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February 2008 News
The unanimous Declaration
of the thirteen united
States of America
General Assembly
may take up slots again
Coles Point
Tavern: This bar over
top of Maryland waters at the Virginia shoreline has a
St. Mary's County liquor license and has slot machines
sponsored by Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department. The
liquor license was suspended in the past but Leonardtown
fire department officials told The Post that they go
over to inspect the slot machines occasionally and by
lending their names to the gambling, the firemen pick up
30 percent of the take. Little Flower school may
have taken in over $100,000 in the last few months from
machines at the Brass Rail while a local businessman
reportedly won $25,000 from a slot machine at the Brass
Rail. The Comptroller's Office has been
asked if they review the take from slot machines in the
area and they are trying to figure it out. We'll
let you know what they report. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
Post finally notices slots
in St. Mary's
Dyson's slot bill drafted by
Attorney General
When will armed robbers hit local slots parlors which
have no security guards?
Reader
Feedback:
The wife and I have been having a meal and playing the
slots at St. Mary's Landing generally once a week or so.
Some weeks twice. Anyway, we like the machines, but I
don't buy this "gaming device" argument being used to
have them. Here's some observations that I think are
worth pointing out to Mr. Dyson (I'm guessing you're in
frequent contact with him?):
1. St. Mary's Landing is to the point where they don't
even keep the machines full of the so-called pull tabs.
I don't know whether the machines are broke or have been
rigged, but a number of the machines no longer drop the
slips into the tray as you play them. I sat on one that
wasn't spitting out any paper and the out of paper alarm
went off. The lady came and opened up the machine and
hit some buttons and it was working again, but the same
thing went on: no pull tabs were coming out of the
machine. How do you call this pull tabs?
2. Game multipliers. How can these machines possibly be
pull tabs when you can choose the bet multiplier? I can
choose whether I'm going to bet one nickel or 64 nickels
on each spin. What kind of pull tab that "knows the
outcome before you play" possibly works like that?
3. Security. When you go to the Rod & Reel in Chesapeake
Beach they generally have off duty cops standing there
protecting the money and the players. Who's protecting
us here in Saint Mary's establishments? I honestly
wonder if a bunch of shotgun toting thugs are going to
rush into St. Mary's Landing while we are in there.
What's to stop it? What are the odds on these machines?
It isn't published. If I walk into Bingo and play pull
tabs, the fine print on the tabs tell me how many
winners there are in each category. If I walk into a
casino, they frequently say for example that "quarter
machines are paying 93% etc." None of this is being
disclosed. How much does it cost to win that $25,000
prize? The $1,000 prize? Etc. Etc.
I think there's a reason we aren't being told this. The
pull tab boxes tell you how many tickets each box
contains and how many winners there are, that makes it
rather easy to get a money count: these gaming devices
on the other hand are leaving the public and the tax man
clueless about cash intake versus payouts...
Last, I can't wait to see these "nonprofit" tax returns
that are going to have be filed next year on Guidestar.
I'll bet you can't either.
Sen. Roy Dyson, right,
introduced a bill which calls on the Attorney General to
go to circuit court to issue a Declaratory Judgment.
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, left, with Del.
John Bohanan, all opponents of extending slot machines
to the state. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
Bill will ban illegal slots
from entire state
Comptroller Franchot Promises:
"I'll Bring a Truck to Area, Load Up These Slot
Machines and Take Them to The Dump"
story
Casino-bar owner and
vending machine purveyor tell their side of the story
...what
the charities net after a month's worth of play on the
machines.... and more....developing....
Billy Hill and Frank Moran at the St.
Mary's Landing in Charlotte Hall.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
"We have
saved three Catholic schools from closing up"
says Frank Moran and his son Steve Moran, who have
supplied what they prefer to call pull tab machines,
which look remarkably like slot machines, in three local
establishments; St. Mary's Landing, Brass Rail and Coles
Point Tavern.
Maryland to extend scholarships
for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Connecticut student set fire to
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Comptroller's audit agents make tour of illegal slots
ANNAPOLIS (Feb. 26, 2008) ---
The wild west Dodge City
atmosphere surrounding the neighborhood casino bars of
St. Mary's County today got a visit from the
Maryland Comptroller's Office.
NBC 4 news,
following on the heels of a Post report, made their way
into St. Mary's and dutifully reported a peek at the
issue of slot machines, but the most interesting part of
their report was this comment posted by a viewer a few
hours after the report:
"I have info in regards to these machines. As a past
employee of a large company who houses a lot of these
machines in the state of Maryland after many years
of work I have seen all there is to see. I could be
an advocate against gaming. As a small gambler
myself, I know the revenue they could bring into the
state. I also have see many cases of addiction. They
can be called "Pull Tab Machines" , " Bingo
Machines" or anything else you want to call them.
They look like, sound like, play like a SLOT
machine. They are played just as much and pay
jackpots the same way. To me it is a smart way that
some for-profit business owners have gotten around
the laws.
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These machines are ran off of a computer program and
have a predetermined number of winners for each
payout on the chart. They do not have reels inside
that stop abrupt but they have a disk inside that is
linked to a program. If you are interested in
checking them out, search the web. If you Google
Bingo Machines or FMI I am sure you can find
information on the machines and how they run. You
might be amazed to find that some of these machines
are linked to companies out west....."
