I love elections. What a suspenseful ride it has been. With absentee ballots being counted today and provisional ballots being counted tomorrow and more absentee ballots on the 20th we are a few days away from knowing the real winners. The only race I can see that might still be undecided is the sheriff’s race. Cochran is ahead of Price by about 60 votes. I am not aware of the number of absentee ballots outstanding or the number of provisional ballots. Price will certainly need the lion’s share to win. I was very pleased with the County Council President results. I picked Kazi but I’ll take anyone but Wagner. Boniface will do a wonderful job. Biggs beat Mullis quite convincingly. Chenowith more than doubled both opponents. Captain Jim beat Brian Young by almost 300 votes. Chad Shrodes beat Gallion by more than 800 votes (I guess all those signs were for real). Correri won by about 100 votes over Bollinger. To be honest, this is not the council that I was hoping for but I think if any of the Switch-o-crats fall out of line we can use Wagner as an example. If they show themselves to be democrats at heart we will work very hard for their removal next election.
I called the Stifler victory back in January. Parrott may be good at constituent service but if you are running as a legislator you should legislate. Avery Ward was unable to get that train back on track. I look forward to the Glassman/Stifler era.
The big shockers were in 34A and the Register of Wills. Chris Pate was defeated by Glen Glass. Glen Glass effectively used an illegal sign campaign to pull through. It makes me wonder if shirking the law to win is a good strategy to use. It’s not like fines are ever given and the signs are only moved when they cut the grass. I wonder if Jacobs and Kohl will embrace the new Republican victor against James and Riley. If I were them I would probably push Kohl and leave Glass to fight his own battle and settle for one of the two seats. Christoforo is currently behind by a little more than 100 votes. I thought real Republicans would have chosen Christoforo but the courthouse races are funny sometimes. Hopkins sent several mailers in the last week and had plenty of signs up around the county and apparently that was all he needed.
Overall, it was a great primary. We had lots of choices and the GOBN was at least challenged. I can’t say it is gone but you can be sure that I will work very hard over the next four years to expose it and eliminate it in 2010. Now let’s go get some donkey.
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1 someone at the fair // Sep 13, 2006 at 1:57 pm
GOPerative, well written as usual. I guess I am more disappointed than you that the GOBN didn’t suffer more yesterday. As far as I am concerned, their time has passed big time and they can not be tossed out soon enough. So, here is to hoping for the best for the next four years and maybe by ‘10 we can put the GOBN out on the street for good.
2 Older than dirt Harford Cty Resident // Sep 13, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Stifler. UUMMM, how come the worker she had at North Harford Polling did not know anything about her, what her forum is and did not even live in Harford County. He was from another county and did not even know this was the first position she has run for. I want someone in office who has experience in governing at least on a county level. There will be only one Republican I will be voting for in the final election and it will not be an elementary teacher with backing from developers. By the way my husband is a contractor and he will not be voting for her either. As far as legislating goes, Joanne Parrott backed laws beneficial to this county and its citizens, in particular the youth. She has fought many years to protect the agricultural community. Too bad the youth and farmers no longer have her in their corner. At least we still have Barry.
3 welcomebackguthrie // Sep 13, 2006 at 3:24 pm
Did you use the word “convincingly” to describe the Biggs/Mullis race? Over 300 votes? Convincingly is how Chad Schrodes won, or how Kevin Kane lost. Or better yet how Dion won.
But of course did anyone not pay any attention to the raw numbers there? If Republicans are excited over a whopping 1300 Republican voters coming out for the A district yesterday, then Guthrie must be at home laughing his head off right now. An apathetic primary pretty much locked Dion back up for another 4 years. Congratulations Republicans.
