Archive for October, 2007
Feeding the Beast
Providing essential services while being a competent steward of taxpayer money should be the primary goal a municipal government … unless your name is Barrie Tilghman. The Salisbury city government has a different goal - feeding the bureaucratic beast. Electrical contractors doing business in the city learned this lesson Tuesday night.
What were the [...]
Conflict and Cover-up?
Eight days after being reported in the “Salisbury News“, the “Tilghman Times” finally got around to reporting that K. Hovnanian wants to pull out its contract to be the primary home builder in the old Salisbury Mall project. In the middle of the article you will find mention that Hovnanian’s local counsel just happens [...]
O’Malley to Host Budget Forum In Salisbury
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is hosting a forum on his proposed budget (translation - all of his proposed tax increases) in Salisbury next week. The details are as follows:
Wednesday, October 10th
1:00 PM
The Great Hall - Holloway Hall
Salisbury University
I don’t know whether this is by invitation only or open to the general public. My [...]
Binding Arbitration for Sheriff’s Deputies
At a too rare (in my opinion) evening meeting the Wicomico County Council met to hold a public hearing for proposed legislation to enact collective bargaining and binding arbitration for the deputies of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department. While only a few citizens spoke, support seemed to be firmly behind the deputies.
There is no [...]
A Disgraceful Showing by the GOP
I had to go to the library Saturday. While looking through some back issues of the Tilghman Times for a future post a young African-American man struck up a conversation with me.
After a while the topic turned to politics and the young man asked me what I thought about the turnout for the GOP [...]
The Priorities of Princess Louise
How can you judge the priorities of a politician? One way is to look at their rhetoric. Another is to look at the legislation they have either sponsored or supported. In the case of Salisbury Councilwoman Louise Smith we know that her priorities DO NOT mesh with the promises she made during [...]
Another Work Session to Fix Another Tilghman Administration Screw-up
The Salisbury City Council will have another work session today. Is the purpose to solve a pressing city problem, like crime? Of course not. Barrie Tilghman’s “council leadership” can’t be bothered with minor issues such as that. Instead, the council will meet to fix another one of Barrie Tilghman’s boo-boo’s.
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