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Friday, November 11, 2011

Westminster Patch:Show Us Your Heroes for Veterans Day and Carroll County Wants You to Vote For the Best 'Art Cart'

Beware of Mischevious Fairies in Westminster This Weekend (VIDEO) and more from Westminster Patch


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November 10, 2011

Beware of Mischevious Fairies in Westminster This Weekend (VIDEO)

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Westminster High School students will perform A Midsummer Night's Dream Nov. 10, 11 and 12.

Show Us Your Heroes for Veterans Day

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Upload a photo or video of your or a loved-one to be featured on Veterans Day.

Carroll County Wants You to Vote For the Best 'Art Cart'

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The county is holding a special contest in honor of "America Recycles Day."

Romney Wins Maryland In Early Presidential Money Race

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Although Maryland historically votes democratic, voters are digging into their pockets for Republican presidential candidates.
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New Blog: Marijuana Debate Goes from the Sublime to the Ridiculous

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The debate over legalizing marijuana rages on.
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November 10, 2011

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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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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My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Politico: Christmas tree tax tabled by Obama

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Politico: Christmas tree tax tabled by Obama: Politico: Christmas tree tax tabled by Obama By TIM MAK | 11/9/11 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67933.html The Oba...

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

One-year anniversary of the five-commissioner form of government approaching in Carroll County

One-year anniversary of the five-commissioner form of government approaching in Carroll County

Kevin Dayhoff

November 9, 2011

With the one-year anniversary of the five-commissioner form of government approaching in Carroll County, a number of readers have asked a few questions.

I do not know if I am going to write a “one-year review” or not. However, to answer a few questions from Facebook friends…

I episodically cover Carroll County government. However, my coverage is not consistent because I have colleagues who do and I’m too-frequently conflicted-out.

I did write some about the change to the five-commissioner form of government. As for your question, “Why did they go for district commissioners?” see:








The debate and discussion over the five-commissioner form of government began as a public issue around 1998. Although it could be argued that the discussion really began many years earlier than that… The first time I ever heard of the idea was in the mid-to-late 1960s…

From 1998 to 2010, the debate was all-consuming for all-things government, and yet for most of those years I was an elected official and I avoided the debate like the plague. Only about 20 percent of my constituency really had any opinion, the other 80 percent either was oblivious to the discussions or really-really did not give a rat’s behind…

In response to your question, “How is it working?” I guess that depends on who you ask. Ask five Carroll countians that question and you will get seven and a half answers. My concern was that the best interests of the county would be divided into five balkanized states. That has, in my view, not happened. Perhaps it has not happened because of the mixture the voters put into office.

Nevertheless, I still would prefer that the five candidates come from each of the five districts but the entire county still vote for all five candidates for office. As it is at present, each candidate is over only voted upon by a particular district.

In the end, I would still prefer charter government. In the interest of full disclosure, I was on the committee for charter government in the late 1980s. That effort failed…

You asked, “Any districts short on candidates? Any overloaded with candidates?” See: Carroll County Board of Elections list of candidates for Carroll County Commissioner: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/08/carroll-county-board-of-elections-list.html

There was certainly no shortage of candidates and if anything, there were an awful lot of candidates. Whether or not any of the districts were overloaded, I’m of the mind that local government can never have too many folks running for office. It’s getting well-qualified folks to run that is the greater question.

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Carroll County Board of Elections list of candidates for Carroll County Commissioner: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/08/carroll-county-board-of-elections-list.html

Carroll County Maryland, commissioners, government, governance, elections, charter, Kevin Dayhoff

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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: LEO SHANE III - Stars and Stripes: Where veterans ...

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: LEO SHANE III - Stars and Stripes: Where veterans ...: Where veterans are finding jobs By LEO SHANE III Stars and Stripes Published: November 8, 2011 WASHINGTON — First, the ba...

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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: CHRIS CARROLL: Stars and Stripes: Hire veterans, P...

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: CHRIS CARROLL: Stars and Stripes: Hire veterans, P...: Hire veterans, Panetta urges business execs By CHRIS CARROLL Published: November 8, 2011 WASHINGTON – U.S. troops have sacrif...

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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: DOD: Hire a Vet to Honor Veterans Day, Officials S...

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: DOD: Hire a Vet to Honor Veterans Day, Officials S...: NEWS ARTICLE Hire a Vet to Honor Veterans Day, Officials Say http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=66012 By Donna M...

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2011/11/dod-hire-vet-to-honor-veterans-day.html

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Carroll County Maryland Unemployment statistics from 2000 to present


Carroll County Maryland Unemployment statistics from 2000 to present



See also: Carroll County Maryland Department of Economic Development Local Maryland Unemployment rankings - http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2011/11/carroll-county-maryland-department-of.html  The chart may be found here:

Carroll County Maryland, Department of Economic Development, Local Maryland Unemployment rankings, unemployment

[20111028 CC Unemp 2000 to present]


Carroll County Maryland Unemployment statistics from 2000 to present

Labels: Maryland Municipal League see MML, MML, MML Municipal League
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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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.


