From Tom Myers:
People who took the buses to the Harford County Farm Fair noticed campaign signs for Senator Barry Glassman, who is running for County Executive, and Jeff Gahler, who is running for Sheriff, displayed on those buses. Farm Fair rules prohibit the display of political signs other than in political booths. Glassman and Gahler, being past campaigners at the Farm Fair, know these rules but chose to have their signs displayed on the buses anyway.
Neither Mr. Glassman nor Mr. Gahler hold the offices they are currently seeking. In fact, Mr. Glassman still has to campaign when he faces Joseph Werner this November, and Mr. Gahler is making his second challenge to incumbent Sheriff Jesse Bane.
It is amazing that those who are asking voters to entrust them with the duties and responsibilities of public office are willing to break the rules. They have no consideration for the fact that bus riders might not know they are in fact running for these offices. Are they implying that they have already won? It is disappointing that Glassman, a veteran of past Farm Fairs and a 24-year public servant, and Gahler, a law enforcement officer and a sheriff hopeful, would choose to violate Farm Fair’s guidelines regarding campaigning during the event. It says something about whether Mr. Glassman should be elected to lead the County or Mr. Gahler should be elected to lead the Sheriff’s office when they aren’t even willing to follow the Farm Fair’s rules.
Tom Myers
Events Coordinator, Harford County Democratic Central Committee
The rules are for on the fair grounds. The Democrats just got caught with their pants down.
I believe the buses are privately owned therefore by that alone, the owner/contract holder has the right to have whatever they want in their buses.
Bane’s camp complained about this at the farm fair and was already proven wrong.
From what I understand, the Central Committee made two complaints, once on Thursday and another on Saturday, and officials made the drivers remove the signs. I spotted someone walking away with a pile of Gahler signs from the buses Thursday night, so the fair officials seem to believe in that policy!
From what I understand, the Farm Fair asked but could not produce the policy. The contractor agreed to maintain good relations with all. Short story is Dems know they are damaged goods and Bane is running scared.
Maybe the DaggerPress will ask for the policy and post it.
Mr. Myers,
Should you wish to call people out, you should be kind enough to provide some proof of what you are saying. If you want to know how to do that, take a look at Mr. Gahler’s letters which have busted Bane as a liar. What you are missing here is a copy of the policy that you are claiming was violated and then something that indicates Mr. Glassman and Mr. Gahler put the signs on the buses. Congratulations, you have represented your party as expected, a whole lot of nothing.
How about it Mr. Myers. Is there really such a policy and would you please be kind enough to share it. Since you are citing it, I am sure you have it at the ready…or not.
Tom is upset over some campaign signs, yet his President ignores/ changes laws as he see fit without protest.
It is not Myers who is really upset. It is Bane knowing his time is o v e r .
One guy has a supporter putting out signs for him and the other is out making up lies. Measuring ethics, I will take Glassman/Gahler over Bane. I won’t throw Werner’s name next to Bane because as far as I know he has done nothing that deserves be demeaned in such a way.
http://www.daggerpress.com/2014/07/28/gahler-i-have-never-been-directly-or-indirectly-involved-in-the-termination-of-70-troopers/
Myers fancies himself as a comedian. Maybe this is meant to be funny?
Wow, the Baners are scrambling now. Maybe Bane promised Mr Myers a cushy position like he gives all his cronies in return for posting this nonsense. Try harder.
Sheriff Comes had to remove his red shirt while working the gate. The shirt had no writing on it but it was his campaign colors. The Green team at the time complained about it. Sheriff Comes made no fuss and did what he was asked to do. Sheriff Comes was a classy guy and good Sheriff.
This photo is from Tom Myers Facebook page, with the comment “The Democrats keep expanding while the cheese (Andy Harris) stands alone.”
So Tom did you, the democrats, or Ms. Beverley pay for the extra space you expanded into? From the photo you posted it looks like you are using a lot more then the 10 x 10 space your committee paid for. How does that work with the Harford County Farm Fair Guidelines?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10463055_705732694275_7847297955221440439_n.jpg
Silly conservative, the rules don’t apply to democrats. Nice job Myers. Looking more the fool every minute!
This is actually one of his funniest bits yet!
Tom Myers posted a video response to the Dagger Press commenters:
He most definitely does not have the moves like Jagger. Bane should be proud to have this fool in his corner. Maybe Myers will be named the head department jester to preside over all the clowns on the command staff.
Whew! Couldn’t watch the whole video! I don’t think he could carry a tune with a ten-ton dump truck!
