IF LABOR AND JUSTICE DO NOT SHAKE THE CORPORATE LEADERSHIP OUT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TASKED WITH WORKING FOR THEM----WE WILL LOSE OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS AND HEAD TOWARDS THIRD WORLD SOCIETY.
SEE YOU MONDAY!!!!
Weekends during this primary will be my election violation rantings as I work to rebuild free and fair elections in Maryland. As any Marylander knows------only the global corporate pols will get any airtime. This is why Brown, Gansler, and Mizeur are only seen in media-----
THEY PLAY THE GAME OF SOUNDBITES AND PROGRESSIVE BONES WHILE PUSHING FOR MORE PRIVATIZATION OF ALL THAT IS PUBLIC, MORE WALL STREET CREDIT AND LEVERAGE, AND NOT A WORD ABOUT REBUILDING OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
When I heard wealthy republican businessman Hogan make my platform on oversight and accountability his in the recent forum====
PLEASE, IF A CANDIDATE SAYS NOTHING FOR YEARS ABOUT A PROBLEM AND IS ENRICHED BY IT AND THEN MAKES ROOM FOR THAT PROBLEM ON HIS PLATFORM-----HE/SHE IS LYING ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
I'm sharing the obstacles I am having with everyone so you can see what is not working and how we can fix it. Censuring a candidate is indeed illegal especially for 501c3/4. WE CAN FIX THIS!!!
My name has not been mentioned in the City of Baltimore-----where I live. Not one forum----debate----not a mention on even the Democratic Party websites. WHY? My platform is Rule of Law and oversight and accountability and saying NO to global corporations. That does not fit with Maryland Democratic Party and indeed the National Democratic Party because these political machines are controlled by neo-liberals and not you and I. JUST CHANGE THAT!
I discussed last week the problems in Baltimore with BUILD and Baltimore Education Coalition as 501c3 organizations leaving Cindy Walsh out of a city forum. The Baltimore NAACP and public universities as well. Remember, my entire campaign platform is protecting civil rights, civil liberties, labor rights, and public justice. It is about oversight and accountability that takes billions from the Maryland and Baltimore coffers. It's about small and regional businesses instead of a global economy.
ALMOST ALL VOTERS IN MARYLAND WHETHER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT MY CAMPAIGN AND I HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING MY CAMPAIGN WEBSITE EACH DAY. I'M NOT ONLY VIABLE------THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES DECLARED CINDY WALSH----GOVERNOR-ELECT.
The only people keeping me at bay-----labor and justice leaders. LABOR AND JUSTICE LEADERS KEEPING THE LABOR AND JUSTICE CANDIDATE AT BAY. I understand how repressive Maryland has been for labor and justice so alliances are formed that are not the most desired.
IF LABOR AND JUSTICE LEADERS DO NOT STOP SUPPORTING THESE CORPORATE POLS KILLING THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT----AND ALLOWING ALL CITIZENS TO HAVE A VOICE---NO ONE WILL WIN.
IT'S NOT BLACK, WHITE, OR BROWN----OR LOW-WAGE VS MIDDLE-CLASS----IT'S NOT REPUBLICAN VS DEMOCRAT------NO ONE WILL WIN. STOP SUPPORTING THE SAME POLS THAT ARE LEADING THE US TO GLOBAL CORPORATE RULE.
Below you see what is typical in Maryland. Whereas Baltimore simply does not invite all candidates----Prince Georges County and most other counties follow the election laws for 501c3s and invite all. As I said earlier-----the breakdown of the public sector in Maryland and the sending of public funds to private non-profits and corporations to do public services and programs creates the environment where receiving those funds takes precedence to advocating to the membership's best interest. When a group of black pastors deliberately walk me out of this forum telling me I cannot participate and leaves the candidates on stage who are dismantling Rule of Law, public justice, and bringing on global corporate rule that will be third world poverty------you see how democracy in America has been allowed to be dismantled.
These pastors were video-taping this event which had the same characters-----Brown, Mizeur, Lollar as the only candidates these pastors will share with their church membership. Lollar is a republican that is so infatuated with global corporations and markets that he said-----CORPORATIONS WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE....THEY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. OMG
I was escorted out of the forum---the only labor and justice candidate in the race.
This is what the pastor told me and I know they will tell others as the reason------YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE YOU DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR INVITATION.....JUST LIKE THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE ABOVE. Only, as you see below----I did respond. This pastor was lying just to keep me from speaking and he did this because the candidates on the stage did not want me in the debate among other reasons. When I offered to go to the computer to show the email sent and the date he told me------WE DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. IF YOU FIND OTHERWISE WHEN YOU GET HOME----I WILL WRITE AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY. I said-----what will that official apology do for my campaign. I then said that rather than wait for his written apology that I would take he and the church to
Federal Court for election violations. THIS IS ELECTION RIGGING FOLKS. A police officer then escorted me out of the mega-church.
This is the same issue as in Baltimore where 'the black ministers' are the ones deciding who they will support and that supposedly decides how others will vote and these ministers always back the worst of candidates as far as their membership go. Again, it is the privatization of public services and distribution of public benefits that creates this REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD AND CAPTURED ELECTION PROCESS.
I made sure these folks knew they were breaking the law and violating election law and free and fair elections.
They do it of course because they feel there will be no recourse.
