Hate That You Have To Love Yankee Stadium?
Yankee Stadium is among the oldest of ballparks, pre-dated only by Chicago’s Wrigley Field (1914) and Boston’s Fenway Park (1912), and it’s going down after this season. My husband Neil and I decided to take an impromptu day trip there. Every baseball fan should. And like Ol’ Blue Eyes advises: we did it our way. […]
The Return of DaggerRadio on WAMD 970 AM Tuesday Morning
For anyone within earshot, tune your radio dials to WAMD 970 AM Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. to catch Part II of The Dagger’s interview on ‘Aberdeen Happenings’ with host Mark Schlottman. We somehow managed to squeeze about 8 or 9 of us, plus a cat, into the tiny Aberdeen radio station, but couldn’t squeeze […]
Concerned Parents Expose Issues at the New Patterson Mill Middle High School
The new Patterson Mill Middle High School should be the pride of Harford County. Thanks to the decision to forward fund several schools, Patterson Mill was the first in a string of long overdue construction projects intended to launch our students into the 21st century. Patterson Mill boasts many state-of-the-art features on the inside, but […]
Why Does Charm City Get The 15-Foot Statue Of Edgewood’s Own Rock Star Frank Zappa?
It was in Edgewood that Frank Zappa first inserted radioactive pellets into his nostrils. Now he’s being honored, sort of, with a 15-foot statue that was donated by his Lithuanian fans to the City of Baltimore. But why Baltimore? True, Zappa – the guitar-playing, anti-drug musician – was born in Charm City, but, as I’ve […]
