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The apartment is delivered to you clean and tidy without paying any kind of cleaning fee. For stays of 8 nights or longer you get one extra cleaning session per week (free of charge) that we can arrange to make it when it suits you best.
The apartment is within walking distance to the best of Palermo and Recoleta: the two most attractive neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Besides this, the area is well provided by a handy supermarket in the same block and many cafes, bakeries, greengrocers, restaurants, banks, etc. There is a lovely Boulevard that starts at 1 block from the apartment and measures 4 pedestrian blocks with many restaurants, bars, ice-cream stores and coffee stores that end on a very charming church called Guadalupe. For those who love shopping the most popular Shopping Mall in town (Alto Palermo) is at only 3 blocks.
You will enjoy from having excellent access to the public transport system of buses and mostly the subway which is by far the fastest and convenient way to trip the city. You can also pick a bike for free from the public bike station at only 5 blocks from the flat and explore with joy all the great areas of Palermo and Recoleta at your will. For the ones that have a car you also have a parking garage in the same block of the building. The area is extremely safe to walk during day and night so you can safely enjoy all day long!
My check-in time goes from 2pm to 0hs (midnight). If you would like to make an early check-in (0hs - 2pm) you need to book the previous night if it is available. You can always drop your bags in the apartment between 11am and 2pm while I'm doing the cleaning.
My check-out time goes from 0hs (midnight) to 10am. If you would like to make a late check-out (10am - 0hs) you will need to book the night of your departure´s day if it is available. You can always drop your bags at my home until anytime you want. I live 4 blocks away.
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The apartment is very comfortable and located in one of the safest and most beautiful districts of the argentinian capital city. Flor and her husband are very kind persons, they helped us a lot with ordinary things and gave us a good orientation and a lot of tips. And of course we had an incredible week in Buenos Aires. Absolutely recommendable!
Our stay in the apartment Flower was the best of the 5 times we were in Buenos Aires! Since its warm reception, through apartment in mint condition (with the right tea, coffee and alfajores gift) to the kindness of the hosts in allowing us to check-out later than usual and our backpacks stay in your home everything was just wonderful! We enjoy the city with a rechargeable card provided to us through it, very useful for the displacements (especially on buses, which no longer accept coins) and when we returned, tired, had a clean apartment, nice, spacious and very well located. Close to everything, with a small Carrefour Express next to the building, bakeries, ice cream parlors, cafes, restaurants and bookstores next. When we return, we will certainly try to stay here again. Thanks to Flower and her husband!
Nossa estadia no apartamento de Flor foi a melhor das 5 vezes que estivemos em Buenos Aires! Desde sua calorosa recepção, passando pelo apartamento em condições impecáveis (com direito a chá, café e alfajores de presente), até a gentileza da anfitriã em nos permitir um check-out mais tarde do que o normal e que nossas mochilas ficassem em sua casa, tudo foi simplesmente maravilhoso! Pudemos desfrutar da cidade com um cartão recarregável nos fornecido por ela, muito útil para os deslocamentos (sobretudo em ônibus, que não aceitam mais moedas) e quando voltávamos, cansados, tínhamos um apartamento limpo, agradável, espaçoso e muito bem localizado. Perto de tudo, com um pequeno Carrefour Express ao lado do prédio, padarias, sorveterias, cafés, restaurantes e livrarias próximos. Quando voltarmos, certamente tentaremos nos hospedar ali novamente. Obrigado à Flor e seu marido!
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* Off the road around Stone Mountain between the overpass and the playground, there is a special hiding place for the wise and the fleet of foot. The Nature Garden/Trail is a beautiful wood chip trail that winds its way through azaleas, rhododendron, and other beautiful flowers, shrubs and trees. It leads you beside babbling creeks with sneak-peeks at the mountain. Begin by crossing a wooden bridge behind the information kiosk at the trailhead.
* A little way down the trail, you cross a creek on (sometimes slippery) rocks. There you will find a two-headed tree and a large rock. From the tree, walk about 45 steps up the hill on a bearing 160 degrees where you will find several trees wearing moss slippers. At the base of one of them, under some rocks you will find what you seek.
* After you rehide the box better than you found it, go back to the green trail and turn right up the hill with the creek on your left. At the intersection of the green trail and the orange trail, stay on the green trail. Stop along the way to read the material at the teaching stations. On the trail, there are 100 year old trees, rocks to explore and places to play in the creek. You may walk ½ mile before you come to a wooden bridge.
* Just after you cross the bridge, take the short walk to the left and rest a few minutes with Sam Nuckolls. This is a peaceful spot. Sit with Sam between your knees. About 5 feet behind you is an evergreen. On the backside under woodland debris and a large triangular rock, the wise one awaits. Please cover the triangular rock well before you leave.
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How do I knit/purl on the wrong side?
Hi. I am a very new knitter- just started a couple of weeks ago. I am in love with it already. I am in the process of knitting a scarf for my boyfriend- really straightforward, just knitting the whole thing. However, I found many patterns that I would like to knit, and the directions say to knit/purl on the right side for one row then purl/knit on the wrong side for the next row. I have no idea what that means! What is the right side, and what is the wrong side of the piece? Thanks in advance for any help!
Welcome Stephanie! :waving:
The right side (RS) is the outside or "public view" side. The wrong side (WS) is the inside. If it's something like a reversible scarf, you just choose one side as the RS, usually the first row you knit is considered the RS.
When you knit one row and purl one row, you end up with stockinette stitch, where all the V's are on one side and all the Purl bumps are on the other side. The knit side-with the v's is usually considered the 'right' side.
I'm still a little foggy on this.
Thanks for your responses. I found a pattern for the Besotted Scarf from helloyarn.com and it's directions are as follows:
Cast on 44 sts.
Row 1 (RS) Slip 1, K1, *P2, K8, P2, K2* Repeat from * 2 more times.
Row 2 (WS and all WS rows) Slip 1, P1, *K2, P8, K2, P2* Repeat * 2 more times...
I'm still not entriely sure how to do this. Do I have to flip the piece or do anything to it to make the 1st row on the RS and the 2nd row on the WS, or do I just knit it like I would knit anything else, and the sts will automatically fall on the RS or WS? I have been assuming that I knit with the work facing toward the right as the RS and the work facing the toward the left as the WS. Is this correct? Thanks for any help you can give me.
As you knit row one, the right side (front/side you want the world to see) will be facing you. When you're done with that row, you switch your needles from one hand to the other to begin knitting row 2, correct? When you do this, the 'wrong side' or back of the work is facing you.
