The $38,000.00 Shortfall!!!!!!

Now here's one of the most interesting items I have ever come across not only in my time going to Salisbury City Council Meeting but in my entire career to boot!

As many of you know, I have been involved in the manufacturing business most of my life so far. I have owned restaurants, upscale billiard rooms and numerous other business ventures over the past 25 years.

During all that time I have had to rely on numerous attorneys to help guide me through multiple processes and fortunately I have chosen very reliable attorneys and firms to get me ahead.

During that time I have "ALWAYS" received itemized billing to assure I was getting what I paid for. Forgive me for coming off simple here but what that means is that I received billing that clearly stated just how much time was spent on each and every item and what the law firm was billing me for.

The City of Salibury and attorney Paul Wilber are completely different though. Paul Wilber just sends the City a bill and this evening he clearly admitted to such. Lady Campbell raised attention to two different proposals being brought in front of the Council referencing this exact matter.

The first was the fact that this could not be brought forward as a resolution as this would not be legal to do so. She said it needed to be an ordinance and even Paul Wilber stated, "Legally the safest course is to go this route."

Now if Lady Campbell didn't bring this up, these funds would have been pushed right through and no one would have known what they spent this $38,000.00 on! Paul Wilber then said he didn't think there would be enough time to present the entire bill being itemized and that he might need even more time to do so. This proves once again that they do not itemize the bill and Paul also stated they weren't prepared for such a thing.

The Mayor said she is the one that reviews and aproves all of the legal bills and now you all know she has done so without ever being able to truly question what the City was actually paying for. This is NOT good! I'm not suggesting Paul Wilber ever cheated the City of Salisbury but if he ever did, who would ever know?

Gary Comegys then became upset with Debbie Campbell bringing this up and stated, "This is a nit to pick at to delay payments." NO IT'S NOT! This is how business is run and you people, (meaning most of the Council) have absolutely no clue what they're doing!

When you go to a store and purchase items, each one is rung up and you have a record of what you purchased. When you get a bill from Paul Wilber's Office you get one number and nothing is itemized. From the sound of this particular bill, Mr. Wilber spent quite a bit of time using this firm to go over the City's Budget and racked up a $38,000.00 bill in doing so and this was not expected and or in the Budget.

It's no wonder so many local attorneys are donating maximum funds to support certain candidates in the County Executive Race so they can hopefully become the County Attorney and deliver the same kind of billing! Gotta love that Good Old Boy system!