4 LDavis // Sep 13, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Two things to consider…
1)many dems vote republican
2)general elections have stonger showings
3)its the edgewood area, and Paula made it very clear she had an axe to grind with Dion. this may have set off voters (voters are smart in Fallston)
5 hmmmm // Sep 13, 2006 at 4:50 pm
welcomebackguthrie,
you made me do a little research because you got my mind to thinking. I am pretty sure we all know Guthrie will be a huge challenge for anyone BUT, Biggs recieved more votes in this primary than Sue Heselton won in her last primary. In fact, against the same number of opponents, Biggs recieved 109 more votes than Heselton did, and Guthrie only beat Heselton by 60 votes. Now I am not naive enough to think that Guthrie will have a repeat performance as in the last eleciton, BUT, you need to put the race in perspective. Biggs beat Mullis by 25%. That is a pretty big margin for two top tier candidates. Now that this race is over, Biggs and Mullis need to get together and beat Dion like they were both claiming they would before the election. Put the numbers in perspective.
6 welcomebackguthrie // Sep 13, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Ldavis, what axe? You didn’t see Dion and Paula at the Edgewood forum hanging out together? And who has dedicated his entire website to attacking Dion? I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t Paula.
Hmmmm, the numbers are in perspective. There we’re only 1329 or so TOTAL republican votes in the area. So 25% doesn’t mean a whole lot when they have maybe 1/3rd of the registered republicans actually voting?
And if more dems vote republican, how did Dion win again?
7 North Harford Mom // Sep 13, 2006 at 7:42 pm
Older,
You and your husband obviously didn’t support Stifler in the primary. The fact that you won’t be voting for her in the general election most likely won’t mean very much. She is the right person at the right time for this position. Northern Harford County couldn’t ask for a better person in Annapolis.
8 Val Undervote // Sep 13, 2006 at 9:13 pm
welcomebackguthrie I would love to say your views are enlightening BUT they are not. It is no wonder that Chenowith won when she has numerous builders in her back pocket. We will see how wonderful and I am sure we will all ring her praise when we see even more portable classrooms going up in all the elementary schools in her district. How clever it was for “Chenni” to put Walters up to split the vote (or would that be considered sneaky?) If Chenni is so honest and true then why does her party and herself resort to dirty and just plain common tactics such as moving signs or just plain ripping them down. If she can win all on her own with her builder funded signs the she shouldn’t need to be so common , it would seem to me. I can honestly say that Harford County did not win the election this year– we lost some wonderful talent that could have made our County better in all the ways that matter– Family, Values, and the battle over good and evil.
9 pdiddy // Sep 13, 2006 at 10:10 pm
Wake up Harford Republicans. Everyone, there are only 3 possible races in the county that all Republicans should focus their time, energy and money on: Sheriff, Mary-Dulany James, and Guthrie v Biggs.
Seriously, it’s time to get down to business and not waste time on races where Dems don’t have a chance. Harford has a real chance at being all republican if everyone can just pull together for these 3 races. Let’s get to work!!
10 Sharks // Sep 14, 2006 at 7:11 am
val undervote (and other sore losers),
Even if Kevin Kane had all the votes that Jerry Walters recieved, Chenowith would of still carried the election 60-40. I am now breaking the news to you folks. Chenowith won. Biggs won. McMahan won. Slutzky won. Schrodes and Correri won but only with the most votes, not over 50% of the votes. (Again, if anybody knows anything about Correri will you please step up and say something?)
On a better note. Did anybody notice that Carolyn Wilson Evans will not be returning to the Democratic Central Committee. She came in 6th. So sad.
11 RepublicanTeamPlayer // Sep 14, 2006 at 8:09 am
AMEN PDIDDY!!!!!!
12 Common sense // Sep 14, 2006 at 8:14 am
With the Republican party choosing Biggs in the primary, thay did manage to send a message to Guthrie. That message is “We aren’t that serious about beating you in the general election.” I agree with Anti-Chris, Biggs lacks any real experience, is a proven liar, and will be the puppet of Nancy Jacobs. If there is a Biggs/Guthrie debate, Guthrie will mop the floor with him. Get ready for another 4 years of Guthrie.
