[Chat] Attn Gap shoppers: Saturday June 29th 1-2 pm rally at Harborplace Gap against Bangladesh factory deaths
By now everyone has heard about the over 1,000 people who died in the collapse of an apparel factory in Bangladesh two months ago, and the hundreds more who've died in fires in other Bangladesh clothing factories in the last couple of years. In total, over 1800 Bangladeshi factory workers have died since 2005 in fires and building collapses in factories manufacturing for all the major American brands, including Gap, Walmart, Target, Sears, Levi's, and on down the line. As the New York Times reported last month: Bangladesh is the world’s second-leading garment exporter, trailing only China, but the industry has been plagued by concerns over safety and angry protests over rock-bottom wages. The industry has grown rapidly in the past decade, particularly as rising wages in China have pushed many global clothing companies to look for lower costs elsewhere. Bangladesh has the lowest labor costs in the world, with the minimum wage for garment workers set at roughly $37 a month. (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html) In response to the outcry over the recent disasters, 43 top brands and retailers, including H&M, PVH (which includes Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, Izod, Arrow, G. H. Bass, Geoffrey Beene, BCBG Max Azria, Chaps, Sean John, Kenneth Cole New York, Joseph Abboud, and Michael Kors), Benetton, and Abercrombie & Fitch, have signed the legally-binding Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh that commits them to modest but real and verifiable improvements. But not Gap or Walmart. If you shop at Gap or Walmart and want to see them spend what amounts to a fraction of 1% of their profits to improve factory safety in Bangladesh, join us outside Baltimore's Gap stores to send them a message as part of a global day of action against these two leading companies who set the pace for the rest of US clothing retailers. Here are the details: When: Saturday, June 29 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm Where: At the corner of Pratt and Calvert Streets downtown, outside the main entrance to The Gallery at Harborplace, where Gap and Gap Kids are located. RSVP at one or both of these two pages: http://corporateactionnetwork.org/events/hold-gap-accountable-at-harborplace-on-june-29th/ https://www.facebook.com/events/471025789652724/ Please spread the word -- share this event, invite your friends, bring your kids -- join us on the 29th! Thanks, Matthew ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Living Social deal for free ZipCar membership in Baltimore
This was a pretty good deal -- pay $29 for one year of ZipCar membership, including $30 of driving credit, so it's actually free... Perfect for a family like ours that only has the one car in town. https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/731414?ref=share-link-post&rpi=121068116&rui=81199405 -Matthew -Original Message- From: weinsteinm To: Chat ; discussion Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:13 pm Subject: wind energy electricity now available through BGE Just got an email today and signed up for the new wind energy electricity option for BGE customers. It's a new company called Ethical Electricity founded by a former senior MoveOn.org leader, backed by some serious green venture capital. They sell Pennsylvania wind farm electricity to BGE, but only when customers sign up to get their electricity instead of BGE's mostly fossil-fuel based power. Here is a link to sign up that gets you (and me) a $50 credit: https://ethicalelectric.com/referral/go/GreenLocal You have to be willing to pay 10-20% more for your electricity -- their price per kwh is currently 10% higher than BGE's, 11.5 cents/kwh instead of 10.5 cents. But that's a small price to pay to help start the transition from coal- and gas-powered electricity to wind and solar. It takes about 60 seconds to sign up -- you just fill in the form with information from your BGE bill, and BGE takes care of the rest. It would be great to find out down the road that Charles Village has become one of the highest concentrations of green electricity consumers in the state! Matthew Weinstein ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: wind energy electricity now available through BGE
-Original Message- From: weinsteinm To: Chat ; discussion Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:13 pm Subject: wind energy electricity now available through BGE Just got an email today and signed up for the new wind energy electricity option for BGE customers. It's a new company called Ethical Electricity founded by a former senior MoveOn.org leader, backed by some serious green venture capital. They sell Pennsylvania wind farm electricity to BGE, but only when customers sign up to get this wind-generated electricity instead of BGE's mostly fossil-fuel based power. Here is a link to sign up that gets you (and me) a $50 credit: https://ethicalelectric.com/referral/go/GreenLocal You have to be willing to pay 10-20% more for your electricity -- their price per kwh is currently 10% higher than BGE's, 11.5 cents/kwh instead of 10.5 cents. But that's a small price to pay to support the transition from coal- and gas-powered electricity to wind and solar. It takes about 60 seconds to sign up -- you just fill in the online form with information from your BGE bill, and BGE takes care of the rest, and you get billed on your BGE bill just like you do today. It would be great to find out down the road that Charles Village has become one of the highest concentrations of green electricity consumers in the state! Matthew Weinstein ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] crabs
Oh, I just meant that was the price for their crabs, $68/dozen. It's a lot
higher than it used to be, but I guess that's the not-so-hidden cost of the
decline of the Chesapeake Bay...
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Subject: [Chat] crabs
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what are 68s?
I ended up going to Conrad's, which is at Joppa and Loch Raven.
The crabs and the entire place were wonderful.
But $72 for a dozen extra-large males!!!??
the place sells softshells, crabmeat, crab soups, all kinds of fresh fish.
The store catches its own crabs and crab items from the Chesapeake Bay.
Christine
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Just to follow up on this, we had the 68s last night from Waverly Crabs, and
everyone thought they were outstanding. They were big, with great flavor &
texture, properly seasoned with Old Bay, really delicious. They were not from
the Chesapeake Bay, however, but rather somewhere further south along the
Atlantic seaboard I think they said, maybe the Carolinas.
-Matthew
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Emil and Kathleen,
Waverlysounds likea good place; I hadn'tconsidered it.
Thank you,
Christine
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Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:30:51 PM
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We get crabs at Waverly Crabs on Greenmount Ave every year for the Abell
Community Street Fair.
On Jul 01, 2011, at 05:13 PM, langwi...@comcast.net wrote:
Can anyone recommend a place near CV to get about a dozen steamed crabs to go
on Monday?
What is Sterling's on 29th like?
Christine
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Re: [Chat] waverly crabs
Just to follow up on this, we had the 68s last night from Waverly Crabs, and everyone thought they were outstanding. They were big, with great flavor & texture, properly seasoned with Old Bay, really delicious. They were not from the Chesapeake Bay, however, but rather somewhere further south along the Atlantic seaboard I think they said, maybe the Carolinas. -Matthew -Original Message- From: langwi...@comcast.net To: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Sat, Jul 2, 2011 10:20 pm Subject: Re: [Chat] crabs Emil and Kathleen, Waverly sounds like a good place; I hadn't considered it. Thank you, Christine From: "Kathleen Hruska" To: "The Charles Village Chat List" Cc: "Unknown Chat" Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:30:51 PM Subject: Re: [Chat] crabs We get crabs at Waverly Crabs on Greenmount Ave every year for the Abell Community Street Fair. On Jul 01, 2011, at 05:13 PM, langwi...@comcast.net wrote: Can anyone recommend a place near CV to get about a dozen steamed crabs to go on Monday? What is Sterling's on 29th like? Christine ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillageinfo http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: chat@charlesvillage.info/'>http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ = ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: "Action for Japan Hopkins" -- website for donations to reputable Japanese NGOs in need of funds
FYI from a group of Japanese nationals at Johns Hopkins (forwarded to me by my brother in Bangkok!). -Matthew - Forwarded Message From: Rika Morioka Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 5:28:18 AM Subject: We created a website to help you help Japan! Dear Friends, I am writing to inform you that a group of Japanese students andprofessionals at the Johns Hopkins University (including myself!) have developedan English website to provide people with greater options for donations forearthquake and tsunami relief in Japan. I hope that you can help us circulate this website. Due to the lack of information on locally-active NGOs in Japanthat are engaging in emergency relief, donations tend to concentrate on a fewmajor international organizations. This could result in excessive resourceallocation to some organizations, while other experienced locally-active NGOsfail to receive sufficient funds for their relief efforts. Motivated by this concern and numerous personal requests fromthose seeking information on reliable NGOs, Action forJapan Hopkins developed an English website to provide people with greateroptions for donations. From about 40 organizations, we hand-picked sevenlocally-active NGOs and seven organizations indirectly supporting thelocally-active NGOs using robust criteria. Wehope that this website will serve as a guide for your donation to better reachreliable locally-active NGOs in need of funds. We truly appreciate yourconsideration to help Japan overcome this time of hardship. Please visit our website at: http://donate-japan.com/ Actionfor Japan Hopkins (AFJH)/Tokyo AFJHis an organization initiated by the Japanese community at the Johns HopkinsUniversity that aims to support from abroad the people in Japan affected by theNortheast Japan earthquake and tsunami. Email: actionforjapan.hopk...@gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Action-For-Japan-Hopkins-AFJH/106527679429875 Twitter: http://twitter.com/ActionForJapanH Donationsite for Japanese people (In Japanese): http://kifusuru.com/ -- Rika Morioka, Ph.D. Co-investigator Lighthouse Studies Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Tel: (410) 350-1349 Email: rikamori...@gmail.com ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Sunday April 10 at 5pm at BMA: Carolyn Forché is 2011 Ringel Poet, with special guest Nikola Madzirov
FYI from http://cty.jhu.edu/about/ringel -- this is a terrific annual poetry event, free and open to the public. -Matthew Carolyn Forché named 2011 Ringel Poet Known as a “poet of witness,” Carolyn Forché has garnered international recognition for her work since 1976. A Guggenheim, three NEA fellowships, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award are among her many honors. Forché, along with special guest Nikola Madzirov, will give the 2011 Ringel Reading on Sunday, April 10, at 5 p.m. in the Baltimore Museum of Art's Meyerhoff Auditorium. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] trash cans
Judy, if you're going to lecture everyone that they should buy American, you can't then start complaining that it's too expensive to do so unless you can demonstrate that it's possible to find equally high quality trash cans for less. I'm sure it's possible to find ones made in Asia for a fraction of the price (www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/nyregion/26manhole.html tells the story of how New York City began buying manhole covers made in India because they were so much cheaper), but you would be against that, right? I'm sure it's also possible to find lower quality ones that won't last as long, but then you're pushing the CVCBD to be penny-wise and pound-foolish because they'd probably end up paying more in the long run. Can you show that similar institutions are able to purchase American-made, high-quality trash cans for less? If not, then I don't understand why you're complaining. -Matthew -Original Message- From: jberlin To: David Hill ; Tweefie Millspaugh ; The Charles Village Chat List ; Charles Village Discussion List ; Mary Pat. Clarke Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 12:29 pm Subject: Re: [Chat] trash cans Mr Hill, I understand that no tax money is being used. The CVCBD is not a municipality. Since many municipalities are incompetent,I hope the CVCBD is not using them as an example of what to do. This is extravagance out of control. I am sure Witt Industries is reputable. They have been in business a long time,probably due to frivolous purchases. I cannot conceive of any rationale that would justify this waste of money. Sincerely, Judy Berlin David Hill wrote: > Judy: > > No tax money is being used to purchase the cans; it is all being raised from > foundations, businesses, and residents. To date, we have over $24,000. The > most recent donation is from PNC Bank. > > The trash cans we are purchasing are made by Witt Industries a reputable > American company in Ohio that has been in business for over 100 years. The > particular cans we are purchasing are the Stadium Series described here: > http://www.witt.com/Stadium-Series/2009/03/message-center.php As quality > trash cans go, these are actually on the less expensive side at $600. Many > municipalities spend far more as you can see from browsing this website and > others. The trashcans you see in parks for example typically cost well over > a $1000 each. > > I have attached the two page proposal I gave to the Board several months ago > when I first put forward this idea and also a picture that compares the old > and new cans; the new can was on loan from Stevenson University. I think my > proposal pretty much explains the rationale. > > The first shipment of 15 cans will arrive in mid April hopefully just in > time for the Mayor's Spring Cleanup. I am meeting with the Mayor's staff > today to arrange for her to participate in a "ribbon cutting" ceremony at > about 9:30 Saturday April 16th in the park at Calvert Street and 24th. I > will keep everyone informed as to whether this event is "ON" or "OFF". I > hope you will join us if it is. > > Feel free to circulate. > > David T. Hill > Executive Director, CVCBD > 2434 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 > 410.235.4411 / 410.235.5544 (fax) > > ANNOUNCEMENTS: > - Help us raise $60,000 to purchase 100 new trash cans by July 1st! Send > your tax deductable contribution to The Charles Village >Foundation 2434 St Paul St. Baltimore MD 21218 with "TRASH CANS" in the > memo line. (We have already raised over $23,000!) > - The CVCBD Spring Meeting on the Financial Plan for FY 2012 is scheduled > for March 29th at Lovely Lane Church from 6:30 - 8:00 > - The Mayor's Spring Cleanup is scheduled for April 16th 2011 from 9am to > 1pm. (The date was changed from the 23rd to the 16th) > SANITATION TIPS: > - Put tight fitting lids on your trash cans! > - Don't put household trash in corner baskets! Put it out in your own trash > can on your respective trash and recycling pickup days. > SAFETY TIPS: > - Do not leave valuables in view in your parked vehicle. Take them with you > or lock them in your trunk. > - Light up the night! Leave your porch and back yard lights on. > > > -Original Message- > From: jberlin [mailto:jdy...@verizon.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:02 PM > To: davidh...@charlesvillage.org; The Charles Village Chat List; Charles > Village Discussion List; Mary Pat. Clarke > Subject: trash cans > >Dear Mr Hill, > > As a homeowner and taxpayer, I find it insulting to spend that kind of > money for trash cans. Rats were a problem before the mesh cans were put > out. Why were they used. How much money was wasted on that ? I have to > agree with Tweefie Millspaugh, sounds to much like a $700/toilet or the > $900/hammer. > > Judy Berlin ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mai