So in this pattern, every odd row is the right side as it faces you, and every even row is the wrong side as it faces you. As the pattern emerges after a few rows of knitting, it will become obvious which is right or wrong.
Just follow the directions and you'll be doing the exacly right thing.
Also you'll notice in this pattern that on every row you'll be knitting into the knit stitches and purling into the purl stitches--as they face you.--knitting into the v's and purling into the bumps.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks :D
I can't wait to start knitting this scarf. The picture looked so beautiful.
very very helpful for me as well :)
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The group American Atheists says it will unveil a billboard Monday in Chasidic-dominated South Williamsburg. The billboard writes out the name of God in Hebrew -- the Tetragrammaton that observant Jews are proscribed from saying aloud -- and then features in English and Hebrew translation the phrase "You know it's a myth … and you have a choice."
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Defense is king again at Virginia Tech, not that the Hokies are satisfied.
Virginia Tech (2-1) will bring the nation's No. 2 ranked defense into their game against Marshall on Saturday, looking to demonstrate once again the formula for success that elevated the program.
No team has managed more than the 206 yards top-ranked Alabama gained in the season-opener against defensive coordinator Bud Foster's unit. Western Carolina gained just 162, and East Carolina 204.
Defensive end J.R. Collins the efficiency stems from the failures of last season. The Hokies finished 7-6, saw their streak of seasons with 10 wins end at eight and barely qualified for a bowl game.
"I think last year we learned a good lesson: You can't just go out there and expect for things to happen. This year we're just taking it a day at a time, punching the clock every day," Collins said.
"What's important now is just taking care of the little things, and that's something we didn't do last year. This year, doing those things, it's showing that it pays off."
The defense was very competitive against the Crimson Tide. Breakdowns in special teams and on offense led to three returns for Alabama touchdowns. With young players in the secondary, the Hokies limited normally efficient Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron to 10 completion in 23 tries for 110 yards passing with a rare interception.
The following week, Western Carolina's lone points came after the Catamounts recovered a muffed punt at the Hokies' 11, and the Pirates drove for a TD in the opening 1:39 last week before being almost completely shut down.
"Defensively, they are as good of a football team as you'll find in this country," Marshall coach Doc Holliday said Tuesday. "I'm not just saying that because we are playing them. Their stats prove that and Alabama moved the ball up and down the field against Texas A&M, but had a lot of trouble against the Virginia Tech defense."
Virginia Tech had seven sacks last weekend despite East Carolina's quick throw philosophy.
"Really it was coach Foster's game plan and us executing which gave us success," Collins said.
The Hokies set goals before last season of being the best defense in school history, a lofty goal since Foster's guys finished No. 1 nationally in 2005 and against in 2006. Instead of talking about repeating that this year, they have gone back to basic goals like forcing more turnovers.
They have 12 sacks and seven interceptions, one of which safety Detrick Bonner returned for a TD.
"That was kind of a big deal for us, just being able to come in and at least getting at least three turnovers per game just so we can help out the offense," linebacker Tariq Edwards said. "I think the defensive linemen have done a great job getting pressure on the quarterback and allowing us to do that."
Keeping it going, Collins said, is all about continuing to work.
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WCRC meeting – April 2016
We had a good gathering for our primary eve meeting, buoyed by the presence of the families of the winners of our annual scholarship contest. Three things that were missing at the start, though, were three of our officers so Second Vice-President Shawn Bradley got things underway with a little assistance from me. Fortunately, we do pretty much the same thing as an introduction every month so we made it over those bumps in the road and heard our Central Committee report first.
County Chair Mark McIver announced we were still seeking applicants for our two upcoming Board of Education appointments, although we already had 5 with their information turned in. He also reminded us that the end of this process could be at hand, as the bill allowing us to vote on whether we wanted an elected school board was passed by the General Assembly. Jackie Wellfonder revealed the signing ceremony was slated for tomorrow, with Governor Hogan signing the Senate version sponsored by Senators Jim Mathias and Addie Eckardt.
He also spoke about the voter affiliation drive to allow people to vote in our primary. It was a multi-prong push combining a mailing, letters to the editor, and advertising in local media. I noted that the effort had worked to some extent – according to Board of Elections statistics, I recalled the GOP had gained about 400 voters in March, the Democrats about 250, and unaffiliated voters falling by about 250. (Actual numbers as I looked them up just now: Republicans +398, Democrats +261, and unaffiliated -247. We also lost 5 Greens and 18 "other" but gained 9 Libertarians.)
Mark also allowed Nate Sansom to speak. On his behalf, we are planning to bring a resolution to the Spring Convention asking for electoral votes in Maryland to be awarded to the winner of each Congressional district instead of all ten being winner-take-all. (Maine and Nebraska have such a system.) As I pointed out, it's only fair after the way Democrats gerrymandered our state.
McIver also announced he would be hosting a pig roast fundraiser on June 11, and it was likely several state candidates may be there to help the Wicomico GOP.
Ed Senkbeil, representing our scholarship committee, had the honor of presenting two local seniors WCRC Scholarships. Taylor Creighton of Mardela High School and Jessica Willey of Parkside High School were the two winners. Creighton will be heading off to Clemson University to study in the field of genetics, while Willey will be studying psychology at Washington College. Both of them gave brief introductory remarks and did well for an impromptu engagement.
We then heard from our featured speaker: the incoming president of the Maryland College Republicans, Patty Miller of Salisbury University.
After Miller introduced her successor as SU chapter president, Shelby Hall, she remarked that the College Republicans were "on the front lines of dealing with liberal college students." Under her leadership of the SU chapter, they had become active in local and state campaigns and recently hosted an address by Ben Shapiro, a writer, editor, and author perhaps most famous for working at Breitbart.com until he resigned after the Michelle Fields incident.
It was interesting to learn that her maternal family has a rich heritage in politics. Miller's mother is a native of Honduras, where her family was involved in the 2009 removal of President Manuel Zelaya, a leftist ally of the late Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. Zelaya was ousted after attempting to circumvent a constitutional provision against serving more than one four-year term. These family ties made her "passionate about capitalism…the American Dream is still alive."
As the CR state chair, she announced "I'm here to get stuff done." She actually wasn't originally seeking the office of president but a series of events led her to take the top position, which oversees 11 school-level chapters around the state – Miller would like to secure two others as well. She also gets a non-voting seat on the state party's executive committee, although there is a proposal before the membership next month that may allow the CRs to have a vote once again.
After Miller's remarks, we went through some business. Jackie Wellfonder had the list of polling places for sign placement, which would commence after the meeting. She also announced the newly-formed Wicomico Republican Women's Club would host a "Welcome Back Reception for the Eastern Shore Delegation" on May 5.