13 downwithGOBN // Sep 14, 2006 at 9:53 am
can’t be all republican with the GOBN-backed switch-o-crats winning. its as strong as ever. identifying candidates based on issues is what we need to focus on or the county will continue to go to the wolves.
14 welcomebackguthrie // Sep 14, 2006 at 10:28 am
Woah Val Undervote. Don’t misunderstand that I’m trying to justify or validate Roni’s victory. Nononononono. I was really pulling for Kevin Kane in that race. I have been strictly looking at numerics. I was trying to make the point that splitting the vote or not, District B still had 2700 voters turn out for the Republican primary. District A had the LOWEST turnout of all the other Districts including F, and somehow people are under the impression that the voters came out energized and this race in A is in the bag.
Republicans voting in A: 1329
Democrats voting in A: 2672
Chris Biggs: 719
Dion Guthrie: 1841
Wake up folks. One side is motivated, the other side isn’t. Can you guess which side that is?? If those numbers don’t worry you in the least, then you might need to take the elephant-colored glasses off for a second.
The seats that I think are safe are the President (Bonaface will have little trouble), B, D, and E. I think Jesse Bane is our next sheriff. Everything else could be up for grabs.
15 Ehrlich Again // Sep 14, 2006 at 11:53 am
District C is the most republican of our districts. McMahon could stay home until November and win.
District F is going to go to Lisanti. Correri is completely outmatched in a Deocrat-leaning district.
District A might be competitve if Biggs goes hardcore negative. This will be an uphill battle for sure.
Price or Cochran will beat Bane countywide.
That gives us 5 Rs and 2 Ds on the council.
16 MARK FISHER // Sep 14, 2006 at 12:36 pm
To:downwithGOBN
I agree with your assessment. That is why I am looking into running as a write in candidate. Can you E-mail me your number.(votemarkfisher@yahoo.com) Let’s talk the issues. Thanks.
17 stunned // Sep 14, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I still can’t get over the Chad Shrodes victory! Tuesday’s landslide win is proof that a name recognition campaign works. If you have the money to buy your signs big enough and plaster them on enough corners – you can buy yourself a seat in the county council. I have seen this guy speak at various functions and am curious who is doing the writing for him? Who’s campaign was this anyway? his uncle’s? Every time I heard him speak in public – he was a studdering mess. I approached him personally to try to get a feel for his “plan of action†once in office and frankly he acted dumbfounded. I’m beginning to wonder if there is even anything upstairs. If his “experience†is the fact that he works in planning and zoning – that’s scary! That just goes to show that he has been part of the actions that most are trying to Change. I don’t think this guy is going to hold up under the pressure. I think the name recognition win may have earned him a seat on the council – but I have not doubt that he won’t be able to hold it – once everyone can see him in action without his “backup team†to tell him what to say and do. I’ll be anxious to see if he is able to stand up to the developers that helped to fund his race – even if it was only to waive a sign on his behalf. Should be an interesting year
18 Sharks // Sep 14, 2006 at 9:05 pm
I’ll give you the shocked part. I thought there was a chance he would win, but no way did I think he would win that huge. I won’t agree with the thoughts that he is uncapable. We’ll have to see him in action before we make that claim.
19 True Northerner // Sep 14, 2006 at 10:09 pm
North Harford Mom,
I can only wonder how long you have lived in the North Harford area. Do you want to back somebody who is receiving money from big-time developers. I don’t. My advise to you, read the article in the August 30th issue of the Aegis. Yet I am suprised that since you are a mother that you did not support Joanne. She has worked tirelessly for children and for many years supported the Harford County 4-H, along with Barry. North Harford has been my home since birth and I take pride OUR fields and trees and NOT allowing the developers to take that away from us. She has only given one line about agriculture in Harford County, I believe we deserve more than that. Donna has also told stories without the facts; the $2 million that Harford County got for schools, Joanne was NOT the reason it was cut. I’m sorry, I have heard too many stories and not enough truths. We have lost one our BEST delegates in Annapolis, and Joanne can never be replaced. I have supported Joanne and Barry and ALWAYS WILL.
