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"Lynn's Pumpkin Hunt Idea"
Description from Mary Ellen Parker: I noticed Lynn suggested a pumpkin hunt in the fall!!! I'd LOVE that !!!
By then I will be rested up from the Egg hunt!!!
My vision should be back to normal and I'll be able to take the ice packs off my wrists...LOL!!!
mean time I think these Pumpkin Picks would be very pretty colors for Summer designs!
m.e . :)
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Love it! We don't have to wait for Halloween, do we? We can hunt for fireworks or American flags.
Sounds like a great idea! LOL SpicyChick, that's true!! hmmm
Love this pick and the pumpkin hunt idea as well!
Great pick! We can't have too many hunts! I was obsessed with trying to find all the eggs. Hours clicking and not doing anything else for the week!
What a gorgeous pick, Mary Ellen! Green and orange is my favorite color combo and I love this variation of it! Oh, and pumpkins? I LOVE pumpkins! I vote YES for a pumpkin hunt for Halloween!
Dear God spare me!!! I'll go bezerk… great pick btw!
Mary it is a wonderful pick!
Lynn knows greens are one of my fave shades… & doesn't she just get you to lol?
She cracks me up!!
Great pick!
I love your idea,Mary Ellen! And, yes, by then my hand will have recovered….
Pretty pick!
Lynn always has good ideas! Such a cool chick she is!!!
Love the idea! What a GREAT pick!
What a gorgeous Pick – and while the idea itself is fun, the idea of another kind of hunt is not, dear chickies – I wish that there were a bit less eggs to find on the LB website, as they do have so many product pages and sections to look thru- 8O, by the time I get done w/ the easter hunt, I almost dislike looking thru the website!
LOve the contrast of the vivid copper reds and soft restful greens! 8)
Mary Ellen, I just love this pick — what a beautiful color combo!
I'm glad you ladies like my idea for a pumpkin hunt — now we just have to see what LB says. Maybe once they catch up on all their egg hunt orders……LOL
Hey, Joyce — Remember the first egg hunt when there were only 16 eggs to find and we all thought THAT was a challenge?!?!?! Little did we suspect what was to come in the future hunts!!! Yikes!
Love this color combination!!
Lynn, I sure do remember that first easter egg hunt with ONLY 16 eggs – and now much that was stressful… I would like to see a pumpkin hunt with less pumpkins than eggs –
Lovely lovely combo MaryEllen! I'm not so sure about a hunt in October. I was lucky to be on staycation this year for the hunt. It was fun, but every thing else suffered.
Wonderful pick to go with a wonderful idea! I vote yes on Lynn's pumpkin hunt idea (or a fireworks or flag hunt). If the LB folks feel like it, of course. Those who get too stressed out don't need to participate…it's supposed to be fun, after all.
Yes yes Yes I say!!
Awesome pick aswell
Mary Ellen, Congrats on this lovely pick being one of the week favs!
Lovely pick and I so love Halloween! Love the idea of a pumpkin hunt too. Mybe bats and bones and ghosties too? I with you Bella, I don't think my wrists could take too much. I have had to cut my keyboarding down alot. Don't want carpal tunnel. The ole Doc said I was not built for typing.
Congrats on fav of the week!
Mary Ellen, what a gorgeous Pick, the olive greens and rusty red/oranges go perfectly together – my vote is for a pumpkin hunt with fewer "items", it is more difficult to look and find all the "items" with so many more new products on this site – and we would be less likely to get carpal tunnel too… ,
Congrats on fave of the week!
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I don't often go national or international with these posts-- state and local politics and affairs seem to be this blog's sweet spot with readers. But, especially as virtually every sane, reasonable politician in Maryland, of any political party, has turned up their nose at the man who is weeks away from walking in the footsteps of Lincoln, TR, Wilson, Eisenhower, and Reagan-- I find it an appropriate time to collect some selected commentary from around the Internet, regarding this man who would aspire to become #45 based upon a base of approximately 40% of the Republican primary voting electorate. I speak of course, of Donald J. Trump.
I don't know how many editorials about Trump's bigotry and racism during his campaign have been written-- hundreds, likely-- but I'm going to point out this one from Aziz Ansari for both its recency and its poignancy. It's time to bring the term "Xenophobe" back. And know, that doesn't describe someone with a fear of the actress Lucy Lawless, nor does it describe an aficionado of the great video game of the 1980s. Xenophobes and xenophobia are alive and well in the United States, and their leader is someone who, before twelve months ago, could boast of their greatest contribution to political discourse being his claim that the President of the United States was born in Kenya.
Although, has has been pointed out, Trump has been hovering around the political landscape for awhile. I recall being an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins, reading a Time Magazine article where he was considering running for President. In 1988 or 1992. It's ridiculous. Fortunately, the creator of the "Doonesbury" comic, Garry Trudeau, didn't forget Trump's long love affair with the political world, nor his prior flirtations with throwing his hat into some ring. And, in true capitalist form, Trudeau's not opposed to making a buck off it. He's got a book about it coming out next month!
But count on the hoi polloi to come up with a seriotragic way to capture the Trump zeitgeist in unforeseen, brilliant ways. In the grand tradition of "Garfield Without Garfield" (Google it, you won't be disappointed) comes Trump as Calvin of "Calvin and Hobbes". I love "Calvin and Hobbes" and, well-- wow. Which of these strips on the link above do not catch the essence of Trup? Well, at least Megalomanic Trump? Xenophobe Trump, Misogynist Trump, Racist Trump-- I don't think those personae are so easy translated into the "Calvin and Hobbes" form. Maybe "Andy Capp" instead?
