From Krist Boardman, a candidate for Harford County Sheriff and re-election to the Harford County Democratic Central Committee:
Six Democratic candidates are competing in the June primary for the Democratic nomination to replace Republican Congressman Andy Harris in Maryland’s First District.
Five of them, excluding Michael Brown who has not made any campaign appearances, participated in the True Harford Democratic Club forum held Thursday March 28.
All candidates had eight minutes to introduce themselves followed by a question and answer period.
STEVE WORTON: Resident of Fallston was an employee of the Aberdeen Proving Ground until his retirement three years ago. He is now a civilian defense contractor. He said the heavy-handed Republicans have spent their time trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act. He said the Republican Trump tax bill will add up to a $27 trillion debt in ten years. He said he would like to ensure the deficits don’t grow. He favors Medicare for all. “I could do a better job than Andy Harris who is not for the middle class.
MICHAEL PULLEN: Standing in for him was his field director Justin Butler. Pullen is a lawyer who recently retired after 25 years as Talbot County attorney, an appointive position by the Talbot County Council. Pullen formed an activist group Talbot Rising to do something about electoral politics. Butler said Pullen has two main assets: experience and progressive values. “The government can and should work for the people,” Butler said. Mike Pullen worked to pass legislation to fund the bay, as county attorney he worked to obtain broadband for the internet on the Eastern Shore and worked to save the Talbot Co. hospital. He is also for affordable health care. Looking for the best lawyers for domestic violence in Southfield for legal advice? Contact them through here.
ALLISON GALBRAITH said she was the first organizer to work in the district to get rid of the obstructionist Andy Harris. She is a graduate of Bel Air High School and Harford Community College before going on to baccalaureate and graduate studies at the University of Maryland. As a single divorced mother of one, she started her own business four years ago and previously experienced the loss of a job and her health insurance. She has had to rely on the Affordable Care Act for her current health insurance. “It’s personal with me if we don’t fix these issues.” She objects to gender rate and pre-existing condition rate hikes. “Why do we have a Congress where people would take away military benefits and ignore veterans concerns? People in Congress are so privileged they are turning their backs on us.” She said she has a decade of experience working in the Department of Defense and also has experience with FDA regulatory policy. She claims to have the best social media network of any of Harris’ challengers.
ERIC LANE describes himself as an entrepreneur who owns a local farm in northern Harford County. He’s worked as a volunteer in recreation coordinating a large soccer program. He says he’s from “the reddest district ” in the county and can appeal to independents as a conservative Democrat “who respects controlling the budget.” He is concerned about the shrinking number of baby boomers and the decrease in the labor force which will reduce the tax base. He wants to push vocational education. He also wants to promote the use of mobile broadband.
JESSE COLVIN at age 31 is campaigning full time while his wife works. His life has been shaped by 911 in 2001 when he was in high school. He was an English teacher in Iraq and then an Arab translator. He joined the military and did four tours of duty in Afghanistan. He was prepared to go to law school when his plans changed to a military career. 54,000 people rely on the ACA in the First District and as many as 50,000 health care jobs are linked to the ACA. He’s also concerned about the Chesapeake Bay. He wants to promote cyber security and solar energy where he says the jobs of the future will be located. He says the Bernie Sanders organization has endorsed his campaign.
PULLEN: Yes
LANE: I would support it on the floor but I don’t think it will come up.
WORTON: Yes
GALBRAITH: I would support it if it came to the floor if it was written well enough–other methods as well.
COLVIN: Yes for high capacity magazines. I’m not for an assault weapons ban.
Will you accept money from the NRA or other pro-gun organizations?
PULLEN: Will have no access to NRA money.
LANE: The NRA has blown its legitimacy in the country. I have no intention of taking their money.
WORTON: I will not be a candidate influenced by money.
GALBRAITH: I don’t have any NRA donations…the campaign finance system is really broken…My generation won’t have a pension. I am the queen of sweat equity.
COLVIN: I’m not taking any money from the NRA.
What is your position on immigration?
PULLEN: Supports dreamers. We have to have a humane policy.
LANE: It’s tragic that a person serving two terms of military duty got deported. Anybody should find a path to citizenship.
WORTON: The whole country is immigrants. I’m against building a wall. I don’t like back tracking on our commitments to the dreamers.
GALBRAITH: We need to make sure we are protecting our veterans. I support a pathway to citizenship with DACA.
COLVIN: Protect the dreamers. I don’t see anything whlle Trump ks beating the drum against
immigrants.
How would you make things work in Washington?
GALBRAITH: Listen and engage in respectful debate.
COLVIN: Bipartisanship happens in the gym, the bar and the back room.
WORTON: There’s going to be a slim majority either way. You have to have enough votes to break it a piece at a time.
LANE: I’m an inherent networker, shaking hands and developing trust. There is an opportunity to move leadership in a new direction. The blue wave needs to change its own leadership.
PULLEN: Compromise on shared values.