20 publican // Sep 15, 2006 at 7:44 am
I am done lurking for a while. Just some thoughts: 1. With Curran out, we would be idiots if we ALL didn’t get behind Scott Rolle and send him some $$$$$$. Md hasn’t had an opportunity like this for decades 2. David Carey will out spend McComas but if she could beat Jim Welch, she can probably whip Carey again 3. Harris, Jacobs & Hooper have won already. 4. “Anne w/ the Plan” doesn’t have a chance against “David the Man”. 5. Boniface won’t have to spend a nickle against Charles (don’t call me Chuck) White. 6. All of the Council seats have serious dem opposition. The GOP guys are all gonna need lots of help. I am moving away if Twanmoh and Morrisey-Ward get elected. 7. DeRan is probably the best Dem candidate that they fielded in the county. Barry and Donna are going to need to work hard to keep 2 seats. 8. Dan Riley worries me in 34A. People have short memories and I don’t know anything about Glass. Does anybody? 9. Hopkins or Christophoro, either would be a shoe in against Roper. 10. Sheriff? Man, are there going to be fund raisers now!!! That will be the most expensive race in Harf Co. history for that position. Get your wallets out…. 11. Roscoe and Gilchrest can coast. 12. I sure hope Kaweesee Mufumee (sp?) gets behind Steele. Would be a grand thing…. 13. You all gotta stop with the negative vibes.
21 harfrep // Sep 15, 2006 at 7:59 am
I concur with stunned. Again I ask the question, should we pull the R lever because this guy has a pulse? or should we look at both candidates and then make an informed decision, depending on what we find, which ever lever it involves? I think that’s what I’ll do. To me, having a sign on every corner doesn’t matter, I want to know what kind of a person is behind the sign! Especially if the guy in question was a supporter of Al ” global warming” Gore. For me, I got questions.
22 Shhhhhh // Sep 15, 2006 at 9:07 am
Hey Stunned—your impression of Schrodes is right on. His signs may have been everywhere, but he has yet to take a stance on anythng besides “keep us rural”. He will be a fence rider until the last vote. There’s not a candidate out there who is not touched by development money somehow. It might not show up directly on the campaign finance report but there’s a trail somewhere. Not 1 person can just stand up and promise no development….people WAKE UP…..you CAN”T make someone farm or hold on to their ground just because you like LOOKING at it. An all republican council isn’t going to keep everything green either….ask someone from Havre de Grace where all their growth came from. Can’t wait to see the new blood-youth movement run a council meeting.
23 harfrep // Sep 15, 2006 at 9:47 am
Shhhhhh is right on, a lot of us now in the county are here because someone cut a lot, sold it, and a house was built. Now that we are a part of the community, we can’t close the door. Besides, the landowner has the RIGHT to do what he wants with his land, despite what some here would like him to do. If he wants to farm, then let him farm and don’t complain when he manures his field. If he wants to cut off a couple of lots to accumulate a little cash for his family, thats his right. If he decides that he can’t make it as a farmer anymore and wants to sell out completely, I say thats his right too. Too bad if you live across the street and dont want to look at another house. Move……thats your right!
24 sharks // Sep 15, 2006 at 10:01 am
publican,
I’m pretty sure that the Sheriff’s race has already been the most expensive in history. Dan Riley isn’t a threat, Kohl will hold onto her seat, but there is no way that Glass will be able to beat James. McComas should be fine as well. I am not sure about DeRan, that will be very interesting. I do not think that Chenowith has much to worry about with Twanmoh and Capt’ Jim should handle Ward pretty easily as well. My question is, if Chad Schrodes gives up his newly won central committee slot, shouldn’t it go to John Rigdon, the guy that came up just a few votes short? Thoughts anyone?
