The Jen Charlton Show

David Newman, Sandy Wastler, and Joe Parsley

Route 40 West, also known as the Golden Mile, represents so much worth celebrating about Frederick. This route houses dozens of local shops, restaurants, and other businesses operated by hardworking Frederick residents who bring a global flair to our Frederick community. A drive along the Golden Mile will show you how much these restaurants, businesses, and neighborhoods have to offer you and your family and the community at large. Not only will it take you into the City of Frederick—it’ll take you to so much more

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Jim Carpenter Frederick Organizer

Natalie Abbas Frederick Organizer

Tom Smerling Maryland State Coordinator

The Problem of Polarization:

Political polarization did not start with the 2016 election — it’s been gaining momentum for over 20 years. But with the rancor and divisiveness that has been on display in recent years, polarization may have reached its worst level in the United States since the Civil War.

Today, many believe that their political adversaries are not simply misguided, but that they are also bad people whose ways of thinking are both dangerous and incomprehensible. As Charles Krauthammer once noted, “Conservatives think Liberals are stupid, Liberals think Conservatives are evil!”

The Pew Research Center, which has been measuring political polarization in the United States since 1994, recently found that the average partisan gap has increased from 15 percentage points to 36 points.

The United States is disuniting. We’re becoming two Americas angry with the other and distrusting our opposites’ basic humanity and good intentions.

This degree of civic rancor threatens our democracy and it’s a trend we must reverse!

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Education MBA, Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland JD, Howard University School of Law BA, Columbia University BackgroundSmall business owner, writer, business consultant, former field organizer for the Maryland Democrat Party

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In deep blue Baltimore, Democrats outnumber Republicans 10-to-1 and Republican President Donald Trump, who has openly insulted the city, is widely disliked. But the Republican candidates say they’re undeterred by the political leanings of the voter base.

“The policies of the last several decades have not been working,” says Wright, who wants to see more resources go to the police department. “I am a Republican in the mindset of Frederick Douglass. ... Our city has strayed from core principles and values. We’re doing things wrong across the board.”

Wright, a former first vice president of the Yonkers NAACP, has lived in Baltimore since 2013 and unsuccessfully ran for Baltimore City Council president in 2016. She’s an executive of a nonprofit called In His Name, which she said offers training in life and personal finance skills. Wright says she wants to encourage school choice and job training options.

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William "Bill" Folden is a former Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates.He served from 2015 to 2019 as the sole delegate from District 3B. Folden was defeated in the 2018 Maryland General Assembly elections by Democratic challenger Ken Kerr

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David Perez and and Sheriff Chuck Jenkins talk about the 287 G Program in Frederick County.

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Joseph M. Humireis a global security expert, specialized in analyzingtrans-regional threats in the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Humire provides regular briefings and lectures on international terrorism, transnational organized crime, Islamism and Iran and Hezbollah’s influence in the Americas to various entities within the U.S. national security community, as well as prominent think tanks and universities worldwide. He has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress as well as the European and CanadianParliament. Mr. Humire hasalsoservedas an expert witness to several important terrorism trialsin South America, including an ongoing trial of an accused Hezbollah operative in Peru.

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A Frederick County resident, Lilian Castillo-Harris, was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Friday to oversee the state's preparation for the 2020 U.S. Census.

Ms. Castillo-Harris will serve as chair of a new Maryland Complete Count Committee to make recommendations and assist the state Department of Planning during the upcoming decennial census.

"A complete and accurate count of Maryland’s population is essential to the state since it determines Congressional representation, state redistricting, and federal funding allocations for the next 10 years," Hogan said in prepared remarks. "It is of the utmost importance that every resident is counted for the 2020 Census."

Castillo-Harris is the president of the Workplace Management Group, a business enterprise group that works with Hispanic communities to expand and improve their business organizations.

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States Attorney Lindsey Carpenter, Sherriff Chuck Jenkins, and Heather Moreno of Heartly House all paint a sad picture of this problem as it exists today.

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Jaco Booyens is a native of South Africa and an American citizen. He is a diversified entrepreneur and is involved in several entities and industries. Jaco has a vast entertainment background with over twenty-five years of experience stretching across continents and cultures within the industry leading him to start After Eden Pictures (a film production studio) where he serves as President and CEO.

As the oldest brother of a sister who is a sex trafficking survivor Jaco turned abolitionist and produced and directed the feature film 8 DAYS (2014), which his wife wrote as a non-profit, volunteer film, inspired by actual events of sex trafficking within in the United States, Jaco launched red carpet events to screen the film, bring awareness and donate proceeds to local anti-trafficking organizations within the USA, South Africa, Europe and the Dominican Republic. Children were rescued, brothels were shut down and Jaco became a trusted voice in the anti sex trafficking community, and a voice to liberate women worldwide. He has appeared on local, national and international Television and Radio shows including Steve Harvey. Jaco actively fights against child sex trafficking in the USA and globally, giving aid and linking with agencies such as the TSA, FBI, Police departments, CIA, ICE and Homeland Security SRT. Jaco is an international speaker and presenter on several humanitarian issues as well as serving on the non-profit boards of Traffick911 and SHAREtogether.

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