Jim Jester let us know the Crab Feast will be September 10, once again at Schumaker Pond. His next step was securing the beer permit, but Muir Boda added we were seeking event sponsors for the first time to help defray the costs.
Nate Sansom was pleased to say the second meeting of the Wicomico Teenage Republicans was a success. Through his diligence, Nate was able to secure a phone visit from two local candidates: Anthony Seda for U.S. Senate and Jonathan Goff for Congress. He also received information from several other candidates to distribute, so these were well-informed TARs.
While we waited for 50/50 tickets to be sold as our last event, I asked Muir Boda to give us a City Council update. He had just come from the first budget meeting, where they were attempting to raise water and sewer rates. Muir also explained one of the budget priorities set out by Mayor Jake Day: the construction of a community center to host city-sponsored after-school programs as well as more immediate funding for a summer youth employment program. While the city of Salisbury would purchase the land and build the community center, funding for its operations would come from local non-profits.
Boda also noted that getting more highway user revenue from the state would assist in fixing some of the city's worst streets, which have been neglected for years if not decades.
So while the meeting turned out to be less than an hour, several people stuck around to help with signs for tomorrow. If you ask me, the most effective ones should be the red Ted Cruz sign, the blue-and-white Richard Douglas sign, and the yellow-and-blue Andy Harris one.
Next month's meeting (and yes, we will have a May meeting thanks to a late Memorial Day) will be May 23. It's not official, but I think we are due for our annual legislative wrapup.
Ireton makes a splash
A comparatively modest gathering stood by Salisbury City Councilman (and former mayor) Jim Ireton as he embarked on his quest to unseat current Congressman Andy Harris in Maryland's First Congressional District. And his opening salvo naturally was critical of the incumbent:
I'm here (in Crisfield) today because the 1st District needs a Congressman who won't just say no and vote no. In just 6 years in Washington, Andy Harris has done nothing for the people of the 1st District.
Crisfield, the southernmost city in Maryland, was chosen by Ireton because it was hit hard in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy, with Ireton contending it has not recovered. Jim chastised the incumbent because "he voted against $9.7 billion in hurricane relief."
So I did a little research. It turns out the $9.7 billion bill Harris voted against was a measure to extend the borrowing authority for FEMA. Harris later voted against the overall supplemental appropriations bill but supported a substitute which would have offset $17 billion in approved aid by making other cuts (making it budget-neutral.) He ended up voting for a different appropriations bill that improved the original but did not clear the Senate. You may recall many were concerned about the budgetary impact in that era of sequestration.
Ireton went on about how Harris doesn't support farmers and voted multiple times to repeal Obamacare before stepping boldly into Jim Crow territory.
He wants to return us to the days of insurance companies legally discriminating against Americans. Just like landlords in the 1950s could tell a black family no, and do so legally, Andy Harris wants to give insurance companies the legal right to say no to people with pre-existing medical conditions.
I think Jim forgets that insurance companies are like any other business as they need to be profitable to survive. Then again, that can be expected of a mayor who enacted the "rain tax" in Salisbury and decided landlords shouldn't charge what he considered excessive rent.
And in the department of "it takes two to tango":
From here on, it's going to get ugly – Andy Harris will make sure of that. He will attack me as a person, and attack the issues you care about. He will issue dire warnings about taxes, even though I have a record of cutting fees as the mayor of Salisbury. He will issue dire warnings about crime, even though Salisbury's Part I Violent Crimes dropped every year I was in office, and dropped almost 50% over my 6 years as mayor. He will try and scare farmers, even though the Wicomico River is now healthier than it's been in decades due to the work of the city while I was in office. And I can only imagine what he will make up to say about me personally. (Emphasis mine.)
I noted back in October when the rent stabilization program was bounced out of City Council that Ireton is in a catbird seat of sorts. During the next 9 1/2 months, assuming he wins the primary – and he is the prohibitive favorite given the field – Ireton can take credit for all of the city's successes by saying that he initiated them as mayor, yet any failures will see Jake Day thrust in front of the nearest Shore Transit vehicle. I figured that Jim was simply using the office to cool his heels for a later political run, but my error was in assuming that he'd have the decency to at least wait until the results became official before jumping into his next campaign, not spill the beans on election night. (Had he upset just 33 of his prospective voters enough to make them change their minds. he would have had a lot more time to run.)
Harris now has a challenge from both the Democrat and Republican sides, with both being uncommonly well-known entities. It's the first time he's had elected officials against him since he took office in 2011. And it already is ugly with push polls and charges of not doing his job, so we're already on the glide path to a nasty campaign.
The quality of Salisbury's life
One of the talking points that Salisbury mayor Jake Day has continually made about bringing jobs to Salisbury is that we need to improve our quality of life. Perhaps I'm oversimplifying the argument, but if we have a quality of life attractive to younger workers they will come here and create the jobs – or so the thinking goes.
So it was interesting that a few weeks back I received an e-mail from a company called LawnStarter. The reason I received it was that I have used business-related survey data from Thumbtack.com in the past and this entrepreneurial outfit had created something they called their Quality of Life Index. (Naturally, the company specializes in assisting lawn care startups by bringing customers and businesses together.) As a state Maryland ranks 13th out of 50, but the lone metropolitan area considered (Baltimore) ranked 73rd out of 101. (We in Maryland surely had assistance from 9th-ranked Washington, D.C. though.)
You may ask how they come up with this index – well, let them explain it:
The index is based on six quality-of-life factors analyzed by LawnStarter and borrowed from The Economist — GDP (economic output) per capita, average life expectancy, divorce rate, unemployment rate, geographic location (latitude) and male-female income equality. The Economist considers these factors to be good barometers for quality of life.
Based on some of the factors cited I suspect Salisbury would be near the bottom of the city list. However, they may not be at the very bottom because the lowest seven cities (and nine of the bottom ten) share one of two things in common:
- They are in California (Sacramento, Riverside, Fresno, San Bernardino, and Stockton) or
- are in close proximity to Lake Erie (Buffalo, Toledo, Cleveland, and Detroit)
Memphis is the outlier to that group, with Detroit occupying the 101st and bottom position.
However, Salisbury doesn't have a particularly high GDP per capita or low unemployment rate, nor is life expectancy that great compared to other places. As a state Maryland is certainly aided by its close proximity to Washington, D.C. but Baltimore's far lower rating may be closer to the conditions we have to endure here. It could be argued that our area has several of the same pitfalls that plague inland California (Sacramento, Stockton, et. al.) – chronic high unemployment in an area best known for agriculture due to a temperate climate. The agricultural base contributes to the low per capita GDP while the high unemployment eventually manifests itself in a shorter life expectancy thanks to crime and lack of preventative health care.
