Hear Oh Israel.....or heard from Israel... ~ Annapolis Capital Punishment
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Hear Oh Israel.....or heard from Israel...

An alert reader just brought the following to my attention and I am grateful to her (you know who you are....go get 'em! I must have missed it while following all the news about that president thing....):

What was reported here in Annapolis Capital Punishment, on Thursday, January 15:

Rumors abound concerning Josh Cohen's possible entry into the race and that of Dick Israel as well. Today I received numerous communications from reliable sources informing me that Israel has decided NOT to pursue the big chair, but to stay in his current seat on city council. I'll try to confirm.

What was reported in The local newspaper, on Monday, January 19:

Alderman Richard Israel, D-Ward 1, has revealed that he will not run for mayor in this fall's municipal elections.
Rather, Mr. Israel, 66, said he will seek another term as alderman.

Oh well. Just another day in this capital city where your humble public servant and small time blogger upstages the multi-million dollar newspaper with hundreds of people on staff....again. One of the many reasons this blog is so named....Capital Punishment.

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4 Comments:

EastportPaul said...

Lets hope Josh does run. Trudy and Sam are not going to help Annapolis.

Anonymous said...

Yours was on rumor, theirs was based on Mr. Israel's own confirmation.

Paul Foer said...

Eastport Paul? Hey--I am Eastport Paul...who are you? Oh well....look my friend (sounds like McCain)... everyone has an opinion. You want to identify yourself and explain why you feel this way or do you just want to spout off?
And let's be fair--whatever you may think of McFall or Shropshire, I have no reason to doubt their sincerity or concern. Same for Cohen. So, you want to add to the rabble or you want to say something that can advance the debate?
Personally, I think Josh is better off and so are we if he stays on County Council--and I say this out of respect and appreciation for him. You want to know why? You write about it first--sign your name...and I'll write a response. Okay?

Paul Foer said...

Rumors are one thing. A series of similar comments from reliable sources are another set of things. And I did say they were rumors...but at least those people identified themselves to me... I'll be the judge of the difference between a rumor and a series of good sources, thank you very much. Speaking of which, the so-called "rumors" I heard were accurate and reliable-right? And they were written up four days before the local newspaper wrote about it--right?. The point is the newspaper pays people and gives them an office and resources to report the news. I have zippo....nada....bupkus...and I still scoop them.
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