The Old Salisbury Mall Is Simply A Disaster Waiting To Happen

Over the past few days I have been following violation after violation at the Old Salisbury Mall and today Linda Kent and Terry Cohen finally got enough attention whereas the City responded with the Fire Marshall as well as internal Employees of the City.

Doors were busted open overnight and there was very clear evidence of people occupying the inside of the Old Mall. Plates were on the floor, wires were stripped from almost every electrical outlet you could see and obviously the copper is worth money and they're going to steal whatever they can get their hands on.

With the price of copper going through the roof, why not take advantage of what's there, right? Well much of what's there could be live wires. Last week I personally saw people inside the mall that I thought were electricians but it turns out these people were more than likely stealing what they could get even during broad daylight.

A representative and I stood at one door that was secured into the inside of the Mall and we could hear water just flowing through the roof like a massive waterfall. The last photo above was a very rare shot of the inside of one section of the Old Mall and water was coming right through the roof while we were standing there. It was so dark you really couldn't see much at all and I used a flash and was completely surprised to see there was actually an image. The ceiling tiles were all falling down from getting soaked and there's obviously a problem there. People are getting onto the roof there and there's a very good chance someone could very easily fall right through the roof. Something needs to be done about this structure right away.

The building is supposed to be secured and that's what the City has said in a letter drafted today to the owner of the property. However, get this, they now have 5 days to do something about it! The owner of the property told the City that they were aware of the problem but due to bad weather they haven't been able to do anything about it. Talk about a boat load of crap! It only started raining today! The windows have been blown out of that building for at least a week now and the City fell asleep at the wheel because they have not sent them violations for the windows before today.

Tom Stevenson was in Washington, DC. today and the Mayor's vehicle wasn't at her Office so it's no wonder the City actually responded while the most important people were away. Something actually got done!

I'd like to add this challenge to the end of this post. You do not see "anything" referencing Gang Graffiti and or any of this illegal activity at the Old Mall in The Daily Times, ever. If the Daily Times is going to start telling the truth then they need to get on the ball and start informing their readers of "all" the activities going on around Salisbury. Let's see what they do from here on out, shall we?