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Monday, November 12, 2012

The Spirit of Community

OPINION: Respect Democracy, Respect Will of the People

Whether your candidates or ballot issues won or lost, now is the time for us to come together and celebrate our democracy and the freedom to choose.

After a tumultuous election year—both nationally and here in Maryland—we have at long last reached the end of a messy process. Some folks are pleased by the re-election of President Barack Obama, while others are bitterly disappointed. Similar emotions are certainly found in association with the results of some of our state's more controversial ballot initiatives, including expanded gambling, extending in-state tuition benefits to children of undocumented immigrants, and upholding the extension of civil marriage rights to same-sex couples.  Not surprisingly, soon after the results were tallied, some who were unhappy with the final result felt it necessary to let loose with their frustrations. Perhaps the worst example of this was a series …

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John Doe

9:13 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Bill Howard - lighten up, the Democrats are fine being the donkey.   more ›

Monday, August 6, 2012

The Spirit of Community

OPINION: Playing Chicken with Public Opinion

Businesses that choose to engage in public political dialogue risk a consumer backlash, regardless of which side of an issue they choose to promote.

There's an age old question which asks "why did the chicken cross the road?"  Over the past month, stockholders of fast food chain Chick-fil-A have probably been more interested in finding out "why did the chicken executive open his mouth?"  Since his July 2012 comments in opposition to same-sex marriages, Chick-fil-A President and CEO Dan Cathy has learned the hard way the risks inherent to a business operator choosing to publicly air their political views. I think that I'm like most folks in that I have no interest in the political musings of the individuals who run businesses that I choose to patronize.  On one hand, I'm not going to go out of my way to buy from a business that happens to espouse views that are aligned with my own.  …

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Other Tim

10:30 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Jessa, you are obviously new if you pay any attention to this putz. I think he is about 12 years old, and if people would just ignore him, he would go away.   more ›

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