All this excitement folks, and there's still four and a half months to go? And I haven't even gone there with any graphics or memes.
Let's be careful out there.
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Time for another edition of that sweetest smelling potpourri that there is: Howard County potpourri! Let's peek inside and find out what exceptionalism smells like, shall we?
First off: I thoroughly defeated Board of Appeals Chair and Noted Local Vampire James Howard at the Duckpin Throwdown on Saturday. Defeat was thorough and convincing, as I defeated Dr. Howard three games to zero. I loved the comment from correspondent Mel O'Yellow on my prior post. Great stuff! Gave me a good chuckle. You, Sir/Madam, are encouraged to comment as often as you wish! Sadly, I did miss by a couple weeks the annual celebration of Maryland's true state sport, jousting, so that was kinda unfortunate. I did think of offering this challenge via jousting rather than duckpin bowling, but rest assured that either Dr. Howard or I riding horseback would clearly constitute equine abuse!
Second: Fatimah Waseem wrote this article about local Republicans trying to get their head around Donald Trump, and trying to decide whether or not to support the Republican nominee. Funny, because on my Facebook page the other day, a few partisan Republicans (two Kittleman appointees, one of who is Allan Kittleman's campaign Treasurer and the other, a member of the local Republican Central Committee, and a third, the current Republican Man of the Year who is a strong Republican contributor and Trump supporter) accused me of being partisan and doing Calvin Ball's work. What Calvin Ball has to do with anything I have no idea. Plus, I doubt Calvin Ball influenced the young, Muslim, female reporter to write the article. In fact, judging from the last sentence I just wrote, Fatimah had four very strong reasons to write it. Way I see it, if I'm a partisan shill, so's she.
And to the related topic of how this related to the Board of Education race. As far as I'm concerned, Dave, Brad and Chris accusing me of putting on my Dem hat doesn't bug me one bit insofar as the BOE campaign. We all agree that BOE needs three new members come the fall, and I'm sure they'll do everything they can do to make that happen. I know I will. So I think it shows a certain maturity that we can disagree over Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein vs. whoever, and agree that change needs to come to the BOE. I trust the voters of Howard County to send the three best candidates forward to the board in November, and it should be clear to every Howard Countian that Janet Siddiqui has embarrassed, disappointed, and saddened us all through her thorough ineffective service on the board. Janet Siddiqui's rightful place in this election will be dead last. And as for the other five candidates-- we can't vote them all in this election, but we will send the best forward. Who that will be, the voters will decide.
Third! From political fireworks to actual fireworks: wanna see some? Then check this out!
Fourth, we had a freaking tornado in Howard County this week! From what I'm understanding, the twister touched down twice: once in West Friendship, then it skipped up in western Ellicott City, then touched down again in Thunder Hill. That doesn't happen every day and let's hope it doesn't happen again here anytime soon. Was anyone out there in readerland affected? Anyone sad that it was not a Sharknado?
Fifth, and last: been watching this affordable housing debate in downtown Columbia lately. I understand there was a huge discussion about last Thursday night at the CA Board meeting. Putting some thoughts together and will share them when they're in a stronger form. For now, I'm concerned that the Tax Incentive Financing (TIF) genie has been let out of the bottle in Howard County. And note, by saying that, I'm not saying it should be put back in. But Downtown Columbia is not Port Covington in Baltimore. Nuff said for now.
Hope you all have had a fantabulous weekend! And let's be careful out there.
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Hmmm, OK. So I have a choice here. I could either write a post about the gymnastics instructor who's been arrested on child porn charges or I could write about this fun, perhaps even whimsical event where two guys are going to talk smack and duckpin bowl against each other on Saturday, raise a little money for charity, and even worse, these guys are inviting their friends to come by and watch them bowl and hang out. Maybe even do some bowling themselves.
So guess which one I'm picking?
Looking forward to seeing some friends and followers of this blog at AMF Southwest Lanes in Linthicum on Saturday. As the event describes, the hijinks occur from 4 to 6.
Some people have asked me if there's a higher purpose to this event. No, not really. It's Bill and Jamie bowling and having fun. And we're raising money for respective charities. Now, might it turn into a bigger thing? In the future? Maybe. I don't know. It depends.
As it stands, simply sit back, relax (stand if you want, because, you know, plastic bowling alley chairs), have some pizza and soda from the snack bar (or beer, if that's your thing) and enjoy the Baltimorean kitschiness, for a fraction of the price and parking aggravation of Honfest or Artscape. Cheer on your favorite bowler (who will be me) and jeer your least favorite bowler (who will be Jamie). Know that you may see history being made, as there has never been an officially recorded perfect game of 300 in the history of duckpin bowling. And try it yourself. You'll like it!
C'mon, HoCo! Throw your cares away, turn your frowns upside down, and let yourself play for a couple hours. Can't hurt, can it?
Let's be careful out there.
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As reported here in an update this morning, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman has announced that he will not vote for Donald Trump in November. This is, of course, following Governor Hogan's announcement last week, that he, too, won't be voting for the Republican nominee in November. Kittleman also announced that he also won't be voting for Hillary Clinton, as if, of course, anyone were actually thinking that might happen.
And good for Allan Kittleman for deciding not to join the Trump train. This chunk of whale droppings that passes as a Republican nominee has completely disgusted me ever since he clinched the nomination, and especially within the last two weeks. And insofar as why-- wow, where do I begin?
Don't get me wrong-- I admired what Trump had done in plowing through the Republican primary season. I loved the attitude and respected the unrelenting attitude and refusal to back down. And I told people back in October that Trump would be the nominee, because there wasn't another Republican big enough, nor strong enough, to knock him out. And I was right.
