Archive for December, 2005
A Political Panorama - Part I
One of our loyal readers forwarded this from a friend of his. It makes interesting reading. A second part is to follow. When I receive the second part I will also link to a PDF file with the whole essay since I am sure some of you will want to save it.
SALISBURY, [...]
Senility Is Setting In
My memory must be fading fast. Every time I read something in the paper about a proposed excise tax for Wicomico County something just didn’t ring true.
Happy Holiday
We wish you a merry and blessed Christmas.
Chanukah begins at sundown today. We wish you a happy Chanukah.
Energy Conservation
As many of you are probably aware, the Wicomico County Board of Education staff is taking next week off. Why? The reason given by the WCBOE is that the administrative employees are being given the week off in order to conserve energy.
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Bartkovich Shows “Leadershipâ€
Last night I caught “Back Talk†on PAC-14. It was pretty interesting, although not nearly as interesting as host Don Singleton thought it was. Dr. Don’s guest was County Councilwoman Gail Bartkovich.
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Crime In The City
If you missed Hadley V. Baxendale’s analysis of crime in the city of Salisbury, check out Justice for All? right now.
Barrie Tilghman and Chief Webster should be ashamed of themselves. I know that Barrie doesn’t have any shame, but I don’t know about the Chief. The next time they want to criticize another [...]
Does The County Planning Department Really Plan For Anything?
Thursday’s Daily Times ran a great letter to the editor from Dave Suiter.
Baltimore County Can Fix A Problem, Why Can’t We?
Monday’s Baltimore Sun has an interesting article on planning and schools in Baltimore County. It seems that Baltimore County is building schools that are already overcrowded on the day they open. Sound familiar?
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Is President Bush Right?
As I stated yesterday, one of the things that has been of great concern to me lately is the disclosure that President Bush appears to have circumvented the law by using the NSA to monitor the communications of US citizens who are supposedly in contact with terrorists (or people affiliated somehow with terrorists). While [...]
Holiday Reading List
I’ve been trying to relax a little the past week or so by reading (or re-reading) some great books:
My Sincerest Apologies
I know that many of you have wondered why I haven’t been posting lately. The simple answer is that I’ve become sickened by the whole political process of late.
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WHY?
If you were Wicomico County and you could gain no real benefit from Salisbury annexing land, WHY would you?
Now I know that many of you (particularly developers) will tell us all about the increased revenue from property taxes. This is true – if you are the city of Salisbury. What benefit does Wicomico [...]
Happy Holiday
At 6:03 PM UTC (1:03 PM EST) today we had the Winter Solstice. If this celebration is in your tradition, we wish you a happy celebration.
LEADERSHIP
Tuesday’s Wicomico County Council meeting was a disgrace.
I think that we all hoped that the signs of progress in the last month would materialize into something really positive in the coming months. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Wicomico County has committed to building a new Bennett High, with no means of paying [...]
Planning Commission On Board
from We Care -
The Planning Commission has recommended that the Wicomico County Council adopt impact fees, excise taxes and an APFO.
Remember, County Council meets on December 20th. Let’s see what happens.
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