Short of a Bill Gates suddenly showing up and showering the area with wealth, these factors will remain common to our area. Unfortunately, the few assets we seem to have are difficult to leverage into productive careers. Most of our more lucrative jobs have to do with health care and government as opposed to STEM-based or manufacturing positions, which add more value and GDP. The exceptions to this are having the headquarters of Perdue in Salisbury and the Wallops Island NASA complex; while the latter is a government installation there are a number of private companies which use their facilities. While it's almost 50 miles away, Salisbury is the closest city of reasonable size to the remote installation on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
But those two entities need to be joined by many others to truly bring a better quality of life to Salisbury. To use a good local analogy, it's like a chicken-and-egg question: does the quality of life come from good jobs or do jobs spring from a good quality of life? I believe the former is true, while our mayor seems to side with the latter. Over the next few years, we will see who is correct in our local case.
A look ahead: 2016 in Wicomico County
After doing this the last two years one would think I would be an expert at dissecting what will go on over the course of a year, but in this case my crystal ball is a little bit cloudy. Perhaps that's because things are looking up for a change.
I went to the state Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation website and downloaded some figures which reflect great job creation news - particularly in the latter half of this year. Since June, Wicomico County employment figures are running between 1,300 and 1,800 jobs higher than the corresponding month of 2014. Conversely, in 2014 we never ran more than 753 jobs ahead of 2013 and by the end of last year we actually had fewer employed than the year prior. That downturn carried into this calendar year but by March we had turned the corner.
The growth in the latter half of the year was reminiscent of the boom period of 2004-06, when Wicomico County routinely gained 1,000 or more jobs in every month year-over-year.
So the question will be whether county revenues begin to increase. Unlike the boom of a decade ago, which was fueled by a rapid increase in property values that later translated into increased tax collections, this upturn doesn't come with rapidly appreciating property values. And there are plenty of bills for the county to pay – two new schools with a third one now placed into the pipeline as well as new facilities for the Board of Elections, increased mandates for education spending and environmental cleanup from the state and federal governments, respectively, and a call from the city of Salisbury to assist them more with fire protection expenses through a more equitable revenue sharing. Certainly it appears that any new money has a number of hands reaching out for it.
Another question regards how well two relatively new leaders will work with each other. It's fortunate that both County Executive Bob Culver and Salisbury Mayor Jake Day spent a little bit of time on the legislative side of things because it will help them understand the process the other has to go through to get things done. If there's one thing we have learned from Culver, though, it's that he's a man of action who always seems to have a to-do list of improvements he'd like to see. It's more autocratic than bureaucratic on the county side of the Government Office Building these days. Initial impressions of Day seem to be similar, although he's made much less of an impact on taking office than Culver did insofar as personnel decisions are concerned.
But there are two key issues regarding education that will be out of Culver's hands. One is the fate of the elected school board, which is now up to the Maryland General Assembly. The other is the new superintendent that will take over the county schools sometime in 2016. The Board of Education begins the selection process after the holidays – by the way, the county Republican Central Committee will be called upon to retain or replace two GOP members of that body this summer.
Getting around may become a little more difficult next fall as well, as the state will begin replacing 11 bridge decks on the U.S. 13 bypass. It's a project that's not supposed to impact summer traffic in 2017 but won't be complete until 2018.
In comparison to previous years there doesn't seem to be anything particularly contentious on the horizon - with the possible exception of the proposed large-scale chicken farms Radical Green is already up in arms against - which probably means we're going to have an interesting year. If we can keep up the pace of job creation, though, eventually the local economy will get back to where it was a decade ago and prosperity takes care of a lot of problems.
Tomorrow I shift my focus to the state as a whole.
In the giving spirit
One nice thing about Salisbury elections is that money unspent in the campaigns is not carried over to the next election but is required to either be returned to contributors or given to another entity, normally a charity. (There are exceptions, though – stick with me, it's called foreshadowing.) With the release of the final financial statements earlier this week, I was curious to see where all the money went.
I'll begin with the City Council races and District 1, where defeated incumbent Shanie Shields distributed $959.48 to a number of organizations around her neighborhood. $500 went to the Chipman Foundation while smaller amounts were received by the Wesley Temple, Operation We Care, and two local elementary schools, West Salisbury and Pemberton. Meanwhile, the winner April Jackson donated her modest leftover sum of $26.82 to the Salisbury Advisory Council while Sarah Halcott closed out her books by donating $96.13 to the Art Institute and Gallery. That made sense given Halcott's line of business as an artisan.
There wasn't a lot of money left in District 2, as the only candidate to file a final statement was victor Muir Boda. Boda gave $39.61 to Salisbury Neighborhood Housing Services.
District 3 winner Jack Heath had much more unspent, as he distributed $1,495.80 among four recipients: Lower Shore Enterprises, Operation We Care, the Salisbury Zoo, and the Joseph House. Amounts ranged from $325 to $500 for each. Neither of the other candidates had leftover funds at the end of the campaign.
Lots of money flowed into District 4, but not all of it was spent campaigning. Jim Ireton split the $399.96 remaining balance equally between the Wicomico High softball team, Tri-Community Mediation, and the Wicomico Public Library Homework Help Center. On the other hand, Roger Mazzullo had no money remaining.
Finally among the Council members, Laura Mitchell did not need to file a report. She was the lone unopposed Council candidate, as was Mayor Jake Day for his post. And that's where the story gets interesting.
First of all, Day was two days late in filing his report because he has a discrepancy between his records and accounts of $764.85. I make no accusations as to funny business; most likely someone put a number in the wrong column or the bank messed up. There are any number of logical reasons for the error.
More importantly, though, Day had over $10,000 to distribute – getting contributions when running unopposed will tend to do that – and he chose to make two disbursements. Instead of charitable contributions, though, as of this week we have two brand new state political entities:
- Jake Day for Maryland had an initial contribution of $6,000. Day serves as the chairman and his campaign treasurer Jordan Gilmore retains that role for the new entity.
- The New Day for Maryland PAC got the remaining $4,075.89, with Day's campaign manager Alison Pulcher serving as chair and Gilmore as treasurer.
Note that the PAC is not to be confused with the New Day MD PAC that former gubernatorial candidate Charles Lollar began in 2009. Lollar's PAC, as of its 2015 report filed in January, has less than $250 to its name.
