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, 2005 – A POLITICAL PANORAMA (Part One)

2004 had been a year of political promise keeping by the “Dream Team” majority of the City Council who were elected from District 2 in November 2003. Almost immediately thereafter they began to annex property, totaling hundreds of acres, at the request of developers and gutted the residential rental regulations by doing away with comprehensive inspection of rental property and decreasing the licensing fee as requested by landlords. Joined by the fourth member from District 2, Michael Day, the majority acted in harmony with the Mayor – a rare exception involving her proposed “food tax,” which the Council rejected, after initially endorsing it, following strong public outcry. Read more

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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. Read more

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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. Read more

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Bartkovich Shows “Leadership”

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. Read more

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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 law enforcement unit they should look to home first.

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Does The County Planning Department Really Plan For Anything?

Thursday’s Daily Times ran a great letter to the editor from Dave Suiter. Read more

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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? Read more

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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 I know that many people believe that this is necessary in order to protect the country against terror, there are a few problems with the President’s actions. Read more

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Holiday Reading List

I’ve been trying to relax a little the past week or so by reading (or re-reading) some great books: Read more

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