Billy drops “f” bomb in workshop!!!!

  Howdy Yokels!! We’ll get back to our title in a moment. Last night’s workshop had three items to discuss; Medical Marijuana, Kirby and Tony’s task force, and changes to the council’s rules and procedures. We are all for the growth and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.  It is absolutely ludicrous that the Federal Government […]

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Editorial Talking Maryland Politics 

Otis Strives To Serve Constituents

George Wenschhof The time went by quickly recently when I sat down with Frederick County council president Bud Otis (R).  In fact, I ran over by fifteen minutes the hour he had set aside for my interview. We spoke about a lot of issues ranging

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The unbelievable musings of one Billy Shreve.

Howdy Yokels! Some good news! We have just discovered that we have our very own version of the satire newspaper, The Onion, right here in Frederick County. It’s operating under the name of the Emmittsburg News Journal.  What’s that, you say? That’s a real newspaper? Well how can that be, after they printed this nonsense […]

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Sale of Citizens/Montevue Highlights Frederick County Political Feud

George Wenschhof The election of Jan Gardner(D) as the first county executive of Frederick County, Maryland has perpetuated the decades long battle between two factions who primarily differ on how best to manage growth. Gardner’s actions to date have been a reversal of actions taken

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