It’s an impression of Jagger. Great performer and musician, but not exactly easy on the ears. If anything, Tom probably underplayed it. 🙂
The farm fair needs a new events coordinator. It is discusting that the Democrats have become so
desparate with their inability to get even token consideration for the county’s top execuative position
and Bane’s lies having been exposed and his popularity plummeting that they need to resort to such trash.
With that position now fully converted into a partisian political slot maybe they should consider Art Helton
for that position. Go Barry and Jeff !
Try adding spelling and typing to your knowledge base bozo.
When you can’t win with facts, attack spelling and grammar.
Knowsalot: There’s a LOT of truth to everything you said! I guess the people that voted for Helton and Bane in the Primary Election truly are uninformed. They’d better get their heads out of their rectal opening before November 4th…. and the Presidential election in 2016, as well!
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Its petty to argue and whine about campaign signs, especially at the Farm Fair.
How many months did all the residents have an eye sore of cardboard garbage at every corner in district 34, and that guy still lost? Pretty sure a battle of campaign signs won’t win an election.
Tom,
The rules you are referring to are specifically stated in vendor contract, where it specifically states:
“Your application must include descriptions of all items you plan to exhibit, sell, or promote. If you have any items not listed, of a controversial nature, or not within the family oriented theme of the Farm Fair, we reserve the right to have you remove those items or leave the fairgrounds, with no refund. Vendors
cannot display, promote, or advertise any of the following:
•Beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages
•Tobacco smoking devices, papers, cigarettes or cigars
•Political candidate banners, signs, or other promotional display, except as
provided in the State Central Committee areas or your assigned space
•Balloons on strings
•String in a can, poppers, and candy cigarettes
•Any toy or item that makes a loud noise or foul smell”
So, as these signs were on the buses, it is clear to any reasonable person that those you falsely accuse of wrong doing did not, in fact, do anything wrong. Your statements are rather libelous, Mr. Myers. Shame on you.
So who paid for the shuttle bus service?
“Political candidate banners, signs, or other promotional display, except as
provided in the State Central Committee areas or your assigned space”
Since when is a bus transporting people to the Farm Fair a State Central Committee-designated space?
A vendor is a vendor. Although the vast majority of vendors have booths inside the fair, the bus service is also a vendor, being a private contractor that provides service to the Farm Fair. The fact that the Farm Fair pays the bus service, versus the other vendors paying the Farm Fair, doesn’t change that — although it would make sense if the Farm Fair (wishing to clarify the position) simplified its verbiage. In all such cases, “understandings” rule, and this seems to have been a long-standing Farm Fair policy (based on the Sheriff Comes anecdote), and very much an understandable one, desiring to keep the Farm Fair separate from electoral politics. It is interesting that the Farm Fair allows the Central Committees to display booths; that might need to be reviewed as well. The best policy is either total exclusion or total inclusion — either you let everyone in and let them display whatever they want, or you totally depoliticize the event (which is, I believe, what the Bel Air July 4 parade does). Neither is the “right” way; each is only “a” way, and it is important to be one or the other, not a blend.
Does it matter?
OMG!! Republicans broke the Farm Fair rules? Really? I wonder what Mr Myers had to say about Bane standing in front of the Correctional Officers Union and spewing lies about Gahler? Typical Liberal BS. Owebama and Owemalley would not know the truth if it bite them in their ass. Owebama is a walking scandal, Owemally has a mistress in New York with his twins. I think it is very clear that Liberal Democrats have no problem with lying, cheating, and misrepresenting themselves to get a win. Another example is Art Helton and my favorite J L Bane.
Look around the country where democrats are running things. Usually they are running them in the ground. Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago and the list goes on.
http://youtu.be/Q4uZA6naj_U
Thanks for posting this Marc
“I wonder what Mr Myers had to say about Bane standing in front of the Correctional Officers Union…”
Last I checked, Sheriff Bane is the sheriff, so it might make sense that he would be able to stand in front of the Correctional Officers Union, seeing as he is the sheriff and all.
“Look around the country where democrats are running things. Usually they are running them in the ground. Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago and the list goes on.”
Yes, because the last President did such an awesome job with the surplus he inherited. Oh wait. No he didn’t. He managed to tank the economy right before President Obama took office so that the Republicans could blame him for the housing crash and subsequent economic meltdown. Let’s also not forget our Republican controlled Congress which can only agree on pay raises for themselves. Yeah, the Republicans are REAL effective.
So what you are saying is that when Gahler takes over anything bad that happens will be Banes fault? Jason, look at Ohio, Wisconsin, and other republican, true conservative run states and see how they are doing?
