Thursday, February 15, 2007

February 15

Sheila D. is looking at merging the school police with the city police. (WBAL has some oddly capitalized "man on the street" interviews with local denizens.)
Olesker: Hop off the trash truck and get in a police car already!

Remember the tragic Remington halfway-house triple murder of Nathan Gulliver, Antwon Arthur, and Steven Matthews? Prosecutors say it was all over a $125 debt.

Two people pled guilty to a gun battle that ended at a Dundalk supermarket.

AAC police are looking for 17-year-old "Zel" Tuell for the murder of Terrance A. Powell. Powell's 15-year-old brother was also a murder victim in Annapolis six years ago.

Dr. Nelson H. Hendler of the Mensana clinic pleaded guilty to a drug distribution charge in the County and got 150 hours of community service and 18 months of supervised probation.

Pervertito del giorno: HoCo officials finally tracked down Gilbert Blackman in Arizona. Blackman, a convicted child abuser, disappeared 10 years ago after violating probation.

A teddy bear vendor was beaten and robbed in the Southern.

Our city's fine bail bondsmen can get your loved ones out of the slammer for as low as $500.

Politics Corner
Annapolis Alderwoman Julie Stankivic is "living in a community that has been besieged." She is, of course, referring to cab drivers who honk their horns.

It looks as if Olesker shamed O'Malley's brother into taking down the sign, and shoveling the walk.

Ten candidates shall now commence clawing their way into Stephanie R Blake's District 6 City Council seat. Also leaving: Paula Johnson Branch of the 13th (and Keiffer Mitchell of the 11th).

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

To be blunt, I'm excited that so many council spots are up for elections. Perhaps we can get some people more intent on doing right for our city instead of just spending our money without any type of results.

Anonymous said...

Now that I think about it, can we get some of our General Assembly representatives to run for mayor so we can get them replaced too? Perhaps all of them?

John Galt said...

I'd like to nominate Del. Maggie McIntosh for Governor or of Wyoming, or Alaska, or Guam.

The esteemed dELEGATE HAS DONE JUST SO MUCH nothing for crime control and sufficient sentencing guidelines.

She, is, however, very big on promoting one-party Democratic hegemony everywhere.

Anonymous said...

I used to live in your district - Joan Carter Conway is not better at all.

Nor is Curt Anderson. The only thing I saw them successfully do was post a lot of re-election signs in the district.

Why in the world do we have such pathetic leadership in this state?

John Galt said...

Well, you have to look at the voter base. Your upper middle-class whites are capable of being analytic, but they understand that they will need a substantial chunk of the black vote to get anyone into office.

The black vote in this town is largely bnot analytic. Baltimore's black population is largely ill-educated, of limited scope of experience, and clannish. Candidates here are elected not for what they do (how they vote). Instead, it's about what they tell constituents they did.

Example: most in Baltimore think that Ehrlich deregulated electricity, causing rate increases. Nope. It was their democratic delegates. But as long as the word on the street says he did it, he's out of office.

Thge Examiner and WBAL may research it and determine that the legislators were in on that, but truth doesn't matter. Only what people say. Kinda like when O'Malley says he's reduced crime by 40%. These voters don't really read credible sources. Many cannot read.

Another reason to vote for a candidate: 'cause my mother('s) cousin('s) sister in law on his campaign committee. People in this town ascribe the familiarity of their small, small social network to themselves. Those few become proxies for personal judgement, and consequently there seems to be no 'buyers' remorse' associated with voting for the wrong person, because it would constitute a repudiation of the judgement of 'my own people'.

You know, in the post-revolutionary period, the masses were not universally granted the right to vote, largely because they could not be relied upon to have the good sense to use it responsibly. Bring back voter qualifications, I think.

C Love "The Rap Addict" said...

LOL! wow