Re: [Chat] Beware the Porch Doctor
I second that. We had a very bad experience with him a few years ago. . -Matthew -Original Message- From: jberlin To: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Fri, Mar 11, 2011 9:33 am Subject: Re: [Chat] Beware the Porch Doctor I've been out of town so this may already be answered. Who is theporch doctor? Judy On 03/08/2011 04:47 PM, langwi...@comcast.net wrote: I did the same, Greg. - Original Message - From: "Greg Alexander" To: "The Charles Village Chat List" Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 3:20:57 PM Subject: Re: [Chat] Beware the Porch Doctor I almost called him and told him not tolitter our neighborhood. I must have picked up 10 ofthose fliers all over the sidewalks and streets whilewalking dogs Greg Alexander Freelance Writer/Editor Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 410-243-3387 ugagra...@yahoo.com www.gregoryjalexander.com --- On Tue, 3/8/11, langwi...@comcast.net wrote: From: langwi...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [Chat] Beware the Porch Doctor To: "The Charles Village Chat List" Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 3:08 PM Don't even call him because he'll call you forever--well, for at least a few years. - Original Message - From: "D. Williams" To: "The Charles Village Chat List" Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 2:35:41 PM Subject: [Chat] Beware the Porch Doctor Please think twice about contracting with James Willis the "Porch Doctor"! ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/absolutelu!!! -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Emil's mother passed
So sorry to hear of your loss, Emil -- my deepest sympathies. -Matthew -Original Message- From: Emil Volcheck To: Charles Village Chat List Sent: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 12:14 am Subject: [Chat] Emil's mother passed Hello, neighbors, Many of you know that my mother had been ill for some time. I'm sorry to say that she passed away on July 23rd. The cause of death was metastatic breast cancer. She passed away the way she had hoped to go, peacefully at home in bed, with family at her side. If you'd like to learn a little about her, you can visit http://emilvolcheck.com/diana/ which has her obituary, my eulogy for her, and some media about her funeral services. Thanks, --Emil -- Emil Volcheck volch...@acm.org http://EmilVolcheck.com/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: BP oil spill Protest Picket at 33rd and Greenmount Saturday 11 am
I'm guessing there might be a Charles Villager or two who might be interested in this... Here is an interesting article about Norway's offshore oil rigs, which are said to be the safest in the world: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/05/03/norway -Matthew -- Forwarded message -- From: William Barry Date: Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:49 PM Subject: Next BP Picket Line To: Friends, As the oil flow in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of Oil) continues to spill at the rate of as much as 95,000 barrels a day, calls for more off-shore drilling continue to be heard. We say "No new permits for off-shore drilling. Speed up our research for alternative forms of energy." Some of us even say, "Nationalize the oil/energy industry so it can be properly regulated and its profits go back to the people." WHAT: Picket line for one hour WHEN: Sat., May 29, 11a.m to 12 p.m. WHERE: BP Station at 33rd and Greenmount Our May 16th peaceful picket line was very successful with a dozen people protesting. Many passing cars honked or gave us the thumbs up. Let's make the line even bigger on the 29th. Bring your own sign to express your outrage at corporate disregard for human life and the environment. For more information: 410 308-1326 or 410 433-3269. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Sunday April 11 at BMA: Josh Ringel Memorial Poetry Reading featuring Mark Doty
Sunday April 11 at 5pm is the annual Joshua Ringel Memorial Poetry Lecture. This year's featured poet is National Book Award winner Mark Doty. Location is the auditorium at the BMA. Webpage with full details is http://cty.jhu.edu/about/ringel This is a great annual event in memory of a terrific guy I grew up with who died too young. The annual poetry reading always features top notch people and it sounds like this year will be no exception. -Matthew ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] banks
Credit unions. Let's hear it for non-profit banking! -Matthew -Original Message- From: JUDY BERLIN To: Charles Village Discussion List Cc: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:57 pm Subject: [Chat] banks Does any one know which banks/ savings&loan institutions did not need a bailout? Judy ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Help bring Google's Gigabit fiber to Baltimore
Emil and all - Our main City Council contact on the "Where Is Bmore FiOS" campaign tells me that the City is aware of this and is actively exploring the RFI to see if we qualify. Would obviously be a huge coup if we got it! -Matthew -Original Message- From: Emil Volcheck To: Charles Village Chat List Sent: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 10:56 pm Subject: [Chat] Help bring Google's Gigabit fiber to Baltimore Hello, neighbors, Please check out the initiative to help Baltimore win the privilege of being among the first locations chosen for Google's Fiber for Communities initiative. Visit http://www.bmorefiber.com/ to learn more. The selection closes March 26th. The more support we get the better, so please spread the word. Google is choosing a few locations to roll out highspeed (Gigabit per second, or 1000 Mbps) optical fiber. Verizon is not serving Baltimore with their fiber optical FiOS service, so let's hope Google will give it to us first. Highspeed fiber in Baltimore will be a powerful enhancement to the Internet infrastructure that will enhance business opportunities, telecommuting, and better Internet service for citizens. Thanks, --Emil -- Emil Volcheck volch...@acm.org http://EmilVolcheck.com/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] distinction between Charles Village Discussion listserve and the Chat listserve
My recollection is that when Emil started up the two lists sometime in the first half of the last decade to replace the original discussion list that had shut down, he created two of them because there was a very impassioned debate going on at the time about the Benefits District so it seemed sensible to create the chat list as a refuge from that. But that whole debate has settled down a lot since then. Matthew Weinstein 3001 Abell Avenue -Original Message- From: Lauren Redmond To: Charles Village Chat listserve Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 10:03 am Subject: [Chat] (no subject) What is supposed to be the distinction between Charles Village Discussion listserve and the Chat listserve? I find that I post things I that I want to announce or discuss to both listserves and I have noticed that other people do that same. That just means that I get the same topics in my e-mail box twice. I don't think that this is the purpose of having two listserves so I wanted to clarify for myself and others. Thanks. Lauren Lauren Redmond 2636 Guilford Ave. Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 366-0162 laredm...@hotmail.com Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.= ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: Tuesday at noon: Rally downtown for health reform
FYI for Charles Villagers who want to raise their voices in support of health reform -- As part of the national mobilization to push back against the anti-health reform message that a lot of members of Congress got from last week's election in MA, we're having hundreds of rallies Tuesday around the nation in support of health reform. One of them is downtown at noon on Tuesday. Click the link and put in your zip code to get full details and RSVP. Thanks, Matthew -Original Message- From: Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America To: weinste...@aol.com Sent: Sun, Jan 24, 2010 12:21 pm Subject: Democrats on the verge of full-fledged retreat Matthew - After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat and everything we've fought for together hangs in the balance. President Obama has signaled he's open to dramatically scaling back health care reform. The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans. And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics! Retreat is exactly the wrong message for Democrats to take from recent election losses. The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters want more change -- not less. It's time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing healthcare reform and taking on Wall Street. So Democracy for America members are joining with our friends at MoveOn in organizing emergency rallies nationwide on Tuesday to demand Democrats show backbone and leadership -- starting with passage of real healthcare reform. FIND AN EMERGENCY RALLY NEAR YOU We need a big turnout to show Democrats we're still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted for on healthcare and everything else. Make no mistake; Democrats still have the ability to pass healthcare reform and other progressive legislation. Even after last Tuesday's election loss, Democrats still have larger majorities in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bush. All Democrats in Washington need is to show some backbone. It's up to us to demand they use it, because progressives don't retreat -- we lead. ATTEND AN EMERGENCY RALLY ON TUESDAY Thank you for everything you do, -Charles Charles Chamberlain, Political Director Democracy for America Democracy for America relies on you and the people-power of more than one million members to fund the grassroots organizing and training that delivers progressive change on the issues that matter. Please Contribute Today and support our mission. Paid for by Democracy for America, http://democracyforamerica.com/ and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. This message was sent to weinste...@aol.com. Visit your subscription management page to modify email preferences or to unsubscribe from further communications. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Shoe Repair
I go to Alex on the south side of the 200 block of W. Saratoga St. between Park and Howard -- Russian immigrant, presumably did shoe repair back in the Old Country, excellent service for very reasonable prices, and it's close to my office, so he's convenient. There's a sign in the window about shoe repair. -Matthew -Original Message- From: Didon Pachner To: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 9:41 am Subject: [Chat] Shoe Repair Hi, Can anyone recommend a good (and close and reasonable $$) place where I can get a pair of shoes repaired? Thx, Didon ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Book signing and lecture by Harvard's Humanist Chaplain on Sunday 12/06
Check out today's frront page Sun article on this topic: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/faith/bal-md.fa.atheist03dec03,0,1385679.story Our own Emil is a media superstar! -Matthew -Original Message- From: Emil Volcheck To: Charles Village Chat List Sent: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 1:20 am Subject: [Chat] Book signing and lecture by Harvard's Humanist Chaplain on Sunday 12/06 Hello, neighbors, On Sunday, 12/6, Greg Epstein, the Humanist Chaplain of Harvard University, is visiting Baltimore on his national tour to promote his new book "Good without God: what a billion nonreligious people do believe". At 3:00 pm, there will be a reception and book signing at First Unitarian's Enoch Pratt Hall (entrance on Charles St.). At 4:00 pm, Epstein will present a lecture in the main Church hall. First Unitarian Church is located at the NW corner of Charles and Franklin Streets. This event is sponsored by First Unitarian Church and the Baltimore Coalition of Reason. Epstein's book will be available for purchase. --Emil -- Emil Volcheck volch...@acm.org http://EmilVolcheck.com/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] hula hoops at Dance Studio in Hampden
That sounds like Andreas Spiliadis from Guilford Avenue! Oh look - he has a blog here: http://bmorehooprevolution.tumblr.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bmorehooprevolution -Matthew -Original Message- From: debbie jones To: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [Chat] New Dance Studio in Hampden! Yes, that's it! They're having a children's Halloween costume party Oct. 31st from 4-7 p.m. w/refreshments, face painting, dancing, and Hula hoops will be provided or byoh. I think a Charles Villager teaches a hooping class there on the weekends too (I apologize in advance for messing up the name, I think his last name is Spledakis?). Take care, Debbie --- On Fri, 10/30/09, weinste...@aol.com wrote: From: weinste...@aol.com Subject: Re: [Chat] New Dance Studio in Hampden! To: chat@charlesvillage.info Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 12:29 PM It looks like the website might be http://www.studiothirty4.com -Original Message- From: Debbie Jones To: chat@charlesvillage.info Sent: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:46 pm Subject: [Chat] New Dance Studio in Hampden! There is a beautiful new dance studio, for adults and children, in the old (new again!) Northern Police Station on Keswick Rd.. The owner is very sweet, and it's a very nurturing environment. They also offer yoga, pilates, and on Monday nights, adult only hip hop, in addition to ballet and modern dance. You can pay as you go! It's a very cool studio. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] New Dance Studio in Hampden!
It looks like the website might be http://www.studiothirty4.com -Original Message- From: Debbie Jones To: chat@charlesvillage.info Sent: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:46 pm Subject: [Chat] New Dance Studio in Hampden! There is a beautiful new dance studio, for adults and children, in the old (new again!) Northern Police Station on Keswick Rd.. The owner is very sweet, and it's a very nurturing environment. They also offer yoga, pilates, and on Monday nights, adult only hip hop, in addition to ballet and modern dance. You can pay as you go! It's a very cool studio. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Brick Oven Pizza in Fells Point opposing health reform!
Well, this comes as a shock: my favorite pizza place has come out against health reform! Here is the news story: http://www.foxbaltimore.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wbff_vid_1438.shtml I've been doing my best to avoid Whole Foods since their founder and CEO came out against reform last month.? Now BOP too?? Very sad.? Maybe he's misinformed.? More likely he's an ideological anti-government NFIB type who just opposes anything no matter how much better it will be for most small businesses.? I'd love to hear from anyone who has the opportunity to have a conversation with him. Matthew Weinstein ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: O! Say Can You Make B'more #1 ?
Here's a worthy cause! -Original Message- From: Tom Wilcox To: weinste...@aol.com Sent: Tue, 5 May 2009 3:28 pm Subject: O! Say Can You Make B'more #1 ? Know someone who'd be interested in this news? Please forward to a friend. Show some hometown pride: vote for Baltimore! Travel + Leisure magazine is adding five new cities to the list for its annual America's Favorite Cities contest, and Baltimore needs your help to get into the mix! Baltimore is vying for inclusion in Travel + Leisure's 2009 contest of 30 cities decided by popular vote. Help raise the profile of our wonderful city and demonstrate why so many choose to Invest in Baltimore. Show your love for the quirkiness, character, and beauty of Charm City by casting your vote now! The polls close on May 15, so vote early and often and tell your friends! =0 A Got this from a friend? Click to subscribe. Invest in Baltimore. Find out how. Show a little hometown pride. Please Forward to a Friend. Forward email This email was sent to weinste...@aol.com by n...@bcf.org. Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by Baltimore Community Foundation | 2 East Read Street | Baltimore | MD | 21202 ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Friday, April 17 at St. John's Church: Urban Agriculture Gala!
