Council Responds to McGrady Commentary

Resident and former candidate for mayor Patrick McGrady ruffled feathers earlier this week with a letter to the editor on Aberden Patch.

  During Monday's City Council meeting, three Aberdeen City Council members refuted remarks from a letter to the editor from former mayoral candidate Patrick McGrady. McGrady criticized Mayor Michael Bennett and members of council in a letter to the editor posted Monday morning on Patch. Councilwoman Ruth Elliott was the first to comment, saying that the article "kind of irritated me." “The information on [Aberdeen] Patch comes from a Patrick McGrady. It says some things in here, which, he doesn’t know what in the hell he’s talking about for one thing,” Elliott said. “If you’re going to print something, make sure it’s the truth. This person never does. He comes up with all these ideas and such, and he has no suggestion, he doesn’t have any…

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McGrady: Mayor, Council Steering Off Path

Aberdeen resident and former mayoral candidate Patrick McGrady chimes in on local political issues with a letter to the editor.

From Patrick McGrady: ——— Our politicians in Aberdeen are back at the wheel, trying to steer the residents of Aberdeen down a path in which they have no interest. The Mayor and City Council had a “retreat” at Ripken Stadium a few weekends ago, where they started to work on their plans to solve the problems here in Aberdeen. Some of the ideas have merit, but are approached from the wrong angle. Mayor Bennett proposes securing investments for a pub or bar in “downtown Aberdeen"—we can describe this as the area on West Bel Air Avenue between the train tracks—and he explains that we need to eliminate height restrictions for this to happen. We do need to eliminate height restrictions because central planning does not work, but we cannot replace…

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Patrick McGrady

9:08 am on Thursday, March 29, 2012

I don't understand this comment-- come check out the church, we just replaced the Jesus as Good Shepherd window from the front and we are preparing for siding it. Since we are doing this project without any taxpayer money, it takes time. Further, how is my letter not productive?   more ›

Letter to the Editor

Harford GOP On Annapolis

Chairman Patrick McGrady writes in on behalf of the Harford County Republican Party.

From Patrick McGrady, Chairman, Harford County Republican Party: ——— Dear Residents of Maryland: Governor Martin O'Malley continues to demonstrate the breadth of his big-government mentality during this ongoing legislative session in Annapolis. It is apparent that he is trying to position himself as a liberal leader as he looks ahead at future political office—and he is using the working-class people of Maryland as a stepping stone. Governor O'Malley introduced a budget that increases spending by more than $1 billion over FY2012, the last fiscal year's budget. This budget is larger than it has ever been, just like each and every budget from Governor O'Malley for the past six years of his term in office. This budget proposal includes …

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Aberdeen Youth Rallies for Ron Paul

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is proving to be popular amongst young potential voters.

Letter to the Editor

McGrady Holding Meeting On Property Values, Taxes

Patrick McGrady, a former candidate for mayor of Aberdeen, is hosting a meeting at the Aberdeen Library on Jan. 25.

Dear Aberdeen Neighbor, On November 8, 2011 you voted in the Aberdeen City election. Thank you. Not all of our fellow citizens participated in that opportunity to make Aberdeen a great place to live. I was a candidate for Mayor of Aberdeen. With the number of votes at 766 to 741, the incumbent mayor, Michael Bennett, was re-elected by a 25 vote margin. Not only were he and the City Council members re-elected, but they will now be serving a 4-year term, which the Bennett administration had created last year. This 4-year term replaced 2-year terms, which had been City law since 1892. Clearly seen by the closeness of the vote, many Aberdeen voters are not satisfied with the way the Mayor and City Council members have been managing Aberdeen …

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Official Aberdeen Municipal Election Results

Mayor Michael Bennett won the election by 25 votes, according to official results released by City Clerk Monica Correll. All four candidates for City Council were elected.

Mayor 2011 Aberdeen Municipal Election Votes Michael Bennett 766 Patrick McGrady 741 City Council 2011 Aberdeen Municipal Election Votes Ruth Elliott 1,061 Bruce Garner 993 Sandra Landbeck 1,034 Ruth Ann Young 950

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Bennett Narrowly Wins 'Dirtiest Campaign' for Mayor

Mayor Michael Bennett beat challenger Patrick McGrady by 26 votes in the Aberdeen municipal election.

Beating his opponent by only 26 votes, Aberdeen Mayor Michael Bennett was reelected to his third term on Tuesday night after what he called "the dirtiest campaign" he had ever experienced. Bennett received 764 votes, barely ahead of the 738 votes cast for challenger Patrick McGrady, city elections supervisor Gina Bantum announced at the Aberdeen Senior Center. McGrady, a Republican, mounted a serious challenge against the Democratic incumbent in the nonpartisan election that took a bizarre last-minute twist when the city's ethics commission acted on a complaint McGrady filed against Bennett. On Oct. 14 the commission agreed with McGrady's complaint and stated that Bennett had violated ethics code by accepting a trip to Georgia paid for by …

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