But, the general election campaign is a different animal altogether. Trump clearly is not going to win with a base of 70% of Republican support. He needed to kick off the campaign by reaching out and showing his best self-- the successful businessman, billionaire, historic candidate from outside the political world-- not the mean-spirited persona railing on against Muslims, "Mexicans", (quotes because he seems to label all Hispanics and Latinos as such), women, and others. In other words, he needed to use Mitt Romney's Etch-A-Sketch, shake that mother, and introduce himself to the American people.
Well, he did that all right. And so far what most of the American people see is an idiot. A rich idiot, but an idiot nonetheless. And the people Trump needs to persuade-- they're not very persuaded. And I do think that there are only so many xenophobes out there who will vote.
Maybe now that there's been a shake-up on Trump's campaign team, maybe now this country will get the national debate it deserves. Shoot, before it's all said and done, maybe Gary Johnson will make it to the debate stage. But until then, any self-respecting Republican politician, a number that obviously counts Kittleman and Hogan, isn't exactly going to rub noses with The Donald.
Let's be careful out there.
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan made headlines last week when he announced that he would not vote for presumptive nominee Donald Trump for President. See? Look! Made CNN and everything.
I dunno, maybe this is just my Democratness coming through, but although I do think the national GOP ought to get behind their standard bearer, as he did win enough Delegates to earn the Republican nomination, I don't think we've heard the last yet from what people call the "traditional" GOP-- the party of people like Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, et. al., who have yet to fully get behind their nominee. (Yeah, Ryan endorsed Trump, but with Trump's daily barrages about and against various things, how long is that going to last? He's already had to distance himself from Trump's comments about the judge hearing the Trump University case.) I still think that there's going to be one more play to deny Trump the nomination, and that it's going to happen at the Republican National Convention. I also think it's not going to work.
It was good of the Governor to announce that he wouldn't vote for Trump. But, closer to home, what I want to know is: where does County Executive Allan Kittleman stand? I posed that question late last week on social media, and have yet to receive a reply. I'm wondering why?
And if your answer is going to be that the County Executive doesn't care about national politics, then why did he endorse Ohio Governor John Kasich for the April primary? Fat lotta good that did anyone, though, as Trump carried the state. So no, I do think Allan Kittleman cares about national politics; he's certainly been involved in Presidential and Federal campaigns and candidates during his career as head of the Howard County Republican Central Committee, as a County Councilmember, and as a State Senator. Look! Here's a picture of Allan at the 2012 Republican National Convention!
And he certainly seems to be a person in favor with the Maryland Republican Party:
So why the silence now?
Maybe a reason is something that Governor Hogan failed to realize. That while it's nice to say who you're going to vote for, or not, when you're a party person (and the County Executive is most definitely an office where party matters), you need to be accountable for your party's standard bearer. And right now, that standard bearer is saying very unkind things about Muslims, "Mexicans", women both as a group and individually, and a whole lot of other people. Yet here I see over the weekend, here's the County Executive at the citizenship ceremony. And in the recent past, here's the County Executive with the Muslim Council. Just like a couple years ago, here's the State Senator running for County Executive, at the Baltimore Pride parade.
Some would say that Kittleman's attending events like these, in light of overwhelming sentiment within his own party to the contrary, shows political bravery. Shows that Allan Kittleman's his own man. A true servant leader. But I'm wondering if it doesn't show something else? Namely, political expediency wrapped outside a core of policy hypocrisy. Because this County Executive, if he truly were committed to the causes he says he believes in, would be standing up at every event he's going to and lament the sad state his own party's in, to say nothing of the state of affairs of our nation as a whole. Heck, he could even get a few licks in on Hillary while he's at it.
But again, I'm sure there are some out there who say that Kittleman wouldn't throw his fellow Republicans under the bus, that he's too principled a conservative to take action. Ahh, but there's another fundamental political flaw these people offer. Because used to be, in the 80s and 90s, conservative politicians are ones who draw bright lines around the role government plays in the economy and in private matters. But during this century, conservative office holders have morphed into something terrible. They've become cowards who often are too afraid and ignorant to act, who instead, find it much easier to scream shrilly and uselessly about some other group of people who they like to blame. Filled with anger and bluster, devoid of common sense and logical thought. That's the environment that created the current Republican nominee, who I believe is starting to learn the lesson that what got him through the primary ain't doing diddly for him in the general.
Or they do something else. They shut up and say nothing.
I can't believe I just ended a post about why Hogan and Kittleman won't disavow (and disembowel) Donald Trump by wishing that Reagan conservatives still existed.
UPDATE: Allan Kittleman told Fatimah Waseem yesterday that he will not vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for President. Which Fatimah promptly tweeted worldwide. OK, so Allan choosing not to vote for Hillary is hardly a surprise. But Allan has joined Governor Hogan in declaring his refusal to support Republican nominee Donald Trump. More on this in another post.
Let's be careful out there.
#mdpolitics #hocopolitics #changemaryland #hogan #kittleman
Hope everyone out there has a wonderful Father's Day!
I thought I would share with folks what I wrote in terms of testimony on CR88-2016 Monday night. For the uninitiated, that's the resolution to create a citizens committee that will review the HCPSS budget, with the assistance of the Office of the County Auditor.
See below. And let's be careful out there.
My name is Bill Woodcock and I live at 6127 Orient Lane in Columbia, Maryland, 21045. I have come tonight to speak in favor of Council Resolution 88.
I wish that this testimony was not necessary tonight. In fact, I wish that this legislation was not necessary. Since the leadership of the Howard County Public School System apparently doesn't have a clue as to what this community's values are, let me remind them. People in Howard County respect, and expect, honesty. And transparency. And they believe that their public servants should be knowledgeable and cooperative. And that they execute their duties with the highest standards of ethics and concern for others.