A friend sent me info about what sounds like a great upcoming event: The 1st Annual Baltimore Urban Agricultural Gala on Friday, April 17, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. at St. John's Church, 2640 St. Paul St.? There are details on their website at www.baltimoreurbanag.org.? ? Check it out!? -Matthew ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] picture of the strange dog on my front porch
Judy, The dog wandered off an hour or two after I wrote my e-mail yesterday. But one neighbor had already called Vonnie earlier. And another neighbor said he would contact one family he thought the dog might belong to. That's all I know. -Matthew -Original Message- From: JUDY BERLIN To: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:17 pm Subject: Re: [Chat] picture of the strange dog on my front porch I'd be concerned about the cold also. Maybe some food will help the dog trust more. Has Vonnie been notified yet? Dog sounds scared. Judy On Jan 13, 2009, at 10:03 AM, weinste...@aol.com wrote: GenevaAnybody recognize this dog that is hanging out on my porch for the last couple of hours? It has a leather collar and tags, but it won't let me get close enough to read them. Geneva Matthew Weinstein Geneva 3001 Abell Avenue Arial** ArialA Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO62),, From: "weinste...@aol.com" < ,,Date: January 13, 2009 9:59:22 AM EST ,,To: weinste...@aol.com ,,Subject: PictureMail <<<3.jpg> < < < < Trebuchet MSMessage:
[Chat] picture of the strange dog on my front porch
Anybody recognize this dog that is hanging out on my porch for the last couple of hours? It has a leather collar and tags, but it won't let me get close enough to read them. Matthew Weinstein 3001 Abell Avenue ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26h mpgID=62%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO62) --- Begin Message --- You have new Picture Mail! Click Go/View to see now. http://pictures.sprintpcs.com/?mivt=MExr2XYlzUYdQ5XULkqU&shareName=MMS _frsthgl --- End Message --- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: Orrin Star acoustic guitar/mandolin concert in Baltimore on Saturday night
My stepbrother is making his annual Baltimore appearance Saturday night.? If you like acoustic guitar/mandolin folk/blues/bluegrass type music, Orrin is one of the best.? Former national flatpicking champion, Prairie Home Companion veteran -- check out his website at OrrinStar.com.? -Matthew -Original Message- From: or...@aol.com Sent: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 4:24 pm Subject: Orrin Star: at Kennedy Center tomorrow (Baltimore on Saturday) Folks: Excuse the frequency of emails this week; just found out Wednesday that I'm playing at the Millenium Stage tomorrow. (Always happy to fill-in when the NSO needs to cancel). It's a free show 6-7pm. Will feature several Irish tunes in addition to the usual Americana (and probably a special guest). And a quick reminder re my annual Baltimore concert on Saturday (and Danny K's birthday show on the 31st). Orrin http://orrinstar.com Friday January 9 WASHINGTON, DC Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, 6-7pm The Kennedy Center, 2700 F Street, NW . Orrin Star Duo with Daniel Charlton. Free. Saturday January 10 PIKESVILLE, MD Orrin's Up-Close & Personal Annual Baltimore Concert Guitars of Pikesville, 8:30pm 806 Reisterstown Rd, 2nd Floor S6 410-415-5400 Sunday January 10 - Jam Party for my Students (past & present), 2-5pm, my place Also: Danny Knicely's Birthday concert Saturday Jan 31, Purcellville, VA w/the Oretea Brothers & Ralph Gordon The Carver Center, 8pm 200 Willie Palmer Way, See Sunspotpro.com for info. (I'm not on this show; just helping spread the word.) ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO62) ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: Overturn Prop 8 - local protest Saturday
FYI - click on the link for the local time and location downtown tomorrow! -Matthew -Original Message- From: Wes Boyd & Joan Blades, MoveOn.org Political Action <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 2:44 pm Subject: Overturn Prop 8 Dear MoveOn member, Along with our tremendous excitement over Barack Obama's victory, a lot of us are sad and angry about a different election result—the passage of California Proposition 8, which reversed marriage equality and wrote discrimination into the California Constitution. Many people worked hard to defeat this measure—including MoveOn members, who contributed over $300,000 to defeat it. But agents of intolerance used fear-mongering to eke out a win. After the election, people across California immediately took to the streets, vowing to put the state on the right side of history by overturning Prop 8. Now folks everywhere are coming together to add their voices. Tomorrow (Saturday) there will be rallies in support of marriage equality in every single state. If you want to attend an event in your state, go to this page and click on your state name—you'll see the location of any rallies planned: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51025&id=15119-1193638-XfZ04_x&t=1 These rallies will send a strong signal that depriving people of rights is no longer acceptable in America—and it will also be a first step in ongoing activism across the nation. There's one other thing you can do to support the fight for marriage equality. The Courage Campaign (which does MoveOn-style organizing in California) is working with other groups on a two-year grassroots plan to overturn Prop 8 in the 2010 election. The first step is for folks to speak out together with one voice right away by signing a pledge to help overturn Prop 8. Over 100,000 people have already signed the pledge—and thousands more are signing every day. Even non-Californians are signing the pledge in solidarity. If you'd like to sign, click here: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51024&id=15119-1193638-XfZ04_x&t=2 Thanks for all you do. –Wes, Joan, Carrie, Mari, and the rest of the team Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 4.2 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here. PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. This email was sent to Matthew Weinstein on November 14, 2008. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here. 20 ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Baltimore election-night story in the media
Here are links to the City Paper and Sun stories on this.? I happened to be driving by and witnessed the events.? The actions taken by the police struck me as completely unnecessary and a terrible overreaction.? -Matthew http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=16991 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.arrests06nov06,0,7307082.story -Original Message- From: Kevin Zeese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Charles Village Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Charles Village Chat Sent: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 8:08 am Subject: [Chat] Baltimore election-night story in the media I realize they have a tough job,?but Baltimore police need to be brought under control. ? KZ POLICE THUGGERY Baltimore election-night story on? http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com - ?? Joe Obama party-goers tasered, thrown in jail In Baltimore, a Democratic city. MCM Mark -- I have to be brief because I've been awake now for almost 35 hours. I was rounded up along with a dozen or so other people last night at an impromptu Obama celebration in Baltimore and jailed. My crime? Photographing the Baltimore cops as they loaded people into a paddy wagon. The crowd was very well-behaved -- mostly Hopkins students overjoyed with the Obama victory. A phalanx of cops moved in and started arbitrarily arresting people. They tased an undergraduate for trying to get back into his building -- after asking him to go inside. It was insane. I started taking photos with my cell phone as they lined up cuffed college kids, professors, etc. and a cop approached me. "I'm a journalist," I said (I freelance for Baltimore City Paper) and he knocked the phone out of my hand onto the street. "Write a nice long st! ory about this," he said, spun me around, and he and another cop cuffed me with flexi-cuffs and loaded me into the police van. This was 2am last night (Tuesday). I served as an election judge all day, and the last thing I expected was to spend the night in Baltimore City lockup. Unreal. The dangerous thugs the police decided to jail included me (an election judge, writer, and employee of the Bloomberg School of Public Health), TWO professors of anthropology at Hopkins, a Baltimore City school teacher, and a variety of students. It was one student's birthday. The student who was tasered had bruises on his wrists from the cuffs and a bruised eye. Truly a dangerous group of criminals. We were released this morning -- no charges were brought against us. We're getting together as a group to see what recourse we have. One of the anthropology profs, Aaron Goodfellow, has contacted the ACLU and I'm going t! o follow-up. There were lots of students with cell phones, videocams, and cameras, so I'm hoping some of this was caught on tape. City Paper has a very brief clip on its site: http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=16987 Thanks, Mark. I thought you and your readers should know about this. Michael Hughes Joe Adams cell: 410-812-1447 __._,_.___ All postings to the SAVE Our Votes Core list are confidential and may not be shared off-list without the explicit permission of all authors of the posting. Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: Franklin Square History Tour Saturday morning
This looks like fun. ** Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame0001) --- Begin Message --- Baltimore Heritage Launches First Red Line Community History Walking Tour Franklin Square - A Treasure of West Baltimore Baltimore Heritage, Inc. is hosting a historic walking tour led by Professor Roderick Ryon, who literally wrote the book on West Baltimore neighborhoods, "West Baltimore Neighborhoods: Sketches of their History, 1840-1960." Please join Professor Ryon and Carl Thistle of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum on this tour of historic Franklin Square to explore a treasure that anchors West Baltimore. Where: Franklin Square (corner of W. Fayette St. & N. Carey St.) Date:Saturday, October 25, 2008 Time:10:30 a.m. - 12 noon RSVP: Baltimore Heritage 410-332-9992 Admission FREE Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102224998724&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&a=1102290855010 This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=001JhAH0M7VcWe9lkTNuHF5owEC7fNzIVx9rodqQUuIYP0Oar7zldIsUg%3D%3D&p=un Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Email Marketing by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com Baltimore's Red Line | 417 E. Fayette Street | Baltimore | MD | 21202 --- End Message --- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Baltimore Thursday 5pm downtown at the Fed: Stop the Bush Bailout
FYI for anyone interested in having an impact on the federal bailout being debated in Congress. -Matthew -Original Message- From: Matthew Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 5:58 pm Subject: Stop Bush's no-strings-attached bailout of Wall Street Join me to say NO to the Bush Bailout! See link below for details and RSVP info: http://truemajority.wiredforchange.com/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=329 ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Sat, Sept 20: Million Doors for Peace - how to sign up
FYI -Original Message- From: Ilya Sheyman, TrueMajority <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 1:31 pm Subject: Re: The Iraq Action Team Dear Matthew , Join the Million Doors for Peace day of action. Thanks for joining our Iraq Action Team earlier this summer. You are one of the key activists we're counting on to help bring this war to an end. That's why I'm writing today with a special request. Join me and take two hours on Saturday, September 20th, 2008 to talk to your neighbors in Baltimore about the War in Iraq. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MILLION DOORS FOR PEACE We've created a groundbreaking online system to show you a list of new or infrequent voters in your neighborhood. These are exactly the people who we need to reach to bring the war to an end. On Saturday, September 20th, with your help, we'll knock on one million doors and ask them to sign our petition to end the war in 2009. I can't begin to stress how important this mobilization is to the future of the peace movement. We've brought together a coalition of progressive organizations including MoveOn, Democracy for America, United for Peace and Justice and over a dozen others for this one national day of action. We're less than 60 days before the most critical election in a generation. That's why the time is now to escalate our movement and send a message that politicians can't afford to ignore. Thanks for refusing to be silent, -Ilya Ilya Sheyman Online Organizer Forward this email to your friends who want to end the War in Iraq. If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for TrueMajority. To stop ALL email from TrueMajority, click here to remove yourself from our list. To modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile, visit your subscription management page at: http://act.truemajorityaction.org/o/2/profile/ TrueMajority.org is a grassroots group of citizens who believe in America's true values of openness, fairness and compassion. We believe participating in an effective government is the best way to be mutually responsible for our community. TrueMajority is a project of USAction, a 501(c)(4) organization under the IRS tax code. TrueMajority.org / USAction, 1825 K St. NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20006 (802) 735-9110 ? ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] This is Outrageous!
You should report this to Mary Pat Clarke. She's good at holding city agencies accountable in situations like this. Mary Pat Clarke 14th District, Baltimore City Council 550 City Hall 100 North Holliday Street 21202 410-396-4814 (o) 545-7585 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Staff: Susie Lang, Cindy Leahy, Divya Potdar In a message dated 8/21/08 1:27:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > At 1:30am Wednesday night the Water Department of the City of Baltimore > started jackhammering outside my window at 3045 Guilford. The leak in the > water > main had been observed and reported over 30 hours before this and no one came > out. I called the non-emergency police and they would do nothing. They said > it was an emergency. No one came when it was called in so it wasn't > considered an emergency at the time and they had all day on Wednesday to > address the > problem during daylight hours and no one was here. A complaint tomorrow is > not > going to help me get any sleep tonight. Is there nothing we can do? > Sleepless in Baltimore, David O'Donaghue > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat@charlesvillage.info Subject: fire at 3034 Gulford Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:51:43 + The big news is the fire that broke out on the third floor of the house at 3034 Guilford at a little before 4 am on June 29th. Does anyone have any information on what started the fire? It was in the apartment which as been blasting music out of it for the past few days. I thought it was under renovation and that the music came from workmen there. There were seven firetrucks here and I got to meet some more of my neighbors. David O'Donaghue Introducing Live Search cashback . It's search that pays you back! Try it Now See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. Check It Out!= ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Join me at a Hungry for Change Bake Sale
We're setting up a MoveOn.org bake sale at the Farmers Market next Saturday to raise money for MoveOn's efforts to elect Barack Obama and a more progressive Congress this year. Can you help by baking some brownies or taking a shift at the table? If so, click on the link to sign up. Thanks, Matthew The event details are: "Hungry for Change" Bake Sale at the Farmers Market Waverly Farmers Market from 7 to noon 33rd and Barclay Baltimore, MD 21218 Saturday, 21 Jun 2008, 7:00 AM To sign up for this event, click here: http://political.moveon.org/event/bakesales08/47913 ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] car for sale: 1996 Honda Accord LX 6-cyl 4-door 117k miles inspected
My father-in-law's old Accord is now available for viewing and test-driving, parked at the corner of 30th and Abell! See full details at http://baltimore.craigslist.org/car/675865931.html -Matthew ** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod000301) ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: Electric Rate Hike Is Bill for Ignoring Campaign Finance Reform...
Both of Charles Village's State Senators need to hear from us. Sen. Joan Carter Conway, the committee chair, supports the bill but is under enormous pressure to keep it bottled up in committee. Sen. Catherine Pugh voted for the bill last year when we lost by one vote on the Senate floor, but this year she appears to be undecided. Please use the link below to write to whichever one is yours (the system will figure it out based on your address), thank her for her support last year, and urge her to take action now in support of the bill! -Matthew Weinstein -Original Message- From: Progressive Maryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:57 am Subject: Electric Rate Hike Is Bill for Ignoring Campaign Reform... Tell your Senator 'Pass Campaign Reform Now!' Click now to urge your Senator to: Pass Campaign Finance Reform Now! (and phone them at 1-800-492-7122) Progressive Md. and allies placed this Baltimore Sun Ad. If you can't read it, click (or copy & paste) this link: http://progressivemaryland.org/public/documents/2008-GeneralAssembly/AD-SunBgeCampaignFinance3-19-08.pdf Email your Senator! Please forward this email to listserves, friends, family, and colleagues. Winning for Working Families www.ProgressiveMaryland.org Tell a friend Subscribe Unsubscribe State Headquarters: 8720 Georgia Ave., Suite 500 Silver Spring, MD 20910 • (301) 495 7004 Baltimore Metro Office: 29 W. Susquehanna Ave. LL 12. Towson, MD 21204 • (410) 296 3946 -- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Sunday 3pm: Barack Obama cell-phone calling to Texas voters from right here in Charles Village
For any other Barack Obama supporters out there, I am hosting one of MoveOn's cell-phone calling parties Sunday afternoon at my house. We're calling Texas primary voters to urge them to support Obama on Tuesday. All you have to bring is yourself and your cell phone, I'll have snacks and refreshments, as well as the call lists and tally sheets of course! Here is the website to RSVP: http://political.moveon.org/event/callforobama/42766 Thanks, Matthew ** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598) ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Fwd: www.BringBackMarcSteiner.com + meeting tonight at BMA at 7pm
Subj: Marc Steiner Website Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:10:45 AM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For all of you who have expressed upset regarding WYPR’s recent firing of Marc Steiner, here’s a website you can go to for information about how to convey your concern to those who can make a change. Please also consider attending the WYPR “Community Advisory Board” meeting tonight at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Our neighbor, Doreen Bolger, Chairs the CAB and has arranged to have the BMA auditorium open to the public to discuss public radio’s role in Baltimore as well as the termination of the Marc Steiner show. Here it is: www.bringbackmarcsteiner.com ** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598) ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] What a way to spend MLK Day!