Clinton, Obama make point,
counter points at Ohio debate
PG cops will keep an eye out for illegal street
dragsters and their betting fans
A veteran police
official had this to say about this latest development
in the Accokeek raceway deaths: "wait until the
illegal street racers put plastic bags over the cameras
and the clerk watching the monitor in Oxon Hill files a
report for maintenance to go out and remove the
obstructions a few days later...."
St. Mary's Board dumps code home rule
(charter government): third
time was the charm for changing government
LEONARDTOWN
(Feb. 26, 2008) --- Charlotte Hall developer and former
school board member John Parlett Jr. had set in motion
an elaborate choreography of a special program of St.
Mary's College seminars on charter government for St.
Mary's County after getting the St. Mary's Commissioners
to appoint a task force on changing the form of
government at which Parlett clearly and distinctly told
the panel that the county needed a "benevolent dictator"
to properly run local government. Parlett, who
wanted to be the first elected county executive after
taking a pass at running for commissioner president in
the last election due to health problems, was feeling
his oats after heart surgery and wanted to take on the
task of bringing to St. Mary's the move to more local
control of government with less reliance on the county's
legislative delegation.
At today's meeting of the commissioners, without any
further adieu, St. Mary's Commissioner Dan Raley (D.
Great Mills), made the motion to kill charter government
and on a 5- 0 vote, the motion was approved.
tickets for
Mass with the Pope to
be distributed to area parishes
College in southern Virginia in lockdown due to
suspicious person on campus
No power for millions in Miami area
2nd vehicle may have been involved
in Va Tech fatal wreck that left St. Mary's County
student in serious condition
Maryland transit cop pleads guilty
to arson scheme
Clinton supporter stabs Obama
supporter
Feds and Baltimore Cops lock up 28
on drug gang charges
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House Fire
Brings Big Response
OWINGS --- A
working fire at a house on Christiana Parran Road took
place on Thursday night, bringing North Beach,
Huntingtown, Dunkirk and Prince Frederick companies out
on the cold night. Firefighters arriving found a
the home ablaze and were on the scene for several hours
after getting the fire under control. Deputy Fire
Marshal Don Brenneman reports that a child playing with
a lighter in the home of Virgin Queensberry caused
$75,000 in damage to the 12:28 am fire. The
fire was contained to the child's bedroom.
Cut Spending and Halt Tax Hikes ---
Editorial
Reader Feedback:
The hell with the names for the buildings! I think the
Commissioners need to put some time and thought into the
runaway TAX problem we have.
Ray Norris
Hollywood, Md.
Reader Feedback:
Naming a building after Charles Leroy Neill Sr.
would bring honor to that building. Mr. Neill was my
best friend and passed away last June. While he was
a simple man he touched the lives of many with his
humor, kindness and family spirit. I would call him
the salt of the earth American at it's best.
You will find no better name that represents St.
Mary's County.
Robert Lloyd
Got Booze?
Attention Kids! According to the
Calvert Sheriff's Department, a recent compliance check
for serving minors alcohol reveals that the place to buy
your booze without an ID is the Market Place Liquors in
Dunkirk.
See this list of retailers and
liquor license holders who all required an ID
Carlleen Cairns: Commentary ---
Lipstick Never Lies
Robert
E. Lee --- Hero of Maryland
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Dispatches from Little Dixie
Area gas prices:
Three Bucks and More!
Blood
Drive at Ridge Fire
House Monday Feb. 25th at 2 pm to 6 pm. Please try and
come the need remains high. Many drives were cancelled
or greatly reduced this week due to weather so the Blood
Banks are very low.
Big national radio mega-company that paid $2.7 billion
for ABC owned stations including DC cluster, fires
popular Chris Core from WMAL, cans news director on the
job for 25 years, the one reporter; switches 105.9 from
smooth jazz to oldies and wipes out all staff....its
stock dropped to a fraction of what it was just a year
ago...media shakeout part politics as Core called Bush
and McCain liars over border fence
Post report
Obama worried as Hillary pulls out all
of her tricks and he should be worried as the Vampiress
of Arkansas will dig her fangs in deep to win in Ohio
and Texas....Florida may re-run primary....Democrats
hell bent for leather to nominate Obama, the most
liberal member of the US Senate...MORE
No one was supposed to mention Obama's
middle name is Hussein, the same name as that of Saddam
Hussein, which we have blown a trillion bucks and 4,000
American lives...the liberals are going nuts now that
the Muslim heritage of this man
who says he is a devout Christian gets bandied about in
the press...why was Obama playing down his ethnic
heritage on his father's side? If he wasn't trying
to hide it, and it is clear he is not a Muslim, why be
coy about being goy? In fact, his real political
pals have been pretty radical and his current views on
Israel are newly formed....in time for the election....MORE
Calvert residents living in the shadow
of the Cove Point LNG plant ought to get a kick out of
the reaction of Baltimore to the proposal for an LNG
plant in Charm City in this
letter to the editor of
the SUN, which had this
report last week on the Coast
Guard assessment
Deaths:
Carolyn Jean Russell
William Harris Lee
Warren Kunz
Mildred Wiedenbach
A boost for
mass transit in Carroll County
Hard times on menu for fast food
and casual dining chains, except McDonalds
which did well in 2007
Get ready to
pay more dough for pizza as flour prices
RISE, double and may triple as everyone competes for
wheat and farmers KNEAD the dough
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Roaring Lion Hopkins
Roars Out Just Before the Winds of March Roar In
George Hopkins, art teacher and
founder of the largest private scholarship in the state,
draws another of his famous cartoons in his favorite
haunt, Linda's Cafe. Hopkins penned the very first
editorial cartoon in ST. MARY'S TODAY and illustrated
the columns of Jack Rue.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Memories of George Hopkins
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Whacko
Drivers
of Lexington Park
LEXINGTON PARK (Feb. 21, 2008) The driver of one of three
cars
to collide at the intersection of Great Mills Road and Shangri-La Drive
explains to a St. Mary's Sheriff's deputy how the wreck
took place.