Naturally these new campaign finance entities make me wonder if Day is going to serve a full term unhindered by political aspirations or perhaps challenge Bob Culver in 2018. Heck, even Jim Ireton – who has strongly hinted about a Congressional run – didn't move his city money to create a federal account. (Ireton's had a state account for a few years, with just over $1,000 in it at last report back in January.) But the campaign entity can also serve as a warchest to stave off challengers in the next city election, too.
In the meantime, we should be proud that much of the leftover campaign cash will be doing good in the community. With the elections now set for November, the contributions came as a nice Christmas gift to several local entities. It will have to tide them over through 2019, though.
Update: Day responds:
@monoblogueUS quote if u need: only job I want is #SBY Mayor but uncontested or no, Im not giving away my donors' $. They made an investment
— Mayor Jake Day (@jacobrday) December 24, 2015
Scraping the bottom
Earlier this week the Tax Foundation released its annual State Business Tax Climate Index. Despite Governor Hogan's insistence on improving business climate and efforts to adopt some of the Augustine Commission's reforms, Maryland once again has the dubious distinction of being a bottom-10 state.
Yes, that sickening orange color tags us as a state to avoid insofar as business taxes are concerned. In truth, we've only dropped one spot from the 2015 index so while we could have made a few minor improvements other states are improving at a faster pace. (Maryland seems to tread water – over the last four years we have oscillated between #40 and #41.) Moreover, we still lag behind all of our neighbors with Delaware again leading the region. The First State maintained its #14 ranking.
There is one important caveat to Maryland's decline which could push them out of the bottom 10 next year. Late last month Governor Hogan announced a significant cut in the unemployment insurance tax, which is one of the factors (albeit the least-weighted) the Tax Foundation uses to determine its rank order. But other states are trying to push the envelope more quickly by reducing corporate and individual tax rates, something Maryland has talked about but not acted upon. (The Tax Foundation's weighting process is explained on page 16 of their full report.)
While reducing regulations doesn't always require legislative approval, the tax nut is a harder one to crack. The requirement to balance the budget means that revenue no longer extracted from corporations and small businesses alike can't be used for profligate spending. At a time when government getting an increase that's less than expected brings screams about draconian cuts from the left side of the aisle, heads truly explode when less real money is allocated. Even if you get 97 cents when you used to get a dollar, liberals act as if you just shot their unicorn with a scary-looking AR-15.
There's a reason I bring up 97 cents as a particular figure. According to the state's FY2016 budget, the corporate income tax accounts for 3% of the revenue; thus, eliminating it entirely would mean a corresponding budget cut. (We'll leave aside the obvious competitive benefit to the state, which would eventually attract more business and increase revenue via other means such as income and sales taxes.) While it's true that having a poor corporate tax ranking doesn't completely eliminate the good – Delaware's #50 ranking in corporate taxes only drags its overall rank to #14 – eliminating the tax would make it plain that Maryland is indeed "open for business."
Eliminating the tax would also eliminate what's become an annual debate about combined reporting. Proponents of its adoption, mainly Democrats, claim large businesses are not paying their fair share because they use the accounting trick of claiming their income arises from low-tax states. They may make actual profit in Maryland but don't report it because they have operations in other. more tax-friendly states. The most recent iteration of the idea came last year, with the tradeoff that would have eliminated filing fees for small (less than 10 employee) businesses. In that respect it was a money-loser for the state; however, the research showed in better economic times the effect would be beneficial to state coffers.
Interestingly, Salisbury has a new mayor that epitomizes the opposite end of the chicken-and-egg approach: last week in the Salisbury Independent, Jake Day was quoted as noting:
"Economic development isn't what it used to be," he said. "It includes more activities. It's now about culture. About quality of life issues. The arts and people. Parks, bike trails, bike lanes. And if you don't get those right, don't even talk about workforce development and industry and business development efforts, because you have to have those things to attract anyone."
This portion of Delmarva boasts a lot of natural beauty along its rivers and coastlines, a well-regarded university, and a proportionate share of arts and culture. Perhaps the traditional bricks-and-mortar manufacturing or legacy service industries won't come to Salisbury, but it's been obvious over the last ten years that the beauty, academics, and culture isn't exactly making this a hotbed of economic activity either. There needs to be a more balanced approach to development because it takes a fair amount of money to create and maintain parks, bike trails, and bike lanes – particularly if the money is granted from the state as it often is. We may be competitors to certain other urban areas around the state, but development somewhere else in the state or even another state, depending on the grant source, is paying the lion's share for the bike lanes to be installed here. (In some cases, local gifts have helped.) Funding will also be required to maintain parks and develop new ones like Pirate's Wharf along the Wicomico River.
There are thousands who have moved here over the decades as adults, and for the most part they came here for one of two reasons: they came to school or they came for a job. And if they came for school, there's no guarantee they will stay if jobs or entrepreneurial opportunities aren't available.
Simply put, Maryland has a long way to go in overcoming the poor reputation they have for growing and attracting businesses. It's a lot easier for those on the Western Shore to prosper when there's a ready-made source of confiscated wealth in close proximity. (If all those people had to find honest work Maryland would be just like West Virginia, with high unemployment. Because it's well away from that honey pot of confiscated largess, the lower Eastern Shore already is in that same high-joblessness boat.)
I learned the other day that the Augustine Commission determined 1/4 of Maryland's GDP comes from the federal government. If we can rightsize the federal government over the coming decades, Maryland will be negatively affected in what would be of overall benefit to the nation. It's time to wean our state off the opioid of living off the federal employees and make strides in diversifying our economy. For that reason, making our state more business-friendly simply has to occur.
The start of something good?
Tonight the City of Salisbury embarked on a new chapter in its government as its City Council changed hands. Ironically, the person running the meeting at the beginning would shortly become the city's mayor – Jake Day wielded the gavel for the last time, departing slightly from the agenda to ask for a moment of silence for the people of Paris.
But the first to make comments was outgoing mayor Jim Ireton, who credited the "unsung heroes" who voted for him twice as mayor but "await(s) the incredible things we'll do together" during the next four years. Ireton also noted later that changing just one person on council can make a profound difference in the body.
Jack Heath, who won election to a full term, noted he "came to know the power of the city and the goodness of its workers." The man he defeated, Tim Spies, said the last 4 1/2 years were "good for me" and believed the city had a terrific future, with high expectations. He encouraged more people to make a Monday night of getting to Council meetings, adding afterward it was half-price burger night at the Irish Penny to cap off the evening. Public service for him was "fulfilling" with no end to opportunities, Spies said later.
Outgoing Mayor Ireton noted on Spies, "We would be well to have 33,000 Tim Spieses in the city."