Bravo Ralph! http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-te.md.king21jan21,0,6033054.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout Martin Luther King Jr. Day Chasing the dream, 1 new job at a time Career fair echoes his pursuit of economic justice Caption: Ralph E. Moore Jr. used the inspiration of the Rev. Martin Luther King's economic justice campaign to begin an annual job fair that has grown every year since it began in 2002. (Sun photo by Jed Kirschbaum / January 18, 2008) By Kelly Brewington | Sun reporter January 21, 2008 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life." -- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Pasted to Ralph E. Moore Jr.'s door at St. Frances Academy Community Center is a poignant quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It's not about having a dream, and it says nothing about the content of one's character. Rather, the passage comes from King's 1963 "Strength to Love" speech, which stresses the need to uplift those who are less fortunate. It's been the foundation of Moore's anti-poverty activism for more than two decades. It also serves as inspiration for an annual job fair and skills training event that the Baltimore community center hosts every year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today, amid parades, volunteer efforts and lectures planned to commemorate the observance of King's birthday - he would have been 79 - scholars, civil rights pioneers and activists such as Moore are urging people to remember King, the champion for economic justice. Less celebrated than his epic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, the Montgomery bus boycott or his oratory gifts is King's anti-poverty crusade. "People don't recall that the March on Washington was actually called the march for jobs and freedom," said Moore, 55. "When he died, he was working for economic justice issues. He was actively organizing a strong coalition of a variety of races to focus on the poverty issue." One need look no farther than Baltimore for evidence that poverty and the social ills associated with it remain 40 years since King's death, Moore said. Nearly 20 percent of Baltimore's population lives in poverty, the U.S. Census found in 2006. And an estimated 227,700 Baltimoreans 16 and older are unemployed or not in the workforce, according to the city's Job Opportunities Task Force. Six years ago, Moore, who grew up in Baltimore's Sandtown community, began tying King's anti-poverty message to the small job fair. The first event attracted a few dozen employers, but the demand from job seekers was huge. Nearly 300 people showed up. It was the first time a formal job fair had come to Johnston Square, this economically depressed neighborhood just east of Mount Vernon, Moore said. This year, several hundred people have registered for the event, which will feature workshops on resume writing and interview skills in addition to recruiting. And unlike many similar events, this one encourages job seekers to stay in touch with organizers. The first 10 people who contact Moore on or after April 4 - the anniversary of the date King was assassinated - will receive $100, if they can prove they have retained the job they got at the fair. "It's not a lot, but we want to make sure people connect to jobs," said Moore, who previously served as vice president of the now-defunct Center for Poverty Solutions. "We are dealing with a tougher population, people with criminal records, and there are a lot of discouraged workers because of this." Moore estimates that about 85 percent of the people attracted to the event have arrest records, which remains a huge barrier to employment. But it is precisely the population that most needs employment, he said. Job fair organizers reached out to employers who are willing to hire people with criminal records. "These are the folks who are forgotten; this is the invisible population," he said. "But these are people who want to do more and better their lives." Waged in the final year of his life, King's campaign for full employment was controversial, unpopular among some of his activist peers and risky. Culminating in the Poor People's Campaign of 1968, King planned for "a multiracial army of the poor" to descend on Washington in a nonviolent protest urging Congress to sign a poor people's bill of rights. He called it the second phase of the civil rights struggle. "He said it over and over again - racism, poverty and war are the triple evils," said Thomas F. Jackson, a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and author of From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King Jr. and the S
Re: [Chat] Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel Report
Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but the panel is a pretty serious group, so what that says to me is either a) the Mayor wanted to appear for election purposes like she was serious about cutting the property tax rate, or b) the Mayor really is serious about cutting the property tax rate and wanted to build a political consensus and some momentum for accomplishing that. If the answer were a, then they probably would have had the report come out before the election rather than afterwards. I guess time will tell... -Matthew -Original Message- From: jberlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Charles Village Chat List Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:03 am Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Fw: [I-NEIGHBORS] Property Tax Assessments - Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel Report I can proudly say I did not vote for any of them, except Mary Pat. Judy On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:19 AM, John Spurrier wrote: > Brad, > > Thanks for posting this report. Given the makeup of the Blue Ribbon > Panel > you would > think that someone would have proofread the charts and tables. When I > > see headings > that read "Medium Income" and "Medium House Price" I know that our > city > government > is in the hands of idiots. It is hard to give this report any real > > credibility. > > John > > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: ; ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL >> PROTECTED]; >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:41:05 -0500 >> Subject: [Discussion] Fw: [I-NEIGHBORS] Property Tax Assessments - >> >> Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel Report >> >> FYI >> >> - Original Message - >> From: Andrew Timleck >> To: Brad Schlegel >> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [I-NEIGHBORS] Property Tax Assessments - Mayor's Blue >> Ribbon >> Panel Report >> >> I’m sure you’ve seen this? Has it been circulated on Wavebell/Better >> >> Waverly/EGLS, etc.? >> >> http://www.baltimorecity.gov/mayor/blue_ribbon/downloads/>> >> Blue%20Ribbon%20Committee%20Report%20FINAL%20DRAFT%2012_20_07.pdf >> >> Andy >> >> >> On 1/2/08 5:21 PM, "Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC" >> <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Andy, >>> >>> first there are no "Million dollar houses" in CV. Most sell for >>> under >>> 400K. Tweefie can vouch for that. the main issue is that >>> some >>> assessments are more than the FMV of the prioperty today. Also >>> that >>> the assessments are more than 10% higher than the previious >>> ones. The >>> value for land tripled on many properties. There are >>> other messages on >>> the EGLS list which might add some more flavor. I >>> just wanted to share >>> information - not start a debate. >>> >>> Happy New Year. >>> >>> Brad >>> - Original Message - >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:53 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Assessment gouging, and other tax >>> nightmares. >>> >>> Im not sure what difference it makes, but I bet the estimation is >>> >>> probably pretty accurate. >>> I have seen pictures of the houses on my street from when Greenmount >>> >>> Ave was a field. >>> So, I tend to think the 100 year old label is right. >>> >>> Christine > >>> >> > > Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live. Get it now! > > ___ > Chat mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/= ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Assessment notices...nothing like it for rousing New Year cheer
According to www.dat.state.md.us, here are all the sales on Abell Avenue (where I live) in 2007: Date Address Price 10/17/07 3042 ABELL AVE 0 10/10/07 3019 ABELL AVE 275,000 9/25/07 3107 ABELL AVE 280,000 8/20/07 3245 ABELL AVE 275,000 8/17/07 3028 ABELL AVE 264,000 8/16/07 3309 ABELL AVE 283,000 8/16/07 3307 ABELL AVE 174,900 7/25/07 3307 ABELL AVE 140,000 7/23/07 3236 ABELL AVE 268,000 6/14/07 3136 ABELL AVE 235,000 6/12/07 3043 ABELL AVE 281,000 5/8/073202 ABELL AVE 0 4/9/073205 ABELL AVE 280,000 1/4/073006 ABELL AVE 0 Presumably the zeros are refinances.So there were 11 sales, of which eight were above $260,000 My reassessment takes me from $89,720 to $246,080. On the one hand, this is incredible. On the other hand, this is apparently probably less than my house is worth. So it doesn't seem likely that I could successfully appeal the new assesssment. One thing that will be interesting to see is whether the new higher assessments will have a negative effect on sales prices, since new owners pay the full valuation with no 4%-per-year cap. Happy 2008... -Matthew In a message dated 12/31/07 11:12:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Our home in Parkville climbed from an actual sale price of $121k in 2002 to > appraised value of $198k today, or about 8.5% per year over six years. > > From its sale in 1992 at $102k to my purchase in 2002 the price of the home > raised by only $18,150, or 1.6% per year over ten years. > > I can't imagine that I would get that much on the open market today (if it > were possible to sell at all -- some neighbors have been on the market for > over 12 months now), but comparable properties that _have_ sold went for no > less > than $200k in the last 12 months, so it's hard for me to pull an example > from recent local real estate transactions that proves the new valuation is > poorly founded. > > Is it reasonable to protest the increase on the basis that my house is not a > better investment vehicle than my 401(k) in the dot com boom? This is > housing bubble logic, pure and simple. > > -- > Rob Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vees.net/ > > > > On Dec 31, 2007, at 9:27 PM, JASON GOUCHER wrote: > > > Hi, Fellow Charles Village Homeowners! > Anyone else feeling pummeled after receiving their recent Assessment > Notices? > We received ours today and our new market value is MORE THAN DOUBLED from > the previous assessment notice three years ago. Most alarming to me is the > land valuation MORE THAN TRIPLING from the previous assessment. > I don't know about anyone else's perception, but living on North Calvert > Street has not gotten any quieter, cleaner, or less traveled over the past > three years. In fact, we are still reeling and dealing with the aftermath of > the > recent sewer installation that had us enjoying a very large and deep pit on > the side of our home for the first quarter of 07. > Jason and I are obviously appealing this assessment, but were just > wondering what others were thinking or planning to do in response to their > most > recent valuations/assessments? > > Despite this most recent affront from the City and State...really, Happy > New Year to everyone! Cheers to the Village! > > Cathy Goucher > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > > > > = > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > ** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] wireless router, from Wal-mart
Yes, the idea of the wireless system is that the computer doesn't have to be plugged into anything. Also, you can generally find good prices on electronics even at companies that aren't the industry leader at abusing their workers and driving down wages for the entire U.S. economy... In a message dated 9/11/07 2:05:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > All you have to do, is buy a wireless router, from Wal-mart, connect it to > the comcast modem, and then set up the wireless network... > I can buy the router for you, connect it, and set up your wireless network > for $50. > > call me if interested, Michael Callan 443-703-8336. > > John Spurrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking about switching to Comcast high speed internet. > I would prefer to avoid running the cable from room to room. > Does anyone know if I purchase a wireless router if it must be attached > directly to my computer? I was hoping to keep the > router in one room and the computer in another. Is this feasible? > > Thanks. > > John > > > Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. Play now!___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Fwd: [fluidmovement] Don't miss WAR AND FLEAS FM's 2007 Water Ballet in its FINAL WEEKEND!
Thanks for the heads up, Kathleen -- I've always wanted to see Fluid Movement! Would you say that this is something children would enjoy? -Matthew In a message dated 7/27/07 10:51:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Emil and I went to see it last weekend and it was fabulous! > > > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:34:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: FLUID MOVEMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [fluidmovement] Don't miss WAR AND FLEAS FM's 2007 Water Ballet in > its > FINAL WEEKEND! > X-Originating-IP: 209.191.87.238 > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Friends, quadropeds, canines! > > It's the final weekend for our 2007 Water Ballet War > and Fleas! Make sure to come see us if you haven't > already! > > Don't miss out! > > Yip, bark, yay! > > Psst...feel free to repost, re-link, re-shout it out > your window! > > xoxo, > Amy and Emily! > > + > > COMRADES! > JOIN US as FluidMovement Presents the 6th Annual > Synchronized > Swimming Extravaganza, WAR AND FLEAS! > > See Tolstoy's Classic Novel presented in a glorious > water ballet > spectacle of Canine Courage and Squirrelly Subterfuge! > Behold the > Politics of the Dog Park as you've never seen it > before! > > Tickets on sale now at www.brownpapertickets.com (and > at the door one > hour before showtime. > > For shows at Patterson Park on July 28th and 29th (at > 5 and 7 pm)... > > Go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/17212 > > __ > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, > news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > > > __._,_.___ > > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > > Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar > > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format > to Traditional > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > > Recent Activity > > 7 > > New Members > > > > Visit Your Group > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > • Toronto theater ticket > • Glitter- > • Chicago theater ticket > • Theater > • Vaudeville > > > > Yahoo! 360° > > > Start Today > > > Get your own > > > place online > > > Yahoo! Groups HD > > > The official Samsung > > > Y! Group for HDTVs > > > and devices. > > > Yoga Groups > > > Find Enlightenment > > > & exchange insights > > > with other members > > > . > > > __,_._,___ > > > Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="WAR AND FLEAS POSTER INTERNET.jpg" > Content-Description: 3191299681-WAR AND FLEAS POSTER INTERNET.jpg > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="WAR AND FLEAS POSTER INTERNET.jpg" > > > > -- > > Kathleen Wilsbach > Chapter Manager > HRS MD/DC/NoVA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rabbit.org > http://www.rabbitsinthehouse.org > > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Two Charles Village opportunities next week to meet Michael Sarbanes
The Sun poll last week showed the City Council President race tied with a huge undecided vote, so I want to highlight two upcoming opportunities to meet Michael Sarbanes: Monday, July 30th, 7:30 - 9 pm at Dawna Cobb's house, 2943 N. Charles St. This one is officially a fundraiser, but no one will be turned away who just wants to meet Michael and hear what he has to say about the challenges facing our city. And if you are already supporting Michael, please bring your checkbook too! Thursday 8/2 7-9pm at the McElroys, 2840 Guilford This is an open house where Michael will share his thoughts about what he would do as City Council President and engage in open discussion with community members. I am supporting Michael because I worked closely with him at CPHA and know him to be something very rare in politics -- an effective idealist who combines grassroots community activism with years of practical political savvy -- not to mention his expertise in numerous areas of public policy, from affordable housing, community revitalization, and transportation to crime and drugs. I know that he would work effectively with the Mayor and also make the City Council into a source of fresh ideas and reform initiatives in partnership with neighborhoods. The campaign website is www.michaelsarbanes.com. -Matthew ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] trees in Wyman Park
They seem to have a website at www.wymanparkdell.org. In a message dated 5/2/07 10:09:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Does anyone know how-to get in touch with the Friends of the Dell—I think > that’s the name. > > A tree is leaning far far over the steps at the west end of the park. It > looks like it will crash any moment. > > Also, there are about three very tall dead trees in the southwest end of > the park. I think they’ll come down in a good windstorm. > > I contacted the city’s forestry division but haven’t heard back yet. > > I thought maybe the Friends of eh Dell could help with these trees. > > Thank you > > Christine Gray > > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] passport photos?
In December we had Rachel's passport picture taken at the Waverly post office where we submitted the application. They had a Polaroid camera and charged us some nominal fee. -Matthew In a message dated 3/28/07 5:52:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Eric, > > CVS has a sign for them I saw it two days ago. > > Christine Gray > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric A. Perlman > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:37 PM > To: Chat@charlesvillage.info > Subject: [Chat] passport photos? > > Are there any local businesses in CV where I can go to > have a passport taken? > > Thanks, > Eric > ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Tom Lehrer's Elements song
Good Lord, something else Gewirtz and I have in common! (in addition to our strong feelings about the CVCBD) I got my father the Tom Lehrer CD box set a few years back, which gave us all the chance to relisten to his works and add them to my laptop digital collection. My favorite of his "recent" work is the 1990 "Hanukah in Santa Monica", which I first heard on Garrison Keillor's program. It's less well known than his 1950s and 1960s stuff, and among his most clever songs. -Matthew In a message dated 3/21/07 4:40:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > For those who have fond memories of Tom Lehrer's songs, including the > Elements Song (a list of all the elements, set to music), here is a > great version: > http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/archive/dump/flash/elements.swf > > Steve. > > ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] do u have an e-mail address?