25 stunned // Sep 15, 2006 at 2:57 pm
I would encourage anyone and everyone to watch the first meeting on tv so they can see this Shrodes character sit back and watch everyone else run the show. If I hadn’t spoken with him myself to come to this conclusion – I wouldn’t even write the opinion. Frankly he acted like a space cadet. I’m not impressed. Hopefully he’ll prove me wrong.. but I’m not going to hold my breath
26 Shhhhhh // Sep 15, 2006 at 3:38 pm
I forgot to mention a few other things…..it’s a little late to cry “keep us rural”….the last time this county was really considered rural would be at least 20 years ago if not more. If you want open space you have a few choices….BUY the land that’s left or move to where there is PLENTY of open space…you just might have to leave Maryland. To simply vote for somone based on whether or not they have “developer money ” in their pockets is a lost cause. Maybe some of the GOBN was voted out…looks like a new younger GOBN is in place…you just don’t see it right now.
27 harfrep // Sep 15, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Chads got to win first, eh? I guess your thinking he’s got a cakewalk. If he does, then I think the spot goes to number 13, in this case Mr. Rigdon. If he loses, my guess is he gives up nothing and stays a member of the SCC. I think Chads opponent has a lot of community support related to the NHHS project, I wouldn’t take that race for granted.
28 RealGOP // Sep 15, 2006 at 8:35 pm
Older than Dirt-
Give me a break. Being a legislator is not rocket science. We elect people to REPRESENT us in the legislature. You vote for good laws, against the bad ones, hopefully repeal a few bad ones, and maybe come up with a few good ones of your own. What happened to citizen government where people served for a few years and then went back to their real jobs? I think it is a positive thing to have someone new, not a negative. Donna will be fine. If you want a liberal lawyer representing you instead of Donna, please stay home on Nov. 7.
29 Jimmy the Greek // Sep 15, 2006 at 9:33 pm
By Shrodes utilizing the “Keep us Rural” phrase prior to the general is politically savvy. It takes away the issue from his competitor and leaves him with little to campaign on against Shrodes.
Of course Land Rights is the course this county should be taking, but taken it to its true meaning, we would do away with Ag Preservation as well. The State and the farming north has everyone bent over the barrel over the hysteria to maintain OpenSpace, by demanding money in order to not develop. Do away with with Ag Pres (which costs millions of dollars every year for land which more than likely wouldn’t be developed anyway), let the demand and supply for unproductive farm land dictate land use;not bribe money used to subsidize a failing industry.
30 ConservativeCathy // Sep 15, 2006 at 10:08 pm
Stunned,
I fully agree with your take on Shrodes. I mspoke with him at the St. Mary, Pylesville CHicken dinner on Saturday. What a ditz. He has no people skills, does not look me in the eye when speaking to me. I too hope he proves us wrong and that the scarecrow has a brain!
31 andre // Sep 15, 2006 at 10:10 pm
CHAD SHRODES IS IN DEVELOPERS’ TOOL BOXES. JUST WAIT AND SEE.
KEEP US RURAL, MY PLUMB BOB!
32 Donna Stifler // Sep 16, 2006 at 10:47 am
When does the unity start? The people voted. The Republican candidates have been selected, and the next 7-8 weeks will fly by.
United we Stand, Divided we Fall.
None of us can take anything for granted, regardless of our districts. We will have plenty of people trying to discredit us and our victories. Quit whining about who didn’t win, who did, and who doesn’t deserve it. It’s wasted effort.
Get rid of the “Surprises” poll. Focus on hard work, strategy, advice. Most of the surprises were the result of hard work. None of us were privy to any of the others’ strategies so what looks like a surprise to us is more likely the result of a solid plan and a lot of hard work.