The other Council member leaving, Shanie Shields, vowed "I'm not going anywhere." Not only would she be there for her successors, she planned on using her newfound time to make County Council meetings. In speaking of Shields, Ireton noted that the Salisbury he grew up in was a "place of 1,000 moms" and Shields was one of them. Shields, he added, reminded him never to forget our best work is ahead of us.
Noting the overflow crowd in the garage of Station 16, Laura Mitchell also hoped they would stay involved. "I would love to see more of this." Day wrapped up that portion of the evening to noting Council had "exceeded my expectations."
Ireton and Day, with help from Delegates Christopher Adams, Carl Anderton, and Sherrie Sample-Hughes, and Senator Jim Mathias, presented certificates to Shields and Spies. Anderton also revealed to the audience that Governor Larry Hogan had come through his cancer treatment successfully and was deemed cancer-free, which brought rousing applause from the gathering.
Once those who were leaving were honored, it was time to turn the page and swear in the new members. The Council went first, then Jake Day, with his wife and daughter by his side.
Our featured speaker was Comptroller Peter Franchot, who let us know "I'm a huge fan of Jake Day."
In his relatively brief remarks, he praised Salisbury as "a city on the rise" with "fresh talent (and) new energy." We were crucial to the state's economic fabric, concluded Franchot.
The Council did have a little work to do, though: electing officers. In what turned out to be uncontested votes by acclamation, Jim Ireton nominated Jack Heath to be Council president and Muir Boda nominated Laura Mitchell to its vice-president.
Once again, we heard remarks from the new Mayor and Council. Day made a laundry list of promises, concluding with a vow "we will give you a Salisbury we can be proud of."
It was noted that Muir Boda had won after multiple tries for office, to which he responded, "I'm finally here." Even though it was a long process for Boda, he was nowhere near as emotional as April Jackson, who choked up when she said, "I wish my dad could be here." A well-known community leader, Billy Gene Jackson died earlier this year. Once she regained her composure, she told the crowd, "I'm ready to go. Not to go home, but to get to work!"
As the new Council President, Jack Heath said mutual respect and inclusion was "his pledge." Once he spoke, he rapped the gavel and declared the meeting to be adjourned.
Because it comes on board at this point in the year, the Council will get to ease into its duties a little bit – the city's budget isn't due for a few months. But we will have crime and economic development to deal with, and that's a pretty full plate as well.
I think they'll do just fine. To wrap up, here's a guy I'm proud to call friend, Muir Boda, and his wife Briggit.
It took six years, but I'm pleased my support finally helped make him a winner. My advice to him? Get used to having your picture taken.
To borrow a phrase from Delegate Carl,Anderton, let's get to work!
The domino effect
Without doing a full rehash of Election 2015, there is a further observation I have about the recent election here in Salisbury and the effect it will have on local politics at the club level. It also gives me the excuse to work something else in while I'm at it.
Second only to Jake Day, the story of Tuesday's election seems to be Muir Boda. He's the epitome of perseverance, having run four previous times for office yet never winning (even though I voted for him most of the time.) But at the same time, City Council's gain will be the Wicomico County Republican Club's loss, since he's the second-in-command there and both bodies meet on the fourth Monday of the month. He wasn't elected by District 2 residents to run our meetings when the president is away.
It brings me to a point I think it's time to make.
There are a lot of Republicans and GOP elected officials in Wicomico County, and we're graced by the presence of many of them each month at the WCRC meetings. Over the last decade, though, it seems to me that the number of elected officials getting out to the WCRC monthly meetings has increased but the number of overall attendees has decreased. Our meetings generally attract between 20 and 30 people, which is only about 1/10th of 1% of the total number of Republicans in the county. (As of September, that number is 20,943.)
While the faces at the top have changed (two members of County Council are recent past WCRC presidents, along with the woman who managed Boda's campaign) there are others who have been in a leadership role for years (myself included.) It sounds like that is also the case for the Republican Women of Wicomico (RWOW), which has dwindled down to a few members and is in serious need of a reboot – which some enterprising women are trying to provide before the group loses its charter.
Leadership of our club seems to be a springboard to future political success, but aside from the diehards who come to the meeting each month it seems like we aren't registering with Republicans at-large in the county.
2016 will be an important year for local Republicans in just one area. We have no local races and it's rather likely we will continue a nearly 30-year streak of voting GOP at the top of the ticket, so the suspense may well be whether we get the referendum we have sought in order to elect our school board.
But just as the RWOW group needs some new blood, so does the WCRC. It's a classic chicken-and-egg problem, though – how do you recruit new members to expand events and outreach without burning out the ones you have? Ideally there would be 20 to 30 people instrumental in growing the WCRC, not just a handful. We just seem to keep losing them to elected office, as now we will need to replace Muir Boda.
It seems to me the time has come to discuss where we are as a group. Sure, we raise a lot of money at some of our events but what are we doing to advance other conservative causes? Do we just continue to slog along, meeting once a month, holding an annual Crab Feast, and bemoaning our fate otherwise? Or do we try some different activities, get into more issue advocacy, and try to embed ourselves into the community more?
It wouldn't shock me if a lot of our current members are fine with the status quo. There have been various ideas tried from time to time, but they don't seem to catch on very well among the group. Maybe all we will ever be is what we are now, particularly as political discussion often runs afoul of tolerance.
While the WCRC certainly has had staying power, there is nothing necessarily permanent about it. Perhaps it will slip into the dustbin of history as a relic of a bygone age when being social meant actually getting up from your chair and out from behind your iPad to actually converse with real live humans. Who knows – we may be eventually morphing into a simple Facebook discussion group. (As an example, do you remember Meetups? When was the last one you participated in?)
In life, nothing lasts forever. (My faith allows me to believe otherwise afterward, but I'm discussing worldly things at the moment.) If you ask me, next year is a make-or-break year for the Wicomico County Republican Club.
Republicans in Wicomico County have an advocacy group, but like Benjamin Franklin once said about our republic it's only around as long as we can keep it. What I wish for the group is a team of leaders and idea people who want to take on the challenge of making ourselves relevant again, not just being the conduit for campaign funds.
I've lost track of how many WCRC meetings I've reported on but I would guess it's been at least 80. At some point, though, we all have to move on so when that last meeting I cover comes and goes I want to leave things in better shape than when I arrived.
A new Day for Salisbury, and a Council to match
We knew awhile back that Jake Day would Salisbury's next mayor several months ago when the filing deadline came and went with him as the only candidate in the field. The only question was whether he would get a City Council friendly to his interests, and the answer is somewhat mixed.