Throughout the last year or two, the HCPSS leadership have for some reason abandon these values. As was all too evident in the recent budget meetings between the Council and HCPSS leadership, the HCPSS can not be counted upon to manage its budget in a responsible, transparent manner.
Which brings me to why this legislation is a good idea. First, I believe that public input and examination of the HCPSS budget is necessary and reasonable. Second, I believe strongly in the ability of the County Auditor's Office to audit the HCPSS budget. I have over ten years' experience in budgets, accounting and finance in public organizations, agencies on the Federal, state, and local level. It is complex business to confirm that dollars appropriated for particular uses are, indeed, spent on those uses. Third, the creation of this committee allows for people, such as myself, who know about public and private finance to contribute positively to Howard County's future, and I always welcome when the county offers those opportunities. Fourth, although the circumstances are regrettable, this committee represents a reasonable check and balance on the HCPSS's use of its budgetary resources. The ironic thing here, of course, is that the HCPSS used to have it's own Citizens Budget Review Committee—until, of course, the HCPSS leadership decided it didn't add any value. Maybe now we know why that decision was made.
I commend Dr. Ball for his sponsorship of this legislation, and I strongly recommend that the Council approve this legislation unanimously! Thank you for your time, and I'm happy to answer questions.
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After many serious recent posts, time for something much lighter and hopefully, fun.
Howard County Board of Appeals Chair Dr. James P. Howard, II is a vampire. It has been chronicled in this blog here. And here. And here. Where once stood two adorable small children once known as "Chase" and "Ducky", now stand two cherubic minions of the undead. When asked what his mission was in life, his only answer was, "Be negative". And he meant that in two different ways.
Dr. Howard's crusade in support of all things dark and unholy has run rampant across the State of Maryland for far, far too long. Clearly something needs to be done. And I'm the guy to do it. My weapon of choice? Garlic? A crucifix? A silver bullet? A mirror?
No. Duckpin bowling.
On Saturday, June 25, from 4pm to 6pm at the AMF Southwest Lanes in Linthicum, it's Duckpin Throwdown I: Woodcock vs. Howard! What is this? Well, it's an opportunity to kick back and have fun for a couple hours. Lots of heavy, serious conversations in HoCo right now and we need to loosen up a little.
Also, this is for charity. The event is free to attend, and you don't need to pledge to a bowler, but for each little pinny-winny we knock down, Jamie will make a donation to Planned Parenthood, and for each pin I knock down to Living in Recovery of Howard County.
Third, because it's a low-cost,fun activity, recently profiled in the New York Times, and a local phenomenon, attendees are invited to try duckpin bowling at the lanes while the best two out of three challenge takes place. AMF Southwest boasts forty duckpin alleys for your bowling pleasure, plus, of course, a full-service snack bar and other tremendous amenities!
I hope you'll come out and join us in some good old-fashioned tomfoolery and entertainment!
Let's be careful out there.
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As I finished writing yesterday's post, the news out of Orlando was just becoming known to me. What I had heard, at that time, was that about 20 people in a gay Latino nightclub in Orlando had been shot. Within a few hours, more complete details were known. As of this writing, 103 people were shot; 50 dead, 53 wounded. The gunman, a 29-year-old Islamic-American who had been radicalized in this country, though he had made some trips to the Persian Gulf region and was under watch twice by the FBI. And during the shootings the gunman called 911 and proclaimed his allegiance to ISIS.
I have no idea how many bullets this maniac used in committing the shooting, but in thinking about this massacre, the bloodies terror attack in the US since 9/11, I'm reminded of these lyrics from Bruce Springsteen's song "41 Shots", about the police shooting of Amadou Diallo:
"41 shots, I got my boots caked with this mud
We're baptized in these waters
And in each other's blood"
Obviously, the circumstances of that event are not similar to those in Orlando. But I feel the sentiments in the above lyrics. With all the recent mass shootings-- Sandy Hook, San Bernadino, Chattanooga, and now Orlando, to name (horribly) only a few-- we are ALL baptized in these waters. All of us-- white, black, brown, yellow, old, young, male, female, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Taoist, Islamic, Atheist, Agnostic, whatever else I didn't mention, and also, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, bisexual, or any other orientation.
And these shootings have also, baptized us all in each other's blood.
Most of you will be reading this on June 14, which is Flag Day. The flag of our nation has seen some incredible things happen in the land over which it flies. It saw the beginning of the collapse of the age of imperalism. It saw a nation stay united in spite of a long and bloody Civil War. It fought the threat of global totalitarianism not once, but twice. And won. It endured a decades-long Cold War against Communism. And won.
While all those battles were being fought and won, America was not at it's best. We have a lot about which to be ashamed as a people. The treatment of the Native American. Slavery. Women's suffrage. The internment of Japanese-Americans. Jim Crow. The abuse of gay Americans. And I believe we stand on the precipice of an era, if we're not already in it already, of terrible prejudice against Muslim-Americans. As if the Islamic faith is filthy and people who practice it are less than human. Islam, like all world religions, teaches peace and harmony and love and light. True that most major religious texts speak of the enemies of that religion. Lots of blood over the centuries have been shed in the name of God. But we are a better people, and we live in a better time, than that. Don't we?
I hope we are. This evening, as I was at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia for a vigil for the Orlando victims, I thought about all the Americans who have been compelled to bear arms and commit these horrific acts of violence against their fellow Americans. And one thing that everyone must agree, regardless of your stand on guns or race relations or even religious diversity or gay rights, is that these people contain such a great amount of anger in their souls. Anger that they can not expel any other way other than to kill and keep killing with no regard for their life or others. What causes this anger?
