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Mayor Gee Fred Robinson puts political corruption with his Bowie Blade News cronies on public display!
On the afternoon of September 22, 2006 at Freestate Mall, I shouted to Gee Fred Robinson that "he should go to jail" referring to the City's collusion and racketeering scheme with the Bowie Blade News and Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce blocking my mayoral bid in 2005 so Robinson would not be challenged for Mayor.
Fred Robinson and David Deutsch retaliated by having me detained by the City contracted police - although I have had no history of violence or any police record. Robinson and Deutsch's politically motivated retaliation was a failed attempt to silence me in my hometown of 47 years.
To date, I have not been charged with any crime!
Oh, there is of course the trashy/filthy Robinson for Council campaign signs that I found posted illegally on city property that I returned to Gee Fred on Audubon Lane.
I allege Robinson and Deutsch's failed attempt to intimidate and silence me on September 22, 2006 for "whistleblowing" about their Blade News corruption schemes is a violation of Federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) laws which protect individuals from retaliation for exposing corruption of local public officials.
Now, Robinson confirms my allegations by flaunting his "special relationship" with our local newspaper when he named Blade News cronies John Rouse "the louse" and Gerard Devlin as his representatives on the so called Bowie Election Commission.
The City of Bowie is served by two local newspapers. The Robinson/Deutsch racketeering scheme is simple - divert most if not all City advertising money to the Blade News in exchange for favorable free publicity such as "The Mayor's View" column, the State of the City Address right before city elections and, of course, political endorsements for Robinson.
The money is easy to trace, and connecting of the dots with Robinson/Deutsch's cronies are even easier!
Robinson and Deusch - if they had any honor and integrity -should fall on their swords so to speak.
Lets remember the declared right in Maryland - Article 34. That a long continuance in the Executive Departments of power or trust is dangerous to liberty; a rotation, therefore, in those departments is one of the best securities of permanent freedom (amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978).
David Deutsch has been City manager since 1993 - a very long duration and we have seen him interfere with our city elections in recent years - an offense that The Code of Bowie states are grounds for his dismissal.
Let's enforce the Code of Bowie on City Manager Deutsch. It is way past time for a new City Manager in Bowie!
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SUBTLE RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN BOWIE!
All over this great country, Americans are honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King this weekend to mark the 40th anniversary of his assassination. Dr. King was visionary. I will remind people of the blog entry, "What would Dr. Martin Luther King think of Mayor Gee Fred Robinson?", on the January 25, 2008 Bowie City Activist webpage - look for the webpage in the drop down box.
Dr. King wrestled with the "Might Makes Right" arrogance of the Fred Robinsons of his era. Here in the City of Bowie, Councilman Todd Turner is honoring Dr. King's legacy along with several civic groups at Acorn City Park, not far from the civil rights demonstrations on Sussex Lane that I remember as a boy in the early 1960s.
Racism today in the City of Bowie is much more subtle. The Blade News cronies of Mayor Gee Fred Flintstone, while paying lip service to racial equality, did much to put up roadblocks against African American advancement in the City's political system.
Currently, on the Bowie Election Commission, Fred Robinson has put his corruption schemes on public display by naming Blade News cronies Gerard Devlin and Rouse "the louse" as two of his three representatives on the commission. It was Gerard "let the murderers out and the illegals in" Devlin who helped enact the scheme altering our city elections to further Robinson's incumbency and delaying African American advancement in the city's political system. Again, racism in Bowie is very subtle.
In the City administration, racism is institutionalized by an unelected City manager who has remained in office since 1993 although our State Constitution states that a long duration in the executive branch is dangerous to liberty. Let me suggest that David Deutsch's long duration as the unelected head of Bowie City government is dangerous to the liberties of African Americans who are being denied the top jobs in Bowie City government. Racism is more subtle in Bowie today.
