Once again we had another dynamic speaker to address our group at the latest Wicomico County Republican Club meeting this evening. Tonight it was Pocomoke City mayor and legislative candidate Michael McDermott. First we had the usual formalities, this month led by outgoing First VP George Ossman who...

This morning I took a little time to see about something I assumed would be true and I was absolutely 100% correct. So far there have been 64 recorded votes in this Senate session and our two erstwhile, well-meaning, but for the most part incorrect Senators have voted in the exact same manner all 64...

Last night I went over the City Council portion of the forum, tonight it’s the Mayoral race. It’s also worth noting that in the beginning Mary Ashanti of the local NAACP chapter made opening remarks, noting that the organization was still necessary because they had not reached the promis...

In order to make this a little bit better read, I’ve chosen to split this post up into two parts. I’m going to reverse the chronology of the actual event and do the City Council seats first, followed tomorrow by the Mayoral hopefuls. Tonight’s moderator was Orville Penn, and the se...

Well, as we expected, the so-called stimulus package passed the Senate by a 61-37 vote. All 58 Democrats voted yes (even the ailing Senator Ted Kennedy) while 37 of the 40 Republicans present voted no. GOP Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire did not vote, presumably pending his confirmation as Secre...

I thought today would be a good day to place a post like this. Chances are I’m not going to have a boatload of readers today as most people are out and about plus have something other than politics on their mind. (For the record, I’m rooting for the Steelers solely because Ben Roethlisbe...

Well, that’s one less statewide candidate the Maryland GOP has for consideration. Needless to say, much of the mainstream media spin is that Michael Steele is the first black GOP head and was the most moderate of the five candidates who were formally nominated today. I damn well hope that the ...

It was a bit of an unusual venue to have a candidate forum, but the two remaining District 2 City Council candidates were slated to speak in front of about a dozen residents at Harbor Pointe, a local assisted living facility. Unfortunately, incumbent Debbie Campbell was unable to attend due to a ...

For the first Wicomico County Republican Club meeting in 2009, it was time to “lick our wounds and build for 2010″ according to club President Marc Kilmer. As always, we opened with the Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, minutes from our last meeting in November 2008, and the Tre...

First off, I actually took my camera but decided there really wasn’t much worth photographing. Earlier this afternoon I was over in the thriving metropolis of Pittsville (the locals will get it) to attend a town hall meeting put on by my erstwhile but Democratic Delegates to the Maryland Gener...