With the redistricting set up as it was, it was possible somewhere between one and three incumbents would be elected, as well as the possibility the outgoing mayor would hang around as a Council member. When the smoke cleared tonight, we got the old mayor and two incumbents – one of them, though, is incumbent only a few months as he was appointed to a vacancy last year.
The previous (outgoing) edition of City Council was Day as president, Laura Mitchell as vice-president, and Jack Heath, Shanie Shields, and Tim Spies. We know Day advanced to mayor, while Mitchell was unopposed for her District 5 seat – the only two getting a free pass.
Redistricting lumped Heath and Spies into the same District 3, with Heath getting the victory tonight. Meanwhile, District 1 incumbent Shanie Shields lost her rematch from 2013 with April Jackson, who got 48% of a three-way vote.
In District 4, Jim Ireton prevailed by 53 votes over newcomer Roger Mazzullo, but Muir Boda blew out the field in District 2 – he only got 80 votes but everyone else combined for just 57. Yes, turnout was terrible – initial totals indicate just 1,414 voters bothered to show out of 13,455 registered. Of course, the lack of a mayor's race – or any race in District 5, which is the largest district in terms of voters – did the most to dampen turnout on what was otherwise a gorgeous day to go to the polls.
With the exception of District 4 I think the Council will be an improvement. Interestingly enough, the newly elected Councilman announced on WBOC-TV he's already considering another race, perhaps seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress next year. Honestly, for his sake I hope Jim Ireton is kidding because I think the rest of Council is willing to be the work horses rather than the show horse.
A couple other things about the changeover – the composition of the body gets a shade younger because Boda's relative youth outweighs the age increase between Day and Ireton, who is a dozen years older, and Jackson being a few years younger than Shields. Boda also marks the first elected Republican since Louise Smith served from 2007-11.
So if there's anything I foresee among City Council, I suspect there will be some tension between former mayor Ireton and new mayor Day. I'm sure there is precedent for former Salisbury mayors returning to government; however, my limited experience with the city means Day is only the third mayor I've lived under in 11 years. Previous mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman has largely avoided the spotlight since she left office in 2009. Whether it's Ireton's atrocious rent control idea, his high-strung personality, or his jihad against those who invest in the city as landlords, Jim may be the sand in the gears when it comes to moving Salisbury forward.
With the new rules, the city is now set until 2019 – no more alternating elections in the spring of odd-numbered years. It will make 2017 rather quiet around these parts until the latter half when state campaigns get going.
On a personal note, those who advertised with me went 1-for-2, and while Muir Boda lapped the field I would say getting 44% as a novice candidate against an incumbent mayor with built-in name recognition as Roger Mazzullo did counts as a moral victory. So if you want to increase your market share, you may consider giving this website a try.
The end of many roads
I was struck today by a Facebook post from an old friend of mine, a former co-worker from Ohio who I credit with introducing me to Rush Limbaugh. (We had the original "Rush room" at our office. It's a long story.) He and his wife are both running for office in their little town, with him running for City Council and her seeking a seat on the local school board. (Yes, like probably 90% of other Americans, they have an elected school board.)
One thing I had to gently chastise him about is that the campaign didn't end today like he said – it ends tomorrow when the last vote is cast. Regardless, he and his wife are among the many thousands who are trying for everything from township trustee to governor (Kentucky and Mississippi have gubernatorial elections tomorrow.) We talk a lot about the Presidential horse race, but those tiny races that involve just a few dozen voters mean the world to those local candidates. The vast majority of them have no desire to be on the debate stage with Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton, et. al. - they just believe they can bring new and improved ideas for making their towns or cities great again, perhaps saving the idea of America in the process.
Years ago, I was one of those who stood out in the cold all day for a municipal candidate or two, whether for my Council district or for mayor, or some other office. The memories start to blur after awhile, although it was always an uphill battle supporting Republicans in Toledo and Lucas County – that much I remember. It seemed like the teachers' union, Teamsters, or UAW always had people working polls while the GOP had – me. (They worked shifts, I was there all day. I was precinct chair, so I considered it my job.)
In this day and age, running for office can be a lot of work. Perhaps the toughest part of seeking an elected position is getting enough buy-in from people to become volunteers. While thousands run for office, and many more thousands make a living (or at least some small paycheck) working in politics as a profession, the fact is voters in this country exist in the millions. It's a tremendous task to contact all of them for a national campaign, arduous at a state level, but once you reach the county and local levels retail politics is possible. I don't think Ben Carson is going to knock on my door, but both Keyvan Aarabi and Muir Boda did this year, as did Josh Hastings last year and Jake Day the year before. (Alas, I was home for neither this year. I just know they were here by the literature they left.)
Just to use Salisbury as an example, there will only be six winners tomorrow while eight others will see their dreams dashed. In that latter number will be at least one incumbent member of City Council as redistricting put them together; on the other hand, the incoming mayor and one incumbent Council member will win the moment they vote for themselves. It's the other twelve who will be sweating it out tomorrow night.
I really have a vested interest in only two races. I live in District 2 and was pleased my friend Muir Boda lived in the same district, so if you do I encourage you to vote for him.
Literally across the street from me is District 4. One has to wonder why current mayor Jim Ireton – who vowed that "help is on the way" in his initial campaign – is retreating from the mayor's office where he can best provide said help to run for City Council. My guess is that he knew rather quickly Jake Day would crush him if he ran for another term, and at the speed which Day not only racked up support over the incumbent Debbie Campbell in 2013 but became Council president upon taking office it was likely Jim tried to shape his district to his advantage, figuring he would have an easy ride onto Council to keep his hand in the game.
But the recent push by Ireton to punish landlords via rent control isn't about empowering renters, but beating up political opponents and dividing the city between haves and have-nots. Otherwise why exempt multi-family residences? On the other hand, I was impressed enough by Roger Mazzullo that I crossed the aisle to take his ad. I doubt I would agree with him on every single issue, but he wants the city to be more business-friendly and so do I. The soon-to-be-former mayor may argue he's for business too, but he seems to have it in for a group who invests in the city and we're tired of the drama. The citizens of Salisbury should make a clean break from the Ireton era and elect Roger Mazzullo.
By this time tomorrow night we should know who will be working with Jake Day to move Salisbury forward. Feel free to ask me for suggestions.
And after the campaigns are over, win or lose, take a few moments to appreciate those who sacrificed many evenings, weekends, and family events to present themselves for serving you as an elected official. They're not always the most popular lot but at this local level they're doing it for their hometowns rather than personal gain. Even if they lose, I hope they stay involved.