Senator Conway's e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED], or call 410-841-3145 (I am told that phone calls get more attention at this late stage of the session). In a message dated 3/17/07 10:52:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > do u have an e-mail address? judy > On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Annapolis Action Alert > > > > Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform > > HB 731/SB 546 > > Lead Sponsors: Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Paul Pinsky > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Just two and a half months ago, on January 4, 2007, State Senator > > Joan Carter Conway met with a group of about 30 constituents and > > others at the NAACP headquarters on 26th Street and committed to > > support Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform. She promised that she > > would personally cosponsor the bill and that it would receive a timely > > vote in her committee this session. We were delighted and grateful > > for her strong commitment of support, especially given her powerful > > position as chair of the EHEA Committee and also considering the > > well-known opposition of the Senate President, Thomas V. Mike Miller. > > And, indeed, she has cosponsored the bill and held the bill hearing > > early in the session, on February 22nd. > > > > But this week, with just over three weeks left in the session, Senator > > Conway has told us that she will not bring up the bill for a vote > > because of Mike Miller's opposition. NOW IS THE TIME FOR SEN. CONWAY > > TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ASK HER TO KEEP HER PROMISE AND HOLD > > A VOTE ON THE BILL. > > > > We believe that we have the votes to pass the bill out of Sen. > > Conway's EHEA committee. This is the same bill that passed this > > committee as well as the full House of Delegates last year. > > > > By way of background, this is the legislation that will make Maryland > > the fourth state to enact this cutting-edge solution to the problem of > > private campaign contributors accruing undue influence in politics and > > policy-making. The status quo undermines the very foundations of > > democracy. This kind of campaign finance reform -- voluntary public > > financing for qualified, viable candidates -- makes available a stream > > of funding that comes with none of the strings that inevitably > > accompany large private donations, and does it in a way that passes > > constitutional muster under the Supreme Court's 1976 Buckley v. > > Vallejo decision. To read more, please visit www.publiccampaign.org. > > > > You can read the Baltimore Sun's editorial on the bill at > > www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal- > > ed.reform14feb14,0,3311395.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines, and you > > can read the report of the state study commission that recommended the > > bill at http://mlis.state.md.us/other/campaign_financing.pdf. The > > General Assembly's fiscal and policy note on the bill is available at > > http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0546.pdf. > > > > Now is the time to take action and make your voice heard! > > > > Please send an e-mail today to Senator Conway at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or call 410-841-3145 (I am told > > that phone calls get more attention at this late stage of the > > session). Ask her to keep her promise and bring SB546 out of her > > committee now. These calls and e-mails are critical -- they will > > allow Senator Conway to tell the Senate President that pressure from > > her district requires her to go ahead and hold a vote in spite of his > > opposition. > > > > Please forward this e-mail to other 43rd District constituents, > > neighborhood e-mail lists, and others who you think will take action > > to advance this reform. > > > > The coalition supporting this legislation is made up of a broad range > > of organizations including Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, > > Progressive Maryland, NAACP, AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, PIRG, and the > > Baltimore Jewish Council. Thank you for adding your critically needed > > voice to theirs! > > > > Matthew Weinstein > > > > > > > > ** > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > > free from AOL at > > http://www.aol.com.___ > > Chat mailing list > > Chat@charlesvillage.info > > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/= > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http:/
[Chat] Annapolis Action Alert: Sen. Joan Carter Conway & Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform
Annapolis Action Alert Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform HB 731/SB 546 Lead Sponsors: Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Paul Pinsky Dear Friends, Just two and a half months ago, on January 4, 2007, State Senator Joan Carter Conway met with a group of about 30 constituents and others at the NAACP headquarters on 26th Street and committed to support Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform. She promised that she would personally cosponsor the bill and that it would receive a timely vote in her committee this session. We were delighted and grateful for her strong commitment of support, especially given her powerful position as chair of the EHEA Committee and also considering the well-known opposition of the Senate President, Thomas V. Mike Miller. And, indeed, she has cosponsored the bill and held the bill hearing early in the session, on February 22nd. But this week, with just over three weeks left in the session, Senator Conway has told us that she will not bring up the bill for a vote because of Mike Miller's opposition. NOW IS THE TIME FOR SEN. CONWAY TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ASK HER TO KEEP HER PROMISE AND HOLD A VOTE ON THE BILL. We believe that we have the votes to pass the bill out of Sen. Conway's EHEA committee. This is the same bill that passed this committee as well as the full House of Delegates last year. By way of background, this is the legislation that will make Maryland the fourth state to enact this cutting-edge solution to the problem of private campaign contributors accruing undue influence in politics and policy-making. The status quo undermines the very foundations of democracy. This kind of campaign finance reform -- voluntary public financing for qualified, viable candidates -- makes available a stream of funding that comes with none of the strings that inevitably accompany large private donations, and does it in a way that passes constitutional muster under the Supreme Court's 1976 Buckley v. Vallejo decision. To read more, please visit www.publiccampaign.org. You can read the Baltimore Sun's editorial on the bill at www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.reform14feb14,0,3311395.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines, and you can read the report of the state study commission that recommended the bill at http://mlis.state.md.us/other/campaign_financing.pdf. The General Assembly's fiscal and policy note on the bill is available at http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0546.pdf. Now is the time to take action and make your voice heard! Please send an e-mail today to Senator Conway at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or call 410-841-3145 (I am told that phone calls get more attention at this late stage of the session). Ask her to keep her promise and bring SB546 out of her committee now. These calls and e-mails are critical -- they will allow Senator Conway to tell the Senate President that pressure from her district requires her to go ahead and hold a vote in spite of his opposition. Please forward this e-mail to other 43rd District constituents, neighborhood e-mail lists, and others who you think will take action to advance this reform. The coalition supporting this legislation is made up of a broad range of organizations including Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, Progressive Maryland, NAACP, AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, PIRG, and the Baltimore Jewish Council. Thank you for adding your critically needed voice to theirs! Matthew Weinstein ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] Smoking ban passed!
Going out in recent years at bars in Massachusetts and New York CIty was a far more pleasant experience without the smoke. It's great that Baltimore has finally caught on. But that is disapppointing about Jack. Did he give any reason for his vote? -Matthew In a message dated 2/27/07 10:50:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Linda, > > Kathleen and I went to The Haven for an event for Mary > and we rather enjoyed it, but the smoke was just awful. > It seemed there was more smoke the later it got. I think > we would go back if there were not smoke. > > One time my parents and sister visited us, and we thought > we'd take them duckpin bowling at the Seidel lanes. > But when we got there, my sister turned around and went > back out because of the smoke. I guess we'd gotten used > to having to tolerate some smoke to go bowling. It will > sure be nice not to have to put up with that again. > We went to a Duck and Roll ( http://www.rootscafe.org/ ) > once and the smoke was pretty bad. > > Maybe if we're lucky, some establishments will see the > writing on the wall and start going smoke-free before > January 1, 2008. > > Is anybody else disappointed that Jack Young voted > against the ban? > > --Emil > > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:55:47PM -0500, Linda Forlifer wrote: > > I am so pleased! Now my son (who runs the sound at the Ottobar) will be > > able to work without injuring his health. And I, who have developed an > > allergy to cigarette smoke, will be able to enjoy, once again, going out > > for happy hour or to hear good live music at places like the Haven. I'm > > looking forward to January 2008. > > > > Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to Council Members Curran and Mary > > Pat Clarke. > > > > Hip, hip, hooray! > > > > Linda > > > > > -- > Emil Volcheck > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://acm.org/~volcheck > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
Re: [Chat] The Hopkins Store
My best recollection of The Hopkins Store is from 1993 or 94 when they paid $100 to be one of the sponsors ofthe Neighborhood Walkers program (along with Eddie's and Sam's Bagels). That meant that they got their logo on the back of the mug with the CVCA logo on the front that we gave to new Neighborhood Walker recruits. We pretty quickly went through the entire order of 50 mugs or 100 or whatever it was -- there are probably other folks out there who still have them! -Matthew In a message dated 11/17/06 9:43:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > My main memory of that store is that when my daughter was learning to play > the flute and would go there to buy cigarette papers (which she had been > instructed to use to clean her flute), they would always refuse to see them > to > her. When I went there with her to explain what she needed them for, they > told > me that they still would not sell them to her, and that I would have to buy > them. > > Recently, I learned that it is illegal to sell cigarette papers to a minor. > If the person at the Hopkins Store had told me that, I would not have been > so upset at the store. But I do much prefer having Donna's there. > > Steve. > > Christine Gray wrote: > > We used to call the store where Donna’s is “the dink.” I don’t know > why. I think its actual name was The Hopkins Store. > > The people who worked there were sort of grayish and quiet and in their own > world—in my opinion > > There was a lunch counter there at one time. It might have had a pharmacy. > > It was never a busy place. > > One thing about it that always surprised me was that no matter what you > needed, the Dink would have it—no matter how arcane—eyelash curlers, > Coca-Cola > syrup, staplers, flea powder, games and puzzles, pacifiers, detergent, > lighter flints—yet the shelves always seemed nearly bare. > > Christine Gray > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Williams Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:51 AM To: Chat@charlesvillage.info Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village History The store where Donna's was well...t was kind of like a pharmacy, pre-convienience store/outfitters, tobacco shop...thing, for lack of better descriptors! Don't forget, the Friends meeting house has lots of archives! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Charles Village Chat List To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Chat@charlesvillage.info Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village History Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:22:14 EST Thanks everyone for all the good hints in which to investigate the history in the 1960s-2000. Oddly, its a period where not many documents have made their way into public archives yet, so its the most difficult to research. That's why we will rely on you all to help us along! I'll be asking lots of questions in the next two months, and hopefully you will all help just by reminiscing where you shopped and who you met, etc. Why was the store where Donna's is now, "strange?" Intriguing! Paul Paul K. Williams Kelsey & Associates, Inc 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 366-2629 BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com 1929 13th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 462-3389 WashingtonHistory.com >___ >Chat mailing list >Chat@charlesvillage.info >http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > > > ___ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] R. W. Apple's ode to Baltimore cuisine
Reading his obituaries in today's Times and Washington Post reminded me of Apple's 2003 piece on Baltimore, which I will paste in below. At the time it appeared I was a bit shocked to see such a good food article appear under the byline of a reporter who I thought of as a political correspondent. It's quite impressive how a good reporter who's not even from here can actually get everything right! The obituaries are at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/nyregion/05applecnd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100400703.html. If you enjoy those, you'll love Calvin Trillin's New Yorker profile: http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/030929fa_fact1. -Matthew In Bawlmer, Hon, Crab Is King New York Times February 19, 2003 By R. W. APPLE Jr. BALTIMORE "BALTIMORE is a quirky kind of town," its former mayor, Kurt Schmoke, said not long ago. "Its heart is still working class, even if the economic realities have changed. It is suspicious of anything elegant or stylish or pretentious. We have this world-famous educational institution, Johns Hopkins, in our midst, but it has never quite won the affection of ordinary Baltimoreans." You can see that spirit in the refreshingly unpompous local politicians, including the two senators, a tough, wisecracking Polish-American, Barbara Mikulski, and a reserved, cerebral Greek-American, Paul Sarbanes, as well as William Donald Schaefer, a wacky former mayor and governor who once settled a bet by diving into the seal pool at the National Aquarium. You can see it in the city's sports heroes, gritty men like Frank Robinson, Johnny Unitas and Cal Ripken, who never blew their own horns. And you can see it in the work of Baltimore's favorite-son moviemakers, John Waters, who celebrated beehive hairdos, and Barry Levinson, who fondly explored the world of siding salesmen. Both like to set their films in their hometown, in what the iconoclastic Mr. Waters calls "this gloriously decrepit, inexplicably charming city." The standard form of greeting is "hon," a term of endearment commemorated by a faux-50's restaurant called Cafe Hon in Hampden, up north near the main Hopkins campus and the national Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Baltimore's eating habits are idiosyncratic, too. The city loves crabs, oysters and rockfish from Chesapeake Bay, which its poet laureate, H. L. Mencken, once described as "an immense protein factory." It prefers diners and taverns tucked into venerable row houses to newer, trendier spots. It shops in the city's old-fashioned covered markets, a half-dozen of them - the only places except the Ravens and the Orioles games where all of Baltimore comes together, blue-collar and blue-blooded, black and white, Greeks and Italians and Germans. Crab is king. People here can't live without their crab soup, their crab cakes and especially their spicy steamed blue crabs, which they rip open, split in two, crack with a wooden mallet and prod with a knife, excavating every last bite of sweet snowy meat with all the fervor of an Egyptologist opening a pharaoh's tomb. In the winter months, when the big hard-shells - scientific name Callinectes sapidus, which means beautiful swimmer - are not available locally, the leading purveyors fly them in from ports in the South. Unhappily, most visitors miss the best of Bawlmer eating. Taking the line of least resistance, they stop at the unfortunate mass feederies along the north side of the Inner Harbor, or at commercialized, gentrified crab houses like Obrycki's, or in Little Italy. Marty Katz, a Baltimore photographer and food critic who took the pictures that accompany this article, dismisses the copycat restaurants in that neighborhood as "our versions of Mamma Leone's." My nominee for the single best crab dish in Baltimore, if not the Western Hemisphere, is the jumbo lump crab cake at Faidley's Seafood in the Lexington Market, which was founded in 1782 and refurbished only recently. You eat it standing up, at a counter or at a table with no chairs. Nancy Faidley Devine, 67, makes every one herself, including those she ships by mail, and last Christmas week she shipped 2,800. "Other people handle the stuff too much," she told me, "and it ruins the cake's texture," the same way that overworking sometimes toughens a pie crust. In summer, Faidley's crab meat comes from packinghouses in Wingate and Crisfield, Md., farther down the bay, and in winter it comes from Texas, Florida and North Carolina. Mrs. Devine won't use imported crab meat - "pretty," she said, "but no flavor" - and she won't use pasteurized crab meat, because it has a flat, metallic taste. She said she watches carefully to make sure the meat contains plenty of yellowish "mustard," or fat, which is as important to the flavor of a crab cake as marbling is to the flavor of a sirloin. Faidley's sells a crab cake made fro
Re: [Chat] Welcome to Baltimore Sign--can you help?
These events unfolded while the General Assembly was in session that year, and some Baltimore lawmakers responded to the popular sympathy for the sign maker by proposing that "Hon" be officially added to the "Welcome to Baltimore" sign on the highway. (If it was 1994 then it was an election year, the first following the decennial redistricting, so many lawmakers were in a populist mood.) But the idea was shot down by African American legislators who pointed out that "Hon" is an _expression_ that is only found in the white community and would not be an appropriate _expression_ to represent a city of Baltimore's diversity. (The legislators who wanted to add it to the sign were all white.) I think it was then-Senator Larry Young whose counter-proposal was that "Bro" be added to the sign instead of Hon. And maybe there was a Jewish legislator who joked that a good compromise would be to have it say "Welcome to Baltimore, bubbala" or something along those lines. I know there were some articles about it in the Sun at the time, so you should look those up. And the owner of Cafe Hon in Hampden came down to Annapolis and distributed "Welcome to Baltimore Hon" mugs to all the legislators to support adding Hon to the sign and as a publicity stunt for the restaurant. I think I still have one of those in my cabinet. Anyway, obviously the legislative proposal never went anywhere after that, but it did receive considerable attention at the time. -Matthew In a message dated 8/24/06 9:21:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mary, I live in Baltimore and remember news about the sign. I think someone taped a piece of paper with the word Hon on it to the sign. I don't think the word was ever part of the "official" sign. I'm forwarding your message to the Charles Village list. Maybe someone on it can help. Christine Gray -Original Message- From: H-Net Discussion List on Maryland History and Culture [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary Beth Corrigan Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Welcome to Baltimore Sign From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: INQ: Welcome to Baltimore Sign Dear List Members: In 1994 there was a bit of a public brouhaha over adding the word 'hon' to the Welcome to Baltimore sign on I-295. I'm researching this incident as part of an essay that looks at tourism and the representation of contemporary post-industrial cities. While I have numerous articles that discuss the details of the debate, I can't quite figure out if 'hon' was added to the sign or not. And if it was added, the last time I drove into Baltimore, I didn't notice it (though that certainly doesn't mean it wasn't there.. I was going 65 mph, after all). Can someone let me know--does the I-295 Welcome to Baltimore sign say 'hon'? If not now, did it? And, boy, if someone has a photo of it they'd like to share, that would be great. Thanks, as always! Mary Rizzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
Re: [Chat] tax/home owners online?