*****


Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


*****
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Vote for your favorite decorated recycling bin “Art Bin” at the Carroll County MD Office Building in Westminster MD


Vote for your favorite decorated recycling bin “Art Bin” at the Carroll County MD Office Building in Westminster MD http://tinyurl.com/765qq7j

November 7, 2011 - November 15th is “America Recycles Day”, so to celebrate the Carroll County Government Recycling Office is hosting an “Art Carts” Contest through November 15th in the lobby of the Carroll County Government Office Building, 225 N. Center Street, Westminster, Maryland.

Don’t miss your chance to vote for your favorite recycling bin decorated by local artists.

The winner will be determined on November 15th and posted thereafter. Be sure to check if your favorite won!

The event was planned to continue awareness of recycling in a fun, creative way.

The “Art Bin” artists include:
Amber Maurer
Becky Johnson
Corey Heck
George Maurer
Hampstead Elementary School
Kevin Dayhoff
Ryan Burns – Energy Savers of America
Susan Williamson – Art Council
Vicky Stata-Bauer
Westminster West Middle School
Winters Mill High School National Art Honor Society

The artists who participated will be recognized on America Recycles Day November 15, 2011.

For more information, contact Maria Myers, Carroll County Government Recycling Manager at 410-386-2035. www.recyclecarroll.org


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“Art Carts” Carroll Co. Md. Office Building, Westminster Md. October 28, 2011



Vote for your favorite decorated recycling bin “Art Bin” at the Carroll Co MD Ofc Bldg Westminster MD http://tinyurl.com/765qq7j

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America Recycles Day, recycling, Carroll County, Maryland, Maria Myers, art


Vote for your favorite decorated recycling bin “Art Bin”



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http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/MML%20Municipal%20League:


For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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.


*****


Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


*****
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Carroll County Maryland Department of Economic Development Local Maryland Unemployment rankings


Carroll County Maryland Department of Economic Development Local Maryland Unemployment rankings

October 28, 2011


The chart may be found here:

Carroll County Maryland Department of Economic Development Local Maryland Unemployment rankings
[20111028 CC Unemp Rankings]

Carroll County Maryland, Department of Economic Development, Local Maryland Unemployment rankings, unemployment

Labels: Maryland Municipal League see MML, MML, MML Municipal League
http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/MML%20Municipal%20League:


For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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.


*****


Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Kevin Dayhoff - Carroll Eagle Archives: GFWC Woman's Club marks century of building 'our ideal Westminster'

GFWC Woman's Club marks century of building 'our ideal Westminster'


Kevin Dayhoff - Carroll Eagle Archives: GFWC Woman's Club marks century of building 'our ideal Westminster'



Eagle Archive

November 1, 2011

By Kevin Dayhoff


When the Woman's Club of Westminster recently unveiled its 2011 holiday ornament, I pondered that this creative fundraising idea is just one more example of the ways the club has supported our community over the years.
For the past eight years, the Woman's Club's annual Christmas ornament has featured an historic building in Westminster.

That's fitting, because for the past 100 years, the club has been a formidable force in the community, advocating for issues such as — but not limited to — a cannon, typhoid fever, consumption, the minimum wage, cholera, women's suffrage, the League of Nations, raising chickens, drug dealing in American prisons, a new high school, trees, parks and flies. And also fly swatters… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-1106-20111101,0,4609088.story

[20111101 SCE GFWC Womans Club marks century of building]

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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

DoD Sec Panetta Urges Employers to Hire Veterans


DoD Sec Panetta Urges Employers to Hire Veterans


WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2011 – Ensuring combat veterans who have sacrificed for their country have job opportunities when they return to civilian life is a national responsibility with roles for government and private sector alike, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said today in New York. 


http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2011/11/07/dod-sec-panetta-urges-employers-to-hire-veterans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dod-sec-panetta-urges-employers-to-hire-veterans


By  Donna  Miles


Speaking with CEOs and veterans at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Goldman Sachs Foundation in New York, the secretary emphasized the country’s moral obligation to those who have served and sacrificed in uniform.
“These are men and women in uniform that have dedicated themselves to serving this country,” he said. “They have been deployed time and time again. They have gone to the battle area time and time again.”
Now that they have returned home, Panetta said it’s up to the country to stand up to support them. “In the end, the best thing we can do to honor those that have served is to make sure that when they come back, they have some opportunity to be a part of our society and not just wind up on the unemployment rolls,” he said.... http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2011/11/07/dod-sec-panetta-urges-employers-to-hire-veterans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dod-sec-panetta-urges-employers-to-hire-veterans




http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2011/11/dod-sec-panetta-urges-employers-to-hire.html

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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Carroll County Maryland Commissioner Doug Howard Fundraiser - "Second American Revolution"

Doug Howard Fundraiser - "Second American Revolution"


Nexion Health at Warfield Complex in Sykesville, MD


Tuesday, November 15 · 5:30pm - 8:00pm


Friends of Doug Howard

Come join us to hear about the first year in county government, maintaining our freedom through entrepreneurship and strategies for leading an effort to restore Maryland to a two-party state and stand up from Constitutional Government and the our rights as citizens. Campaign fund event. 


$75 to attend. Sponsorships available. 


Authority, Friends of Doug Howard, John Wolpert Treasurer


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For more information on the 2011 Fall Maryland Municipal
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.


*****


Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/


My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


*****
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/