In 2006, we watched Fred Robinson's Blade News cronies Devlin and Rouse the Louse mis-use the pages of Capital Gazette's newspaper to actively campaign for Robinson for County Council even though African American Ingrid Turner was the more qualified candidate. Again, racism is much more subtle in Bowie today.
We can honor Dr. King's legacy by voting out the last of the two remaining pre-NAACP city council incumbents Gee Fred Flintstone and Dennis Brady. They got their unfair political advantage in an election system that could not withstand an NAACP lawsuit threat.
We can honor Dr. King's legacy by invoking Article 34 of our state constitution and demand a new City Manager to open up new opportunities for African Americans in Bowie City government. Again, racism in the Bowie City government has been institutionalized.
We can honor Dr. King's legacy by asking the Federal Department of Justice to perform a criminal probe into the actions of Gee Fred Flintstone and his Blade News cronies in recent city elections - particularly the 2005 City election in which Robinson ran unopposed because of the collusion between the City, Blade News and Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce that I uncovered and decided not to challenge Robinson in 2005. Deutsch, a Chamber of Commerce member, should resign NOW!
Let's be thankful that Dr. King stood up for all us against the corrupt "Might makes right" Gee Fred Flintstones of this world. Thanks!
Richard
www.bowiewatch.org
1961 Belair at Bowie Pioneer Resident
1992 and 1998 Bowie Mayoral Candidate; 2005 Write-In Mayoral candidate
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Quoting the Thursday, March 2, 2000 front page of The Bowie Blade News:
"Robinson in 1998 also said plainly his position was "No to the proposed regional mall" at the Bowie New Town Center".
End of Quote.
Re-Born of a HUGE outright lie after leaving the City Council to twice run for County Council unsuccessfully against Richard Castaldi and Audrey Scott, Mayor Gee Fred Robinson owes his long run as Bowie Mayor to this one MASSIVE lie he told Bowie in the 1998 in one of the closest mayoral elections in modern city history against Betsy Burian and yours very truly.
As McArdle notes on page 2 of the Blade News, Robinson voted "Yes" for the new regional mall upon his election as Mayor of Bowie.
Last city election in 2007, I was appalled to listen to Mayor Robinson at the Longleaf Candidates Forum rewrite city history once again by taking public credit for the work of Kurt Kroemer and Ted Chambers and the Bowie Smart Growth Coalition and how the regional mall turned out.
As a long time resident of Bowie going back 47 years, one of the things I am very thankful for are all the public officials we have had in the past who have always told Bowie the truth - Senator Leo Green, Sr., Audrey Scott, Richard Castaldi, Gary Allen, Ingrid Turner, the Conroys, Joan Pitkin, and Doug Peters to name a few. When these people spoke to us on public matters, we had a comfort level of knowing that they were telling us the truth. Bowie has never had a compulsive liar for a public official until Mayor Gee Fred Flintstone was elected in 1998.
Earlier this past month, States Attorney Glenn Ivey spoke about the conviction of former PG County police officer and Director of PG County Homeland Security Director Keith Washington. While I appreciated Ivey's words about "no one being above the law", we still have a corrupt Bowie mayor who believes he is above the law. A criminal probe of two City of Bowie officials is needed particularly if you follow the money trail.
Again, I thank State's Attorney Glenn Ivey for not believing the compulsive liar Robinson during the well publicized 2006 Primary election incident, although City Manager Deutsch believed Robinson's lies without question -another good reason why Bowie needs a new city manager and a long duration in the Executive Branch is dangerous to liberty.
Let's all be thankful Ingrid Turner, a woman of honesty and integrity, was elected against Robinson in 2006.
Perhaps the compulsive liar Robinson is appropriate for Bowie at this time. He transitioned Bowie from a subdivision where everybody knew and trusted one another into a large city full of crime, litter, lies and political corruption. Thanks Gee Fred Flintstone!
The Bowie City Activist can be reached at richarddahms@comcast.net.
Have fun in Bowie land! Until next time, this is your Bowie City Activist,
Richard
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