From a friend:
'This historic church with a declining aging congregation on Druid Hill Ave rakes in a cool million give or take a few every year from Balto City. The money is supposed to support the day care & community Ctr operating under different entities from the church. While the congregation places money from their fixed incomes in the collection plate in faith hoping that the blessings will return 3 fold "turn to your neighbor and say 3 fold" The church is a client of a Lobbyist. The church has faith in a lobbyist & the members have faith in God. This is a spiritual conflict of interest. The lobbyist is the Mayor's best friends Harris Jones and Malone. Ck the website it's the only church listed. The Pastor has been talking about getting jobs for people in that church's community for many years. No jobs yet, but we still praying that the State Ctr project will deliver jobs other than black men sweeping up a construction site. So far, in all these years and all that money the only person that has come out on top is the pastor'.
Collective Empowerment Group
To CWals99@yahoo.com Apr 23 Good afternoon,
Ms. Walsh:
On behalf of the President, Rev. Anthony G. Maclin and the Board of Directors of the Collective Empowerment Group, Inc., we extend a cordial invitation to participate in a forum for candidates seeking the office of Maryland Governor. The forum will be held on Thursday, May 29, 20`14, at 7:00 p.m., at Church of the Great Commission, 5055 Allentown Road, Camp Springs, MD. Rev. Joshua Kevin White is Host Pastor. More than 150 clergy and guests are expected to attend.
All gubernatorial candidates have been invited to participate. A copy of the invitation letter is attached.
Established in 1995, the Collective Empowerment Group (formerly the Collective Banking Group) is a Christian ministry dedicated to the economic empowerment of minority and other underserved communities. The CEG has a membership of over 150 churches representing more than 200,000 parishioners and 70,000 households primarily in Prince George's County and vicinity.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to seeing you on May 29. Should you have questions in the meantime, please call our office at 301-699-8449.
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Collective Empowerment Group, Inc. 301-699-8449 www.CollectiveEmpowermentGroup.org
From a friend:
'It's taboo to be Black and a Christian and speak the truth about the Black Church. We all know that the Black Church is no longer the cornerstone of the Black Community as it was during the Civil Rights Movement. The churches are getting wealthier,ministers individual wealth is increasing while the congregation and community remains poor.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake wants the Faith Based Community/Churches to be her connection to communities. The Jewish community has their own personal liaison in City Hall, but the Black Community needs a buffer. This is not new. Previous Mayor Dixon increased communication with the Faith Based Community but for a different reason. It was a way to open communication. I believe that was the responsibility of Ms Wanda Watts, if I'm wrong I stand corrected. Rawlings Blake wants to control what the Black Community knows, the city can not continue to be built up and her so called "Brand" developed without stealing Federal and State aid from the Black Community. As long as they feed the churches and line the pockets of the ministers, they know black people will not go against the church. We have become informed of many things since the current administration and that's a threat.
I will continue to post individual wealth of certain churches. As a member of a congregation you are an investor/shareholder. You have a right to request Trustee Board documents and Steward board records. If you are an A.M.E. you can request documentation from the A.M.E. Conference. I believe Rev. Frank Reed is still over that organization.
Reject the churches control in your community, when the church is not involved in the issues unless money is involved. Reject churches that do not have a Missionary Ministry. A church must take care of the body within before it reaches outside. Reaching outside first, usually means Politics'.
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To the Pastor that had me removed from the governor's forum-----
As I said-----I not only responded once----but twice, the first time on April 24, 2014. So, you deliberately took a stance that I did not respond as a defense for keeping me from participating in an election forum. This is illegal as 501c3/4 organizations are not allowed to participate in elections in ways that damage a candidate's campaign. Would you agree that denying me an opportunity to participate damages my campaign?
It is the Pastors in Baltimore who do the same thing in selecting who will speak at events and what is said-----absolutely killing free and fair elections and rigging elections for the very corporate politicians dismantling public justice, civil rights, and equal protection......harming most the very people Pastors serve. The citizens of Maryland are finished with rigged elections; we are tired of watching the abuse and injustice that is hitting everyone but people of color the most. We will have free and fair elections in Maryland as we educate citizens as to how Rule of Law works and who fails to follow Rule of Law.
I will be adding your church and Collective Empowerment Group to a Federal Court lawsuit addressing election violations in Maryland.
Cindy Walsh
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My email:
Me To Collective Empowerment Group
Hello,
Thank you for the invitation to this public forum-----Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland on the democratic ticket will be attending. Please send a format for this event------how will the candidates be allowed to share their platforms?
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
On Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:53 AM, Yahoo! <cwals99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thank you for the invitation to this Governor's forum. Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland will be attending. Please send any event information.
Cindy Walsh
__________________________________________________
Below you see a Washington DC area news journal that did the right thing and sent an invitation to all candidates to complete a questionnaire with the promise it would be posted on their election page. As you see below------they simply decided to pretend Cindy Walsh for Governor did not return this questionnaire......when below you see through email I in fact did. I followed up and asked that it be posted and was ignored-----and I will send this blog today saying I want the information posted.
The point is this for private media outlets. Private media does not have to give equal time to candidates in a race but they cannot deliberately misrepresent the race or in this case openly lie about a candidate's participation in a general questionnaire. They may not mention my name once-----but do not lie about my participation in your election posts.
I did succeed in getting FOX NEWS and WYPR from saying there was no candidate from Baltimore in the governor's race-----now, FOX NEWS simply tells people they are inviting the 3 democrats in the governor's race never in the media....except, Cindy Walsh for Governor has yet to get that invitation. Telling the public you are inviting and open to candidates on your programming when you are not doing so makes that candidate seem unresponsive and not in the race....
WHICH IS WHY THEY DO IT! IT DOES INDEED DAMAGE MY CAMPAIGN AND WE WILL SEE IN FEDERAL COURT IF PRIVATE MEDIA MUST REFRAIN FROM DELIBERATE MISINFORMATION IN AN ELECTION.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Post Community Media, LLC/Gazette.Net
Cindy A. Walsh Governor 2014 elections
Did not return questionnaire.
