Blog Posts - May 2010

Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice on Memorial Day

Submitted by Dan Morris on May 31, 2010


Photo by Linda Morris

I would like to thank the members of the American Legion Post in Ridge Maryland for the tribute to our fallen warriors.

I returned from Viet Nam in 1970, a United States Marine, and remember the homecoming we received.

Where have GOP central committee members been when Jarboe deserved support to hold the line on taxes? AWOL!

Submitted by Rich Johnson on May 29, 2010

On Friday afternoon I had a message on my home phone from Dave Willenborg (County Republican Central Committee chairman).  He was upset about an article in ST. MARY'S TODAY on page 9 of the May 23rd edition and said that “There will be a response.”  This was not the first time Dave left a complaint on my phone, and probably will not be the last.

Wind Turbine is up. Hey, I can see Virginia from up here. (-New-Fox News Story Link)

Submitted by Rich Johnson on May 23, 2010

 

I had a crane get the tower up on Friday afternoon.  The crane guy did an excellent job by keeping the boom directly over the tower so there were no side pull on my hinged bottom.   After I had the tower secured, I even took off the brake on the blades and got the turbine going pretty fast.   No power generated yet, my electrician will do the final wire hook-up this week.

Campaign sign

Submitted by Dan Morris on May 22, 2010

I know that political campaign signs get old quick.  This problem would not be as bad if candidates would have the permission of the property owner before they posted political signs all over the road. Signs posted on state or county property are illegally posted.

20 Kilowatt Wind Turbine soon to be erected in Saint Mary's (Once it stops raining)

Submitted by Rich Johnson on May 18, 2010

 

I figured I would update my status.  The turbine is ready to get erected, but now it is raining.  I have a crane ready to raise the tower, and as soon as the ground is not muddy and the crane will not get stuck, the tower will go up.  Here are pictures of the turbine:

Blades and tail

Town Hall Alliance attend the Saint Mary's Budget session and ask for a "Constant Yield"

Submitted by Rich Johnson on May 3, 2010

The Town Hall Alliance candidates attended the “Public Forum” so to discuss the “Constant Yield and Budget” of Saint Mary’s County.  I provided budget numbers from the budget that if incorporated would allow for a “Constant Yield”.  I also said more savings could be done like not spending $15,000 for a two day trip to New York for a Bond Hearing ($5,000 of which was spent on a Limo).  It was an interesting evening, and I had the honor to be interrupted by Commissioner Jack Russell during my 3 minute allotted time to speak.  Jack made the comment that the $15,000 spent in