Archive for October, 2005
Happy Halloween … or is it April Fool’s Day?
On the front page of Sunday’s “Daily Times†we got to experience something unusual. Both Salisbury and Wicomico County Councils will finally address growth (rather than merely rolling over for residential developers) or they are giving us a bold new version (at least for local politicians) of political spin. Which is it? [...]
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Take A Break and Move South
After all of this week’s excitement with Salisbury Council, it’s time to take a little break (don’t worry, we’ve got plenty of excitement between now and the next City Council meeting on November 14.
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What’s Happening In The White House?
I was on the road today. While heading west I heard on the radio that White House Counsel Harriet Miers had withdrawn her nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court. I was shocked! Not because I thought that Ms. Miers was going to be the next (fill in your pick for greatest Supreme Court Justice [...]
Did SAPOA Hire A Political Consultant?
It has been reported that 70% of the residential property in Salisbury is now rental property. Terry Cohen and the residents at SINA (Salisbury Independent Neighborhood Alliance) want to protect single family neighborhoods. Admirable, right?
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Salisbury attorney Mark Tilghman walks softly, but carries a big stick. While it was clear from the get go that the 4-2 housing ordinance was going to be replaced with 4-3, Mr. Tilghman stood up last night and quietly prodded Salisbury Council (by firm and non-confrontational questioning of City Solicitor Paul Wilbur) to close some [...]
Gary Comegys — Champion of the Little Guy
I didn’t know Salisbury Coucil Vice President Gary Comegys cared so much. All along it seemed that Mr. Comegys was too busy bending over to accomodate developers (as in the recent meeting at the Fountains designed to plot a strategy to keep “the natives” from getting too restless) and slumlords to worry about the little [...]
Divide And Conquer?
The game plan just keeps on changing.
After Monday night’s fortuitous (for the “Partners in Progress”) power outage, we were all supposed to gather again on Wednesday and have a final vote on the Hearne Annexation and then on 4-2 [or is it 4-3 (Salisbury Councils plan to totally destroy neighborhoods)]. Well folks, the ball’s been [...]
Don’t Mess With Dot!
First I have to apologize — to you and to Dot Truitt. I was a little tired after Monday’s Council Follies and didn’t get around to posting this until tonight.
Dot Truitt is a dynamo! She has worked tirelessly to save her neighborhood from the proposed Hearne project.
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Opposition To Hearne Annexation Blows A Fuse
Monday night’s Salisbury City Council Meeting came to an early end due to freak power outage in the area around downtown. Council will reconvene Wednesday at 6PM and hopefully do the right thing.
Within a few minutes of the outage, Mayor Barrie Tilghman was heard to say, “We need to cancel this meeting right now! This [...]
The Hearne Annexation Is “Only Fair”
John Seipp, attorney for the owners of the Hearne property (CDW, LLC), told the Council and the capacity crowd that it was only fair to go through with the annexation. Since Council had already voted to do so once (illegally, since the 1st hearing wasn’t properly publicized), it’s only equitable to complete the annexation. He [...]
“We Care” Goes High Tech
There’s an new and interesting website: www.wecarewicomico.org
Tina Perrotta, Linda Kent and the other folks at We Care About Wicomico County (We Care) started posting some of their material on the web.
After hearing Tina and Linda on WICO radio this week and reading about them in the news, I can only say BRAVA!
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