Tallman, Doug To Tallman, Doug Mar 19
Dear candidate –
As part of its 2014 election coverage, The Gazette is asking all candidates for some basic information about themselves and to fill out a questionnaire. We will post this information on an election page on our website, www.gazette.net. Responses will not be edited, except for possible libel. We need the following information about you and the answers to the questionnaire below by 5 p.m. on March 21.
If you run into any problems as the deadline approaches, please let us know.
1) Please acknowledge that you have received this email.
2) Please tell us the following (do not omit the labels):
Name:
Address:
Neighborhood of residence:
Date of birth:
Occupation:
Education (for college degrees, including area of study and the year you received each degree):
Marital status, children:
Number of years at your current home:
Political party:
Previous elected/campaign experience:
Committee/board memberships:
Campaign website:
Campaign email address:
Campaign pages on Facebook/Twitter/other social media:
3) Please send us a recent high-resolution headshot (head and shoulders portrait) if you haven’t yet. This might be used on our election website and with a campaign profile. Prints should be at least 5x7. For electronic photos, color JPEG files are preferred.
4) Please answer these questions (do not omit the questions). Again, responses will not be edited, except for possible libel.
1. What would your top priorities be as an elected official?
2. Why should people vote for you instead of your opponents?
3. What do you think of Maryland’s state budget? If you think there should be cuts, where should they be? If spending should increase, where is it needed?
4. What changes, if any, would you make to Maryland’s tax structure?
5. What should the state’s transportation priorities be?
6. What is government’s role in trying to help Montgomery workers who are struggling to pay their bills?
7. Should marijuana be legal in Maryland for medicinal or recreational use?
8. What is the most pressing environmental issue in Maryland? How would you address it?
Thank you,
doug
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Douglas Tallman, editor
The Gazette
9030 Comprint Court
Gaithersburg, Md. 20877
Office: 301-670-2040; Cell: 301-305-1834
To Tallman, Doug May 21
Doug,
This is Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland on the democratic ticket------I still see you say my campaign is non-responsive when you know I responded in full.
I am taking this to Federal court as part of a systemic election violation/election rigging that allows selective damage to candidate's campaigns through these kinds of election violations. You cannot solicit responses from all candidates and then pretend you did not receive the responses. I have the email date of response.
Please change my status and post my responses to your questionnaire.
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
GAZETTE NEWSPAPER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
On Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:52 PM, Yahoo! <cwals99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Doug,
This is Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland asking for a response as to why my questionnaire responses are not included and a "Did not Reply" is by my name?
Please correct this ----you are not allowed to damage a candidate's campaign.
Cindy
Monday, April 28, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Post Community Media, LLC/Gazette.Net
Cindy A. Walsh Governor 2014 elections
Did not return questionnaire.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 12:41 PM, Yahoo! <cwals99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Doug,
This is Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland. I see on you Governor questionnaire response page you have me as 'not responding'. Everyone knows I responded as I posted the response on my campaign webpage and blog. So, please post my response sent well before the deadline. I am making an FEC complaint on election violations and irregularities in Maryland elections and we do not want Maryland media providing unfair advantage......you did the right thing in issuing a general request for responses-----now, do the right thing and post all responses. I will check back soon to see the updated post for my campaign! I'm including my original responses to questionnaire below.
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
Citizens Oversight Maryland.com
RESPONSE TO THE GAZETTE NEWSPAPER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland would love to answer your questions. I sent a copy of my campaign platform and personal information and now will answer questions:
Please answer these questions (do not omit the questions). Again, responses will not be edited, except for possible libel.
1. What would your top priorities be as an elected official?
2. Why should people vote for you instead of your opponents?
3. What do you think of Maryland’s state budget? If you think there should be cuts, where should they be? If spending should increase, where is it needed?
4. What changes, if any, would you make to Maryland’s tax structure?
5. What should the state’s transportation priorities be?
6. What is government’s role in trying to help Montgomery workers who are struggling to pay their bills?
7. Should marijuana be legal in Maryland for medicinal or recreational use?
8. What is the most pressing environmental issue in Maryland? How would you address it?
1. My private non-profit speaks to my priorities in this election. I am a labor and justice democrat working first and foremost to rebuild the public justice and public oversight agencies at the state and local levels. Maryland has dismantled most of these structures over the years and citizens of Maryland are struggling with fraud and corruption and obtaining justice from these criminal actions. As people lose their personal wealth from malfeasance the government coffers at state and local level are feeling the same level of fraud and corruption. This means that the revenue Maryland taxpayers pay goes into the wrong pockets and this has led to a very bad public services and public works sector. It is also the reason for both O'Malley and his republican counterpart to successively add more fees, fines, and taxes on the working/middle-class to make up for lost revenue.
2. I am the only candidate who would address the issues above as the other candidates in the democratic primary come from the system that is allowing the public dismantling to happen. You see, it is a difference of social democrat vs neo-liberal. Social democrats don't mind capitalism when it is held accountable and regulated and encouraged to be good corporate citizens. Neo-liberals on the other hand work to maximize corporate profit at the expense of all other issues so labor and justice suffer. This is the current state of affairs in Maryland and Maryland citizens are saying 'enough is enough'. I work for them.
3. First, I do not believe we have an environmental policy here in Maryland. Most policies involve environmental policy passed as single issues with no over-riding emphasis on what provides strong, long-term environmental stability in the state. We also have moved away from strong, public higher education and transportation. So, I would move away from all of the Wall Street leveraging and credit bond deals that mortgage Maryland's future and have plenty of money coming back to state coffers from my first priority, oversight and accountability. End Wall Street's hold on Maryland's financial investments means hundreds of millions of dollars in fees saved each year. To summarize, I would move back to an environment when corporate accountability brought the needed revenue and not deals with Wall Street.