As Bay District firefighters arrived to begin to unfold
the sheet metal and Lexington ParkVolunteer Rescue
personnel to remove the battered and
injured..suddenly...WHAM....two more drivers
participated in the demolition
derbyjust to the left of the deputy. The photo at
right shows the second crash, likely the result of
rubbernecking on the part of one of the drivers.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
SEE
TWO PAGES OF PHOTOS of Heroes at Work in print edition
now on newsstands everywhere..
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2008 St. Mary's County Primary Election Results
'Gone with
the Wynn'
Change came
to Maryland's Congressional Delegation
Two Incumbent Congressman were shown the door by
challengers, one beaten by a candidate from the left
wing of the Democratic Party in PG County where Donna
Edwards whipped Rep. Al Wynn and the other, Republican
Wayne Gilchrest, defeated by a conservative Republican
State Senator, Andy Harris who whipped Rep. Gilchrest
Sun Report
Post Report
Obama trounced Hillary statewide while most Democratic
big shots gave
their endorsements to her
McCain aims at Obama
Rendell: Race
Factor Could Hurt Obama
Obama campaign manager says
Hillary can't win
Fight Time on School Bus
LEXINGTON PARK --- Police were called at 2:25 pm
Wednesday to quell a fight which broke out between 3
students on Bus 626 as it was traveling near Spring
Valley.
Pro life is hard work --- This marcher
took a break in a pro-life demonstration along Rt. 235
in Lexington Park. ST. MARY'S TODAY file
photo
Reader
Feedback:
Letter to the editor:
I was distressed to see a photo of a person lying
on a brick wall with a sign under her in bold
letters,
ABORTION IS HOMICIDE. While I am not a proponent of
abortion, that sign is patently false. Roe V Wade
has yet to be overturned so abortion remains legal.
When people wish to fight the battle about abortion
it cannot be with falsehoods. You cannot win
converts to your cause when you lie about the issue.
Robert Lloyd
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Burglar
in the Night Sends Woman and Child Out Window
HOLLYWOOD (Jan. 25, 2008) ---- A woman called
police at about 2:45 am and told them she and her
daughter were awakened by the noise created by a man in
their house and the women went out a window and hid in
the back yard. Police went to the home on Three
Coves Road to look for the man who may have left before
they arrived.
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South Carolina's Role as GOP Kingmaker ---
The Political Junkie
Winners in soup cookoff
The McCain Revolution...
guest
commentary by Dr. Terry McGuire
Maryland Acts to slow foreclosure rates as PG
and Montgomery
lead the state in people losing their homes to banks
Man Tried to Brake to Avoid Racing
Crowd in Road
Jamar
"Darren" Bullock, 20, did his best to stop
and miss the crowd of bozos
in the middle of the dark highway, betting on an illegal
street race, even betting with their lives that no
traffic was going to be breathing down their necks...a
bet they lost.... see
NBC 4 for this report
$250 Reward for video of Accokeek Race
Only the first video will be purchased, hurry up and
send yours now
Call 301 535 8624 for
information or email video clip to
staff1@stmarystoday.com
Lock
'em up and take the cars
Team Sheriff
Racing explains
California law to street racers
Addicted to the rush of the race -
CNN.com
Illegal racing at
"ridiculous" levels in U.S., one law enforcement
official says
Illegal street racing
remains a concern in Birmingham
Street
Racers Souped-Up Cars Crushed in California...
see this MSNBC photo of crushed street racers
It
Happens All The Time
Danny Gatton, 16, was killed in 2001 on Rt. 235 in
Laurel Grove when Jessica Vallandingham and Steven
Stewart were racing; another vehicle they hit which was
traveling southbound wrecked and that driver suffered
severe injuries. Jessica said it was Danny's
fault that he didn't ask to get out of Steven's
car....she and her teenie-bopper friends cited the past
racing by other teens and their parents as evidence that
such behavior is just part of life in Southern
Maryland...
Fatal crash involved illegal
street racing
AAA Urges Action on Street Racers
End the
Senseless Tragedies of Illegal Street Racing
Some jurisdictions
have enacted special parking laws to give law
enforcement officers extra tools to deal with crowds
that gather for illegal street races.
The Dept. of Justice issued this
report on Street Racing in 2004
Police blocked off Rt. 210 for much of the day to
reconstruct the deadly scene and to clean up the area
where bodies and body parts were scattered in the
roadway.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
Tally
of Dead in Rt. 210 Illegal Drag-Race Now up to Eight
One
of those taken to hospital has died, raising the death
toll as yet another
case of morons standing in highways leaves dead bodies
in roadway
Reader
Feedback:
Should all those who were standing in the roadway as
spectators be charged with participating in an illegal
street race and as accessories to manslaughter?
