Sunday, December 4, 2011

Recent The Tentacle columns by Kevin Dayhoff

Recent The Tentacle columns by Kevin Dayhoff

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November 30, 2011

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In an historic, extraordinary step in the proper direction for the economic future of our great country, Rep. Barney Frank (D., MA) announced Monday that he is retiring from Congress.

November 23, 2011

A Little Turkey History and A Wish

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Happy Thanksgiving! Tomorrow all of America will be celebrating the American version of the “Harvest Festival” by gathering their families together and watching football. Some may be aware that the annual holiday originated as a celebration to give thanks for the annual harvest.

November 16, 2011

Celebrating Veterans Day and “A Call to Arms”

Kevin E. Dayhoff

This year Veterans Day fell on a Friday and many enjoyed a three-day weekend – shopping, doing chores around the house or spending time with friends and family, luxuries all paid for by an American man or woman in uniform.

November 9, 2011

The Long-Term Fear Factor

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Recently the political turmoil in Italy and Greece, France’s increasing financial troubles, and the lack of leadership in Europe and the United States, are slowly edging the planet from an economic crisis to a long-term fear factor.

November 2, 2011

Work Cut Out For Municipal League

Kevin E. Dayhoff

This week officials from Maryland cities and towns throughout the state converged on the Cambridge Hyatt Chesapeake Bay conference facilities for the three-day Maryland Municipal League’s fall legislative conference.

October 26, 2011

The Path to Re-Election, Argentine Style

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Riding the wave of a booming economy, fueled primarily by agricultural exports, the incumbent leftist Peronist-Justicialist and truly enigmatic president of Argentina, Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner, 58, easily won her bid for re-election on Sunday.

October 19, 2011

Bank Transfer Day

Kevin E. Dayhoff

While everyone was distracted by what Charles Krauthammer delightfully described as, the “Starbucks-sipping, Levi’s-clad, iPhone-clutching protesters (of the Occupy Wall Street movement who) denounce corporate America even as they weep for Steve Jobs, corporate titan, billionaire eight times over…,” a new social uprising term has entered the public discourse. Saturday, November 5 is “Bank Transfer Day.”

October 12, 2011

The Maryland Redistricting Sweepstakes

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Many veteran political observers were taken aback when Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s redistricting commission released its proposed congressional redistricting plan late in the evening of October 3; especially those in Frederick and Carroll County.

October 5, 2011

The Durbin Predator Fees

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Last week Bank of America announced it was going to further bite into the neck of the consuming public with a predatory “Durbin Fee” of $5 per month to use its debit card.

September 28, 2011

A “Capital” History Lesson

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Yesterday, September 27, one city in the United States celebrated the anniversary of the occasion when it was the capital of the United States for one day. Can you name that city? How many cities have served as the capital of our nation since September 5, 1774?

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League’s Fall Legislative Conference at the Cambridge Maryland Hyatt Regency
Chesapeake Bay, including a “Complete 2011 Fall Conference Information (.pdf)”
packet, visit the MML website at www.mdmunicipal.org.

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David Grand - Westminster Patch: 'Brother, can you spare a dime?'

Compelling sociological and historical insights into the Great Depression by David Grand in Westminster Patch. Thanks. Kevin Dayhoff

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Local Voices

David A. Grand

Blog: 'Brother, can you spare a dime?'

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That was the Depression-era anthem for the times. Written in 1932, that song still resonates loud and clear today, especially among those who find themselves, due to no fault of their own, in a daily struggle for mere survival.

And hard as it may be for the approximate 15 million Americans who are unemployed today (not including those working part-time jobs, or who’ve given up looking for jobs), or for the 46.2 million currently living below the official poverty line of $22,314 for a family of four, to imagine that there were even worst times in our nation’s history... http://westminster.patch.com/blog_posts/blog-brother-can-you-spare-a-dime#comments_list

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In losing Ravens' camp, Westminster takes hit in pride and profit

Tradition of training camp at college dates to the 1950s Baltimore Colts

By Jon Meoli and Jim Joyner, jmeoli@tribune.com and jjoyner@patuxent.com

December 2, 2011 | 10:34 p.m.

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Westminster Mayor Kevin Utz, 54, recalls that when he was a young boy living on Bond Street, he and his brother would ride their bikes several blocks to the Baltimore Colts' training camp at then-Western Maryland College to watch their favorite players up close.

The Colts' camp, held in Westminster from 1953 to 1971, "wasn't as plush" as the camps the Baltimore Ravens have held at the school, now McDaniel College, over the past 15 years, he said.

But those summer days tied Westminster, and all of Carroll County, to Baltimore's football team.

Perhaps that's what hurts so much about the Ravens' decision that they won't be back to McDaniel College in 2012, he said.

"It's almost a 50-year tradition that's being broken," said Utz. "That's the sad part about it." ...