Second, our Transportation Trust is being used as an open account that is so fungible that it is impossible to assess progress and failure in every project the state becomes involved. We know that the recent gas tax to replenish this Trust left the 'lock box' policy lacking. Transportation policy in Maryland has not been in the public interest. Port of Baltimore brought a few billion dollars to the state each year and now the public private partnership with HighStar investment firm has the state receiving a few hundreds of million in leasing revenue for example. We have far too many of these government leasing deals that we all know are not in the public's interest. We lose billions of dollars in revenue each year. I am strong on the PUBLIC in public transportation so would make the buses, trains, and planes all strongly public, well-financed to provide good public service, and promote the theme of getting people out of their cars with this realistic approach to the MTA.
As you see, my plan comes with added revenue and realignment of expenditures but the goals contained in the budget would be similar in my administration.
4. I am a progressive so I would look to building a tax structure with brackets that allow the richest citizens and corporations pay their fair share in taxes to support the public sector. In this age of billions we need tax brackets that address higher income. The idea that the rich or corporations would leave Maryland if taxed too much is a false one. We want to rebuild small and regional businesses more accountable to the citizens of Maryland and we want a public policy development centered on public comment and engaged public forums at all levels of government. If the rich and corporations want to leave, then the room to rebuild these structures opens. Staying in a great state and contributing a fair share is rewarding for the rich and corporations.
Ehrlich and O'Malley have swung the pendulum far the the side of working and middle-class families having the burden of most tax revenue payment. We need to move that pendulum back to including corporations and the rich and then find a good balance that allows the Maryland budget to be readily able to accommodate a strong, first world quality of life for all citizens of Maryland.
5. Maryland's bus system has been deliberately defunded to the point of being abysmal and this was done to move forward with plans to privatize MTA. The strategy of starving a system of funding to make people frustrated with service is a pervasive strategy in Maryland. If we are going to be true to getting people out of their cars and into public transportation which I highly support, strong bus service with routes having the benefit of industrial engineering, and staff paid a Living Wage is critical. The light-rail lines are important, so both Purple and Red Lines as public transportation is good. I do not support toll roads or the increases on bridge tolls because with income generated from accountability and progressive taxation, none of this would be needed. I support moving to electric/natural gas public vehicles. I do want to change how we fund the Transportation Trust because we know gas tax is no longer giving equal opportunity to contribute to our infrastructure upkeep. So, going to a vehicular registration fee or a mechanism that tracks mileage may be the answer. Finally, at a time when we are trying to recover from financial collapse, I would not move forward with high-speed rail. I am not against it, I simply feel we have other priorities first.
6. People are struggling to pay bills because they are not being paid enough, their wealth keeps being attacked with losses they have little way to avoid. So, Living Wage of $15 an hour and the protections of rebuilding accountability of oversight will protect the average person's wealth. I intend to move Maryland back to first world quality of life and $15 is just that. We can start with a $10.10 but need to move aggressively higher. Remember, when you fuel the domestic economy with US citizens' consumption, you have a thriving domestic economy. That's where we are going.
The next issue is inflation and control of costs for people for basic human needs. My Expanded and Improved Medicare for All takes the cost of health care down and access to care up. No medical bankruptcies and no business or corporate health plans needed. My dismantling of corporatized universities that simply serve as corporate welfare making our universities more about corporate R and D and Human Resources then education that gives graduates a broad, lifelong career opportunity is the goal. This corporate partnership with universities is what has driven student tuition to unacceptable levels and dismantling this will bring public university tuition back to being affordable to all citizens. I would make sure that state service commissions had appointees that worked for the public and not for corporate profits as is the case now. Rate increases that have the public paying the costs of doing business is not acceptable. My preference is that all energy services be public, but at least regulated so corporate profits are kept in line with reasonable consumer rates.
7. Marijuana is just like alcohol and needs to be treated as such.
8. People will be surprised when I say that replacing aging water and sewage infrastructure is the most pressing environmental issue in Maryland. Baltimore needs a few billion to replace its entire system and just implementing my accountability and oversight statewide would bring all the money needed to do just that. This needs to happen all over the state. This is why revenue collection and protection is so important. Each citizen pays enough in taxes to expect basic services like infrastructure, waste collection, and green management be integrated at little cost. That would be my priority statewide.
Second, fracking is a major assault on our environment and even though Maryland has not allowed it to operate in this state, it has not been aggressive in shouting to the overly fracked states of WVA and PA that Maryland citizens will hold all fracking corporations accountable for contaminating our Marcellus Aquifer, which will happen if these corporations are not made to think twice about how and where they drill. The Maryland Assembly has failed time and again to fund a baseline study for data needed by the public to prove fracking chemicals were not there originally. Without these data a court will say the public cannot prove fracking chemicals were not there already. A few million dollars does this baseline study and Cindy Walsh as governor will be shouting at fracking corporations that Maryland will hold them accountable for contaminating our only aquifer providing fresh water. This is critical. We do not want to be left shipping in fresh water.
As you see, I am a labor and justice democrat who will turn policy away from the corporate control and benefit to one that benefits all Maryland citizens.
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
On Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:49 AM, "Tallman, Doug" <dtallman@gazette.net> wrote:
I'll be out of the office from Monday, April 21, through Thursday, April 24, as well as Monday, April 28. Though I'll be in the office on Friday, April 25, I'm unlikely to be able to respond to phone or email messages.