I think to myself of a child who grows up in a house where there is always discord-- unemployment, unhappiness, infidelity, abuse. The child doesn't know why what's going on between Mom and Dad is happening. Only that something is happening. And it makes them insecure. Unhappy. Angry. At fault. Sad. Fearful. And they act out. They act out to get attention. They act out because they don't know any other way to express their hurt.
I truly feel that on a more macro level, this is what we're seeing in this country. People who feel the great discord and division and anger within our country-- this is how a few people are choosing to express their uncomfortable nature. Because the world is not the way they want it to be, they seek that which they want. They seek an outlet. They seek how to channel that anger. And they channel that behavior in dangerous, genocidal ways. I'm not saying all each of these people need is a good therapist. I'm saying that what we need to do is lower the level of anger and hatred and intolerance. Because what our society has become, has become a breeding ground, a medium for this contagion to grow.
I wrote above about all the threats that have been beaten back under the Star Spangled Banner. I have no doubt that the global threat of terror, a threat which, in its insidiousness, penetrates our borders, can and will be defeated. But while our flag remains the symbol of the greatest nation the earth has ever seen, we have to be very cautious. The culture of division that is growing in this country is threatening to spawn more terror grown within these borders, which in turn will spur more division. It is a cycle of decay which threatens to change this Republic forever, and which in fact, would serve to weaken it in dangerous ways.
What do we do about this? I don't know. I don't have those answers. If I did, maybe I'd run for President under the line of some obscure party. But I know for me, all the divisiveness has to stop. We can have disagreements in this country. That's how we've made a lot of progress. But the denigration of any class or group of citizens is simply something that for the last 240 years, we almost always don't do. And when we do do it-- and we have-- it has been with deep sorrow and regret. It has been with a terrible price paid.
Let's remember the lessons of history and vow not to repeat them. Maybe that's one thing we can do. How about it?
And let's be careful out there.
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This has been one hell of a week in the Greatest Nation On Earth, The Old Line State, and The Land of Milk and Honey! And even for the resident of God's Little Three-Tenths of an Acre in the Stevens Forest Neighborhood of the Village of Oakland Mills, Columbia, Maryland! Let's hop right to it, shall we?
Monday was a day in which is was very proud, as my son, a rising senior at Frostburg State University, started his summer internship with the Cumberland Police Department. He's a Political Science and Criminal Justice double major, and I'm very happy that he's getting some practical experience-- for credit-- over the summer.
Tuesday was a huge day in our nation's history. I have not held much enthusiasm for the Presdiential Candidate version of Hillary Clinton, either in 2008 or 2016. But the achievement of becoming the first female Presidential nominee of a major party? It's historic and we should be proud as a nation that we have achieved this milestone. I hope that this serves as an example to girls of all ages, races, ethnicities, and political persuasions that our nation is still one where great achievements are possible.
I also attended, for the first time in a few years, the annual local Democratic dinner, now known as the Democratic Unity dinner. It was nice seeing a lot of people there I knew from my time in Democratic Clubs and being part of the HoCo Democratic Central Committee. I also saw people there from my more recent experiences, like Scott Ewart of ScottE Software fame, as well as RHHS music and Oakland Mills's own Richard McCready, who, although not Ziggy, played guitar during the dinner. And I made a couple new friends there too.
Wednesday was a blast as it was my second O's game of the year, and also, my second O's win of the year that I attended! The O's knocked the so-called world champion KC Royals around for four runs in the bottom of the fifth, and that was the final score, 4-0. I loved the way that O's fans are rallying around sorta misunderstood outfield Hyun Soo Kim, even to the point of singing his song from the South Korean professional league during his at bats! What's next, paper streamers a la Japan?
Thursday was a tough day for yours truly. It was the tenth anniversary of my father's passing, and with it being a tenth anniversary, I have to admit, the anniversary hit hard. Still, we all move forward, and although the day was solemn, life goes on.
And wow, did life ever go on the Howard County Public School System Thursday night. I don't know how many people had their time wasted and lost time in their lives that they'll never get back by attending this meeting. I really don't know what about this meeting was the worst part. Was it the fight over email, as Board member Cindy Vaillaincourt is apparently having her HCPSS emails opened by Central Office staff? Was it the move to raise class sizes? Was it the fact that great professional educators who came to Central Office staff so that they could do for all the county's children, what they did for their schools, are having their souls crushed and their passion for education extinguished? Was in the fact that the HCPSS again let out a high-priced contract for legal counsel, this time in the form of a Leslie Stellman, to fight the horrible, unconstitutional legislation Calvin Ball had proposed, Council Resolution 88, which creates a Budget Review Committee which would work with the County Auditor's office to dissect and analyze the HCPSS budget, since they didn't want to do so themselves.
Oh, but then, Mr. Stellman, who is probably earning about $400 per hour for this crack legal advice, has also been charged with negotiating amendments with the same County Council! So, what the heck is going on here? The legislation is unconstitutional, but yet, amendable? Is there anyone else out there to whom this simply doesn't connect?
So, also, on Thursday night, after reading all the blow by blows of this nonsense on Facebook, I decided to sign up to testify in support of Council Resolution 88. I haven't testified to the Council for ages, so this will be fun. I'm considering whether or not to present my testimony in the form of interpretative dance.
Friday was a moving one in terms of the funeral and memorial service for the great boxer Muhammad Ali. Growing up in Elkridge to white, working-class northern European stock, I was taught to despise Muhammad Ali. He was a showoff, a draft dodger, he ran his mouth too much and why was he on TV so much?