You can also access it via the State Dept of Assessments and Taxation website at www.dat.state.md.us. The relevant link appears at the top of the middle column and reads "Real Property Data Search". -Matthew In a message dated 8/9/06 10:14:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Christine, If you start at www.maryland.gov, and then click on the right side of the screen to "access the real property database", you will get: http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/ That is the database. Steve. Christine Gray wrote: Would someone send me the web site that list what houses were sold for. It’s part of the Maryland state revenue database, I think. Brad, are you there? You’ve posted it before. Thank you, Christine Gray ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Monday, July 10 at 7 pm at VLP: Screening of new documentary about money and politics
Here is some information about a film screening at the VLP next Monday. "The Big Buy: How Tom DeLay Stole Congress" is a new documentary from Brave New Films, the film production house set up by Robert Greenwald, the producer/director behind "Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price", "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism," and "Uncovered: The War on Iraq". Following his now-standard model for releasing these highly charged films that would not be likely to find a large-scale distributor, the movie is being released across the country through home and community screenings sponsored by the organizations working on these issues, such as Common Cause, Public Campaign, the ACLU, and others. The screening in our area takes place at the Village Learning Place on Monday, July 10 at 7 pm. If you plan to come, please RSVP on the film's website at http://bigbuy.bravenewtheaters.com/screenings. The VLP is located at the former Enoch Pratt Library branch at 2521 St. Paul Street in Charles Village. You can read more about the film at www.tomdelaymovie.com. While the focus of the documentary is national, its topic relates directly to the efforts here in Maryland to enact public financing of state legislative elections, which for the first time this year passed the House of Delegates (HB 1054) and came out of committee in the State Senate (SB 569). We will have information at the screening about how to get involved in that effort. Please forward this e-mail to others who may be interested in this important topic. Matthew Weinstein ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Fwd: CVCBD: Lawn and Porch/Decks Thefts
--- Begin Message --- The entire Benefits District and surrounding areas have had an increase in thefts from yards and porches/decks. Please either secure items left outside or move items inside after use. Also, keep an eye on your property as well as that of your neighbors. Call the police if you notice suspicious individuals in or around your property at once and give the 911 operators a good description of the individual(s). CVCBD does have metal inscribers that individuals can use to mark their property with in case of theft. This is still one of the best ways of locating the stolen property and prosecuting the individuals committing these thefts. Please contact CVCBD is you would like to borrow one these inscribers. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CVCBD Announcement" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CVCBD-Announcement -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- --- End Message --- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Fwd: BikeTown to give away 50 bikes in Baltimore!
FYI from Charles Villager Stacey Mink of the organization One Less Car. In a message dated 4/24/2006 8:19:00 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Friends:Please share this announcement with your community and encourage people to enter to win a free bike!Best,Stacey__How Would the Gift of a Bike Change Your Life? Baltimore has been named a Bicycling BikeTown!Now entering its fourth year, BikeTown continues to bring the spirit of cycling to thousands of people nationwide. You’ve seen stories of personal transformation through healthier living, more time with family and less stressful commutes. Will your story be next? If you or someone you know lives in Baltimore, visit bicycling.com/biketown to tell us in 50 words how you would use a bike to improve your life.In 2006 Lipton® Tea is partnering with Bicycling’s BikeTown USA to challenge America to start living well—with the Lipton® Live Well Challenge! It’s easy: just make two simple changes. Enjoy three servings of delicious Lipton® Tea a day and get active. You’ll be surprised at how good you feel! Visit the BikeTown website for a list of local events that are part of the Lipton Live Well Challenge. And to learn more about the challenge visit lipton.com.Visit our website to submit your essay www.bicycling.com/biketown BIKETOWN -- Changing Lives, One Ride At a Time www.bicycling.com/biketown ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Fwd: ORRIN STARgram: April 1st in Ba ltimore
My stepbrother Orrin is performing in Baltimore April 1st. Check out his website for more info on his music. He is a past national flatpicking champion, plays bluegrass and folk type music. And he tells jokes. Very entertaining guy. It's a house concert, I think in Lauraville. I'm flying out of town the day before, so somebody go check it out and let me know how it goes! -Matthew --- Begin Message --- Howdy Friends: Many thanks to the many of your who showed up for the Jimmy and Orrin show in Falls Church this past Saturday; it was a large time. Two quick heads up: --tonight (3/21) the legendary Earl Scruggs will be appearing for free at the Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage from 6-7pm. (part of a month-long country music celebration gong on there. if I wasn't teaching tonight at that time I'd be there.) --on Saturday April 1st, I will making my first solo appearance in Baltimore since the Truman administration (details below). (After my 12-day California tour earlier this month I'm in fine solo fettle; get to do a lot of material that I don't with my duos, ie a some fingerstyle guitar pieces and other solo numbers). Hasta, Orrin www.orrinstar.com Saturday April 1st BALTIMORE, MD Orrin Star House Concert at 8pm Seating Limited. $15 donation. Light refreshments included. Contact Julia via [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 410-254-6890 for location/reservations. --- End Message --- ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Annapolis Action Alert - campaign finance reform - committee votes this week, floor votes to follow
Thursday and Friday last week were the House and Senate hearings on HB1054/SB569, this year's version of the legislation to make Maryland the fourth state in the nation to offer public financing for General Assembly election campaigns so as to reduce the undue influence that often accrues to big campaign contributors. Now is the time to send an e-mail to your state legislators urging their support for this bill. The committee votes will take place this week or next, and then the legislation will reach the floors of the House and Senate. Our latest vote count has us within a few votes of the magic number of 71 in the House of Delegates, so we need as many calls and e-mails to legislators as possible. You can get your legislators' e-mails on the General Assembly website at www.mlis.state.md.us, or you can use the easy web-based fill-in-the-blank legislator contact systems at http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=192850 (click on the link that says "Contact Your Delegates Now") or http://progressivemaryland.org/page.php?id=132. I will paste in below a sample message to legislators and some background information. Please forward this to others who might also support this important step toward enhancing democracy and social justice in Maryland. Thanks, Matthew Weinstein * Here is a sample message to legislators: Dear Senator/Delegate __: I support public financing of state legislative elections - SB569/HB1054. The status quo undermines public confidence in the integrity of the policymaking process while forcing legislators to spend time raising funds instead of addressing the needs of their constituents. As recommended by the Study Commission on Public Funding of Campaigns in Maryland, this reform, which includes a dedicated funding source, creates a voluntary alternative for candidates who can prove they enjoy broad public support. Please let me know if you will cosponsor and vote for this important bill. Sincerely, Name: __ Address: City/State/Zip: ___ Background information What is Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform? As enacted already in three states (Maine, Arizona, and late last year in Connecticut) Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform is a voluntary system of public financing of state legislative elections. It has already proven its ability to clean up politics and improve the basic workings on democracy by offering a voluntary alternative to relying on wealthy private interests to finance political campaigns. The status quo undermines the fundamental values of democracy, equality, and social justice by making legislators beholden to special interests rather than voters and taxpayers. For more details nationally, see www.publiccampaign.org. For details on how this year's Maryland proposal would work, read the HB1054 fiscal note at http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/fnotes/bil_0004/hb1054.pdf. Where do things stand in Maryland? House Bill 1054/Senate Bill 569 is before the 2006 General Assembly, which ends April 10th. This is the legislation that was recommended in 2004 by the official, blue-ribbon Study Commission on Public Funding of Campaigns in Maryland (read the commission report at http://mlis.state.md.us/other/ campaign_financing.pdf) and passed in 2005 by the House Ways and Means Committee. You can read the bills on the General Assembly website at www.mlis.state.md.us. Who else is involved? -- Progressive Maryland -- Common Cause - Maryland -- League of Women Voters of Maryland -- Maryland NAACP -- Maryland AFL-CIO -- Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club -- Baltimore Jewish Council/Maryland Jewish Alliance How can I make a difference? Call, e-mail, or write your state legislators TODAY. Urge their support for HB 1054 and SB 569. Go to www.mlis.state.md.us to find your district and your legislators. Press coverage We had a press conference in Annapolis on Friday morning that generated this brief item at the end of an article in Saturday's Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030401190_pf.html: The Start of Public Funds for Campaigns? With all the competitive races in Maryland this election season and the requisite fundraising, advocates for the public financing of political campaigns believe their chances are greatly improved this session. Groups such as Common Cause and Progressive Maryland are starting small with legislative races. A bill sponsored by Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George's) and Del. Jon S. Cardin (D-Baltimore County) would create a voluntary system paid for with proceeds from the state's sale of unclaimed property. Most lawmakers, said Tom Hucker of Progressive Maryland, don't like fundraising. The measure would allow them to "spend more time with vo
[Chat] Banff Mountain Film Festival in Baltimore on March 10
Last night I went for the first time to something called the World Tour of the Banff Mountain Film Festival here in Salt Lake. It was a pretty cool experience, and it's coming to Baltimore on March 10th. The Banff Mountain Film Festival takes place in Canada at Banff every fall, made up of movies from all over the world about outdoor sports and recreation. Then the best films of the festival go on tour. This year's tour includes movies from three to 50 minutes about skiing, mountain climbing, cliff climbing, paragliding, whitewater kayaking, base jumping, biking, and others. Plus there was a very funny mock-documentary about the excesses of consumption and materialism among the American super-rich. I'll paste in below the info for March 10th and a couple of the associated websites. -Matthew www.banffmountainfestivals.ca www.banffmountainfestivals.ca/tour/ www.chestnutmtnproductions.com/banff/balthome.htm Banff Mountain Film Festival - Friday, March 10, 2006 - 7:30 pm Loyola College in Maryland McGuire Hall Baltimore, Maryland ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Some good documentaries from Sundance this year
Eight of the 14 films I saw at Sundance this year were documentaries, and hopefully some of them will eventually see the light of day in one form or another. Apparently it can be a slow process; last year's big winner, "Why We Fight," is just now going into general release, a year later. But in case you are a fan of documentaries, here is the rundown on what I saw, plus a few I missed that I wish I had seen. -Matthew An Inconvenient Truth aka “Al Gore's PowerPoint about Global Warming.” (Though actually he uses Apple's Keynote instead of PowerPoint, but you get the idea.) It's the movie of the man who “used to be the next president of the United States,” as he likes to joke, giving his slideshow about climate change. He estimates that he has presented the slideshow over 1,000 times to audiences all over the world. It is so comprehensive and compelling that a documentary filmmaker decided to make a movie around it, and it is a spellbinding 90 minutes. In my experience, a well-presented slideshow really can transform how people think about a topic. If any slideshow is going to save us from this great crisis facing humanity, Gore's is the one. Truly a must-see PPT. All the data in one place to demonstrate that what we have already done to carbon levels in the atmosphere is radically outside the range of the natural variations seen over the last 650,000 years of earth's history -- and continuing to rise rapidly. It has lots of anecdotes and dramatic video, such as the drowning polar bears, the collapsing towers of ice, the melting Arctic and Antarctic ice, the disappearing glaciers (did you know there will soon no longer be a glacier in Glacier National Park, or an ice cap on Mt. Kilimanjaro?). He even has the graphics showing how the inhabited portions of South Florida (and other coastal areas from the San Francisco Bay to large populated areas in India and China) disappear under water when sea levels slowly and inexorably rise 20 feet because the Greenland ice sheet -- over 1,000 miles of solid ice up to two miles thick -- melts into the North Atlantic. www.ClimateCrisis.net (See also this recent front-page Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html) 5 Days A very complete documentary record of Israel's removal of all the settlers from Gaza last summer. The filmmaker had eight camera crews and complete inside access to the army, the settlers, the non-settler protestors, even the Palestinians living nearby. The most fascinating part for me was where the film cuts from the weary police officers sitting during a break talking amongst themselves about how brainwashed the settlers are to a group of weary settlers talking about how brainwashed the police are. The Israeli security forces were incredibly well prepared and showed amazing empathy and restraint, which is certainly a sharp contrast to how things went during the forced evacuation of settlers earlier this month at Amona in the West Bank. Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner Tony Kushner, who turns 50 this year, is one of America's great public artists. This fascinating documentary tells the story of his life so far, from growing up Jewish and gay in Louisiana to winning more awards and prizes (Tony, Emmy, Obie, Pulitzer) than one can count. I had seen both parts of “Angels in America” and own the children's book Brundibar that he wrote with Maurice Sendak, but I had no idea about so many other things he has done, for example his play “Homebody/Kabul” about Afghanistan and the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden that was already in rehearsal on that fateful day in September 2001. Black Gold A beautifully-shot film about coffee growers in the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia, and their struggles with the nameless, faceless global market forces that keep them impoverished, even as they produce some of the finest quality coffee in the world. Global coffee consumption has boomed in recent years, yet world prices have plummeted to pennies a pound, leading to malnutrition and disease throughout Ethiopia. The “Fair Trade” movement tries to boost the amount paid to the growers, and we follow the leader of a growers' cooperative as he travels Ethiopia and Europe to help his people. The film's weakness is on the policy side, where it wastes 10 minutes on the WTO's role in excluding African grain farmers from North American and European markets - an important point, but completely unrelated to coffee. Nonetheless, the film is a window into a world we seldom see - the lives of our fellow human beings somewhere thousands of miles away laboring to produce a commodity that we enjoy every day. KZ Many Holocaust documentaries examine the historical record, bringing us the voices of victims and survivors. Rex Bloomstein's latest work takes a different approach - looking at the Mauthausen concentration camp of today - the tourists, the to
[Chat] Gwynns Falls bike trail article from Sunday New York Times
Guilford Avenue's Halle Van der Gaag appears in this article about the Gwynns Falls Trail from the Travel section in Sunday's New York Times. -Matthew http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/travel/02biking.html?8td=&emc=td&pagewanted=all Biking More on Biking DAY OUT Biking 14 Miles' Worth of Baltimore's Gentle Backroads and Mean Streets Marty Katz for The New York Times The Gwynns Falls Trail passes through Waterview Park in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. By JAMES DAO Published: October 2, 2005 THERE is a patch of the Gwynns Falls Trail in downtown Baltimore where a cyclist can feel dislodged from time and place. After winding past gas stations, parking lots and truck-clogged streets, the trail swerves into a waterfront oasis where tall grass and thick trees obscure a tangle of elevated highways to the east and a Greyhound bus station to the west. The sensation is like stepping off sun-baked pavement into an air-conditioned room: all is suddenly cool, quiet and calm. Forum: Travel in the News Marty Katz for The New York Times A mural marks the trail. Marty Katz for The New York Times Biking near Harbor Medical Center. There are many such moments along the recently completed 14-mile trail. Grandly ambitious, if sometimes imperfectly realized, the trail links eight city parks in 30 neighborhoods as it follows the Gwynns Falls stream along paved trail, dirt paths and city streets, starting from Leakin Park in western Baltimore to the tourist-packed Inner Harbor and ending along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River. Along the way, it wends through just about every urban vista imaginable: silent woods and chattering streets, shut factories and clanking auto body shops, historic mansions and gritty row houses, Little League fields and M & T Bank Stadium, where the Baltimore Ravens play football. For Baltimore lovers and urban trekkers, it has proved a delight. "I can't believe it's so close to my home," said Dan Andersen, 26, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, exploring the trail with a friend for the first time last June. "We've been looking for neighborhoods to bike in, and then we found this." But for casual bikers or newcomers to Baltimore, the trail can be confounding. Though it is clearly marked along its bucolic western stretches, first-time riders may have trouble finding trail blazes at some intersections. And when the trail moves completely onto city streets near the waterfront, trail signs and white bike-lane lines intermittently disappear. "People who don't know the city can feel insecure when they don't see those lines," said Penny Troutner, owner of Light Street Cycles and a member of a volunteer council that promotes the city-owned trail. The concept of a greenway linking Baltimore's parks to its harbor dates back at least to a 1904 report prepared by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and his brother John Charles, sons of the landscape architect who designed Central Park. They wrote that Gwynns Falls Valley was an ideal greenway route because it offered sylvan scenery "seldom possible to retain so near a great city." Indeed, development encroached on many of those pastoral neighborhoods, and the Olmsteds' idea faded from memory. Until, that is, Christopher Rogers, a graduate student at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, rediscovered the plan in 1991. Inspired by the concept, a coalition of nonprofit groups began raising money from foundations, the federal government and the state of Maryland to acquire land, build bridges and pave the path. Fourteen years and $14 million later, the completed trail was unveiled in June. The biggest challenge was acquiring 12 properties and easements, said Halle Van der Gaag, a former project manager with one of those groups, the Trust for Public Land. Many acquisitions entailed lengthy negotiations with multiple owners. In one case, a bankruptcy proceeding was involved; in another, a driveway easement took 14 months to negotiate. And talks with CSX, the railroad company, dragged on for years before it allowed construction of several metal-and-wood bridges over its tracks. When I explored the trail this summer, I began my ride from the Winans Meadow trail head, the western endpoint. (The city plans to extend the trail a mile to the park-and-ride lot at Interstate 70 by 2006.) Easily reached from I-70, Winans Meadow - the former estate of Thomas Winans, a railroad magnate whose stone mansion is a short walk from the parking lot - has ample parking, a restroom and a covered picnic area adjacent to a spacious field. The trail here weaves through thick, silent forest. Only the distant sound of a trombone player pierced the quiet; a finch darted across my path. After a brief interlude on a public street, the trail turned onto a one-mile gravel and dirt path along what was once was a millrace that carried water to local factories. This section has been the source of controversy: road bikers and in-line skat
Re: [Chat] plaster repair referral?
