20060724 KDDC Carroll Co. 4-H and FFA Fair July 29 through August 4 2006

This year's annual Carroll Co. 4-H and FFA Fair runs July 29 through August 4, 2006

For more information, go to the Fair's web site here.

20060804 FACC Forum Feedback from Mike Zimmer

Forum Feedback from Mike Zimmer

July 4^th, 2006

Carroll County Commissioner candidate Mike Zimmer took KDDC up on our offer to post feedback from the FACC Carroll County Commissioner Forum from Thursday evening, August 3^rd, 2006…

If you are a candidate for elected office in the upcoming election and you would like KDDC to post your positions, images of your billboards, feedback or whatever, we’ll be happy to do it.

And if you are aware of a forum or political event, KDDC will be happy to post it also.

Some of this stuff is almost inside baseball and it shouldn’t be. There was an event at Carroll Lutheran Village this Thursday afternoon that I was not aware of and apparently many others were not aware of it either. I got feedback that some candidates found out about it through word of mouth and many politically active folks I spoke with were also in the dark.

What’s up with that?

The better informed an electorate, the better our government.

For more information on Mr. Zimmer’s positions on the issues, click here.

Below please find pasted Mr. Zimmer’s feedback:

MICHAEL D. ZIMMER FOR COMMISSIONER

7068 Saddle Drive

Eldersburg, MD 21784

410-552-0685

“A Leader Who Listens”

PRESS RELEASE 8-4-06

On August 3^rd, FACC, The Gazette and the Eldersburg Eagle hosted the first of a number of candidate forums. In some ways the results were fairly predictable.

The questions were provided in advance. Candidates were encouraged to submit written prepared answers.

The three incumbents were there trying to defend their dismal performance in office. I was pleased with the feedback I received after the event.

I have sensed a powerful atmosphere for change in the people of Carroll County. The election results from two years ago favoring Districts were the first sign of this desire for change.

As I have been campaigning, I have noticed more and more momentum toward dissatisfaction with the incumbents. I observe this in my door-to-door campaigning, as well as the reactions I get at carnivals and parades.

As I related in the forum, Ronald Reagan said an election is a time for choosing. If you like tax hikes, vote for the incumbents. If you want tax reductions, vote for me.

If you like to watch verbal combat between the Commissioner Board and the Delegation, vote the incumbents back in. If you prefer cooperative conversation between various elected officials, then make me one of your three votes.

Together, we can turn this County around. I will lead the next Commissioner Board to refocus our education spending priorities. We must target new dollars into the classroom. We don’t need an expensive administrative building.

My career as an attorney, my community service and my leadership on the Republican Central Committee have confirmed to me the importance of listening. It seems that some elected officials never learned this concept.

It is time for change in Carroll County. It is time to elect Michael Zimmer Commissioner.

Michael D. Zimmer

Authority: Kent Johnson, Treasurer Friends of Michael D. Zimmer

20060803 KDDC FACC Forum questions for this evening

FACC Forum questions for this evening

August 3^rd, 2006

KDDC has been able to obtain the questions for the commissioner candidates at this evening’s forum.

I will not be attending the forum this evening. I will be going to the Fair.

If anyone would like to e-mail their impressions or anecdotes about the forum this evening, I will appreciate it.

If any candidates could e-mail their answers that will be also greatly appreciated. I will post them on KDDC.

I have been getting lots of feedback as to what questions need to be asked – much of which has been in response to my Westminster Eagle column, “What are local candidates for office proposing for the future of Carroll County?,” which appeared Wednesday, June 28^th, 2006. To read that column, click here.

If you have questions that have so far, been unanswered, please e-mail them to me and I will post them on KDDC.

The questions this evening will be asked by Gazette editor Carol Blackburn and FACC representative Ross Dangel.

The questions are:

1 Tell us about your 3 top priorities and if appropriate, attempt to explain their impact on the Freedom district.

2 If you think the county budget needs to be adjusted, what is your plan?

3 How would you change the form and operation of government in Carroll County, if at all?

4 What are your visions for growth and development in Freedom, for example, how would you address gateways, connector roads, senior population, overcrowded schools?

5 What would you do to work with the citizens of South Carroll and FACC to improve quality of life?

6 Closing remark. Discuss anything that has not been addressed in a question or clarify previous answers.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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