Although you may not be aware of it, we have 3 folks who would like to be Vice President of the City Council during the next session.  Although I certainly have nothing against Robin Lumb and Bill Gulliford, both are new to council this year while Clay Yarborough is in his second term (so he has a history and it is true blue conservative).  Clay is the city councilman for my district, and I had the pleasure of working for his campaign this last time for both the primary and the actual run…

This is something we may need to keep an eye on as it would mean the city buying up these 3 garages which takes them off the tax rolls.  Downtown has moved from contributing about 18% of the total tax revenue to around 3% of the tax revenue and here we go again.  These garages need to be sold to someone who can make a profitable go of them (perhaps if they charged something reasonable to park in them, someone might park in them??).  From my personal experience one evening when I…

Its no wonder cities and states are broke with abuses like this going on.Here are 3 that I have seen covered in just the past week or so.

 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-pensions-teacher-perk-20111023,0,6972290,full.story 

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Since Obama has refused to enforce the laws of this country, including DOMA, I can well understand this move.  I guess they would also think it might get them support and votes from the gay community even if they can's get it through the house??

By Stephen Dinan

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This must be changed, because the federal government is deeply involved in things that are NOT things they should be involved in at all. Most people do not realize the federal government should not be involved in some of what they are involved in.  Many of the functions the feds have taken over are STATE issues and should be handled at the STATE level.  How do we make people realize…

Mr. Sowell is a straight talking economist who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and has won awards, knocks it out of the ball partk again by putting the problem where the problem is.  Washington and politicians!

Economist and author Thomas Sowell tells Newsmax that banks and businesses are sitting on piles of cash because they’re concerned about “what new bright idea” Washington might come up with to…

I am just lovin it.  Imagine him supporting this group when some wish to have him impeached (sounds like a stellar idea to me)...................

October 26, 2011

Ben Johnson,The White House Watch

Even controlled opposition occasionally strays from script. This website has described Occupy Wall Street as a latent menace,an…

Daniel Carroll

Daniel Carroll represented Maryland as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 at the age of 57. Carroll was born of a prominent family in Maryland on July 22, 1730 and was educated at the College of Saint Omer in the Netherlands. He was well experienced politically at the time of the Convention, having served in a number of important positions. Carroll was a past member of the Confederation Congress and the Executive Council…

Constitution Signer

John Rutledge

John Rutledge was a lawyer, statesman, judge, governor, devote husband, and father.

Did something ever happen to you that made you feel that your life was more than just a random event?  I'm sure John Rutledge felt that way when he, on his 50th birthday, was one of the signers of the foundational law of our nation.

"J.R" (can I call…

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that we never hear the occupy crowd complain about the millionares in Hollyweird??Micheal Moore provides a great example of that mindset http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/25/michael-moore-repeatedly-refuses-to-admit-he-is-in-the-1-percent/

If we were to go solely on the information provided by the .0099%ers one would think the…

Here they are.  Shall we give them their demands?  

From the Occupy Wall Street website, via Picket and Loesch:…

by Bill Korach.

Kados to this fine young college student!   And how many other states did this happen in that we may never find out about?

By Eric Shawn

Published October 18, 2011

| FoxNews.com

Shocking election…

There has been much discussion within the Tea Party about whether or not the Tea Party should endorse candidates.  Correct me if I am wrong, the current wisdom is that we should not support a candidate in the primary.   I understand the perspective and as the Tea Party it makes sense.

As a patriot, who believes in smaller government, less regulation and a balanced budget, it does not make sense for me however!

While the Tea Party may not be able to take a…

I had a friend who was in the Event Planning business.  He helped me plan a big event for the “grand opening” of my consulting practice ten years ago this month.  He was a perfectionist and was well known in the event planning world nationwide.  He is a master at planning a party.

When the night came for our “grand opening” at a local club, he showed up after the other invitees were already enjoying the party.  I…

I thought this was really interesting and well thought out.  I can see it making sense to do, but I would allow the current stucture of the state (be it the governor or the state legislature) set the amount for each of the states..............since they will not know where it would be spent and would have no say over how it would be spent, it might work.  What say you?

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Choice among the quotes is this beauty..

"Of course, this transformation will be made at the cost of a gradual, balanced transfer of a part of each nation's powers to a world authority and to regional authorities, but this is necessary at a time when the dynamism of human society and the economy and the progress of technology are transcending borders, which are in fact already very eroded in a globalised world."

Full…

Constitution Signers

Robert Morris

By Bill Korach

Morris was born to Robert Morris, Sr. and Elizabeth Murphet in Liverpool, England, on January 20, 1734. At the age of 13 Morris moved to Oxford, Maryland, where he lived with his father, Robert Morris, a tobacco…