I saw something different. Yes, this was a guy who maybe loved the sound of his voice way too much. But, he was able to back up his words with actions, and when he beat George Foreman in 1974, I became intrigued by this figure on my TV screen. Ali then eventually lost the title to Leon Spinks, and his boxing eulogy was being written. Until, in the rematch, he won it back. Not only could Ali back up his talk with action, but he was resilient too.
Like many premier athletes do, he stayed in his craft longer than was necessary and had a couple losses at the end of his career in which his performance was clearly dulled. Not long after that though, he was diagnosed with Parkinsons. And in the ensuing three decades, Ali became not just the heavyweight champion, he became OUR champion. His was a face of courage and defiance and service. His fight to live his life despite his disease would become an example for others to follow. And it did. Ali even became a Ravens fan-- he visited the team during their 2012 Super Bowl run and his famous saying to Sonny Liston during their second fight-- as he was in the process of knocking Liston senseless, who had mocked his conversion to Islam, Ali kept saying to the hapless Liston, "What's my name?"-- that became the Ravens' slogan. This year has seen the passing of many cultural icons and with all due respect to the Bowie and Prince fans out there, Ali's loss was the biggest yet.
And also Friday, much closer to home, the local Republican Party held their Lincoln Day dinner. I offer congratulations to frequent contributor and sometimes critic of this blog, David Yungmann, on being named Republican Man of the Year. As I said in my post last week, there's nothing wrong about being involved with a political party.
That gets me to Saturday. I've been asked about Saturday's morning post at Village Green/Town2. To very loosely summarize it, the post was highly critical of the former Communications Director of the HCPSS, who came to the Democratic dinner Tuesday night and said some things about some of the challenger candidates for school board that definitely would not make voters want to support these people. These were more than partisan claims, but also claims and accusations about personal behaviors as well. Although the part about the personal behaviors, I don't think, made it into the original post. I learned about those subsequently.
I had a lot of reactions to the post when I read it and I've learned, and been taught by you, the readers of the blogoverse, that maybe it's not the best idea to respond on impulse. I've also learned, again with your influence, dear readers, that although I have fun taking my jabs at folks who are involved in the public discourse here, that when the personal nature of the comments overwhelms the message that's being made, that maybe, as a blogger, I've crossed a line. I've called that foul on myself a couple times with your help, but I've also called it on myself too, without your help! I do read and reread my posts before they go up, and my general theme for posting is, "Is this something that adds to the conversation, that Mr. and Mrs. Howard County find interesting, provocative, or entertaining?" And if so, it goes up. If not, I edit it. And like I've said, a few times, I needed your help to show me I went a bit far.
So I defend Julia's right to say what she wants to say on her blog-- it's her blog, after all. But I also hope that, even if she feels her blog of Saturday morning passes her own "sniff test", that she considers the feedback that others are giving. I know that doing so has helped me grow and develop and realize my own imperfections. Yes, Brad Myers, I have a couple! Fortunately, one is not wearing embroidered pants.
And....there I just went and insulted all wearers of embroidered pants. OK, you want a fight? You got one! Bring it, suckers!!!
Just kidding with that last part. Get on out there and rock your Sunday and week! May it be just a little less eventful. Although this week has started with the news from Orlando. Scary and horrible and terrible stuff.
Let's be careful out there.
#hocopolitics #hocoschools #hcpss #hococouncil #hocoexec #POTUS2016 #Ali
Some Facebook comments this weekend about the meaning of political party in the nonpartisan Howard County Board of Education election brought to my mind a story from the halcyon days of April, 2015! Specifically, Village Election Day 2015, as I stood outside The Other Barn.
As some may remember, a group of four of us ran against the five sitting board members who were seeking re-election. The election was pretty contentious and pretty negative, and at least, speaking for me, I know that I was accused of not living within the village, my divorce was brought up, I heard it said that my kids refused to speak to me, and that I was responsible for Metro Food Market and Last Chance Saloon leaving the village center. All untrue, and although I am divorced, the details that came back to me were definitely not actual details.
So, in politics, when untrue things are said about you, and you confront your accuser, they typically attribute it to "overzealous supporters", who do things like pass out negative literature, spread personal rumors, destroy signs, and put signs up in medians. And that's what happened when I saw the Village Board Chair, Ginny Thomas, and told her about it. That was her defense-- overzealous supporters. Except, I knew who the overzealous supporters were, and they included her next door neighbors and her spouse! Still, she denied the actions, words and activities, to my face. Sad.
I was therefore ready for anything on Election Day. I expected to be falsely and wrongly accused of many misdeeds, and I was! In fact, I'll never forget the worst of it. I was greeted by lady in the parking lot and we had a nice chat for a couple minutes about my platform. She went into The Other Barn and she came out and told me that she voted for me. She then motioned to Ginny and her buddies standing also outside The Other Barn, but on the opposite side of the building that I.
She remarked to me, "I think it's nice that they are out here, and that you are too. Although it's funny that you're on opposite sides of the building. The Democrats are there"-- motioned to Ginny and her buddies-- and you're representing the Republicans!"
I laughed and asked he what she meant and she repeated herself. And she said that she heard that the "opposition ticket" was all made up of Republicans.
Now, this is hilarious, but also true. So, to inform you, casual reader-- a 10-year member of the Democratic Central Committee, past President of every Democratic Club there was at the time, and founder of the Howard County Young Democrats; a running mate who was a current Democratic Central Committee member at the time; a running mate who was a 2014 Democratic candidate for House of Delegates; and our fourth ticket member, who has had no political title but was probably the most liberal one of all-- the four of US are Republicans??? Wowza. And, well-- there's certainly, much, much worse to have been called! Being called a Republican ain't so bad.