If you have a concern that needs immediate attention, please contact Managing Editor Krista Brick at 301-280-3006, or kbrick@gazette.net.
Thank you,
doug
SEE YOU MONDAY!!!!
Weekends during this primary will be my election violation rantings as I work to rebuild free and fair elections in Maryland. As any Marylander knows------only the global corporate pols will get any airtime. This is why Brown, Gansler, and Mizeur are only seen in media-----
THEY PLAY THE GAME OF SOUNDBITES AND PROGRESSIVE BONES WHILE PUSHING FOR MORE PRIVATIZATION OF ALL THAT IS PUBLIC, MORE WALL STREET CREDIT AND LEVERAGE, AND NOT A WORD ABOUT REBUILDING OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
When I heard wealthy republican businessman Hogan make my platform on oversight and accountability his in the recent forum====
PLEASE, IF A CANDIDATE SAYS NOTHING FOR YEARS ABOUT A PROBLEM AND IS ENRICHED BY IT AND THEN MAKES ROOM FOR THAT PROBLEM ON HIS PLATFORM-----HE/SHE IS LYING ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
I'm sharing the obstacles I am having with everyone so you can see what is not working and how we can fix it. Censuring a candidate is indeed illegal especially for 501c3/4. WE CAN FIX THIS!!!
My name has not been mentioned in the City of Baltimore-----where I live. Not one forum----debate----not a mention on even the Democratic Party websites. WHY? My platform is Rule of Law and oversight and accountability and saying NO to global corporations. That does not fit with Maryland Democratic Party and indeed the National Democratic Party because these political machines are controlled by neo-liberals and not you and I. JUST CHANGE THAT!
I discussed last week the problems in Baltimore with BUILD and Baltimore Education Coalition as 501c3 organizations leaving Cindy Walsh out of a city forum. The Baltimore NAACP and public universities as well. Remember, my entire campaign platform is protecting civil rights, civil liberties, labor rights, and public justice. It is about oversight and accountability that takes billions from the Maryland and Baltimore coffers. It's about small and regional businesses instead of a global economy.
ALMOST ALL VOTERS IN MARYLAND WHETHER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT MY CAMPAIGN AND I HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING MY CAMPAIGN WEBSITE EACH DAY. I'M NOT ONLY VIABLE------THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES DECLARED CINDY WALSH----GOVERNOR-ELECT.
The only people keeping me at bay-----labor and justice leaders. LABOR AND JUSTICE LEADERS KEEPING THE LABOR AND JUSTICE CANDIDATE AT BAY. I understand how repressive Maryland has been for labor and justice so alliances are formed that are not the most desired.
IF LABOR AND JUSTICE LEADERS DO NOT STOP SUPPORTING THESE CORPORATE POLS KILLING THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT----AND ALLOWING ALL CITIZENS TO HAVE A VOICE---NO ONE WILL WIN.
IT'S NOT BLACK, WHITE, OR BROWN----OR LOW-WAGE VS MIDDLE-CLASS----IT'S NOT REPUBLICAN VS DEMOCRAT------NO ONE WILL WIN. STOP SUPPORTING THE SAME POLS THAT ARE LEADING THE US TO GLOBAL CORPORATE RULE.
Below you see what is typical in Maryland. Whereas Baltimore simply does not invite all candidates----Prince Georges County and most other counties follow the election laws for 501c3s and invite all. As I said earlier-----the breakdown of the public sector in Maryland and the sending of public funds to private non-profits and corporations to do public services and programs creates the environment where receiving those funds takes precedence to advocating to the membership's best interest. When a group of black pastors deliberately walk me out of this forum telling me I cannot participate and leaves the candidates on stage who are dismantling Rule of Law, public justice, and bringing on global corporate rule that will be third world poverty------you see how democracy in America has been allowed to be dismantled.
These pastors were video-taping this event which had the same characters-----Brown, Mizeur, Lollar as the only candidates these pastors will share with their church membership. Lollar is a republican that is so infatuated with global corporations and markets that he said-----CORPORATIONS WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE....THEY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. OMG
I was escorted out of the forum---the only labor and justice candidate in the race.
This is what the pastor told me and I know they will tell others as the reason------YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE YOU DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR INVITATION.....JUST LIKE THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE ABOVE. Only, as you see below----I did respond. This pastor was lying just to keep me from speaking and he did this because the candidates on the stage did not want me in the debate among other reasons. When I offered to go to the computer to show the email sent and the date he told me------WE DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. IF YOU FIND OTHERWISE WHEN YOU GET HOME----I WILL WRITE AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY. I said-----what will that official apology do for my campaign. I then said that rather than wait for his written apology that I would take he and the church to
Federal Court for election violations. THIS IS ELECTION RIGGING FOLKS. A police officer then escorted me out of the mega-church.
This is the same issue as in Baltimore where 'the black ministers' are the ones deciding who they will support and that supposedly decides how others will vote and these ministers always back the worst of candidates as far as their membership go. Again, it is the privatization of public services and distribution of public benefits that creates this REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD AND CAPTURED ELECTION PROCESS.
I made sure these folks knew they were breaking the law and violating election law and free and fair elections.
They do it of course because they feel there will be no recourse.
From a friend:
'This historic church with a declining aging congregation on Druid Hill Ave rakes in a cool million give or take a few every year from Balto City. The money is supposed to support the day care & community Ctr operating under different entities from the church. While the congregation places money from their fixed incomes in the collection plate in faith hoping that the blessings will return 3 fold "turn to your neighbor and say 3 fold" The church is a client of a Lobbyist. The church has faith in a lobbyist & the members have faith in God. This is a spiritual conflict of interest. The lobbyist is the Mayor's best friends Harris Jones and Malone. Ck the website it's the only church listed. The Pastor has been talking about getting jobs for people in that church's community for many years. No jobs yet, but we still praying that the State Ctr project will deliver jobs other than black men sweeping up a construction site. So far, in all these years and all that money the only person that has come out on top is the pastor'.
