Showing posts with label Salisbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salisbury. Show all posts
Who's Looking Forward to Tuesday?
Two Sentz is and isn't. Let's just say we have ALL the information of the other blogs, and a bit more. If you know what I'm talking about, then you know what I'm talking about. For once we actually have the inside scoop. It's kind of funny watching the other guys try to figure out what's going on. Be here Tuesday.
Letter to The Editor (snagged from sbynews)
Why I’ll Be Voting For Laura Mitchell In April
Events during the past week have convinced me to cast my third vote for Ms. Mitchell, who is an intelligent and moderate person – the type that we need on the Salisbury City Council now more than ever after the specter of the “Dream Team” and more recently the Comegys-Shields-Smith nightmare. Her response to questions at the PACE/Chamber of Commerce forum was uniformly outstanding, to say the very least. And consider how she has replied – with grace and civility – to the false allegations that were recently made in a comment that was posted on this blog.
It appears that a certain group composed mostly of nonresidents of Salisbury, which has controlled the Council under the regimes mentioned above, realizes that, if Ms. Mitchell and certain other candidates are elected, it would place the power back into the hands of City residents. For that reason they are doing everything possible to smear those candidates, using some of the same tactics as they did in past elections and some new ones too.
Ms. Mitchell has my vote, and many others from folks that I know.
City Considers Police/Fire Furloughs
Mayor Jim Ireton released a $47 million budget April 15 with provisions for employee furloughs, a sewer rate increase and cuts across the board. But it left many departments and organizations dissatisfied.
(Police and Fire furloughs should not even be on the table, especially with crime as it already is in SBY. If we don't have safety and security, what do we have?)
"We're not going to be able to have it all," said Council President Louise Smith, who suggested leaving the city-wide furlough schedule alone and assisting public safety with a new vehicle or extra overtime. Smith's opponents on the council disagree, but compromises are slow coming.
Council members agreed to uphold Ireton's choice to deny funding to The Village of Hope and the Maryland Food Bank, citing the availability and more appropriateness of seeking funding elsewhere, namely through Wicomico County.
(Unfortunately this is a better choice for cuts though it angers some. Of course I believe in helping the poor, but I also believe in safety. Charitable organizations are always the first to get cut.)
More at Daily Times
(Police and Fire furloughs should not even be on the table, especially with crime as it already is in SBY. If we don't have safety and security, what do we have?)
"We're not going to be able to have it all," said Council President Louise Smith, who suggested leaving the city-wide furlough schedule alone and assisting public safety with a new vehicle or extra overtime. Smith's opponents on the council disagree, but compromises are slow coming.
Council members agreed to uphold Ireton's choice to deny funding to The Village of Hope and the Maryland Food Bank, citing the availability and more appropriateness of seeking funding elsewhere, namely through Wicomico County.
(Unfortunately this is a better choice for cuts though it angers some. Of course I believe in helping the poor, but I also believe in safety. Charitable organizations are always the first to get cut.)
More at Daily Times
