Since When Does WET Speak for Me?
In Sunday’s Daily Times we are treated to a letter to the editor from John Groutt calling for Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman to appoint “a blue ribbon panel of experts and citizens to review the accidents (the recent spills at the Salisbury WWTP). Groutt happens to be the past-president of the Wicomico Environmental Trust (WET).
Buried at the bottom of Groutt’s warm and fuzzy monologue is the following:
Groutt writes on behalf of the Wicomico Environmental Trust and Wicomico County citizens. — Editor
With all due respect Susan, since when does Mr. Groutt or WET speak for me? The last time I checked, I was still a citizen of Wicomico County.
How many spills have there been in recent years at the WWTP? Where has WET been up until recently? It’s been people like Joe Albero who have been beating the drum and getting called a “crackpot” for their trouble.
Now Groutt and his comrades want a “blue ribbon panel”. I can only imagine the type of panel that would be appointed by Tilghman. We need to remember that she appointed a slum lord to chair the board regulating rental housing in Salisbury. The Salisbury taxpayer has just finished paying tens of thousands of dollars to lose a lawsuit defending the behavior of Tilghman appointees at the Salisbury Historic District Commission.
Of course that doesn’t matter to these people who are supposedly speaking for me. No. What matters is getting ink. What matters is getting grants. What matters is media exposure that will eventually convince a mind numbed populace that groups like WET really do have their best interests at heart.
That’s OK John. Politics is politics. Just next time do me a favor; ask Susan print an accurate bio line:
Groutt writes on behalf of the Wicomico Environmental Trust and lefty, tree hugging Wicomico County citizens. — Editor
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