Collective Empowerment Group
To CWals99@yahoo.com Apr 23 Good afternoon,
Ms. Walsh:
On behalf of the President, Rev. Anthony G. Maclin and the Board of Directors of the Collective Empowerment Group, Inc., we extend a cordial invitation to participate in a forum for candidates seeking the office of Maryland Governor. The forum will be held on Thursday, May 29, 20`14, at 7:00 p.m., at Church of the Great Commission, 5055 Allentown Road, Camp Springs, MD. Rev. Joshua Kevin White is Host Pastor. More than 150 clergy and guests are expected to attend.
All gubernatorial candidates have been invited to participate. A copy of the invitation letter is attached.
Established in 1995, the Collective Empowerment Group (formerly the Collective Banking Group) is a Christian ministry dedicated to the economic empowerment of minority and other underserved communities. The CEG has a membership of over 150 churches representing more than 200,000 parishioners and 70,000 households primarily in Prince George's County and vicinity.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to seeing you on May 29. Should you have questions in the meantime, please call our office at 301-699-8449.
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Collective Empowerment Group, Inc. 301-699-8449 www.CollectiveEmpowermentGroup.org
From a friend:
'It's taboo to be Black and a Christian and speak the truth about the Black Church. We all know that the Black Church is no longer the cornerstone of the Black Community as it was during the Civil Rights Movement. The churches are getting wealthier,ministers individual wealth is increasing while the congregation and community remains poor.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake wants the Faith Based Community/Churches to be her connection to communities. The Jewish community has their own personal liaison in City Hall, but the Black Community needs a buffer. This is not new. Previous Mayor Dixon increased communication with the Faith Based Community but for a different reason. It was a way to open communication. I believe that was the responsibility of Ms Wanda Watts, if I'm wrong I stand corrected. Rawlings Blake wants to control what the Black Community knows, the city can not continue to be built up and her so called "Brand" developed without stealing Federal and State aid from the Black Community. As long as they feed the churches and line the pockets of the ministers, they know black people will not go against the church. We have become informed of many things since the current administration and that's a threat.
I will continue to post individual wealth of certain churches. As a member of a congregation you are an investor/shareholder. You have a right to request Trustee Board documents and Steward board records. If you are an A.M.E. you can request documentation from the A.M.E. Conference. I believe Rev. Frank Reed is still over that organization.
Reject the churches control in your community, when the church is not involved in the issues unless money is involved. Reject churches that do not have a Missionary Ministry. A church must take care of the body within before it reaches outside. Reaching outside first, usually means Politics'.
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To the Pastor that had me removed from the governor's forum-----
As I said-----I not only responded once----but twice, the first time on April 24, 2014. So, you deliberately took a stance that I did not respond as a defense for keeping me from participating in an election forum. This is illegal as 501c3/4 organizations are not allowed to participate in elections in ways that damage a candidate's campaign. Would you agree that denying me an opportunity to participate damages my campaign?
It is the Pastors in Baltimore who do the same thing in selecting who will speak at events and what is said-----absolutely killing free and fair elections and rigging elections for the very corporate politicians dismantling public justice, civil rights, and equal protection......harming most the very people Pastors serve. The citizens of Maryland are finished with rigged elections; we are tired of watching the abuse and injustice that is hitting everyone but people of color the most. We will have free and fair elections in Maryland as we educate citizens as to how Rule of Law works and who fails to follow Rule of Law.
I will be adding your church and Collective Empowerment Group to a Federal Court lawsuit addressing election violations in Maryland.
Cindy Walsh
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My email:
Me To Collective Empowerment Group
Hello,
Thank you for the invitation to this public forum-----Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland on the democratic ticket will be attending. Please send a format for this event------how will the candidates be allowed to share their platforms?
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
On Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:53 AM, Yahoo! <cwals99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thank you for the invitation to this Governor's forum. Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland will be attending. Please send any event information.
Cindy Walsh
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Below you see a Washington DC area news journal that did the right thing and sent an invitation to all candidates to complete a questionnaire with the promise it would be posted on their election page. As you see below------they simply decided to pretend Cindy Walsh for Governor did not return this questionnaire......when below you see through email I in fact did. I followed up and asked that it be posted and was ignored-----and I will send this blog today saying I want the information posted.
The point is this for private media outlets. Private media does not have to give equal time to candidates in a race but they cannot deliberately misrepresent the race or in this case openly lie about a candidate's participation in a general questionnaire. They may not mention my name once-----but do not lie about my participation in your election posts.
I did succeed in getting FOX NEWS and WYPR from saying there was no candidate from Baltimore in the governor's race-----now, FOX NEWS simply tells people they are inviting the 3 democrats in the governor's race never in the media....except, Cindy Walsh for Governor has yet to get that invitation. Telling the public you are inviting and open to candidates on your programming when you are not doing so makes that candidate seem unresponsive and not in the race....
WHICH IS WHY THEY DO IT! IT DOES INDEED DAMAGE MY CAMPAIGN AND WE WILL SEE IN FEDERAL COURT IF PRIVATE MEDIA MUST REFRAIN FROM DELIBERATE MISINFORMATION IN AN ELECTION.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Post Community Media, LLC/Gazette.Net
Cindy A. Walsh Governor 2014 elections
Did not return questionnaire.