Should Indian Head Highway be closed to traffic for an
hour in the middle of the night so these morons can use
it to race?
Send your views to
Reader
Feedback
staff1@stmarystoday.com
Bodies lay covered with
white sheets on Indian Head Highway after a car
participating in
an illegal street race veered into the crowd and killed
7 people. Photo courtesy of NBC 4.
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One
dead when van, school bus and truck wreck on Rt. 301
near Upper Marlboro. Photo courtesy of NBC4
MORE
Burn, baby, Burn!
Richmond Mayor Doug Wilder
predicts riots in the street if Clinton wins using super
delegates
Ryan Duke Aud
James Allen
Cops exchange
handcuffs for drugs
in Lexington Park Valentines Day visit
Men use knives and
guns to keep their women straight
Blacks get it; Clinton supporters don't ---
race pride trumps everything else
St. Mary's Board Letting Staff Name Public Buildings
..why doesn't the
public get a say in what to name
the buildings they have paid to build?
Send
your ideas on what to
name public buildings to
staff1@stmarystoday
U.S.
Banks Quietly
Borrow $50 Billion
Adios Fidel!
Cuban dictator steps down
Amtrak adds to security with
random bag screening,
bomb sniffing dogs
Sun: O'Malley bill on
curbing air pollution would increase electricity rates
even more and cost 3,000 jobs at Sparrows Point
$21,000
Impact Fee would make the charge tacked onto
the cost of a building permit in Anne Arundel for a new
home the highest in Maryland
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Rush
Hour Wreck
Crash Time on Chancellors
Run Road at 5 pm Monday brought traffic to a standstill
as State of Maryland begins construction project to
widen this old two-lane highway. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
by Matthew Ivancie
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Who shot man on Husk Place?
Story
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Witness tracked
Bandit for Cops
LAUREL GROVE --- "Lay down
on the ground, do it now, cross your feet, do it now,"
ordered a St. Mary's Deputy to a suspect....
MORE
It was a cool breeze that blew
between her knees...
Naples, Florida police lock up couple who allegedly were
having sex on top of an air conditioner in full view of
traffic....
Tax
preparer making phony claims for
clients
sentenced to 3 years in prison
Police are seeking to convince
residents to tie down their trash on the way to the dump
in order to stop roadside litter
Hoyer hosts black history month
breakfast for 400 in Waldorf
Chelsea Clinton 'not pimping'?
She had breakfast with a
21-year-old Super Delegate
Texas
has a complicated system for selecting delegates
Virginia legislator who kicked the bucket before the
election
suggested donations to Obama
instead of flowers at his funeral
ABC 7 and Politico interview
Clinton and Obama after Sen. Barack Hussein
Obama backs out of debate.
Maryland's insurance commissioner backs down, allows
ALLSTATE to dump its customers who live on the water and
cancel policies after years of taking their money...if
you have ALLSTATE, you're not in good hands any
longer....MORE
Tony Cheng building a new
Chinatown in downtown Baltimore, connected by bus to New
York, and DC Chinatowns
Tidewater Inn up for sale
for third time in 5 years; is Easton's centerpiece of
historic district
Baltimore suspends cranky cop for
berating skateboarder
Those dumb Russians can't land a
bomber on the Nimitz
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Attention
Marines: Get out of town!
Are your angry about the
Mayor and Council of Berkeley,
California telling the U. S. Marines that they are
intruders and not wanted in their silly town? Send
the Mayor an email and tell him what you you think:
mayor@ci.berkeley.ca.us
McDonough Grad, Navy Seal,
Killed
in Iraq
What is the real price of bringing in foreign oysters to
Chesapeake
Former Boeing Engineer Charged with Spying
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Vote for Hillary and Huckabee
Small crowd turns out for Democratic unity in
contrast
to national excitement
Richmond Mayor still sulking about
Bill's 'fairy -tale' remarks about Obama...many
voters do get it, blacks can say anything they want to
in the discourse of politics but if anyone, including a
former Democrat President says anything that they don't
like or approve of, they are branded a 'racist'.
Editorial Opinion: This
radical racism on the part of some blacks is getting a
little old and who the hell ever thought Bill Clinton
should be defended. But that is exactly what
President Bush did today, he stuck up for Slick Willy in
an interview with Chris Wallace at Camp David. Bush said
it was "wrong" to describe Clinton as racist.
But it appears that the pandering to blacks in general
by the limousine liberal whites of the Democratic Party
over the years has finally come home to roost.
Anyone, regardless of color, can be right or wrong, but to always assign
racism as the motive for the beliefs or opinions of
others, and to get away with playing the race card for
so long, is just wrong.
It looks like the Democrats are getting what they
deserve...in spades.
This ought to wise up some blacks to the truth, that
they ought to hang out in the party of Lincoln, which is
really the party of opportunity, not be kept around for
their votes and never given the one thing that will
truly set them free: opportunity.
