Response to Aegis Editorial

The Aegis wrote a glowing thank you to County Councilwoman Roni Chenowith today, thanking her for all she's done for the Fallston community. Fallston named its community center after her, for her tireless efforts on their behalf.
The Abingdon community might have a different outlook. We'd like to know where's our community center? Where is one piece of green space that you don't want to pave over? Where is our relief from the peddlers who use Tollgate Road as their own personal swap meet?
At TAA we say thanks. Thanks for nothing.

Country Kitchen-Sold

The former Country Kitchen property on Constant Friendship Boulevard has sold. We're thinking someone took a loss on this one. It sold for $805,700.
To read what the sale included click here.
If anyone knows what's going in there, please let us know. We're keeping our fingers crossed it's something that's much better than the previous tenants.

School Board Must Read

Over at The Dagger they've reprinted a very interesting letter from a school board member about how without an appointed board there would be no minority members on the school board. To read the political ploy to keep up the charade of the permanent nominating committee click here.

A Week Later...Kratovil Wins

The Sun is reporting that earlier today Republican Andy Harris conceded and Democrat Frank Kratovil claimed the 1st District House Seat. To read The Sun article, click here
The article quotes someone from the NAACP saying that that Obama voters in the lower part of the Eastern shore helped Kratovil win. But if you look at the Harford County numbers, many McCain voters actually split from a party vote to vote for Kratovil.

3rd Annual Noon Year's Eve Celebration

Harford County Kids is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Noon Year's Eve Celebration in Bel Air. Families and children can join in the fun of celebrating the New Year without staying out late. A Countdown to Noon will be the highlight of the day along with activities, crafts and music such as noisemakers, DJ, dancing and much more. Light refreshments will be offered.

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 31st Time: 10am to 1pm
Location: BAACyard Clubhouse at Bel Air Athletic Club

Admission: $5 per person, age 2 and under free.
(Spaces are limited. This event sold out last year.)

Registration*: Opens November 15, 2008.
Call Member Services at 410-838-2670

This sold out in less than two weeks last year.

For more highlights,click here

Unofficial Election results for Harford

Got this from the Harford County Board of Election site. These are unofficial. The Kratovil/Harris race is too close to call with 100% of the votes counted from yesterday. Absentee ballots will decide the race, but they're not counting those until tomorrow. At this point, Kratovil is slightly ahead, by less than 1,000 votes.

Here are the unofficial presidential results. No suprise here:

Number of Precincts 75
Precincts Reporting 72 96.0 %
Times Counted 114447/149651 76.5 %
Total Votes 114100
Times Blank Voted 347
Number of Uncast Votes 0
Obama-Biden DEM 44601 39.09%
McCain-Palin REP 66744 58.50%
McKinney-Clemente GRN 213 0.19%
Barr-Root LIB 767 0.67%
Nader-Gonzalez IND 884 0.77%
Baldwin-Castle CON 254 0.22%
Write-in Votes 637 0.56%

Short Lines at Abingdon Elementary

Just got back from voting and in our precinct (gym side) at Abingdon Elementary we zoomed right through. There is a line on the cafeteria side, but not too long. It seems like they had maybe a few more voting machines. Definitely more volunteers, and no offense to previous volunteers, but younger volunteers. I noticed that the voters also skewed younger, at least when we were there.
If you're going to vote, the back parking lot on Singer Road was completely empty. You can't get in the side door, but it's just a short walk around to the front.
The touch screen worked well, but we still do not like the lack of a paper trail. If you have a voting experience you'd like to share, please do.
Also, if you vote and get your little voting sticker, it entitles you to a free coffee at Starbucks or an ice cream at Chik-Fil-A.