Tallman, Doug To Tallman, Doug Mar 19
Dear candidate –
As part of its 2014 election coverage, The Gazette is asking all candidates for some basic information about themselves and to fill out a questionnaire. We will post this information on an election page on our website, www.gazette.net. Responses will not be edited, except for possible libel. We need the following information about you and the answers to the questionnaire below by 5 p.m. on March 21.
If you run into any problems as the deadline approaches, please let us know.
1) Please acknowledge that you have received this email.
2) Please tell us the following (do not omit the labels):
Name:
Address:
Neighborhood of residence:
Date of birth:
Occupation:
Education (for college degrees, including area of study and the year you received each degree):
Marital status, children:
Number of years at your current home:
Political party:
Previous elected/campaign experience:
Committee/board memberships:
Campaign website:
Campaign email address:
Campaign pages on Facebook/Twitter/other social media:
3) Please send us a recent high-resolution headshot (head and shoulders portrait) if you haven’t yet. This might be used on our election website and with a campaign profile. Prints should be at least 5x7. For electronic photos, color JPEG files are preferred.
4) Please answer these questions (do not omit the questions). Again, responses will not be edited, except for possible libel.
1. What would your top priorities be as an elected official?
2. Why should people vote for you instead of your opponents?
3. What do you think of Maryland’s state budget? If you think there should be cuts, where should they be? If spending should increase, where is it needed?
4. What changes, if any, would you make to Maryland’s tax structure?
5. What should the state’s transportation priorities be?
6. What is government’s role in trying to help Montgomery workers who are struggling to pay their bills?
7. Should marijuana be legal in Maryland for medicinal or recreational use?
8. What is the most pressing environmental issue in Maryland? How would you address it?
Thank you,
doug
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Douglas Tallman, editor
The Gazette
9030 Comprint Court
Gaithersburg, Md. 20877
Office: 301-670-2040; Cell: 301-305-1834
To Tallman, Doug May 21
Doug,
This is Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland on the democratic ticket------I still see you say my campaign is non-responsive when you know I responded in full.
I am taking this to Federal court as part of a systemic election violation/election rigging that allows selective damage to candidate's campaigns through these kinds of election violations. You cannot solicit responses from all candidates and then pretend you did not receive the responses. I have the email date of response.
Please change my status and post my responses to your questionnaire.
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
GAZETTE NEWSPAPER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
On Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:52 PM, Yahoo! <cwals99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Doug,
This is Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland asking for a response as to why my questionnaire responses are not included and a "Did not Reply" is by my name?
Please correct this ----you are not allowed to damage a candidate's campaign.
Cindy
Monday, April 28, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Post Community Media, LLC/Gazette.Net
Cindy A. Walsh Governor 2014 elections
Did not return questionnaire.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 12:41 PM, Yahoo! <cwals99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Doug,
This is Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland. I see on you Governor questionnaire response page you have me as 'not responding'. Everyone knows I responded as I posted the response on my campaign webpage and blog. So, please post my response sent well before the deadline. I am making an FEC complaint on election violations and irregularities in Maryland elections and we do not want Maryland media providing unfair advantage......you did the right thing in issuing a general request for responses-----now, do the right thing and post all responses. I will check back soon to see the updated post for my campaign! I'm including my original responses to questionnaire below.
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
Citizens Oversight Maryland.com
RESPONSE TO THE GAZETTE NEWSPAPER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Cindy Walsh for Governor of Maryland would love to answer your questions. I sent a copy of my campaign platform and personal information and now will answer questions:
Please answer these questions (do not omit the questions). Again, responses will not be edited, except for possible libel.
1. What would your top priorities be as an elected official?
2. Why should people vote for you instead of your opponents?
3. What do you think of Maryland’s state budget? If you think there should be cuts, where should they be? If spending should increase, where is it needed?
4. What changes, if any, would you make to Maryland’s tax structure?
5. What should the state’s transportation priorities be?
6. What is government’s role in trying to help Montgomery workers who are struggling to pay their bills?
7. Should marijuana be legal in Maryland for medicinal or recreational use?
8. What is the most pressing environmental issue in Maryland? How would you address it?
1. My private non-profit speaks to my priorities in this election. I am a labor and justice democrat working first and foremost to rebuild the public justice and public oversight agencies at the state and local levels. Maryland has dismantled most of these structures over the years and citizens of Maryland are struggling with fraud and corruption and obtaining justice from these criminal actions. As people lose their personal wealth from malfeasance the government coffers at state and local level are feeling the same level of fraud and corruption. This means that the revenue Maryland taxpayers pay goes into the wrong pockets and this has led to a very bad public services and public works sector. It is also the reason for both O'Malley and his republican counterpart to successively add more fees, fines, and taxes on the working/middle-class to make up for lost revenue.
2. I am the only candidate who would address the issues above as the other candidates in the democratic primary come from the system that is allowing the public dismantling to happen. You see, it is a difference of social democrat vs neo-liberal. Social democrats don't mind capitalism when it is held accountable and regulated and encouraged to be good corporate citizens. Neo-liberals on the other hand work to maximize corporate profit at the expense of all other issues so labor and justice suffer. This is the current state of affairs in Maryland and Maryland citizens are saying 'enough is enough'. I work for them.
3. First, I do not believe we have an environmental policy here in Maryland. Most policies involve environmental policy passed as single issues with no over-riding emphasis on what provides strong, long-term environmental stability in the state. We also have moved away from strong, public higher education and transportation. So, I would move away from all of the Wall Street leveraging and credit bond deals that mortgage Maryland's future and have plenty of money coming back to state coffers from my first priority, oversight and accountability. End Wall Street's hold on Maryland's financial investments means hundreds of millions of dollars in fees saved each year. To summarize, I would move back to an environment when corporate accountability brought the needed revenue and not deals with Wall Street.