Lastly, quit nit-picking, for goodness sake. Anybody who’s had any kind of sales experience knows if you want to be successful, focus on what’s good
about your product, not just what’s bad about the competition. And certainly never, ever condemn your own goods! We’ve got to sell our messages, our agendas, and our plans to the good voters of Harford County. If we don’t, somebody else will and then you’ll have to run a poll on the “Reasons we Lost in November”.
33 Shhhhhh // Sep 16, 2006 at 10:49 am
Failing industry? More like a changing industry. I don’t think the farming north is demanding open space and money it’s people living in the county crying about it. The ag preservation has its flaws that have been exposed but get “swept under the rug”. At the end of the day the county and state can claim “WOW look at the X amount of acres we preserved!” and that’s what people see…the number. If they want to keep agriculture thriving in this county they need to look beyond ag preservation. Everyone seems so excited to get these new faces in….with some of these primary winners I don’t think the republican party should get too excited. Maybe no experience does matter…they’ll just be told what to do by the exec’s office. Your new GOBN. You might need a couple dems on the council after all.
34 GOPerative // Sep 16, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Donna,
I put the surprise poll up to see what people were not expecting. It is good to take some time to reflect on recent happenings. I think few people were expecting Wagner to get less than 25% of the vote. While that makes a lot of sense it is still a surprise. The Parrott crowd added the one about you being a school teacher and inexperienced.. I did not even put “Stifler over Parrott†in the Surprise Poll because it was not a surprise. Myself and others saw it coming for months if not years. I would be careful to not demand unity the week of the election. While it is necessary, people put their hard work, strategy, and time into their campaigns only to lose. We should let them wallow for a while and in a week or so we can start demanding their support publicly. Just put yourself in Joanne’s shoes. If you lost you would not want to speak with her this week either. In my book, this last week was a week to recover for winners and losers. Unity will come, and if it doesn’t, we can shame them here for all to see.
35 anonymous // Sep 16, 2006 at 5:27 pm
Donna,
Thank you. You go girl. Well stated and true with your facts.
36 Trent // Sep 25, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Joe Steffen does good work!
37 Trent // Sep 26, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Joe aka GOPerative, that poll stuff you do is great! You are really tricky – the Master!
38 GOPerative // Sep 26, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Trent,
Have you noticed that no one has responded to your comments? That’s because they are pointless. I’m not saying that to be rude but seriously; accusing me a being Joe Steffen is kind of old. It’s been done before. What poll stuff are you talking about? I’ve done lots of polls and none had any impact on Joanne losing her primary. I would apologize but I’m not sure what I did wrong.
39 Trent // Sep 26, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Okay, sorry. Forgot that you are incognito!
40 Trent // Sep 26, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Donna, spoken like a truly successful pharmaceutical saleswoman:
Lastly, quit nit-picking, for goodness sake. Anybody who’s had any kind of sales experience knows if you want to be successful, focus on what’s good
about your product, not just what’s bad about the competition. And certainly never, ever condemn your own goods! We’ve got to sell our messages, our agendas, and our plans to the good voters of Harford County. If we don’t, somebody else will and then you’ll have to run a poll on the “Reasons we Lost in Novemberâ€.
You really know how to phrase things!
41 harfrep // Sep 27, 2006 at 7:01 am
“you really know how to phrase things”
Is it just me or is this guy not making any sense at all? Trent, my advice to you would be to make your post BEFORE you have your third drink of the night!
42 Donna Stifler // Sep 27, 2006 at 12:29 pm
For the record: Trent and Joe Steffen have something in common. I have never met or spoken to either oneof them. Frankly, I wouldn’t know them if I fell over them. And neither one of them had anthing to do with my successful campaign. I owe that to my friends, my family, and my brilliant campaign manager, Kevin Igoe!
43 Trent // Sep 27, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Oh, come on it’s Okay, people have seen you talking to him.
44 GOPerative // Sep 27, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Trent,
Are you trying to say that Steffen was involved in the Stifler camp? First you accuse me of being Steffen and then you go and accuse Steffen of helping Donna. Are you happy or upset that Donna won? Your comments are very unpredictable.
