Whining Jody Wagner Wants to Virginia’s Next Lt. Governor

I’m waiting for the day when the sun doesn’t rise and Democrats blame George W. Bush.

As someone who NEVER voted for the guy, I still don’t think that “Dubya” is the source of all evil, or even bad policy, in these United States.  Yet, Democrat politicians are so bereft of good ideas – and so unwilling to take responsibility for their own actions and bad policies – that “blaming Bush” seems to be the only trick left in their respective bags.  Virginia Lt. Governor candidate Jody Wagner is a fine case in point.

Reeling from a speech from President Barack Obama (while campaigning for Dem gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds), Wagner is whining that Virginia’s revenue shortfall has absolutely nothing to do with her.  Despite the fact that it was her job as the Commonwealth’s  Finance Secretary to forecast revenue, Wagner claims that the massive shortfall is due to “failed economic policies of the federal government”.

I’m waiting for someone to ask Wagner who controlled Congress.  It sure wasn’t the GOP.

Hear Wagner’s interview and decide for yourself.

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The Intelligent Obama Voter

Why should Americans be worried about ACORN? Listen to some Obama voters and you decide.

This would be absolutely hilarious … if I were a Canadian.

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PAC-14 – Hear It From the Horse’s Mouth

If you haven’t been able to watch Mike Pretl’s appearance on PAC-14 discussing the proposed takeover of our local public access channel, hear it straight from the horse’s mouth!

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Also, don’t forget that Mike Goodson is scheduled to make another presentation – this time to the Wicomico County Council. Hopefully he’ll be willing to answer questions this time!

Unfortunately, it won’t be covered on TV as it will be part of the work session agenda. Hopefully I’ll have a full report on Wednesday.

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Jim Gilmore Interview

Bearing Drift interviewed former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore Saturday right after his nomination for the U. S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Warner (R-VA).

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Barrie Tilghman – I’m Gonna Get You

Back in 2007 we ran a post about a discussion I had with several Salisbury businessmen. After listening to them whine about the state of the city I asked a very simple question:

If you are so dissatisfied with the state of affairs in Salisbury, how come I don’t see you at City Council meetings expressing that dissatisfaction?

While each answer was worded a bit differently, the core of each response was the same:

If I show up and complain on Monday night, Tuesday (Wednesday at the latest) Barrie Tilghman will have her codes compliance people out to my business writing citations like there’s no tomorrow.

To date, there has been only one businessman who has had the moral fiber to show up and complain – Stu Leer. Remember, Barrie is already trying to make his life miserable so I guess he had nothing to lose. But at least the public can hear it first hand:

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Perhaps SWED will use the tape as part of one of its economic development pieces. Perhaps the Larsons will discuss their views on Mayoral intimidation in their next episode in Crossroads Chronicles (the quarterly Barrie Tilghman propaganda organ).

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Jim Gilmore at CPAC

My feed reader’s not been working for a while and I just came across this great interview that former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore gave at CPAC. It’s worth a listen, not only for Virginians but for others who want to hear someone address real conservative issues rather than pandering to groups within the GOP / conservative coalition.

Thanks to Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters for the great interview and Bloggers for Jim Gilmore for providing the link.

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Shanie Shields and the Eloquence of a Great Mind

Salisbury Councilwoman Shanie Shields, that eloquent sage “who ain’t never seen no wasteful government spending” believes that Pam Oland and her staff are doing a GREAT JOB! Case closed.

City auditor Herb Geary must have been dropping acid. Obviously, since Shields states that the Finance Department is doing such a great job, they couldn’t have misplaced all of that money.

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Gary Comegys – “This Audit Thing Has Been Blown Out of Proportion”

That’s right folks. Mr. Comegys thinks that losing over $10 million of taxpayer money just isn’t worth much of a bother.

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Mr. Comegys also claims that equating the city audit to a family balancing their checkbook (as Councilwoman Debbie Campbell has asserted) is not a fair comparison. Comegys claims that the city does this on a regular basis. Well, if he had bothered to read the audits since he has been on council he would know that the city’s finance department IS NOT balancing their checkbook on a regular basis. If our local Nobel laureate bothered to do a little digging he would know that many of the city’s financial problems would have been solved if the Tilghman administration had kept their word and accurately reconciled accounts on a regular basis.

I think Salisbury taxpayers need to start worrying about how bad things have to get before Comegys feels that getting a timely and accurate audit is something to be concerned about.

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The Louise Smith Show

Today we will be treated to yet another attempt by Salisbury City Councilwoman Louise Smith to save face. She will yet again try to benignly chastise the Barrie Tilghman administration and claim that SHE (Smith) is the party responsible for putting the city on sound financial footing. I can’t wait.

Go back to the December 10, 2007 meeting. Mayor Barrie Tilghman claimed that she heard Smith “loud and clear” and that the city would fix the disgraceful problems plaguing the Finance Department:

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What a joke! These were the same problems (only far worse) that the Mayor promised would be fixed in FY 2007. More than half of FY 2008 has past and the problems have become so bad that her Finance Department lost over $10 million dollars belonging to the taxpayer.

Violating her own rules, Smith entered into a speech lasting more than five minutes where she claims to be “on top of the problem”:

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A paper trail of correspondence between Smith and the administration is not a solution. At best, it’s “cover your ass” politics and at worse it smacks of a cover up. The reality is pretty simple. Tilghman keeps Smith under her thumb by allowing Smith to APPEAR to be independent. Check her voting record to see the truth.

When Smith again violates HER OWN RULES by delivering a speech today (don’t expect any questions from Smith unless they have been previously rehearsed with Tilghman, Pick, Oland, etc.) you will hear a great deal of hand wringing and shirt tearing. What you won’t hear are any real solutions.

Do expect her to attempt to shut down Councilwomen Campbell and Cohen. Given that these are the only tow members who have actually offered any solutions to these problems, that would yield too much embarrassment to both Tilghman and her lackeys on council (Louise Smith, Gary Comegys and Shanie Shields).

If readers are interested in hearing the complete discussion of the non-audit from December 10, 2007 it is below. Note that it lasts almost an hour. You can also download the file here.

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Smith vs. Reddish

If you didn’t hear Bill Reddish take on Salisbury Council President Louise Smith on WICO Friday morning you missed something special.

This “interview” will be the gift that keeps on giving for years to come. Princess Louise flipped, flopped and even admitted lying to a council member! More commentary will follow over the course of the next few days, weeks, months and even years. Listen to the complete interview below (you may have to click the play button twice).

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If you want to download the MP3 file for future playback, right-click HERE and “Save Link As”.

This will go down as some of Bill’s best work and a huge service to the citizens of Salisbury. Thanks to Bill and to WICO!

I also want to thank Joe Albero of Salisbury News for working with WICO and handling the editing chores.

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