No, he just suggested looking at the Greater Lauraville website for their list of contractors. In a message dated 9/8/05 11:41:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: can he refer you to anyone? judy - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; chat@charlesvillage.info Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:47 PM Subject: [Chat] plaster repair referral? Actually, I could use a referral to someone who does plaster repair. I've got a bunch of spots where the plaster on the wall has crumbled or cracked or warped. I had someone come a couple years ago who did a great job for a reasonable price, but he's out of that line of work now, unfortunately for me. So any referrals anyone can offer will be greatly appreciated! -Matthew In a message dated 9/7/05 12:18:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I am looking to get some repairs made to my front door(s). You may have run into the same problem in your house. Basically, I imagine our door has had about 10 different locks installed over the years and the wood in that section of the door is badly damaged. The rest of the door is fine. I'd like to get that area filled in/repaired and perhaps covered with brass and a new lock installed. Any suggestions? Do I just need a locksmith for this? Also, I'd like a brass kick plate on the bottom of the front door, but it would have to have a mail slot cut through it... Thanks, all! Jenny Rolling P.S. I can provide referrals for brick repointing and painting in return :) __ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] plaster repair referral?
Actually, I could use a referral to someone who does plaster repair. I've got a bunch of spots where the plaster on the wall has crumbled or cracked or warped. I had someone come a couple years ago who did a great job for a reasonable price, but he's out of that line of work now, unfortunately for me. So any referrals anyone can offer will be greatly appreciated! -Matthew In a message dated 9/7/05 12:18:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I am looking to get some repairs made to my front door(s). You may have run into the same problem in your house. Basically, I imagine our door has had about 10 different locks installed over the years and the wood in that section of the door is badly damaged. The rest of the door is fine. I'd like to get that area filled in/repaired and perhaps covered with brass and a new lock installed. Any suggestions? Do I just need a locksmith for this? Also, I'd like a brass kick plate on the bottom of the front door, but it would have to have a mail slot cut through it... Thanks, all! Jenny Rolling P.S. I can provide referrals for brick repointing and painting in return :) __ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] AFSC's Eyes Wide Open Exhibit in Charles Village
Interfaith Service to open the Eyes Wide Open Exhibit Friday, September 9, 2005, 6 pm Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles Street BALTIMORE, MD - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) will honor fallen U.S. military personnel and Iraqi civilians with its traveling exhibition: Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War. Friday, September 9, Saturday, September 10, and Sunday, September 11th Location: 3400 N. Charles Street (The Beach) Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University. Rain Location: Friends School of Baltimore Gym, 5114 N. Charles St. Spokespeople Available for pre-exhibit interviews; Powerful Visuals for Photographs; Press Conference Details; On-Site Interviews or try www.afsc.org/eyesbaltimore AFSC, an international social justice organization, created Eyes Wide Open to illustrate the lives lost in the war in Iraq. In addition to the more than 1,800 pairs of combat boots representing U.S. military casualties, the exhibit contains an important second component: a labyrinth of shoes representing the tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians who have perished in this war. A wall of remembrance honors their sacrifices and travels with the boots. The exhibit, which opened in Chicago's Federal Plaza with 504 pairs of boots in January 2004, will continue growing as the death toll continues to rise. Since March, 2004, the tour has been to more than sixty five cities across the country. The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] water main break
Apparently there is some kind of water main break affecting water supply in the area. It's supposed to be fixed by morning, but in case not, be aware that the fire hydrant at 30th and Abell is open (at least it is at this hour) and can be used for drinking water. -Matthew ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Wednesday at 7:00 pm: NDC meeting with Md Dem Party Chair Terry Lierman
New Democratic Club General Meeting Wednesday, April 13th, 7:00 p.m. Saint Maryâs Catholic Church 5502 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212 FEATURED SPEAKER Terry Lierman Chair, Maryland Democratic Party "The Future of the Democratic Party in Maryland" ALSO ON THE AGENDA Election of Officers & Board Members Proposed New Officers and Directors: Jason Canapp, President; Marvin Masterson, Vice President; Bill Eberhart, Corresponding Secretary; Bob Moore, Treasurer; Bryan Alston; Marvin âDocâ Cheatham; Gilberto de Jesus; Jennifer Etheridge; Antonio Hayes; Jamie Kendrick; Mike Mitchell; Pat Moylan; Michael Reed; Mary Washington; Dana Weckesser; Matthew Weinstein; John Willis ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] porch painting and railing repair -- any recommendations?
Can anyone recommend someone to work on our porch? It needs painting and minor repairs here and there on the steps and deck surface. Plus someone sat on the railing one day during the winter and broke it so that one end of the longest portion of the railing is now resting on the surface of the porch, which seems like something that not just anyone could fix. Thanks! -Matthew ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] "Business as usual at Peteâs"
http://www.mddailyrecord.com/archives/5_190_wednesday/businessnews/165089-1.html Volume: 5 Â Number: 190_wednesday February 16, 2005 Business as usual at Peteâs New owner says no changes in store for diner By KARA KRIDLER Daily Record Business Writer Peteâs Grille, pictured above, has been a mainstay in North Baltimoreâs Waverly neighborhood for 25 years. Its new owner, who bought the business last year, said little will change at the breakfast hotspot. Photo by Max Franz Itâs been called a regular place where everyone is welcome, a plate of three pancakes and bacon is $5, a couple hundred regulars are called by their first names, and most recently where Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps got his 3,000-plus calorie breakfast while training. But for the first time in 13 years, Peteâs Grille, a mainstay in the Waverly neighborhood of North Baltimore, doesnât have Lou and Char Sharkey as fixtures. The Sharkeys gave up 3:30 a.m. wake-up calls late last month and handed over their spatulas, grills and waffle iron to new owners David Stahl and Darlene Castle. Stahl and Castle, long-time friends, officially bought Peteâs in August, but the Sharkeys stayed around until a few weeks ago. âPeteâs had a good feel when I came in here,â said Stahl. âIt seemed like a place that I would enjoy, and in fact, I really do. I think it is all about the people who come in.â Stahl was never a customer at Peteâs, located at 3130 Greenmount Ave., before buying the eatery. He said he stumbled across it in his search for a new business to buy. He did not disclose the sales price. Neither Stahl nor Castle has previous experience running a restaurant â not even a snack bar. Stahl was an information technology consultant for the past seven years. Prior to that, he owned an executive search firm. Castle was a mortgage banker. âI have always had my own business. â But the only cooking experience I have gotten was at [Peteâs]. Lou worked with me for the past [several] months,â Stahl said. Aside from losing Lou Sharkey, Peteâs head cook, Stahl has kept the exact same staff. âThe only difference is that now I am a cook,â he said. Stahl is accompanied by another cook who worked for the Sharkeys. Stahl said Peteâs has been âbusiness as usualâ since the Sharkeys left. âAnd this is our objective,â he said. Stahl plans to keep the same hours, same menu, same prices and the same overall feel at Peteâs. âNo changes are planned. This is a formula that works and I donât want to tweak it at all,â Stahl said. Even the annual pancake-eating contest is still scheduled for the fall. Customers have been very responsive to the way Peteâs is run, Stahl said. This is one of the reasons Stahl asked the Sharkeys to stay on for six months after the sale. âThis is a place with a strong relationship between the customers and the owners, which is very important,â Stahl said. âI wanted [the Sharkeys] to help transition those relationships â and it worked. We havenât missed a beat.â Stahl said he has even gotten used to rising before 4 a.m. âItâs really no problem at all. I thought it would be tough, but itâs not,â he said. The Sharkeys wanted to find an owner who would do a good job with the restaurant, said Winkie Campbell-Notar, manager of the Waverly Main Street, an initiative to revitalize the urban commercial district in the area where Peteâs is located. âPeteâs Grille is one of our destination businesses in Waverly,â Campbell-Notar said. âItâs a great restaurant that brings in folks from all over the city, county and even farther.â ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Re: [Discussion] CV cookbook
Halle van der Gaag had a soup party one winter and collected the recipes. She might still have them. Some of those soups were delicious... -Matthew In a message dated 2/16/2005 9:09:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Sandra Sparks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Dear Dawna, Having enjoyed producing the 1982 cookbook, I would like to be >on the committee. This time around should be much easier given the cookbook >formats out there. I passed your e-mail to Jan French, who was instrumental >in the 1970s cookbook. Sandy > >- Original Message - >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:51 AM >Subject: [Discussion] CV cookbook > > >> Hi all: Would anyone like to form a small committee to explore the idea of >a Charles Village cookbook. It has >> been done in the past with great success. I have done one at my office so >have a little experience with it. >> Let me know if you are interested. >> >> Thanks, Dawna >> >> >> >> ___ >> Discussion mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/discussion_charlesvillage.info >> > > >___ >Discussion mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/discussion_charlesvillage.info > ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] James McMurtry song
Has anyone heard the new James McMurtry song "We Can't Make It Here"? I heard it recently on KRCL, the left-wing radio station out in Salt Lake. It's got to be the most biting, bitter, totally on-target indictment-by-song of our current national policies. It's downloadable at jamesmcmurtry.com. I was not familiar with him previously, but if his other stuff is as good as this, I think he's got a new fan. -Matthew ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Sundance report
One advantage of having your wife take a job in Salt Lake City is that they have this really great film festival every January. This was our fourth year in attendance. We saw 15 films, so I thought I'd share my impressions, since they generally get released one way or another in the course of the year. Documentaries Why We Fight The top documentary prize winner this year. An in-depth examination of American militarism. The film keeps returning to two themes: Eisenhower's 1961 farewell speech about the danger of the military industrial complex taking over our country and undermining our freedoms, and a retired New York City police officer whose son dies in the World Trade Center on 9/11/01 who initially supports the Iraq invasion until he realizes that the supposed connection to 9/11 was just White House media hype. The film doesn't offer much hope, mainly because it does such a great job of clarifying exactly how deeply entrenched the problem is. Mardi Gras: Made in China Ever wonder where those beads come from? Turns out it's a factory in China where teenage girls work 12-18 hour shifts six days a week for about a dollar a day. The director said it took years to get access to the place, where he interviewed the factory owner and the workers at great length, recorded their work and living conditions, etc. Nothing like seeing it with your own eyes. Really exposes exactly what globalism means. MardiGrasMadeinChina.com. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room The full story of the rise and fall from the people who were there. Inside Deep Throat My wife saw this one and loved it. The story of the people who made the porn classic from the 1970s. The films basically takes the view that pornography, at least in that period, was primarily about liberation rather than sexism or oppression. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire Won the World Documentary Audience Award. Romeo Dallaire was the Canadian general who commanded the outnumbered, outgunned, underfunded UN military peacekeeping force in Rwanda in 1993 and 1994 prior to and during the genocide. It's the story of how the world stood by and did nothing while 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days. Powerful and deeply disturbing. Based on Dallaire's new book of the same name, which took him 10 years to recover enough from the experience to write. He's still deeply traumatized, and a controversial figure himself in some quarters -- mainly, it seems, among those who want to find someone convenient to blame for the tragedy. Rize Another one my wife saw -- about the latest dance craze keeping poor kids off the streets and out of trouble in South Central L.A. Dramatic Features 40 Shades of Blue This won the top jury prize. A slow, quiet film about the pain of the trophy wife on the arm of the great man. Me and You and Everyone We Know This was a really neat, funny movie about the crazy ways people try and fail and sometimes succeed at connecting with each other. I'm sorry the writer and director, performance artist Miranda July, wasn't at the screening to answer questions. Steal Me An engrossing story of what happens when a good family takes in a bad kid. I thought it was pretty well done. Kung Fu Hustle A Hong Kong kung fu movie played strictly for laughs. I enjoyed it almost as much as the people who got the references. Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School This was a sad and touching and ultimately satisfying love story between Robert Carlyle and Marisa Tomei. The weak point was that the filmmakers made it too easy at times for unhappy people suffering from deeply rooted traumas to achieve breakthroughs and overcome their pasts. But the two main characters were better done and well played. The Chumscrubber Teen angst and alienation beneath the well-tended surface of American suburban affluence and materialistic superficiality. The first-time director said it's based on his experiences growing up, and intended to carry out his father's directive that the best films are protest films. The Salon Made in Baltimore! Written and directed by Mark Brown, who wrote the Barbershop movies. I didn't see them, but from what I heard, this is more of the same, but set in a women's beauty shop this time. Nice light entertainment, with a heavy emphasis on talk about sex, race, and politics. One member of the audience said during the Q&A that the overuse of black stereotypes was offensive to her. Which is true, the movie relied very heavily on stereotypes, but I imagine that many of them will ring true for its intended audience. Also, the film had a tendency to get preachy -- you could easily pick out the moments when you knew you were hearing the writer's own point of view about one topic or another, from the mistreatment of gays in the black community to the need to educate young people about African American heroes. Obviously the filmma
[Chat] two apartments available
This is an e-mail from the new owner of 2907 N. Calvert, who just sold her house in Mt. Washington to move to our neck of the woods. -Matthew *** I need tenants! Please circulate the following wide and far! Two bedroom apartments in Charles Village/Close to JHU Two spacious two bedroom apartments (approx. 1,300 sq. ft.) in Charles Village, close to Hopkins Homewood campus. Large rooms with great details (high ceilings, mantels, stained glass), great light and wood floors on second and third floor of historic house. Available February 1. Pets possible. Non-smokers preferred. $950-second floor and $1,000-third floor/month (includes heat and water) + utilities. One-year lease. One-month security deposit and references required. More information -- (410)790-9913. Stacey Mink ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
Re: [Chat] FW: [Discussion] What the Bleep Do We Know?