Credit should go to the many accomplished blacks such as
former PG County Executive Wayne Curry who have stuck by
Hillary's side. It is easy for the empty-headed who want
to go to a good party to be part of the excitement of an
Obama rally. It is quite another thing to actually vote.
Huckabee hopeful about Maryland
and Virginia Fox:
Huckabee to challenge Washington
State results
Sun report: Housing slump deepens in Baltimore
Commies still in charge in China
as foreign Olympic athletes forced to sign pledges
Bush orders security clampdown on
flights to US from Europe
Terrorists in Iraq admit defeat
and fear
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Ambulances and 2 Med-Evac Helicopters roll in
response
to Waldorf wreck
 
WALDORF (Feb. 9, 2008) Trooper Two and Trooper Seven
Maryland State Police helicopters landed at Thomas Stone
High School in Waldorf for this parade of ambulances
bringing crash participants for flights to trauma
centers, as a result of another in an endless series of
road wrecks, in dry sunny weather. The
helicopters don't fly in the rain. ST.
MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
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Historic Log Cabin Inn dating back
to 1834 destroyed in Tennessee
Baby
found in ruins of homes hit by Twister, more than 57
people killed
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The
Commissioners who just can't
say no to the developers...
The
St. Mary's Board can't seem to get commuter trains on
track but they manage to put the developers
bulldozers on the railroad right of way to plow open a
new opening onto Rt. 235...
Bulldozers sit on the railroad right of way at Wildewood
where they are plowing open a new entrance onto Rt. 235.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
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Firebug
in the
Firehouse
Many arsonists turn out to be firefighters, but this
firefighter in PG who was convicted of setting fires
turns out to also be a volunteer at Bryans Road
Volunteer Fire Department, again, after he was convicted
of arson....see this report on
STATter 911
Senate passes tax stimulus, adds
in seniors and veterans
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Appeal your property tax assessment
A
law firm that represents commercial property owners
and
charges a fee based on the tax savings that they achieve
for their clients
The assessment appeal process
MANY PAY MUCH MORE THAN THEY
SHOULD
That
old black magic!
veteran
politician Johnson and Maryland whiz kid Brown go to bat
for Hillary;
these guys know who is going to win.....
Lt.
Gov. Anthony Brown and PG County Executive Jack Johnson
endorse Hillary
The last 48 hours before Super
Tuesday
Maryland Lt.
Gov. Anthony Brown, left, with Del. John Bohanan (D.
Lexington Park) at the King breakfast last year, joined
PG powerhouse politician Jack Johnson to guide support
of Maryland Democrats behind Hillary Clinton. Jane
Yowaiski, of Leonardtown, has been working hard for
Hillary Clinton.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
Obama has the clock against him as
he tries to overtake Hillary; news that he
had roots in Kansas was surprise to some people in his
grandparent's hometown
Tough economic times loom over
prospects of GOP
Snipes beats tax fraud case
Mississippi legislators offer bill
to make it illegal for restaurants to serve fat
customers
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Motorcyclist Dead on Solomon's Bridge
SOLOMON'S ISLAND (Feb. 7, 2008) Traffic is backed
up over the bridge into St. Mary's with one lane of
traffic passing by the scene where a St. Leonard man
lost his life on Thursday morning. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos by Matthew Ivancie and James Davis
Traffic backups are daily delight for traffic using
Solomon's bridge
SOLOMON'S ISLAND (Feb. 7, 2008) --- The
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge at Solomon's Island was
closed since about 10 am today, but traffic is now
moving freely, that is until the next crash or a
disabled vehicle. The
bridge closed once again at 9:50 am, an almost weekly occurrence,
when a motorcyclist was killed in a wreck on the
Solomon's side of the bridge, according to Maryland
State Police Sgt. Canfield.
Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans told ST. MARY'S TODAY that
the operator of the motorcycle failed to slow quickly
enough for traffic coming to a stop in front him,
running into the vehicle, being ejected from his
motorcycle and landing in the other lane where he was
promptly run over by a vehicle coming from the other
direction.
HillorBama...
just one big scary word!
Hillary Clinton has raised $10 million in just a few
hours today.....Obama raised $7 million since
Tuesday....who says the liberals have to take your money
when they show now that they have their own, after all!
Mitt Romney out; says he is putting good of nation ahead
of his own ambition, wants to unite GOP to defeat
HillorBama
Reader Feedback
You are now deleted from my favorites.
Laura Hammett
President George W. Bush ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Speaker Pelosi and Vice President Cheney listen as the
President finishes a punch line. White House photo
Bush
warns that the terrorists say that they will not rest
until they strike US in Washington;
"We will not rest until these terrorists are defeated"
Text of State of the Union speech
President Bush got 70
rounds of applause during his 53 minute speech....called
for tax cut being made permanent, promised to veto any
bill which has a tax increase, increase benefits for
veterans...
One Congressman asked President Bush while he was on his
way out of the House chamber following his State of the
Union, "How do you give a rebate to people who didn't
put any 'bate' in?" Bush shook his head.
No tender
moments in the chamber for Obama and Scarlet O'Clinton
Congressman Steny Hoyer ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
Hoyer blasts GOP on earmarks
hypocrisy Hoyer calls
for
fast action on stimulus package
St. Mary's Commissioner Report:
By Commissioner Larry Jarboe
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Cargo Ship Aground in Chesapeake; Lost Power Near Bay
Bridge
A rising tide lifts all ships and high
tide in the evening refloated the Japan; Coast Guard is
taking the vessel into custody for inspections of
hull....