Where will Salisbury go after Tuesday?
Unless there's a write-in campaign I'm unaware of, Tuesday will be the coronation for Jake Day as Salisbury mayor. But the question is what sort of City Council will he work with?
With the revamped five-district Council map, the deck was shuffled for the composition of City Council. Two incumbents were placed in the same district, while two of the new districts have no incumbent. Thus, City Council will have no more than three holdovers but it is possible that only one incumbent could survive, and that's only because she is unopposed.
Publicly I'm sure Jake would be tight-lipped about who he would prefer from each district. Obviously he has worked with the incumbents but there may be some challengers who more align with his economic plan. (I had to look up just what "place-based economic development" was, though.)
It seems to me that Day will be able to lead effectively, but I suspect if Jim Ireton is elected to City Council it may result in more butting of heads between a mayor and former mayor, particularly on issues Ireton has advocated like rent control. Will Ireton try to promote his own failed agenda from a Council seat?
In the next few years, assuming current trends continue, Salisbury will be the county seat of the Eastern Shore's largest county. We are gaining on the current leader, Cecil County.
For the longest time Salisbury has billed itself as the "crossroads of Delmarva." But the city is at a crossroads itself – as Day himself points out, "we have been slow to recover from the recent recession." Perhaps we have assets to leverage, but the other thing we need is a leader to tell Annapolis we could use a little help in some areas and to back off in others.
Regardless of who is elected to City Council, Day continues a generational turnover in county leadership positions. With the exception of Delegate Mary Beth Carozza, all of our county's representative Delegates were born in the 1970s and all of them are in their first terms in Annapolis. If you want change in Salisbury, well, we are going to get it.
Campaign finance, Salisbury style
With just a week to go before the election, we finally learned who was giving and receiving the most money of the dozen-plus candidates running for office in the city of Salisbury. (Thanks to the Salisbury Independent for sharing the city's information in their summary.)
After reading through the various reports, one thing is clear: Jake Day is great at raising money. Despite the fact we learned weeks ago he would be unopposed, contributors have still dropped nearly $25,000 in his campaign coffers. (As I recall, there are options to wind down a campaign account once the cycle is through, so Day may have the opportunity to select from a number of willing groups and share the wealth.)
Last time around in the former District 1, Shanie Shields outraised and outspent her two opponents, one of which was the current office seeker April Jackson. The same is holding true this time, as Shields holds a roughly 3-to-1 fundraising advantage over her two opponents combined. Newcomer Sarah Halcott is the third person in the race.
The advantage is even more pronounced in District 2, with Muir Boda miles ahead of his three opponents. Before I go on, I will disclose that I am a recipient of advertising money from Boda, but two things jumped out at me from his opposition.
First, Keyvan Aarabi only lists $200 in contributions but nearly $900 in spending, so the question is whether they failed to report candidate loans. (Perhaps they made that oversight.) But that's better than not reporting at all, which Marvin Ames failed to do. The third aspirant, Justin Gregoli, reported his activity did not meet the threshold for itemizing.
In District 3, where two incumbents are battling it out, Jack Heath has raised money while Tim Spies is funding his own efforts, vowing to return contributions. Compared to Heath, newcomer Kevin Lindsay barely registers, having raised just $370 for his bid.
After I disclose that District 4′s Roger Mazzullo is also an advertiser, let me point out that he is by far the most successful political newcomer when it comes to fundraising, raising $3,450 so far compared to outgoing Mayor Jim Ireton's $870. (In an effort to portray himself as the little guy, Ireton is limiting contributions to $20 – of course, he has the advantage of name recognition that Mazzullo has to spend money to build.)
Finally, since Laura Mitchell is unopposed in District 5 she filed the report stating she had raised and spent less than $600. Given that District 5 voters have no choices on the ballot I would be surprised if more than 100 show up. Turnout in city elections is already abysmal, so 200 to 250 votes in any district may be plenty.
(A total of 2,775 voters participated in the 2013 election, which was citywide and had all contested races. With the lack of a mayor's race and no contest in one district, I think we'll be hard-pressed to see 2,000 votes total. Hope they surprise me.)
As we enter the home stretch, we will see what the candidates do to maximize their positions. If money equals votes, City Council could be very receptive to the pro-business side of Jake Day's agenda.


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ten regional ladies volleyball teams compete for the hydra properties cup
ten regional ladies volleyball teams compete for the hydra properties cup
The 5th DSF ladies volleyball tournament officially inaugurated last night
DUBAI (UAE), 19 February 2008: Ten regional ladies volleyball teams are all set to compete for the 5th Dubai shopping festival ladies volleyball tournament - The Hydra Properties Cup, which was officially inaugurated last night (February 18), and will continue till February 22 at Al Wasl club's Rashid Bin Maktoum indoor sports hall. Hydra Properties, the leading UAE real estate developer's sponsorship of the tournament comes in line with its ongoing efforts to support sports championships and tournaments.
Elaborating on the company's focus to sponsor such athletic events, Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim, Chief Executive Officer, Hydra Properties, said: "We are honoured to be associated with this ladies volleyball tournament as our company is always keen in supporting all sports activities which reflects the country's evolvement into a premier sports destination. Being the event's main sponsor gives us a unique opportunity to do something significant in contributing towards the development and enhancing the unique and vital role of women in our society."
The Hydra Properties Cup sponsorship comes as a good will gesture to the call made by Shaikha Shamsa Bint Hasher Al Maktoum, the UAE volleyball association board member and the ladies volleyball committee head, who had called on all establishments and companies in the UAE to support ladies volleyball in the UAE.
The 5th Dubai Shopping Festival volleyball tournament for ladies – Hydra Properties Cup volleyball tournament which is witnessing the participation of a total of ten teams; the Al Wasl 'A' and 'B' ladies teams and the ladies teams from Al Shabab and Al Ahli club as well as teams from the American University of Dubai and Sharjah, the Al Qalmoon club and Al Barbara club of Lebanon, the national ladies volleyball teams of Qatar, and Sudan, are taking part in the tournament. The tournament is divided into three groups, one group with four participating teams and two groups with three teams each, the top team and runner up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.
The participating teams have expressed their gratitude and appreciation for the role played by Hydra Properties in supporting and sponsoring the tournament which will only reflect on enhancing the level of the game within the region and will empower participating teams to further compete on the regional and international arena.
As a real estate developer Hydra Properties continues to play a vital role in the transformation and building of the UAE through its most prestigious state of the art residential and business developments. Hydra Properties maintains its commitments to contribute to society in general and youth development in particular through its consistent efforts to support various social and cultural activities.
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