Archive for November, 2006
Days of Rage
If the “Tilghman Times†paid half the attention to Salisbury City Council as they do to hunting Bambi’s dad you might actually see some people in the streets this evening. No, I’m not talking about a bunch of illegal aliens (sorry, “undocumented workersâ€) protesting a decent immigration bill or marching in front of the GOB [...]
A Rag By Any Other Name
Author’s Note: While this, and the following post, may seem redundant after Sunday’s two posts about the state of our local paper - the “Tilghman Times“. However, since these two new posts were already written and do contain some additional content, I decided to run them anyway. - Cato
Up until now Sunday I’ve [...]
… on Why We Lost
Michael Schwartz has another excellent post on MonoBlogue about casting blame among the GOP members of the House. I didn’t get to read it until Sunday evening, which made it even more interesting.
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The Coronation
Bearing Drift gives us the scoop on next week’s coronation of Ed Gillespie’s as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.
I hope that Ed does a great job. He’s certainly capable. For personal reasons I wish that John Hager hadn’t been pushed out of the running, but I’m not surprise that the RPV [...]
Two Interesting Quotes
I came across these two interesting quotes on GOTV (a lefty blog out of Virginia):
In Virginia politics we have no enemies, only friends with whom we disagree - Del. Mary A. Marshall (1920 - 1992)
The ends do not justify the means, the means determine the ends. - John Andrew Rice (1888 - 1968) (founder of [...]
It Doesn’t Pay to Upset the Queen of Barrieland
Tomorrow I was planning on running a piece on the current state of print journalism (if you can call it that) in Salisbury. This morning’s “Daily Times†provides at least three examples of why our local newspaper (sic) has long ceased to be a neutral arbiter of the news and has degenerated into [...]
More “News†from the Tilghman Times
The editorial page of Sunday’s mullet wrapper provide our last two pieces of evidence that the “paper†should change its name.
Have you ever noticed that the “Tilghman Times†seems to endorse every development planned for Salisbury yet never hesitates to criticize those outside of Wicomico County. Their editorial on the proposed “Discovery [...]
A Subsidy By Any Other Name (Part 2)
Are you a Salisbury taxpayer? Did you vote for Barrie Tilghman? Are you shocked at how the Congress or the Maryland General Assembly spends your money? Well, that makes you either addled or a hypocrite.
Tomorrow night the Salisbury City Council will, in all probability, vote to borrow $10.9 million so that the “Road to Nowhere†[...]
What’s the Deal?
For one thing, our writing is better!
…. Integrity Matters Only Sometimes ponders whether or not Charles Jannace is the mind behind “Delmarva Dealings”.
Please! With no disrespect to Mr. Jannace intended, our wannabe Abbie Hoffman in Snow Hill either has either never spent more than two minutes reading DD and the late, lamented “Justice for [...]
Will A Delaware Mall Spell Bankruptcy for the Salisbury Retail Corridor?
On Thanksgiving, the Salisbury News, had a post discussing a rumor that a large mall will be built near Laurel, DE. Would such a project have a long term impact on Salisbury and its environs? Of course it would. Would it be a disastrous end to the retail corridor north of [...]
PG, the Land of Milk and Honey …
… for local elected officials.
Maryland Conservatarian provides more info on the ongoing saga of the Prince Georges County government. Where else can an elected official charge all of their living expenses to the taxpayer and seemingly get away with it?
Even Barrie Tilghman hasn’t tried these tricks.
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Persuade Rather Than Pontificate
Waldo Jaquith has a great piece on political blogging in general, Virginia political blogging in particular.
Is There Hope for The Sun?
Free State Politics reports that there may be hope for the “Baltimore Sun” yet. I hate to disagree, but even if the Sun is bought out by a local investor group I doubt that it will cease to be a liberal rag.
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Condescending To Bloggers?
GOP Bloggers covers the recent California case liberalizing libel laws for bloggers. Is this great for the 1st Amendment? I doubt it. The “Sullivan” decision has made it damn near impossible to prove libel as it is. Why do bloggers need a blanket immunity? The only argument I can make [...]
A Subsidy By Any Other Name (Part 1)
Wake up Salisbury! If you have plans for Monday evening, I’d cancel them. In a rush to give away a maximum number of your hard earned tax dollars before Christmas (so you’ll hopefully forget about it before the election next Spring) the illustrious Salisbury City Council plans on approving millions of dollars in bonds to [...]