What is your view on getting new Democratic leadership in the House?
COLVIN: I said to Nancy Pelosi, “you are not reflecting the values of your constituents.”
GALBRAITH: Pelosi has taken a lot of hits from the team. There is so much animosity toward her.
WORTON: To cast Pelosi aside is no good. There are various folks I would consider, possibly Steny Hoyer, but also keep her.
LANE: Senior leadership transitions are tied to long term success. Nancy needs a plan.
The candidates favored a 12 year term limit for service in the House.
Mr. Boardman, How many of them endorse your hateful comments regarding Cecil County Rednecks who are all killers just wanting to blow people’s heads off? Your name on the letter trying to sell me these candidates is enough for me to pass on any consideration for any of them. Not a fan of Harris, but count him a vote because of you.
This guy just doesn’t get it. He is a local version of Hillary. Of course she didn’t get it either. You can’t go around and insult half the voters an hope to win. Dems are crazy for not cutting him lose. Going to hurt them locally in the fall.
This was NOT a “letter trying to sell you these candidates”, it was a report on a Democratic forum. I don’t believe you when you say you are going to vote for Harris because of Boardman. Andy has Republican challengers, why not vote for them in the primary? I have a feeling you are Republican so you can. In a bigger picture, what does it say about how serious you take voting when you say you are going to vote for someone JUST because you find someone who isn’t even running for that office offensive?
Funny enough. It does not matter to me what you think and why I decide to vote.
You generally can tell a lot about people from their allies and their adversaries. For instance, I knew Trump was onto something when the elites of the power structure on both sides of the aisle came out against him. He must be doing something right.
Mmmmm. Someone stole my handle
On question four Jesse Colvin says ” Bipartisanship happens in the gym,the bar and the the backroom.” This should be a epitaph to Colvins short political career.
He advocates cutting deals with Republicans at the gym, the bar and the back room!
The Democrats should reject the Blue/Red dog candidate!
This must be an impostor. Even Callahan isn’t that dumb.
I’m guessing about now old sheriff Jeffie ain’t too pleased he released that email he obtained via unconfirmed means….
You mean the one his friend sent to him in which Chris Boardman makes it unacceptable and hateful comments about Cecil County citizens? That one? The one where his friend talks about how everyone loves their sheriff? Are we talking about the same one? I am guessing Jeffie is laughing all the way to the voting booth about how this is the best candidate the dems were able to push forward. A guy who leads with lies and hate.
I thought it might have been something like this:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If you are elected to Congress, would you round up all Cecil County Rednecks and other deplorables?
Boardman – I answered yes for all the candidates to this question.
SPOT ON! And damn funny!
Now it is Krist again? I guess Chris is trying to hide from is comments regarding Cecil County!
It’s a good thing the DAGGER prints Boardman’s stuff, otherwise no one would know what a crackpot he is.
The first question is moot. Assault Weapons are already NOT available to the public as they are capable of firing fully automatic by the flick of a switch. The emulation of a semi automatic rifle being a fully automatic rifle, by use of a device such as the “bump stock”, should have been the question at hand as well as the high capacity magazines. However, the 2nd Amendment prohibits Federal interference with gun rights and laws passed by the Federal government in these matters should be considered unconstitutional. Gun regulations should be tackled by the State legislative branches as it is a State’s right to choose what guns it allows its citizens to possess. This includes the issue of the high capacity magazines. Any gun laws passed by the Federal government are actually acts of treason, as the Federal government is on a mission to disarm the population so WE THE PEOPLE could never take up arms and free ourselves from tyranny as our forefathers once did against the British. All gun laws already included in the US Code are acts of treason and the ATF is actually a treasonous governmental organization involving interference with the gun rights of the citizens of the United States. Every person who aids the government in this quest should be considered a traitor, prosecuted for treason and should no longer be considered one of WE THE PEOPLE.
The 2nd amendment is cartblanche as Scalia said in DC Heller. Reasonable regulation is permitted of guns by state and federal authorities.
That part of the decision is actually unconstitutional and may be the reason Scalia now sits under 6 feet of earth. Guns may be regulated by the states, not the Federal government. Haven’t you ever wondered about the mystery surrounding Scalia’s death. A reasonable person might believe he was executed for treason by a Constitutional Court…..
Scalia was 80 years old and ate too much bacon!
SoulCrusher —your once again wandering into the Alt-Right Crazy Conspiracy Zone!
What does Scopes Fact Check say:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/02/15/scalia-autopsy-conspiracy-theories/
Really Mike? Is that what you think? If you don’t find it strange that he was found with a pillow over his head then I think it is a conspiracy theory to think he died of natural causes. Mike, when was the last time you slept with a pillow over your head? Try it tonight and tell me how it works out for you.
