It’s budget season in Harford County, when public hearings are held, pleas for funding are made and grumblings about taxes waft through the air. At one such hearing last Wednesday night, Harford County Public Schools were a hot topic. But don’t you wonder what the Board of Education does with its money? Let’s look at […]
Clark Turner Day in Port Deposit: An “Extreme” Win-Win Situation
A good thing happened recently in Port Deposit. I know that sounds far-fetched (I mean, previously, the best thing that ever happened to Port Deposit was getting mentioned on four separate instances by Ripley’s “Believe it Or Not”), but when ABC’s popular Extreme Makeover: Home Edition television show rolls into town it’s hard to get […]
A Message to You Rudy: Ex-mayor may have aided decision to keep Police Chief
It looks like Randy Rudy’s job as chief of the Aberdeen Police Department is safe – at least for the time being – although it remains unclear whether Mayor Mike Bennett is giving the chief a chance or simply had his hands tied thanks to a parting gift from the city’s former mayor. In an […]
Cops and Bloggers: The Dagger meets The Commish (POST-SHOW UPDATE)
UPDATE: Five hours ago I was sitting behind a microphone in a CBS Radio studio in Baltimore and now I’m sitting in front of a computer in my house in Jarrettsville. Having had sufficient time to process my morning radio segment on the Ed Norris Show on WHFS 105.7 FreeFM, here is how it all […]
License to Immigrate: Maryland tries to comply with Real ID Act
It looks like Gov. Martin O’Malley has backed off a proposal to implement a two-tier system of driver’s licenses in Maryland that would have created one license for documented, legal citizens and another identification card for undocumented, illegal immigrants. Instead, the state will implement a system by 2010 complying with the federal Real ID standards […]
27 Dresses: A Dramedy for both Man and Woman
Each year seems to bring more and more films released into theaters that do nothing short of underwhelm and disappoint. The genre that seems to top this list, besides horror, is the comedy-drama. Or as some in the business call it, dramedy. For this reason, I have made a point to avoid the majority of […]
Taking One for the Team: Can Axing a Chief Save a Sinking Ship?
We’ve all heard the old adage about a captain going down with his ship – a symbol of his being ultimately responsible for whatever the hell happened on the vessel to make it start sinking in the first place. But there’s another nautically-themed response to save a sinking ship, literal or otherwise, that has become […]
The Liberal Press: More myth than fact
The MoBseen: Observations as seen through the eyes of Mark The Liberal Press. A moniker used to describe America’s media. Media of all sorts; radio, print media, and TV and the Internet. For years I’ve wondered how this term came to describe the media and reporting in the United States. In my mind, it flew in […]
