The MDE Responds

Thank you for your email on the WWTP story. I assure you that theDepartment will follow through on the terms of the Consent Order. TheDepartment intends to monitor the City's deadlines in the order to verify compliance or noncompliance.

Thank you and have a Merry Christmas.

Dave Pushkar

Other Illegal Activity The Mayor Doesn't Want You To Recall

There are a few different divisions of the MDE, so you know. One of them, outside of the one that fined the City $10,000.00 for being 99% compliant, (LAUGH) is the Solid Waste Division.

You see, for more than 20 years the City has been illegally dumping just about anything they want out there. Barrie Tilghman & John Jacobs most recently lied to the MDE stating there's no construction debris and or any other type of debris under the area where the Sludge Pit is. However, I have proof/photos that this is a complete lie.

There are old City Lamp Posts, concrete slabs and all sorts of things under the massive 10 acre open area that includes the Sludge Pit. The City was cited years ago to stop dumping there and clean it up and they simply refused to cooperate. SO, that being said, the Solid Waste Division isn't through with the City, its demands and also fines.

I am told by some MDE representatives it could cost the City up to $60,000,000.00 to remove all of this debris. Maybe this is why the City is so desperate to charge anyone and everyone for anything they can think of? All I know is, you haven't heard about this from the Daily Times and the Mayor is desperate to keep this information away from the taxpayers.

Again, the important question to ask Mike Dunn, Gary Comegys & Lynn Cathcart tonight is, where do you stand with all of this? Do you support the way the Mayor has handled things OR would you have paid the fines and worked with the MDE to allow them to put in the test wells the MDE asked for?

This mess isn't going away any time soon and these are the main reasons the Mayor is so desperate to get me locked up, so I can't remind all of you what she has been doing and the photos that prove such.

Oh, that water you see in a couple of the photos, that's a Salisbury Waste Water Treatment Man Made Stream where they were illegally pumping 1,000,000, (one million) gallons of water a day into the Wicomico River. They had two diesel engines pumping this water into the river without permits! They got nailed on that too but you don't hear much about that either.

Today's Wildlife Photo

Station 7 Is A Huge Hit!

It's been one week since they swung their doors and they have been slammed each and every day. Thanks to many of you, the Wampler's are extremely grateful for so many visitors outside the Pittsville area coming to experience their dream.

The #1 item seems to be the steaks as they completely ran out of them Friday night. Fortunately it was towards the very end of their rush and they were completely shocked as they had a ton of inventory but were so overwhelmed with business that they even filled the upstairs dining room. I heard they had more than 50 tickets up at one time and the grills were completely packed with no room to spare.

A close second is the ribs. OMG, they are to die for too! It's not often a place like this will open in any community that isn't a Chain Restaurant and offers Chef style home made cooking. Nevertheless, it looks like this was a place everyone had been waiting for. Many of my friends from Ocean City had told me long ago, we'll come out your way when they open a decent restaurant. Till then, we're staying in Ocean City. I'm scheduled almost all week to take these friends out to a nice dinner at Station 7 and I'm confident they'll be back time and time again.

Monday Morning Humor

. ................if you guessed the Mercedes.......you no doubt have politically correct, ultra liberal leanings..........

Why Is Santa Smiling?

I'd be cracking a HUGE smile too if I were getting the numbers this guy is getting for a picture! Oh go ahead, call me a humbug! This is ridiculous!

By the way, if you want something really cool for your kids this year here's Santa's Phone Number:1-800-972-6242

Unlike these SOB's in the photo above, my gift of Santa is FREE!

The Salisbury Zoo Fails To Meet Zoo Standards

Although it had been rumored that the Zoo elected to place foot baths outside their most effected exhibits to fight Avian TB, these photos prove this to be completely false. There are no foot baths going in or out of these exhibits, therefore these animals are still seriously subjected to this disease. All Zoo's across America are required to use foot baths outside their exhibits. The Salisbury Zoo has a reputation for having a multitude of animals die of Avian TB is going to prove to the world they won't be told what to do. Oh, and guess what? The animals die, not the keepers and management. That makes it OK?

How To Park On The Plaza Without Having To Fork Up A Quarter

Take A Guess?????

One of these three homes was scheduled for demolition on Dec. 26, 2006. Can you guess which one it is? All three homes are in the exact same neighborhood, (Shanie Shields Neighborhood) but let's see who can guess who's NOT a FOB?

Shanie Shields Neighborhood

Keep up the good work Shanie!