The Paul Wilber Welfare Fund

Each year hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars go into the pocket of Salisbury City Attorney Paul Wilber. Last night, Mayor Barrie Tilghman’s “council leadership” added tens of thousands to the budget for Mr. Wilber’s pocket.

Where does all that money go? The taxpayers will never know.

Why? It seems that every document that comes from Mr. Wilber’s office is stamped “Privileged and Confidential”. Whenever a member of the public wants to find out about one of Wilber’s opinions they are denied. Whenever Coucilwomen Campbell or Cohen want to discuss it, they are denied.

At Monday’s meeting Debbie Campbell made an excellent point that the public should know how their money is being spent. Now remember, we’re not talking about items that are protected by the open meetings law. Taxpayers aren’t allowed to find out how a large percentage of city legal expenditures are being spent.

Instead, Barrie Tilghman simply pays out a great deal of tax money into the “Paul Wilber Welfare Fund”.

cross posted at Salisbury News

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