45 hmmmm // Sep 27, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Trent, out of curiousity, in your opinion, how did Donna Stifler win her race? What was it that led to Joanne Parrott losing? i really didn’t pay a lot of attention to the race and was wondering what it was that caused the voters to change their elected leaders?
46 Bill // Sep 27, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Stiffler-
You do not recognize Steffen? Are you kidding. I personally saw you taking to him several weeks ago. You seemed pretty comfortable with him them.
Everyone knows you are tight with Kazi and that he helped you. Kazi’s muscle is Steffen, so of course you are going know him.
Please be honest. You are a woman of faith and it is beneath you. Kazi and Steffen are honorable men- you do not need to distance yourself.
47 Felix // Sep 27, 2006 at 11:35 pm
To Mark Fischer-
Why don’t you run as a Libertarian? I would vote for you.
A lot of my friends would vote for you.
The “engineering” feat Craig achieved getting appointed and avoiding a primary needs a monkey wrench thrown in it.
Mark- you are that monkey wrench.
48 hmmmm // Sep 28, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Trent, Bill and Felix??? I am begining to think that this blog really only has like 3 or 4 people and that we are all just talking to one person.
GOPerative, out of curiosity. When a person posts, does it leave a unique IP address with each person so that ultimatley you know who posts everything. i don’t condone you releasing that, but just curious.
49 Trent // Sep 28, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Uh oh! Sorry, Joe. I see that Stifler was trying to keep your work for her quiet. Didn’t mean to bring all this up.
I still think you are amazingly talented… politically Dude!
50 GOPerative // Sep 28, 2006 at 10:11 pm
hmmmm,
Let’s just say yes. I have a good idea who many of the participants are on this site but their identity will go to the grave with me. You would be shocked if you sat in my seat and saw who was posting a lot of these comments. If you know anything about IP addresses they never reveal the name of an individual. I have been able to figure out who many people are. I will never, for any reason, reveal the identity, location, IP address, email address, etc. of any of the people who participate in HarfordRepublican.com. I am also willing to let people post under different names if they choose to do so. They are not fooling me because I see all. I used to be able to track individual visitors but now I get too much traffic for me to spend time figuring out who everyone is. There needs to be an element of trust on blogs. As the GOPerative I have a responsibility to keep anonymous posts anonymous. You’re safe with me Hmmmm.
51 Trent // Sep 28, 2006 at 10:21 pm
See, he is great!
52 gordan // Sep 30, 2006 at 10:22 am
Last night I posted that I had seen Stiffler with Steffan . You all refused to publish my post, this proves this blog is a joke and a kazi/steffan promotion tool for Stiffler. If you still won’t post this I’ll put it on the Sun’s blog.
53 GOPerative // Sep 30, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Gordon,
I didn’t post, or should I say re-post, your comment because it looked like someone typed it while intoxicated. It had so many spelling errors it was actually hard to understand. Plus you just repeated the same information as the previous post. Just because you repeat something does not make it true. Email me a picture of Steffen with Donna and I will post it for all to see. If you can’t do that then please stop boring us with your conspiracy theories. Lets say Steffen did help Stifler. I’m still going to vote for her over DeRan. Feel free to post over on the Sun blog any time. That is hardly a threat.
54 Liz // Sep 30, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Posted at wrong place before.
Eduator is some bud of Stifler and is very rude in her comments about Joanne Parrott who many people love.
Question – Why did Educator get so freaked when the ties between Donna Steffen were highlighted? GOP has set the record straight, they do have a relationship.
Gordan is on to something elso too, that this is a Kazi/Steffen made tool for Stifler where Stifler’s alias’ and friends trash Del Parrott. Very offensive!
55 independent educator // Oct 1, 2006 at 11:09 am
Dear Liz… Threatening to trash other peoples web sites is rude. Accusing people you have never met of being in collusion is offensive. Twisting someone else’s comments ( “GOP has set the record straight, they do have a relationship” WHERE did GOP say that?) is disrespectful.