CHESAPEAKE BAY (Jan. 28, 2008) This file photo is of
another freighter which ran aground when it ventured a
mile outside of the shipping channel near Bloody Point
in 1992, perhaps due to a good card game and bottle of
Jack Daniels keeping the pilot occupied. The
freighter which ran aground today, did so due to a loss
of power...and perhaps they couldn't operate the
electric winch for the anchor, which would have kept
them from drifting.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Hillary Supporters in Prince George’s County to Hold Volunteer
Meeting Tuesday
The Hillary Clinton Campaign will hold a volunteer
meeting for supporters in Prince
George’s County tomorrow, Tuesday, January
29th, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., at Prince George’s County Community College
in Largo, Maryland. Clinton supporters are encouraged to attend the meeting to
get information on get-out-the-vote activities, and for
more information on ways to help drive home Hillary’s
message of change moving toward Maryland’s February 12th
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O'Malley Names Two New Top Judges
New York women's group slams Kennedy as a traitor for
endorsing Obama
Humor: toon of
JFK meeting Bill Clinton
Sen.
Teddy Kennedy's
car being pulled out a river
where he drove it off
a bridge, killing his secretary. He left her in the car
and swam away.
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St. Mary's
Board Adds Two More Openings for Developers to Rt. 235
Sheriff and
SHA officials to meet over highway dangers
This wreck took place at the same location where the St.
Mary's Commissioners have allowed yet another highway
access by a developer, at the intersection of Rt. 235
and Clarks Landing Road. Next, this wreck on Rt.
235 is close to the new entrance to Wildewood on Rt. 235
that the commissioners have approved.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
Letter to the Editor:
Public Schools
are Failures
Letter to
the Editor:
Don't Waste
Money on Portable Stage
Historic St. Mary's
City?
No Vista or View will
Stand in the Way of Maggie's Vision
ST. MARY'S CITY (Jan. 28, 2008) --- St. Mary's
College President Maggie O'Brien's construction plans
have eliminated this view of the shoreline along the St.
Mary's River. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
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All
Aboard?
Left, MARC commuter train which was pulled up to the
gate such as this one at Union Station was hit from
behind by a switching engine which was supposed to just
hook up to the end of the train to pull it back out of
the station. ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Next is a photo of injured passengers
being removed from the jolted MARC train.
Photo by Alan Etter DC/Fire EMS
NBC 4 REPORT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 7, 2008) --- Amtrak
engine rear-ended a MARC commuter passenger train which was
unloading at Union Station in Washington....seven
passengers were reported to be injured, none of them
life-threatening. The Amtrak switching engine was
coming in behind the MARC train at the station and was
going too fast and instead of stopping short of the
train it was supposed to hook up to, hit it, reports ABC
7 News. The MARC train remained on the
tracks.
Elderly
Man on Way to Cemetery Missing Since Tuesday
WALDORF (Feb. 7, 2008) On Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.,
Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to a
residence in the 5500 block of
Moonfish Court in Waldorf for
the report of a missing person. Investigation revealed
George Edward Cox, 83, of Bloomingburg, N.Y., left
his family’s residence about 24 hours earlier in a White
Buick Regal with
New York tags
CCN3223. He was headed toward Arlington National Cemetery but has not been heard from
since. He is described as a fair-complexioned white male
with gray balding hair. He is approximately 5 feet 11
inches tall, weighs 160 pounds and has a thin build. He
was wearing tan pants, a white dress shirt and a black
tie with World War II replica medals on it. He is
prescribed medication he may not have with him. Anyone
who knows of Cox’s whereabouts is asked to contact the
Charles County Sheriff’s Office at 301-932-7777 or
Charles County Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS. Officer
J. Foster is investigating. |
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Pedestrian Struck; Not in Crosswalk but Grazing in
Highway like Cow
Pedestrians are
not usually hit by cars when they are walking in
crosswalks....more
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SMACKDOWN!
Trooper makes historic heroin bust; nabs speedy Gomez
with 4.2 million worth of junk
GREAT MILLS FIGHT CLUB
ANOTHER
RED-LETTER
DAY for GREAT MILLS HIGH SCHOOL
Videos
of stupid kids knocking the stuffing out of each other
have been removed from You Tube...
For the benefit of the parents who have been raising
these hooligans, who attend Great Mills High School,
readers were able to view these videos the punks made of
themselves conducting a "Fight Club" on the grounds of
Town Creek Elementary School. Of course, these
heathens are just a few of the students who attend the
school and are not representative of the student body as
a whole, they are representative of themselves and their
parents. The police are investigating the
activities of the "club". For the
bleating and braying jackasses of Great Mills, a search
of You Tube did not reveal similar fight clubs for
Leonardtown, Chopticon or Ryken High Schools. We
are afraid to look for any clubs in Charles County
schools.
More Presidential Politics
Hillary lent
$5 million of her own money
to campaign; in all these years, this top liberal of her
generation has only been spending other people's
money...
Politico Reports:
Five Reasons Hillary Should be
Worried
Barry Obama, how he was known growing
up, just like John Kennedy was called "Jack", raised $31
million in January and is on target to
raise $30 million in Feb. as Democrats open their
wallets as they fall in love with the man
who's middle name is "Hussein".