But a point I am trying to make is that this person heard this information-- very faulty and untrue information-- from a trusted source. And so she believed it. And why shouldn't she?
Another point I'm making here is that people will say anything in order to get their candidate elected. Or not to get the other candidate elected. On any level. It may be unfortunate but it's also human nature. And while it's nice to appeal to the general population and ask for a higher level of discourse, decades of experience have told me that people move to the level to which they are most comfortable. And although people should always listen to their higher angels, they don't.
So this weekend we have had an experience where BOE candidates' signs have appeared at the respective political party booths. And so that has resulted in a broad range of opinions to be voiced, and I dare not try to capture their range because I'm sure I can't do a good job. But, what to do about it? That's a valid question.
Having been involved in politics here for a couple decades, I can tell you that the political nature of the nonpartisan BOE race has been a moving target. In some election cycles it has been highly partisan. And some of the issues facing the HCPSS have been education issues that broke along party lines-- the teaching of creationism, "back to basics" educational principles, whether the State should send public money to private schools, and so on.
In this election cycle, however, the fundamental issue is the honesty, openness, and transparency within the HCPSS itself-- a much more fundamental problem of public trust that has concerned thousands of citizens county wide. And which resulted in the failure of two incumbent BOE members to make it out of the primary election. Now, will there be other issues which will present themselves that will highlight contrasts among the other candidates who are not named Janet Siddiqui? Maybe we'll see this happen. It didn't seem to be very apparent in the primary but with a smaller general election field, this could be the case.
Now, will people involved in politics support the candidates of their choice. Of course they will. They already do. And, as being people involved in politics, they will promote their candidates as they do-- holding coffees, displaying their yard signs, handing out their literature, etc.
And, on the other hand, should BOE candidates not seek the support of political people? Well, I'm not going to tell any of them what to do, but I don't understand why they shouldn't. Political people vote, are connected, contribute money, and are civic minded. They have passion and energy.
Note here that I'm saying "political people" rather than "political party" because the BOE race is nonpartisan. With some exceptions, the most successful BOE candidates are those who are able to gain bipartisan support, who can earn a large number of votes from Democrats as well as Republicans. And let's not forget the fastest growing electoral block-- those who decline to affiliate with a party at all.
I'm bringing this all up now because-- well, the display of signs at Savage Fest-- I bet that thing is going to continue to happen. Now, maybe all six candidates will appeal to both parties and not want their signs or materials displayed at partisan functions over the next five-plus months. Maybe that will happen. But I strongly doubt it and instead, I expect that at Fourth of July parades, the Howard County Fair, etc.-- we're going to see the blending of the nonpartisan school board race and partisan politics.
And insofar as where I stand on this thing-- it's not for me to tell a political candidate how to run their campaign. They can do what they want. Collect money from whomever they please. Attend whatever event they feel benefits them the most. I'm not running any of their campaigns and if my advice is asked I'll give it. Otherwise I want to see what unfolds.
But, when I think about my own experiences-- not just from 2015 but from running for village board, Democratic Central Committee, Convention Delegate, State Delegate, and anything else-- people are political. And, corollary to that, people make their own minds up about how to vote. Maybe based on party, maybe based on who supports them, maybe based on who they know, on who they saw waving at some street corner, on the color and font of their campaign yard signs-- they have a whole host of reasons. Not all make sense to me, but people have their reasons. They exist. Could be stuff for another blog post, if I had the inclination.
For now-- let's be careful out there.
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ROME (AFP) - A corruption scandal which rocked Italy's Serie A to its foundations last season has taken a new twist after public prosecutors in Naples closed their investigation by making fresh accusations.
Italian giants Juventus were stripped of their last two league titles and demoted to Serie B with a penalty of nine points after being found guilty of match-fixing in last summer's scandal.
AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina and Reggina were also implicated in the affair, but escaped with only points penalties for the beginning of the 2006-2007 Serie A season.
On Thursday prosecutors, this time dealing with the purely legal side of the affair, named 48 people, five of whom were not questioned in the initial investigation, they suspect of wrongdoing.
Another club has also now been implicated. Serie A side Messina is suspected of being involved in match-fixing, although they have flatly rejected any accusations of involvement.
"We have nothing to do with this scandal. And we have always operated with complete legality and tranparency," Messina president Pietro Franza was quoted as saying by Italian news agency Ansa.
Former Juventus general director Luciano Moggi, who stood accused of setting up a network in an attempt to influence the outcome of matches, remains a key suspect as well as Juventus official Antonio Giraudo.
Twenty-five referees and linesemen, 18 of whom are still working in the Italian league, also remain under suspicion according to prosecutors.
Italy's national referees' commission reacted to the news by suspending two referees and two linesmen who were supposed to officiate at second division matches this weekend.
Prosecutors also pointed the finger at a total of 39 matches they suspected of being fixed, 15 more than was initially thought in last summer's investigation, and which were all played in 2004 and 2005.
Public prosecutor Filippo Beatrice told AFP Friday that prosecutors would be aiming to act on their most recent investigation.
"We're hoping to be able to bring this to court between now and June," he said.
"There are nearly 40 suspect matches (as opposed to 19 initially). The investigation has led us to confirm that certain top club officials were in regular telephone contact with referees and top officials with the Italian federation."
According to prosecutors, some of the unsavoury acts carried out by corrupt referees included handing out yellow cards to certain players, leading at times to their unavailability for future matches, especially against Juventus.
Naples prosecutors also pointed at a number of questionable penalty or off-side decisions made by referees, made to favour the teams implicated in the scandal.