Looking at a candidates RECORD and making a judgment based on observable public words and deeds – is what voters do when they vote for or against a candidate. You guys need to deal with the reality that the voters have spoken. Ms. Parrot may be beloved by “many” but not by the majority. As for any affiliation- I will tell the truth AGAIN: IF I were in that district I would vote for DERAN. I am more insync with his stand on issues. Your judgement/commentary is so off base I would say that you have no credibility on the Steffen connection or anything else- get over it. Mrs. Parrot- call off your dogs. They are doing you and the party no favors…..
56 GOPerative // Oct 1, 2006 at 1:20 pm
Liz,
Feel free to believe that if you like. If you read my posts all the way back to January you will see maybe one or two posts that are about Donna Stifler. You would think that a blog dedicated to the election of one person might mention her a little more. This Steffen-Stifler stuff is just silly. I don’t know if it is pro-Parrott or pro-DeRan people but it is simply foolishness from whoever is spreading these rumors. Donna has stated that she has never knowingly met the man and until someone can prove otherwise the issue should be closed. Keven Igoe is a respected campaign consultant and Donna has openly said he managed her campaign. Unless you know otherwise I would suggest you stop being dishonest with us and yourself to avenge Parrott or promote DeRan.
57 hello // Oct 1, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I am honestly amazed that Kevin Igoe was/is Donna’s campaign manager simply because I don’t think the guy has ever won a campaign and he managed Donna to a victory. I don’t mean this to be critical of Donna, but rather I question GOPerative’s statement that Igoe is a respected consultant. He frequently gets his name in newspapers stating obvious things, but before this victory for Donna, what has he done to make him be viewed in a positive light?
58 GOPerative // Oct 1, 2006 at 6:06 pm
hello,
I know what you mean about Igoe. I have heard mixed things. I do not really know his track record but he seems to have some credibility because he pops up in newspaper articles every once in a while. He may be the only one who regularly answers his phone. I remember him doing some work with someone else on Harford County but I can’t remember who. He was high up in the Republican Party in Maryland not too long ago which has to mean he is viewed positively by someone. He did a fine job with Donna’s campaign so that has to be credited to him.
59 independent educator // Oct 1, 2006 at 8:09 pm
For info and history look at: http://www.igoeassociates.com/main.htm http://www.igoeassociates.com/bio.htm
Apparently he is currently involved with the Rolle campaign as well.
Interesting gig.
60 independent educator // Oct 1, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Apparently the “beloved” JP ’s dogs have wandered over to the dem blog to do their dirty business. Although I would vote DeRan (if I could) I hate to see nasty vindictive losers dishonestly undercut his legitimate opponent. I will say it again- campaigns should be issues based.
61 hello // Oct 2, 2006 at 8:11 am
I think he was involved in the 1998 County Exec’s race on one side or the other. Again, not sure. It was probably Jim Harkins’ but I am not sure. From what I have heard, Igoe hands out his business cards to reporters constantly trying to get his name in the paper. I guess that actually shows he is successful because it works. I don’t give much credit to the guy because his quotes in the papers always seem like the most obvious thing. He’s not a real insightful type of thinker.
62 shirley // Oct 5, 2006 at 8:14 pm
After reading some of these statements, I felt compelled to comment on Glen Glass.He is running for State delegate in 34A. I had the pleasure of meeting him. He is very energetic man, who wants to see changes made in our county. I was very impressed with him. From what I saw he listens to us, the voter.He genuinely seems to care about the issues of Cecil and Hartford counties. He certainly has my vote. Don’t let the unknown fool you, He seems to be a force to be recconned with.
63 bel air republican // Oct 6, 2006 at 10:23 am
I doubt “shirley is from Harford or even near Harford County since it is a common mistake for out-of-staters to spell it “Hartford”.
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