Dont let the facts get in the way of your opinion! You and the wing nut right misunderstood the pillow thing—-but whats a conspiracy theory without miscommunication?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/17/why-those-conspiracy-theories-about-antonin-scalias-death-dont-add-up/?utm_term=.80f752201772
“We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head,” owner John Poindexter told the paper. “His bed clothes were unwrinkled.” – I believe this says it all. You believe what you want, but this came from your own source that you listed. The sheriff was not the first on the scene and the second part of the statement is what your not letting sink in. “His bed clothes were unwrinkled.” – Why would they be unwrinkled? Why would they make reference to “a pillow over his head”? Ponder these questions and maybe you’ll stop worrying about banning AR-15’s…..
The Supreme Court said that federal regulations can be made that are reasonable. If they say it is constitutional it is such. In the DC Heller decision they simply said the DC refs were to far.
It is constitutional in D.C., which is a Federal Territory. It is unconstitutional for the Federal government to enact gun laws on the States. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is and I don’t care what the Supreme Court says in these matters regarding the States. The States make their own laws regarding gun control as it is their rights. In my opinion, the Federal government has already overstepped their power and authority by making automatic weapons illegal in the States, but it was a law I think we can all agree with. I don’t think there is any good use for automatic weapons in the hands of civilians, unless of course the Federal government tries to take over a State….
The second question is also moot, as the Democratic Party has already demonized the NRA and the NRA should not give any member of the Democratic Party any amount of money as a campaign donation. Ongoing lies by the Democratic Party involving the NRA are despicable and unless a candidate is willing to denounce the Democratic Party’s policy of lies the NRA shouldn’t give them one red cent for their candidacy.
To the Harford County Democratic Central Committee,
Why is this idiot still being allowed to represent our group and clubs? Damaging to the entire party!
An Unhappy Democrat!
The third question is viable and there should be a path to citizenship for all immigrants. No walls should be created as walls are contrary to the principles of freedom. You can’t be free if you are enclosed within walls. This is a nation founded on immigration and any of us other than those who are of Native American lineage are in fact the product of immigration. The Native Americans did not invite us to come here so why would we think that others need our permission to come here? The Latin American immigrants are actually blood relatives of the Native Americans that were here first and their presence in this country is just as viable as any other person in this country, maybe even more.
SC; You would be absolutely spot on with this comment were it not for the socialism which has taken over our society. Let’s leave the pros and cons of socialism aside, but the only way that a welfare system can function is every single participant is participating and contributing. When anyone can wander in and partake, the entire system is doomed to fail. In order to care for the weak, infirm and lazy among us we absolutely must restrict our immigration.
Then we must reverse the processes that make the need of a border wall extinct.
SC,
that is true i would much rather have policy changes that do not allow illegals to reap benefits for being in this country illegally (and yes, they do receive benefits). but until the current practices are changed we need a deterrent. A wall that is manned and monitored is a large deterrent for many. So, build the wall. If they eventually change the laws to make the border wall moot, then we can have it torn down. Lord knows the feds have wasted much more than the cost of both building and then maybe eventually demolishing the wall would cost on many other frivolous things.
The fourth question is moot. We have already seen there is no way to make things work in Washington D.C. and this is because of partisan politics. It may be time to get rid of both national parties that are consuming the political process of this nation. It may be possible to break them up due to anti-trust violations and hopefully by breaking them up a new political attitude would develop amongst the offshoots. The days of divisive politics need to come to a close if this nation is to ever flourish again.
The fourth question is moot because if one of them happens to go to DC they’ll be told to sit down, shut up and vote however Nancy tells them to.
If the fourth question is moot, so is the fifth. WE THE PEOPLE are not interested in party leadership because the political parties have already failed WE THE PEOPLE.
There is the Democrat Club of Harford County, then popped up the New Democrat Club of Harford County and this letter mentions the True Democrat Club of Harford County. WTF? Can they really be this screwed up and then have a central committee member espousing hate to top it off?
Very good question.
Partisan Chris Boardman is BACK!!!!! No history of working with the other party. Partisan, partisan, partisan!!!!
Politics is so lame. People who are desperate to get elected say a bunch of bullshit, and people who can’t get voted out say a bunch of bullshit to keep up the mental retardation.
Who gives a flying fuch about not accepting NRA? Assuming your anti-gun, we’re they going to give you some money money money, anyway?
I would love to see the entire country vote for no one. LOL
Let’s just call the Democrats what they are, a bunch of people who care more about the rights of illegal aliens than the rights of American citizens.
Anti-Coal, Anti-Police, Anti-2nd Amendment, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-White, Anti-Capital punishment, Anti-Military, Anti-Americans
You would rather kneel for the flag than to stand for it, you would rather give money to illegals than veterans, you would rather support criminals than the police, you would rather people be on welfare than to be employeed in an industry that does not fit your political ideology, you would rather riot than to listen to an alternate viewpoint, you would rather release illegal aliens than deport them, you would rather make people believe white guilt is real as opposed to teaching people personal responsibility, you choose to label anyone who disagrees with you a racist or a homophobe.
We are tired of you and your party, now sit down, shut up and we will clean up the mess.
Your party