Yes Bane can stand in front of the Union, but like a true liberal you left out the part where he told a BIG LIE. Again, you area a true liberal.
Like a true liberal, still blaming President Bush for the empty suit you libs voted for twice. Reagan never blamed Carter for the mess he left, he just fixed it.
This county is so partisan with too many closed minded good ole white boys that chances of making a change are slim to none. It’s why there are so few quality democrats running for office.
The only really diverse area is the development envelope where the majority of people live but there is not enough representation for the number of people that live there to sway any election and gerrymandering that resulted in legislators representing the eastern shore, western Md and northern Harford county are a joke
We all see how much candidates care about the quality of life for the development envelope- NOT. You would never see corporations running the show in the rural areas of the county. Most of the money going to candidates come from those areas.
What’s wrong here is what’s wrong with the rest of the country. We are not putting what is best for the people ahead of corporate interests and corporate money. As long as corporations own all the media and people blindly follow party talking points about how bad the other side is, nothing will change.
Yeah, we can all see how the MD State Legislator does such a good job with PG, Montgomery, and Baltimore City representing the entire state (sarcasm.)
Maybe talk to your Harford legislator to gerrymander parts of Harford into PG County? YEAH!!!!!
I know you were being sarcastic, and it is funny, but I thought I would add….”the gerrymandering in the State of Maryland, as well as the entire USA, was done by the core, left-wing Democrats.” There, the liberals should understand that.
Seriously,
This time we didn’t get past the first sentence: “too many closed minded good ole white boys”
Reality Can’t help but acknowledge that’s the main demographic of the voting block of the more rural parts of the county. The attitudes alone of those commenting says it all. Name-calling, race baiting, fiction, anything except actual facts is all the old guard has. Look at the make up of the County Council. The only woman, Mary Ann Lisanti, will be gone. Grouchy old Slutzky will probably wind up being at the top.
Now there is responsibility on voters who don’t vote but the apathy is understandable given the hold the old guard has in Harford County. How else could an idiot like Andy Harris windup elected and reelected?
S,
Do you even read your own shit? How about, “too many closed minded good ole white boys.”
“Name-calling, race baiting, fiction, anything except actual facts is all the old guard has” – the only bigoted, race-baiter in this thread is you.
As a former political operative friend of mine, you get your advantage and push your message in subtle and in ways that show you are in touch with the electorate, sadly the Democrats in Harford County think the county is in Maryland and they don’t have to do anything to punch a ticket to political office!!! You’d think they would learn from past elections in which they didn’t field a candidate or the candidate chosen isn’t anything to write home about.
blue,
In other words, lie about being a liberal.
Have a campaign poster made where you are pictured holding a firearm.
Give a speech where you extol the virtues of limited government.
Run against the totality of O’Malley’s record on taxes.
Tom Myers again proves that he is irrelevant.
His strictly one sided, narrow minded views are almost as funny as people laughs when he calls them about potential bookings.
Does make a good slurpee though
Projection much?
Tom,
Stop whining like Obama when he pulls the race card and blames Fox News and Hannity for his low approval rating.
Why didn’t you approach them during the Farm Fair, instead of a week later, when nobody really fives a rat’s ass any longer.
Take your mindless, political crying game somewhere else.
See my post above. The Central Committee (of which Tom is a member) made two separate complaints the day those instances occurred. Not to mention the Farm Fair ended two days before this publication and Glassman and Gahler are two very high-profile GOP candidates for office.
And how does one “five” a rat’s ass?
Loyal Demtard,
I didn’t happen to notice your messiah Anthony Brown at the farm fair.
He is too busy sucking the teat of the illegals in PG County.
Maybe you should move down there where you would….. at least be among your own kind.
You and your ilk have already destroyed most of the State, we won’t allow the same thing in Harford County.
Colonal Angus, if you’re going to attack someone else on their viewpoint, you should at least make sure you have Colonel spelled correctly.
Jason,
He has it correct but only in his imagination not his reality. I would suggest another term for “Angus” however.
Wow…you can always count on The Dagger commenters to keep it classy. It always amazes me how quickly people resort to nasty, hateful, mean-spirited speech on this site. The name calling and asinine comments on this site remind of a bunch of middle schoolers in the cafeteria. If you weren’t hiding behind computers, would you talk to each other like this? I highly doubt it. Not once have I seen a civilized, mature conversation on Dagger. I think everyone needs to take a step back and reexamine their behavior.
What’s your last name?