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The election mailers just keep on coming! 'Tis the season. One came in the mail, and one was kindly provided by the candidate.
Here, then, are:
Brigitta Mullican front:
Mullican back:
(Sent courtesy Brigitta Mullican)
Bob Dorsey:
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In my continuing project to post all candidate election mailers, I herewith present John Britton's latest entry:
Front:
Back:
(Thank you to RC friend Frank Anastasi for providing this
sample. Why don't I get these things?)
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Now I know it's election season -- I got my first piece of political mail. That got me thinking.
I love these things, because when you line them all up next to each other, they can provide some interesting insights into how candidates view themselves as well as each other. And, more importantly, how they view citizens and what issues are important.
So, starting today, I'll be posting images of all the candidate mailers I receive, and collecting them into a public slideshow. (I hope it is obvious, but I will say it anyway. Posting a candidate's mailer implies nothing about my support, or lack of it, for any particular office-seeker.)
You can help. I probably won't get everything from every candidate. If you are willing, drop me a line and let me know -- I will tell you where to forward your political mailers. Help me build a complete record!
Here is today's batch. Just one candidate represented, Susan Hoffman:
Front:(Click the image to see it bigger.)
Back:
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Events in Rockville
Saturday, October 13
Growers Only Farmers Market, Rockville Town Center, Monroe Street & Rt. 28, 9 AM -1 PM. Local farmers come together to sell fruit, bread, flowers and more. Read about the Farmer’s Market!
Twelfth Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference, MontgomeryCollege, Rockville, 7:45 AM – 8:30 PM. $85 The 2007 Award Honoree is William Joseph Kennedy. All new workshop leaders will present at this excellent opportunity for aspiring writers. Registrations received after 10/8 will not be processed. Check-in at the registration table as applicable.
NPC Maryland State Grand Prix Bodybuilding and Figure Championships, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 10 AM - 10 PM. Tickets at the door. One the the largest amateur bodybuilding championships on the East Coast.
Mystic Warriors, Twinbrook Library, 11:30 AM Free. It’s Hispanic American Heritage month and these Bolivian musicians will help us celebrate!
Sunday, October 14
Rockville Concert Band Gems in the Library, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 3 PM - 5 PM. Free. They are playing the classics. This musical organization is noted as one of the best community band in the Washington Metropolitan area.
Tuesday, October 16
Election Event: Candidate Forum, Fallsgrove Property Owners Association, Lakewood Country Club at 13901 Glen Mill Road, 7 PM. To be rebroadcast on The Rockville Channel.
Wednesday, October 17
Growers Only Farmer’s Market, Rockville Town Center, East Montgomery Avenue, 11 AM – 2 PM.
Thursday, October 18
Election Event: Candidate Forum, West End Citizens Association, Rockville Presbyterian Church at 215 West Montgomery Avenue, 7 PM.
Friday, October 19
Magic and Comedy, F. Scott Fitgerald Theatre, 7:30 PM. $15/general, $13 Seniors/students. Mike Rose, a great and funny magician and Geist Visual Comedian, a new type of vaudevillian performer, will have you laughing the night away.
Saturday, October 20
The Rockville Lions Club's Annual Fall Pancake and Sausage Breakfast, Executive Office Building Cafeteria, 101 Monroe Street, 7 AM – 12 PM. Tickets, Adult $7. The Lions raise over $30,000 annually to benefit Rockville residents. This is one of their more tastier fundraisers! Stop by for a great breakfast.
Growers Only Farmers Market, Rockville Town Center, Monroe Street & Rt. 28, 9 AM -1 PM. Local farmers come together to sell fruit, bread, flowers and more. Read about the Farmer’s Market!
Annual Halloween Family Funfest, Potomac Woods Plaza, 1075 Seven Locks Road between Montrose and Wooten, 10 AM – 1 PM. Free for children of all ages in costume. Moon bounce, D.J. music, scarecrow making, face painting and pumpkin decorating. The City will be handing out information on how to keep safe on Halloween.
Friends of the Library Speakers, Rockville Library Meeting Room #1, 10 AM–12 PM. Speakers from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and Dr. Murray Claytor, Clinical Director of St Luke's will present as part of Mental Illness Awareness Month.
Rockville Antique & Classic Car Show, Rockville Civic Center Park, 11 AM – 4 PM Free. This is your event if you love driving and history! Over 400 cars will fill the field and it’s just so interesting to see how they used to build some of the best cars ever made. The cars need to be 25 years old in order to be considered classic, so all of them were made in 1982 or earlier. The fun part is that you can vote for the “People’s Choice” award. The not-so-fun part is that you can only dream about driving your choice. There will be a flea market selling items related to vehicles and the Rockville Concert Band will perform at 12:30 PM. In case of inclement weather call 240-314-5022.
Sunday, October 21
Rockville Arts Sampler, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 2 PM, Free. When you are reading Weekend to Weekend, do you ever wonder if you might enjoy a performance? Well, your chance to check out the City’s Resident Companies - for free - all at the same time - is here! Spend the afternoon enjoying vignettes by the Rockville Civic Ballet, Rockville Chorus, Rockville Concert Band, Rockville Regional Youth Orchestra, Rockville Little Theatre, Rockville Musical Theater, The Finest!, and the Victorian Lyric Opera Company. The 2007 Rockville Arts Awards will also be presented. I bet that it the most “Rockville”s ever in a blog paragraph.
Weekend to Weekend will publish event listings occurring in & around our coverage area (map) on Thursdays. If you know of a fun, educational, or community event, please email cindycgblog@gmail.com. The inclusion of events is at our discretion.
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As Rockville Central readers know (as well as other people), Rockville's sister city is Pinneberg, Germany -- has been since 1957, when then-mayor Dickran Hovsepian and the city council established the relationship.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of this special relationship, and a delegation from Pinneberg has just finished a wonderful trip, hosted by local Rockville residents, and gone back home.