I read an article in Salon a few months back saying that the film "uses questionable on-screen experts -- and appears to be an infomercial for a controversial New Age sect." The website is http://archive.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/09/16/bleep/. I'd paste it in, but it would exceed the 40k message limit. Well, I'll paste in a few choice excerpts below, since they're so juicy. -Matthew >From http://archive.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/09/16/bleep/: At least one scientist prominently interviewed in the film now says his words were taken out of context. And two other key subjects in the film are not fully identified: a theologian who, the film fails to divulge, is a former priest who left the Catholic Church after allegations of sexual abuse; and a mysterious woman identified only as Judy "JZ" Knight, who is actually a sect leader claiming to channel a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit named Ramtha. The film's three co-directors are among those who follow Ramtha and look to Knight's channeled maxims to decipher the mysteries of life. These Ramtha followers reportedly number in the thousands. But critics call the sect a cult. In the movie, the 58-year-old Knight, whose accent is as thick as her mascara, makes the boldest statements -- pronounced with long, rolling R's -- about particles and God. "We have grrreat technology. But we still have this ugly, superrrstitious, backwahds cohncept of Gahd," she says, adding that "the height of arrogance is the belief of those who would see Gahd in their own image." Musing on the unity of consciousness and matter, she reminds us that "it only takes a fantasy for a man to have a harrrd-on." In her normal mode, Knight speaks the plain talk of her native Roswell, N.M., but in the manly presence of Ramtha, said to have conquered the continent neighboring Atlantis, Knight's jaw juts and her voice deepens into something magisterial and brash (view her here [http://ramtha.com/images/products/video/v1.40.ram]). Her Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, on a $2 million compound based in Yelm, Wash., boasts followers -- including celebrities like actress Shirley MacLaine (who attended Knight's seminars in the late '80s) and "Dynasty" star Linda Evans -- willing to pay up to $1,600 for a seminar. Reached by Salon, Meyer Gottlieb, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, says he's seen "Bleep" about eight times. Its fledgling distribution company Roadside Attractions had its first real hit earlier this year when it launched festival favorite documentary "Super Size Me" and is hoping for a similar sleeper hit with " Bleep." Asked what he thought of the expressed desire by filmmaker Mark Vicente (on a Ramtha Web site, BeyondTheOrdinary.net) for his viewers to emerge from his movie in an "almost trance-like state," Gottlieb only laughed. David Albert, a professor at the Columbia University physics department, has accused the filmmakers of warping his ideas to fit a spiritual agenda. "I don't think it's quite right to say I was 'tricked' into appearing," he said in a statement reposted by a critic on "What the Bleep's" Internet forum, "but it is certainly the case that I was edited in such a way as to completely suppress my actual views about the matters the movie discusses. I am, indeed, profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness. Moreover, I explained all that, at great length, on camera, to the producers of the film ... Had I known that I would have been so radically misrepresented in the movie, I would certainly not have agreed to be filmed." "I certainly do not subscribe to the 'Ramtha School on Enlightenment,' whatever that is!" he finished. Albert provided Salon with an excerpt from a piece he's writing on the subject, in which he says, in part, "I'm unwittingly made to sound as if (maybe) I endorse its thesis." Knight's role as the voice of Ramtha is the most striking -- but hardly the only -- omission of the film, which could easily be interpreted as a full-blown infomercial for Ramtha. Two other on-screen experts are not identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified only as "Dr. Miceal Ledwith." Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith had allegedly paid an six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual abuse. Ledwith has maintained his innocence but left Ireland for the more placid confines of Monterey, Calif. On the "Bleep" Web site, Ledwith's relationship with the Catholic Church is only alluded to in a claim that he was once "charged with advising the Holy See on theological matters," but he is not identified as ever having been a priest, or even as a lecturer at the Ramtha school. Acc
[Chat] Re: [Discussion] car egging
Along those lines, I had the unpleasant experience of parking across the street from Donna's on 31st Street one day last week and returning to find my car s**t-bombed by what must have been dozens of birds. I don't know if boredom was the culprit in this case, or maybe they just don't like my brother's 1993 Accord, but I have never seen a car so covered with bird feces in such a short time. It was the south side of 31st directly across from Donna's, last space before the garage. Forewarned is forearmed. -Matthew In a message dated 1/4/05 3:31:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: While this is far less serious of a crime than what Christian described, I wanted everyone to know that my and at least one other car in the 3000 block of Guilford were "egged" on Sunday night. At least two eggs were splatted across my car and the car parked across the street, with egg shells found in the street. I suspect bored youths are the culprits... Watch for falling eggs, Sarah = Sarah Andrew Wilson flutist, artist representative www.phloot.com h 410.243.6475 w 202.364.7272 c 703.244.6732 ___ Discussion mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/discussion_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Re: ...large house on the northwest corner of Calvert and 29th sold?
I heard that someone is buying 2907 Calvert, and the interesting thing is that she is selling her house in Mt. Washington to move here. I know of a few people who have sold houses here to move to Mt. Washington, but this is the first I've heard recently of the opposite phenomenon! -Matthew In a message dated 1/1/05 6:34:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Christine, On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 06:11:35PM -0500, crg wrote: > Emil, excuse me, but what is the AIA? AIA is the Abell Improvement Association. Check out http://www.AbellImprovement.org for more information. Sorry for the abbreviation. > > Do you know if the large house on the northwest corner of Calvert and 29th > sold? This is Hargrove House, the former bed-and-breakfast that the McCarty's used to run. I heard it sold for over $600,000 but needs a lot of work, including roof repairs. --Emil -- Emil Volcheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://acm.org/~volcheck ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Orrin Star performing Saturday, 12/17 at St. John's in Hamilton
Hey all -- I just received word that my stepbrother (or, as I call him, my father's wife's son), the world famous (well, that's what he tells us) folk & bluegrass performer Orrin Star, is appearing in Baltimore -- for the first time, as far as I know! All the info is below -- hope some CV'er get to see him. Also, Orrin's website is orrinstar.com, and the venue website is uptownconcerts.com.
-Matthew
Friday 12/17 Baltimore, MD
The Cellar Stage at St. John's United Methodist Church of Hamilton, 8:30pm (doors open 7:30 pm)
5315 Harford Road
www.uptownconcerts.com
St. John's has for sale dinner, desserts, and soft drinks. You can bring your dinner in with you, enjoy the dinner the church is selling, or order in.
Friday, December 17th, A Holiday Show with JIMMY GAUDREAU & ORRIN STAR
Tickets $15.00
In 2001 Jimmy Gaudreau became a member of "The Fine Group," of Robin & Linda Williams. A professional musician for more than 30 years, Jimmy Gaudreau is one of the premier sidemen in constant demand. His first big break came in 1969 when he replaced John Duffey as the mandolin player/tenor singer in the Country Gentlemen. After several years with the Gentlemen, Jimmy went on to help form the groundbreaking band IInd Generation with Eddie Adcock and later the popular Washington-based band Country Store with Keith Whitley. Other bands he has been involved with include, J.D. Crowe & The New South, Spectrum with Bela Fleck, and a nine-year Association with The Tony Rice Unit . . . Jimmy is a founding members of the band Chesapeake, which rocked the bluegrass world when it came on the scene in the early 90's.
Orrin Star is a nationally recognized folk & bluegrass performer and teacher based in the Washington, DC area. Winner of the 1976 National Flatpicking Championship (the largest bluegrass guitar contest in the country), he plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, sings, and performs solo, duo and with his band Orrin Star & the Sultans of String. His repertoire spans old-time, western swing, Celtic and original songwriting in addition to more mainstream bluegrass and folk material. An accomplished storyteller and entertainer (he worked as a stand-up comic for five years in the Boston area) he has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion and has three recordings on Flying Fish Records. He is the author of a popular guitar instruction book ("Hot Licks for Bluegrass Guitar," Oak Publications) and a columnist for Flatpicking Guitar magazine.
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[Chat] Re: Fw: ...sandwich board signs in CV...
This issue came up last year when a bunch of the CVCBD block captain volunteers worked on making more of those sandwich boards. Apparently they can technically be illegal, so we cautioned everyone to keep them out of the main flow of pedestrian traffic. That's easy enough to do, for example by putting them next to the tree wells instead of where people walk. No one had ever heard of the City issuing citations for them in the residential areas, and I think people appreciate having one on their block so they can keep up to date on meetings and so forth. -Matthew In a message dated 11/17/04 12:24:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the word from the city on A-frame signs. Of course, the right of way is not always easy to define, since some property lines may extend into the sidewalk. Brad - Original Message - From: "Thompson, Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brad Schlegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:54 AM Subject: RE: [Chat] ...sandwich board signs in CV... This is a violation Sections 3202.3.1 and 3202.5.1 of the Baltimore City Building Code prohibit the placing of A-Frame signs in the public right of way. A citation will be issued and the sign removed. The violator in addition to the fine can also be charged the cost of removal and any expenses related to repairing the damage caused by the removal. If there are questions regarding this the person to contact is Martha Grande in Right - of - Ways, her number is 410 396-3346. Let me know if I can be of any additional assistance. S. Dale Thompson Assistant Chief Environmental Services Bureau of Solid Waste 410 396-8618 fax 410 539-7502 -Original Message- From: Brad Schlegel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:49 AM To: Thompson, Dale Subject: Fw: [Chat] ...sandwich board signs in CV... Dale, Would you kindly let me know the law on "sandwich" signs so I can let these community members know what, if anything they can do to put a stop to them in Charles Village? BTW, the Charles Village Benefits district sets a sandwich sign outside its office at 2301 N. Charles Street to advertise community events. Is this allowed? Sincerely, W. Brad Schlegel - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Charles Village Chat List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:24 PM Subject: RE: [Chat] ...sandwich board signs in CV... > Arjay: I believe the signs are illegal though I couldn't quote the > law to > you. I completely agree with you especially in the case of Ruby Tuesday. > Those backlit red letters have NO place on Charles Street. Dawna > > -Original Message- > From: Christine Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Nov 12, 2004 8:02 PM > To: The Charles Village Chat List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Chat] ...sandwich board signs in CV... > > Arjay, I too have noticed these signs. (See messages below.) They look > horrible, imho. > > I don't think signs are allowed on the median strip; that land belongs > to the city, I think. > > Does anyone know how or if either sign can be removed? > > Christine > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of arjay > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Charles Village Chat List > Subject: [Chat] ...sandwich board signs in CV... > > Dawna, > > I don't have any interesting chat, ...but your email reminded me of > something I have been meaning to ask you about. > > I am very unhappy with the two sandwich board signs that Ruby Tuesday > puts out every day, ...one out on the sidewalk in front of their store > near the service > drive and the second one actually in the grassy median between the service > drive and Charles Street. I believe it says "TO GO" with an arrow > indicating, > ...hey passersby, ...here's where you can get some carry out, ...follow > the > arrow. > > Blimpie's also puts one out on the sidewalk at Charles and 31st. I > think they look like hell and Charles Street has a much too classy > character for these > signs to be tolerated! All we need is for Charles Street after the > reconstruction to look trashy with too much commercial advertising! > > Do the signs bother you and your neighbors? > > I'm trying to build some steam up with CVCA regarding looking into > sign ordinances and this issue and wanted to get a feel for whether > I'm the only one who has noticed or are there others? > > Arjay > _ ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
[Chat] Re: poll site
Here are a few more sites worth checking daily. The Princeton site makes especially interesting reading -- esp some of the links to Charlie Cook and other analysts. The best insight is that Bush can't expcct to do better than his final poll number, while Kerry can expect to get about 4 points above his final number from undecided voters, so the key figure in the polls is not the spread between them but rather whether Bush is above or below 49-50%. http://www.race2004.net/index.php http://synapse.princeton.edu/~sam/pollcalc.html http://www.electoral-vote.com/ In a message dated 10/18/04 7:55:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry.html the results of all the polls are listed here. Christine ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info
