Tag: Election
From The Classroom: 2012 pt. 4
Welcome back to From the Classroom’s rundown of the 2012 GOP field, where the candidates are evaluated and vetted, two by two. We’ve already been through Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Ron Paul and Rick Perry. And now we’re on to… Mitt Romney Mitt Romney is the all-American candidate. His smile and [...]
Do You Believe In Yesterday?
Have you ever listened to The Beatles’ song, ‘Yesterday?‘ Of course you have. But just in case, here are the first two lines: Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, Now it looks as though they’re here to stay, oh I believe in yesterday As we have gone through this midterm election cycle, I’ve [...]
Are Americans ‘Qualified’ To Dis-Qualify
Facebook users: Please share this post with your friends by clicking the “recommend” button up top! “Straight talk.” Possibly the most ironic term used in politics. Remember the “Straight Talk Express?”. Yeah, the one with John McCain and the pretty blue bus, the one that canvassed the country in 2000, then was brought out of [...]
Senate Candidate Booze Charged With Theft, Drug Possession
On Friday, The No BS Zone, broke the story that Pasadena resident and Democrat State Senate Candidate(District 31), John Edward Booze, had been charged for maliciously stealing other candidates election signs. When we went to verify this, electronic court records indicate that yesterday, he was charged with three separate counts of theft and one count [...]
An Important Election
This morning, we received a press release from Allison Asti announcing her run for Circuit Court in Anne Arundel County. A few weeks ago, Judge Hackner doled out what amounted to a swat on the nose to a serial sexual offender. I opined back then that the most important races (and most overlooked) are the [...]
Bowling Responds
Aldermanic Candidate Responds To Hate Literature Shortly after discovering the hate literature targeting him, Scott Bowling has asked the US and State Attorney General to initiate an investigation. Bowling’s complete statement follows: Annapolis, MD – November 2, 2009 - With less than 48 hours to go before the polls open, an anonymous and illegal flyer [...]
Completely Despicable
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Bowling Vows To Repeal 54% Increase In Liquor Fees
Denounces Current Mayor and Aldermanic Opponent Classie Hoyle Today, Scott Bowling (Candidate for Alderman, Ward 3) denounced Mayor Ellen Moyer, Finance Committee Chair Classie Hoyle, and the rest of the Annapolis City Council for the 54-percent increase in liquor fees for restaurants, taverns,package goods stores, and hotels and vows to introduce a budget amendment to [...]
Cohen Reaches Out To African American Community
Lands Several Key Endorsements This afternoon, Josh Cohen, Democratic Candidate for Mayor of Annapolis announced that he has picked up the endorsement of several prominent local African American leaders including Zina Pierre. Pierre was the primary winner and subsequently stepped down allowing Cohen to be named the party’s candidate. Other notable African American leaders who [...]
Conley Responds To Allegations In Paper
Conley Fires Back At Capital Republican Aldermanic Candidate, Jim Conley has released a statement regarding the allegations against him which were made public on Saturday. The Capital (who initially reported the allegations) is meeting with Conley this afternoon for a follow up article. In his statement, Conley soundly refutes many of the allegations and comes [...]
A Political Wrench
Cordle’s Big Announcement Last night, Annapolis Mayoral Candidate Dave Cordle sent a message to his Facebook fans announcing a big announcement. That seems to be the latest thing–announce that you are going to announce something. But this must be a really BIG announcement because it is planned for today at 5:30pm at City Hall. You [...]
Jim Conley On The Tax Cap
“Why would you run for office and NOT support a Tax Cap that would benefit those that you serve?” While out knocking on doors, I was asked the question you see above. As I left that voter’s home and kept knocking on doors the question kept coming up—time and time again. “Why would you run [...]
Josh Cohen Selected To Run For Mayor
Central Committee Unanimously Supports Cohen At a very brief meeting, Josh Cohen, the second place finisher in the recent primary, was selected to represent the Democratic Party in the upcoming election. The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm with 5 members present and one on the phone. Chairman Nick Berry explained how the meeting [...]
Pierre Officially Sumbits Withdrawal
Zina Pierre Makes It Official: She’s Out! At 11:25am this morning, the embattled democratic candidate for Mayor, Zina Pierre submitted her withdrawal certificate. In a 11:46am email to the Election Board, the current Mayor, current Aldermen, and the respective party chairmen, Regina Eldridge stated: The Board of Supervisors of Elections Office has received a Certificate [...]
And The New Candidate Is….
Annapolis Democratic Committee To Select New Candidate Now that Zina Pierre has withdrawn and the voter’s votes have been invalidated (yes, we are cynical and offer no apologies), the eight members of the Annapolis Central Democratic Committee will select the person they want to run for Mayor. The selection will be made tomorrow night at [...]
Pierre’s Withdrawal
Comprehensive Coverage Rather than re-hashing the press conference, below are some links to all the information you need to know. In a nutshell, she did not take any questions, she tried to explain much of the controversy–sometimes successfully. The ballroom at the Loews Annapolis Hotel was packed with media, supporters, politicos and clergy. Her supporters [...]
Fox Statement On Pierre’s Withdrawal
Fox Campaign Issues Statement The campaign of Independent, Chris Fox has isued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of Zina Pierre from the Annapolis Mayoral race. Chris Fox, Independent Candidate for Mayor of Annapolis, wishes Zina Pierre well as she bows out of the mayoral race in Annapolis. “It is unfortunate for Zina that she [...]
Zina Pierre Withdraws Again
Pierre Offers Explanation, Withdraws In a statement, Zina Pierre, the first African American elected to run for Mayor of Annapolis, withdrew from the race citing the distractions of the past week. Now, the Democratic Central Committee will select a candidate to run in her place. Zina will need to officially submit her withdrawal by Friday [...]
Political Magic 8 Ball
Outlook Not So Good With all the brouhaha surrounding the rise and fall of Zina Pierre over the last week, it is still anyone’s guess as to what will happen. Over the week, questions have surfaced about her financial capabilities, her residence, her voter registration, and just this morning–the legality of her advertising campaign. When [...]
More Intrigue To The Pierre Saga
Was Mike Busch Involved? Yesterday, when The Sun first reported that Annapolis mayoral hopeful Zina Pierre was again back in the race there was a quote attributed to Speaker of the House of Delegates, Mike Busch. Strangely, that quote has been pulled from the article but to paraphrase, he said that Zina would need to [...]
She’s Baaack
Zina Pierre Reverses Withdrawal Claims she never withdrew from race In yet another bizarre twist on the saga surrounding the election of Annapolis’ next mayor, Zina Pierre claims a miscommunication led to the erroneous statement that she had withdrawn. I am running for Mayor of Annapolis and will continue to fight for all residents, many [...]