Zogby
Explains Super Tuesday:
pollster tells how he blew it on California, gives
meaning to puzzle of conflicting claims from candidates
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Appeals Court Gives Valentines
Day Kiss to Police Chief
Park Police Chief Fired by Bush Administration Wins
Appeal Under Whistleblower Act
at
U. S. Court of Appeals
www.honestchief.com
http://www.peer.org/campaigns/whistleblower/chiefchambers/news.php
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Heroes
at Work:
Rush
Hour Mayhem Sends Child Flying to Trauma Unit
LEXINGTON PARK (Feb. 14, 2008) --- This crash between
two vehicles at the traffic signal controlled
intersection of Rt. 235 and the North Gate of the
Patuxent River Naval Air Station resulted in several
persons injured along with one child flown to Children's
Hospital on Trooper Seven, based at the St. Mary's
Airport. Bay District Volunteer Fire Department
firefighters worked to get the injured out of the "T"
Bone wreck so Lexington Park rescue squad personnel
could assist them.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
It's Time for Another Tax Revolt
says Vernon Gray
Oceans Eyed As New Energy Source
National vs. Local Leadership:
Commentary by
St. Mary's Commissioner Larry Jarboe
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Nader Says He Will Run for Prez!
On Meet the Press, Ralph Nader says nation is a mess due
to the two parties...Democrats say Nader in race threw
Florida to Bush and hold him responsible for what has
taken place in last seven years, asked Tim Russert.
Nader says, no, the Bush Administration is responsible
as are the Democrats for allowing the mess with Iraq,
the economy, Katrina, and every other mess that has the
American people with the lowest level of confidence in
government in history...."These are the two parties who
have spoiled things"
Nader points out that Obama had been pro-Palestinian
prior to running for president, now he switched
sides...for now.
"If the Democratic
Party can't landslide things this year they just ought
to fold up" ---
Nader responded to
Russert when asked if his entry into the race could
cause Obama, if he is the nominee, to lose the chance to
become the first black President. "The Republicans have
a candidate who promises perpetual war".
Nader pledges not to take any special interest money,
only contributions from
individuals
Fox news
says it's female correspondent is "imbeded" with former
President Bill Clinton as he campaigns for Hillary in
Texas
well,
who figures that is news?
Ohio and Texas not ideal
for firewall for Hillary
Want to contribute to Hillary?
Want To Contribute to Obama?
Want to contribute to McCain?
McCain blast Obama for saying he
would meet with Cuban dictator without first demanding
release of political prisoners, free elections or free
media, labor unions says he hopes Fidel gets
to meet Karl Marx real soon...
Post report:
Paxson says he met with McCain to
urge action by FCC
Politico report:
Michelle Obama's college thesis
was on racial divide
A
black or a woman as president? How about a
consumer advocate? An old guy?
Reader Feedback question:
While blacks have won in Maryland
as second banana to Governors of both parties and Obama
won Maryland primary, will whites choose a black
candidate for president when it comes down to a one on
one choice? If Hillary is selected, will voters
allow a woman to be the Commander in Chief?
Will you vote for Ralph Nader now that he is in the
race? McCain too old? Send your views to
staff1@stmarystoday.com
Glen Burnie Soldier One of Three
US Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Voices of Civil Rights:
John Lewis, now a US Congressman, leads others in prayer
in Selma, Alabama in 1963. The marchers at
Selma. Peter Pettus
Danny Lyon, Library of Congress
Black Americans
at war serving America
overseas; at home, struggling for rights
Wicomico County States Attorney
Arrested for DWI in Ocean City While Driving County
Vehicle
She
would make Hillary look friendly!
Carrie Nation: the
first Mother Against Drunk Driving: she was a battle axe
bar-busting momma!
Library of Congress
Rockville man charged with Arizona
Congressman in Corruption Scandal
charges of improper dealings
marked prior election
Renzi has already
resigned from committees, called on to quit
Congressman Renzi's
Maryland co-conspirator in fishy
dealings is an actual fish dealer!
Andrew
Beardall, of
Salt River Lobster,
helps run a fish market across from NIH in Bethesda on
Saturdays. Comment on the charges has been
requested from Beardall.
Victim of $100 G's street robbery
in New York is descendent of first American Saint
Arab
to Israel:
kiss your butt goodbye
Hillary Wins Big Prize of California
McCain in command of race
Kennedy's couldn't even carry Massachusetts for Obama
McCain gets California
Huckabee sweeps five Southern
States
CLINTON: AR, AZ, CA, MA, NY, NJ, OK, TN
OBAMA: AL, CT, CO, DE, GA, ID, IL, KS, MN, MO, ND, UT
HUCKABEE: AL, AR, GA, TN, WV
MCCAIN: AZ, CA, CT, DE, IL, MO, NJ, NY, OK
ROMNEY: CO, MA, MN, MT, ND, UT
ABC News puts Hillary on top in delegate count
Hillary won states dems need to
win in November
Stock market tanks;
overseas markets tumble
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Nearly 50 dead in four states ripped by tornados
Focus has been on home
foreclosures, now worry is over commercial property loan
defaults as office and retail space goes unrented
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Police examine
the area of the first traffic fatality of the year for
St. Mary's County , where the body of the person struck
lays covered on the side of the roadway with the car
which hit the person stopped in the road. Right,
Mechanicsville Volunteer Firefighters light up the area
for St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies who are reconstructing
the scene while traffic was detoured onto the old Rt. 5
(Old Village Road).
