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Chalk talk
Over the summer in Salisbury, there has been a controversy over a plaque in front of the courthouse that honors a native of what would become Wicomico County after his death. Brigadier General John...
View ArticleThe state of the ballot
Is it just me or is the 2018 primary season just not that exciting? The reasons it could be just me are both an accident of geography and the fact that something is missing. Since we moved again last...
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A weekend to remember, 2018 edition
After a one-year hiatus and a whole host of changes, I’m bringing back my coverage of the Memorial Day weekend occurrences. Last year’s Memorial Day celebration, to me, wasn’t much to write about. It’s...
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Wicomico County Fair 2018 in pictures and text (part 2)
So when I last left you, I promised to tell you about Blue Ribbon Drive. For those who don’t know the area too well, it’s the street that bisects Winterplace Park (where the WCF is held) from north to...
View ArticleWicomico County races: a closer look at finances
Earlier this month I took a look at the financial situation of the various state candidates in Districts 37 and 38, so now I’m going to narrow the focus down to Wicomico County, which has a number of...
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2018 Good Beer Festival in pictures and text
It’s been a few years since I got to share my experience at the GBF, for various reasons: I involuntarily skipped the 2016 event (because I couldn’t go that Saturday and Sunday was rained out) and last...
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2018 Autumn Wine Festival in pictures and text
Just like the Good Beer Festival last week, my photographic series on the Autumn Wine Festival returns after a three-year hiatus. And like the GBF, a lot has changed over the last three years, but not...
View ArticleWill Wicomico flip?
It’s time to reach back across the Transpeninsular Line and look at a situation where I used to live, in Wicomico County, Maryland. In my ten years on the Wicomico County Republican Central Committee,...
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Mt. Hermon Plow Days 2021 in pictures and text
It felt good to be out of the rain. No, actually, to shorten up the song lyric, it felt good to be out. In thinking about doing this post, I got to pondering how long it had been since I’d done a...
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Book review: Sheriff Mike Lewis – Constitutional. Uncanceled. by Haven Simmons
This book came out last month, and it’s an intriguing one. Cover image via Amazon. One would think I don’t read books anymore, and to be honest I had no idea it had been over a half-decade since I...
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A rookie mistake?
While I work in Wicomico County, my wife and I neither live nor vote in Wicomico County. So this misdirection seems a little strange. As you can see from the photo, I am in possession of a mailing...
View ArticleUnder the bus?
Yes, I’m back to local political posts on the Maryland side over here. I’ve been a pretty good boy on my Substack about keeping it issue-based but once in awhile I need to point out the anamolies of...
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