A number of referees, linesmen and other sports officials were sanctioned for their part in last year's scandal although only one referee, Massimo De Santis, was found guilty of misconduct in the sporting courts.
Last year's affair shed light on the underbelly of football in Italy, however it also revealed the difficuties of the authorities to hand out sanctions in the absence of concrete proof.
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The festival kicked off last weekend with an unveiling of the many decorated shop windows and galleries, a parade of street performers, and "augmented reality tour," and a big party. On Sunday, the festival will host a film screening about Palestinian heritage. On Monday and Tuesday, the venerable street performance troupe Bread and Puppet Theater comes to town to perform a piece called Upriser Calisthenics.
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Islanders are playing a starring role in the NRL. Andrew Stevenson goes back through the generations to trace their rugby league heritage.
Israel Folau might be the greatest, FuiFui MoiMoi the strongest, Willie Mason the loudest, Jarryd Hayne the flashiest and Sonny Bill Williams the furthest away. What none of them can claim to be, no matter their prodigious talents, is the first.
"Polys", or Islanders, have transformed rugby league in Australia in the past decade. Every dressing room has players who trace their family history to the islands of the Pacific, most particularly Samoa, Tonga and Maoris from New Zealand, injecting their own particular brand of physicality and passion into rugby league. No team in the NRL this season will play without someone from the Pacific in their squad; some teams will name up to seven players in their 17.
To find the first Islander/Polynesian player in Sydney you have to travel back through the mists of rugby league time, way back to 1923 when, according to football historian Ian Heads, St George signed Brownie Paki for a season after seeing him play for the 1922 Maori side. "He came to Sydney on a steamer and was the first outsider specifically imported to the Sydney competition," said Heads.
Next in line, Heads cites Walter Muffing, a winger, again with St George in the 1940s, with a background among the cane-cutting communities of far North Queensland. Newspapers described him as an immensely popular player who "does not care how many tacklers come at him" - a description that rings true down the years when one watches Folau in full-flight.
Paki and Muffing came and went with no one much to follow them. So, too, the Fijian brothers, Apisai and Inosi Toga, who played in the red V in the late 1960s and 1970s. Apisai died tragically, after collapsing at training in 1973 with tetanus poisoning.
The trickle was starting. Probably the first Samoan-born player was Oscar Danielson, a tough, ball-playing forward in the Arthur Beetson mould who played three seasons with Newtown from 1970-72. Danielson came from New Zealand on a contract worth $4000 a year. It was good money then; not by today's standards. "I was only a $1 man; now they're $1million men," he said with a wry laugh.
Why he came was easy and the answer, just like the description of Muffing, remains largely unchanged for so many Polynesian players. "In my life I was always a footballer," he said.
The words could almost spring from the mouth of Andrew and David Fifita, Toyota Cup Tigers and nephews of both St George star John Fifita and footballer-boxer Solomon Haumono. An NRL spot, said Andrew with passion, "is what I've been waiting for my whole life. Even now, we're only one step away, you feel so proud. Even if it was only one game and you sat on the bench it would be such a great feeling."
Or Dane Sorensen, of Tongan and Danish background, who arrived at Sydney airport in 1977 in mismatched thongs, with a suitcase and a surfboard. "I never thought of failure. I knew I had to succeed because I had nothing else. It was a great opportunity but I knew it was my destiny; it was the natural thing for me to do," he said.
Sorensen, followed to Cronulla by his rampaging brother Kurt, didn't feel like a pioneer. "I felt nothing. All I felt was how hot it was. But really there wasn't time to think," said Sorensen, who still lives in the Shire. "You were just too busy playing every week and training." And surviving in a tough school. Danielson doesn't recount racist abuse, just hard men. "In those days we copped stick everywhere. We'd cop everything and when we copped one we'd cop them," he said. "It was survival in the paddock."
Said Sorensen: "It was the best time for rugby league - when men were men and when you got knocked out you got knocked out."
Polynesian players have never been scared about mixing it. It's the way they're raised, said David Fifita. "Dad [Sione] didn't tell us much, just to hit them hard and run straight. He always said 'if you get smashed, get up and do it again'. All the Poly dads are the same," he explained.
Few football fans realised the island origins of many of these players, who were generally regarded as Kiwis. Olsen Filipaina, who played with Balmain, East and Norths between 1980-86, and Fred Ah Kuoi, at Norths for 1981-82, were both of Samoan descent.
Ah Kuoi, now a Pastor at Phoenix First Assembly of God Church in Arizona, inspired others to follow him, notably Nigel Vagana, now an NRL player welfare officer and a leading figure among Polynesian players. "They were great idols for us, they gave us something to aspire to," said Vagana of those who came before.
Ah Kuoi was the standout, though. "He grew up a few streets away and his brothers were still playing at the same club in Auckland," recalled Vagana. "Then when he retired he came back to the club and coached and I was in one of the teams that he coached. Having him coach me as a 16- or 17-year-old, with all his experience, was a major turning point in my career.
"He showed us how to be professional, what professional means, what sort of standards and training is required. For us to be able to see that put us on the right path."
Filipaina, renowned for his forceful play, held nothing back when he told The Sun-Herald three years ago racism had ruined league for him. "When I came here in 1980 there were very few Polynesians playing in the Winfield Cup and the way people treated me was unbelievable," he said.
Now Polynesians are everywhere, although that hasn't stilled the racist tongues, according to the Fifita brothers, who believe spectators have more to say than opposing players.
"I was playing in the country [in Griffith] the last two years and I copped it heaps, monkey this, monkey that and black …" said Andrew.
David said the brothers, who are twins, have two responses. "We just keep giving it to the other team, trying to put them off their game. And we do what our mum told us: 'just blow them a kiss'."
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