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by
Matthew Ivancie
STORY AND MORE PHOTOS
UPDATE:
The family of
the man who died on Rt. 5 in Mechanicsville on Saturday
night, says that he often walked the roadway, did not
drink and never walked into the highway. The
family reports that he had been in a local store and was
walking on the shoulder of the highway when he was
struck and they are awaiting the police report as to
whether he was actually walking on the shoulder and was
run down by the motorist who drifted off the roadway.
UPDATE:
St. Mary's Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Hall reports that the
man who was killed on Saturday night was in the roadway
when he was hit by the car. No alcohol or drugs were
indicated as being involved with either the driver or
the pedestrian.
McCain Didn't Play Nice with
Fellow GOP Senators
Will Women Turn Their Backs on
Hillary?
Are
women just like a basket of crabs, when one tries to
climb out,
the
rest all reach up and pull her her back in the basket?
Not as many want
Big Bad Bill back in the White
House: Would he get to hire the
secretaries if Hillary wins?
Romney wins Maine Caucus
Hillary still leads Obama....why
does the press fail to report that his middle name is
'Hussein'?
Deep Creek Dam is Leaking
Mikulski decries Bush Under
funding Police
NY Times report:
One third of gamblers surveyed are
problem gamblers
Maryland's troubled history with
the slot machine
DOD allows slot machines on
military bases overseas
Crime and corruption with
slots is disturbing; but drugs remains the real cash
deal: read this
City Paper report on how drugs get
to Baltimore
Support Ronald McDonald House, Helping Hands Food Pantry
and Farm Bureau
St. Mary's County Farm
Bureau will celebrate the National Food Checkout Day for
2008 on Wednesday, February 6th. Food checkout day is
day 37 of 2008 - that day of the year by which the
average American earns enough to pay for his food for
the entire year of 2008. St. Mary's Farm Bureau will
mark the day with a $100.00 donation to our local
Helping Hands Food Pantry and and will also participate
with other Maryland Farm Bureau women in a visit to the
Ronald MacDonald House in Baltimore to make a donation
of food, collected flip tabs and financial support. The
Ronald MacDonald House Foundation is a major benefactor
of this national event and is supported regularly by
Maryland Farm Bureau through the collection of aluminum
flip tabs. For more information or to make a donation
of collected flip tabs, call 301-884-3086 or
301-475-9372.
Two L. A. Cops Found Guilty of
Drug Dealing, Robbery, Civil Rights Violations
Baltimore Sun report:
Teen confesses to killing entire
family then went out for the weekend with his pals
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Obama takes fire from both sides
Election
Ejection
A vehicle traveling too fast in the nasty weather on
Election night left the roadway and hit another vehicle
before overturning....the driver was ejected and kept on
trucking, on foot.
More from Huntingtown VFD
Bozo Cop Charged
in Fatal Wreck
Was Doing 125 MPH In Rush Hour
When He Wrecked and Killed 2 People; PG Authorities
Charge Him With Manslaughter
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Tug
with 420,000 gallons of
oil aground in Chesapeake
Congress Investigates
Star Ball Player's Backside
In the
interest of fighting drug abuse, will someone
investigate the use of drugs by Members of Congress, as
young people look up to politicians as role models also,
at least investigate the many
cases of bad comb-over...over use of Viagra and Botox...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 13, 2008) --- A congressional
hearing being held today into the use of
steroids by ball players, specifically New York Yankees
star pitcher Roger Clemens who adamantly declares that
he has not used human growth steroids.
Clemens has been lectured by Chairman Henry Waxman (D.
Calif.) for interfering with the investigation by
contacting his former nanny.
Clemens' lawyers objected in an unusual outburst from
the floor, saying that they had advised Clemens to
contact the nanny to learn what she remembered about the
issues involved. Congressman Dan Burton blasted
the former trainer for Clemens after he admitted
multiple cases of lying to federal investigators and
said that the trainer is simply denigrating a good
player and a good man.
Congressman Tom Davis (R. Virginia) pointed out that
medical records being used by Congressman Lynch (D.
Mass.) to question whether a eruption on Clemens' butt
came from injections, were contradictory and that the
doctor who issued the opinion from looking at the MRI's
had never examined Clemens.
Congressman Dan Burton (R. Indiana) loudly criticized
the 'Trial by Media' of Clemens and made Macame admit
the many times he has lied on the record and under oath.
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New Blue Crabs Get Tax
Dollars by the Bushel
While Gov. O'Malley boosts
your taxes,
he has now approved $7 million for this
playground which will charge you over
$500 for season tickets to be able to
enjoy your investment. Still, no MARC
commuter trains are coming down the
tracks to this stadium, near the CSX tracks,
in Waldorf. $7 million would have funded
five sets of locomotives and surplus
passenger cars are available from federally
funded transit systems such as Chicago system
which must spin off it's rail passenger cars for
only $1 as they were originally purchased with federal
dollars. That's right, rail cars which
can still be used for a buck apiece.
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