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Md. cats rescued in 'Hoarders' need homes

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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: MDGOP Announces Hiring of Executive Director

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Eagle Archive: Gridiron beginnings 120 years ago were humble for 'Green Terror'

By Kevin Dayhoff

November 30, 2011

This season has marked the 120th anniversary of the football team at McDaniel College.

According to Dr. James Lightner's history of the college, "Fearless and Bold," the first football season at then-Western Maryland College, in 1891, consisted of five games.

"On October 31, 1891, the first WMC football game was played in Westminster" against Pennsylvania College, now known as Gettysburg College... http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-1204-20111130,0,4142448.story

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Once and Future Political Subject

Roy Meachum

Georgia’s Newt Gingrich made column fodder with his 1994 Contract with America, which helped him achieve the Speaker of the House of Representatives and spotted him high up on the list of presidential possible successors, next to the vice president. Ohio’s John Boehner holds the job now.

So, what is your plan?

Joe Charlebois

What will the next President of the United States do with the millions of people here illegally? Better yet, what will the next president do with those who have been here for decades and have generations of family that have been born here?

Thursday, December 1, 2011

From the Heart … For A Child

Joan Marie Aquilino

As you read these words you’ll find yourself in the last few hours of Christmas Cash for Kids on WFMD 9:30AM. Tomorrow it’s all over and you can either be a part of a marvelous Frederick Tradition that reaches back 36 years…..or

The Wrong Foot Forward

Amanda Haddaway

Most government entities have some sort of ethics ordinance that is generally intended to ensure the elected officials in that area act appropriately and disclose matters that may impact their positions of power.

Kicking ’em to the curb…

Blaine R. Young

We all know about superheroes. In modern mythology they possess great powers, and generally assert their powers for the public good. And, of course, in my mind, the greatest of all superheroes was Superman.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Don’t Let the Door…….

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In an historic, extraordinary step in the proper direction for the economic future of our great country, Rep. Barney Frank (D., MA) announced Monday that he is retiring from Congress.

Prelude To A Wedding

Tom McLaughlin

Malta, Montana – Island Airways? In Montana? In Montana? This was the airline we were supposed to take from Billings to Glasgow for my daughter’s wedding. Montana just does not conjure in my mind palm trees, sandy beaches and azure seas. In fact, I don’t think there is an island anywhere in Big Sky country.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Holidays Here

Roy Meachum

The holidays flood Market Street. When Pushkin took me for a Thanksgiving stroll, there was nobody in sight. Stores were not open downtown. Few cars prowled about.

Charting Solutions To Charter School Problems

Earl 'Rocky' Mackintosh

There are creative ways in which tenants and charter school start-ups can reduce their annual rental payments by employing innovative financing and longer term leases.

Holiday Weekend “Efficiencies”

Nick Diaz

So, Thanksgiving break is over. Thursday was one of those outstanding family days, when our grown children, grandchildren, in-laws, and out-laws got together. We talked too much, ate too much, watched football too much (actually, there ain’t no such thing as too much of any of those.)

Monday, November 28, 2011

A less perfect Union

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

We don't expect a perfect Union. The Founders didn't promise perfection; they promised a structure in order to work toward a "more" perfect one. Historically, we always understood that perfection in government is a fantasy, politics is a people business. That's where the problem comes in.

On the other hand…..

Cindy A. Rose

My friend and colleague, Steve Berryman penned a recent piece in The Frederick News Post entitled "Occupy the Lazy Boy." Frankly, I'd like these protesters to Occupy Reality, a Job, a Shower, some Dignity and most of all their own Homes.

Pluses and Minuses of Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan

Michael Kurtianyk

Whatever happened to Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan? Remember that one from the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza? It’s the one where there will be a 9% business flat tax; a 9% individual flat tax; and a 9% national sales tax.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Om Misr/Mother Egypt

Roy Meachum

There is no Thanksgiving in Egypt. But with elections scheduled Monday, Cairo’s Tahrir Square was filled with noises, gunshots and tear gas and, most of all, people. The Square was not the birthplace of Arab Spring, but its best known symbol.

Football in America

Joe Charlebois

Football may not hold the title of “America’s Pastime,” but it is the strongest thread that is woven through the fabric of our American sports quilt.

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Re-elect Kevin Dayhoff to the Westminster City Council May 9th, 2023

Hi, I am Kevin Dayhoff, and I would like to be re-elected - along with Councilmembers Ann Gilbert and Greg Pecoraro - to remain in the three Westminster Common Council seats that are available in the upcoming May 9th city election. We offer experience, energy, accessibility, vision, fiscally prudent, and socially responsible leadership. It would be an honor to have the opportunity to take another turn as a Westminster elected official. This has been paid for by Dayhoff for Westminster, Caroline Babylon - Treasurer. For more information click on the image.