While the trip featured serious pursuits, including a trip to Annapolis and meetings in City Hall, the delegation did not leave before danicing the night away in a farewell gala held in Rockville's new library in Town Square.
Brigitta Mullican, a Rockville Sister City Corporation board member, passed along this photo, of which she says: "The couples facing in the middle are George Albrecht (pointing finger) and Marika Brown, both RSCC members and [who] hosted Pinneberg guests."
More important, though, are these words that she shared from Hans-Dietmar Bethke, one of the Pinneberg delegation members: "The Rockville-Pinneberg relationship renews our faith in the people of the United States of America."
Well done, Rockville.
Now, finish that bridge.
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I appreciate what Rockville Central is doing with the election campaign info, but one issue that needs illumination is the trash issue.
I attended the first three candidate forums and left each one annoyed with how the trash issue was being addressed and how three incumbents are themselves being trashed. We have heard everything, from having to buy twice as many trucks, to the new system costing $733,000 more than once-a-week pickup, to a "tax" of $100 a year being borne by people who don't want twice a week. The latest "misprint" by the Washington Post has not helped the situation. (The article stated that Rockville residents pay $100 more per month for twice-a-week pickup over the cost of once-per-week. It should be $100 per year more for twice-a-week pickup, five years from now.)
Mayor Giammo and/or City staff owe the residents of Rockville a full explanation of exactly what the new refuse and recycle program is going to cost the city and what it will cost those who pay monthly fees for city trash services.
Many figures were thrown around during the contentious mayor and council meetings when the trash issue was in its prime. Council members asked for numbers they said they needed to make decisions; the mayor claimed all the figures were there; interested residents cherry-picked the facts that bolstered their point of view; five-year projections soon became current-year figures.
Meanwhile, candidates running for office are using trash as a key issue, and each has his or her own cost figures to make their argument. The city needs to publish a definitive set of cost estimates and let residents know what this switch to semi-automated is going to cost the city over the next five years, and what they can expect their bills to be five years from now, in today's dollars.
Joseph Jordan
New Mark Commons
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Rockville City Council candidate Rich Gottfried passed along word that the Rockville Chamber's candidate forum, which had been scheduled for October 11, has been moved. It's now slated for:
[The 10/11] date was based on the City of Rockville televised production. Since we were not chosen to appear on Rockville Television we found an alternative. . . . Our producer has produced the League of Women Voters Candidate Debates. It will be broadcast on Access Montgomery and attached to our web site for our members to view. The Rockville Chamber felt that our businesses needed a forum to address the candidates. We are planning an approach similar to the League of Women Voters which provides for a moderator and time for each candidate to speak.
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If you're like me, you love getting that Gazette newspaper every Wednesday, so you can catch up on all the latest gossip. I like the monthly Rockville Reports newsletter, too. They both came last week packed with financial info that I found facinating.
Gazette first. I always breathe a sign a relief when I get through the first 20 pages or so without seeing my name or picture, especially in the Police Blotter or Obituaries. That behind me, I could focus on the Rockville election news. The Gazette contained info from the first campaign-finance reports filed by mayor and city council candidates. As our publisher and ace political correspondent Brad points out, you and I and our neighbors have contributed more than $16,000 to those three people who would be mayor, and more than $27,000 to the eleven people seeking a council seat.
Ever wonder how this relates to voters? Well, in the last election 6,469 residents cast votes. That is typical, according to those who know. If the candidates don't raise any more money, do the math and it comes to about $6.60 per voter. If one assumes that those of us who donated money did so because we want our candidate to win, this means on average we would have spent about $6.60 each trying to get our candidates elected.
Surely the candidates will raise more money - in my experience another 30% or so (I once was a mayoral candidate's treasurer). So for about the price of a movie ticket, on average, we participate in the Great American Experience. I think that's a heck of a deal.
Now for the Rockville Reports coverage of the news that rocked Wall Street (well maybe just 111 Maryland Avenue), Rockville was awarded a 'AAA' Bond Rating from two of the world's top rating agencies. We are the only city in Maryland -- and now one of an elite group of less than five percent of all cities nationwide -- to have this distinction.
How'd we get this? Visionary leadership (like getting $267 million in private investment and about $100 million from the city, Montgomery County and the State of Maryland for our new Town Center redevelopment), sound financial management (buget process and senior financial managers), and prospects for growth. Did you know Rockville's population grew 30% from 2000 to 2007, and its tax base doubled during that time? Our population is projected to have increased 41% over 2000 levels by 2010.
What's this mean for us taxpayers? Rockville can demand the most favorable terms from investors when borrowing money (issuing bonds). So we should pay less tax than we might have had to pay if it cost the city more to borrow money -- again issuing those bonds. Like $30 million worth to pay for the parking garages in town center, and a few million more for more trash trucks to support twice-weekly pickup.
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Rockville does a great service to our local arts community at the Glenview Mansion Art Gallery each month. The Gallery provides a sophisticated space for artists to show and sell their work. The call for entries for the 2009 Season has been announced. Regional artists are invited to submit a application until January 11, 2008. A panel of artists and art professionals will decide who is included in the second floor gallery each month. The Gallery collects a 20% commission on all sales, but an artist can decide that pieces are not for sale. If you are in the market for original artwork, visit this elegant mansion.
orks in clear kiln formed glass. I’m always amazed at what you can put in glass. His drawing of a woman in “Sky above the Clouds” translates well onto glass. We’ve all felt the way she looks, but no one sees. At first I wasn’t paying attention to “I am Not My Thoughts”, but the words on glass circles line up to make a head while there is no head with the face.Article continues. Click to expand and read more...
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