Second, our Transportation Trust is being used as an open account that is so fungible that it is impossible to assess progress and failure in every project the state becomes involved. We know that the recent gas tax to replenish this Trust left the 'lock box' policy lacking. Transportation policy in Maryland has not been in the public interest. Port of Baltimore brought a few billion dollars to the state each year and now the public private partnership with HighStar investment firm has the state receiving a few hundreds of million in leasing revenue for example. We have far too many of these government leasing deals that we all know are not in the public's interest. We lose billions of dollars in revenue each year. I am strong on the PUBLIC in public transportation so would make the buses, trains, and planes all strongly public, well-financed to provide good public service, and promote the theme of getting people out of their cars with this realistic approach to the MTA.
As you see, my plan comes with added revenue and realignment of expenditures but the goals contained in the budget would be similar in my administration.
4. I am a progressive so I would look to building a tax structure with brackets that allow the richest citizens and corporations pay their fair share in taxes to support the public sector. In this age of billions we need tax brackets that address higher income. The idea that the rich or corporations would leave Maryland if taxed too much is a false one. We want to rebuild small and regional businesses more accountable to the citizens of Maryland and we want a public policy development centered on public comment and engaged public forums at all levels of government. If the rich and corporations want to leave, then the room to rebuild these structures opens. Staying in a great state and contributing a fair share is rewarding for the rich and corporations.
Ehrlich and O'Malley have swung the pendulum far the the side of working and middle-class families having the burden of most tax revenue payment. We need to move that pendulum back to including corporations and the rich and then find a good balance that allows the Maryland budget to be readily able to accommodate a strong, first world quality of life for all citizens of Maryland.
5. Maryland's bus system has been deliberately defunded to the point of being abysmal and this was done to move forward with plans to privatize MTA. The strategy of starving a system of funding to make people frustrated with service is a pervasive strategy in Maryland. If we are going to be true to getting people out of their cars and into public transportation which I highly support, strong bus service with routes having the benefit of industrial engineering, and staff paid a Living Wage is critical. The light-rail lines are important, so both Purple and Red Lines as public transportation is good. I do not support toll roads or the increases on bridge tolls because with income generated from accountability and progressive taxation, none of this would be needed. I support moving to electric/natural gas public vehicles. I do want to change how we fund the Transportation Trust because we know gas tax is no longer giving equal opportunity to contribute to our infrastructure upkeep. So, going to a vehicular registration fee or a mechanism that tracks mileage may be the answer. Finally, at a time when we are trying to recover from financial collapse, I would not move forward with high-speed rail. I am not against it, I simply feel we have other priorities first.
6. People are struggling to pay bills because they are not being paid enough, their wealth keeps being attacked with losses they have little way to avoid. So, Living Wage of $15 an hour and the protections of rebuilding accountability of oversight will protect the average person's wealth. I intend to move Maryland back to first world quality of life and $15 is just that. We can start with a $10.10 but need to move aggressively higher. Remember, when you fuel the domestic economy with US citizens' consumption, you have a thriving domestic economy. That's where we are going.
The next issue is inflation and control of costs for people for basic human needs. My Expanded and Improved Medicare for All takes the cost of health care down and access to care up. No medical bankruptcies and no business or corporate health plans needed. My dismantling of corporatized universities that simply serve as corporate welfare making our universities more about corporate R and D and Human Resources then education that gives graduates a broad, lifelong career opportunity is the goal. This corporate partnership with universities is what has driven student tuition to unacceptable levels and dismantling this will bring public university tuition back to being affordable to all citizens. I would make sure that state service commissions had appointees that worked for the public and not for corporate profits as is the case now. Rate increases that have the public paying the costs of doing business is not acceptable. My preference is that all energy services be public, but at least regulated so corporate profits are kept in line with reasonable consumer rates.
7. Marijuana is just like alcohol and needs to be treated as such.
8. People will be surprised when I say that replacing aging water and sewage infrastructure is the most pressing environmental issue in Maryland. Baltimore needs a few billion to replace its entire system and just implementing my accountability and oversight statewide would bring all the money needed to do just that. This needs to happen all over the state. This is why revenue collection and protection is so important. Each citizen pays enough in taxes to expect basic services like infrastructure, waste collection, and green management be integrated at little cost. That would be my priority statewide.
Second, fracking is a major assault on our environment and even though Maryland has not allowed it to operate in this state, it has not been aggressive in shouting to the overly fracked states of WVA and PA that Maryland citizens will hold all fracking corporations accountable for contaminating our Marcellus Aquifer, which will happen if these corporations are not made to think twice about how and where they drill. The Maryland Assembly has failed time and again to fund a baseline study for data needed by the public to prove fracking chemicals were not there originally. Without these data a court will say the public cannot prove fracking chemicals were not there already. A few million dollars does this baseline study and Cindy Walsh as governor will be shouting at fracking corporations that Maryland will hold them accountable for contaminating our only aquifer providing fresh water. This is critical. We do not want to be left shipping in fresh water.
As you see, I am a labor and justice democrat who will turn policy away from the corporate control and benefit to one that benefits all Maryland citizens.
Thank you,
Cindy Walsh
On Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:49 AM, "Tallman, Doug" <dtallman@gazette.net> wrote:
I'll be out of the office from Monday, April 21, through Thursday, April 24, as well as Monday, April 28. Though I'll be in the office on Friday, April 25, I'm unlikely to be able to respond to phone or email messages.
If you have a concern that needs immediate attention, please contact Managing Editor Krista Brick at 301-280-3006, or kbrick@gazette.net.
Thank you,
doug
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