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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

What Do You Call ...

... someone who allows themself to be made a fool of and keeps on coming back for more? If you live in Salisbury, MD that type of individual is personified by Salisbury councilwoman Louise Smith.

I have to give Mayor Barrie Tilghman credit. From the moment Louise was elected, the Godmother has played Louise like a maestra. She played to Louise's vanity and got her to back out on her committment to support Debbie Campbell for Council President. If it wasn't for Councilman Gary Comegys' desire to be Mayor, Louise would have gone along with the Godmother's double-digit water and sewer increase. (Remember, Louise NEVER votes in the minority. Once Gary ducked for cover, Louise had to switch her vote.)

Now we are winding up on the Great Confetti Papers Scandal of 2008. Is this really a scandal? Only if your name is Louise Smith. Remember, this is the issue that Louise ran on. She promised the voters that this would never happen under her watch.

OK. Let's give the old gal the benefit of the doubt for the audit not being completed on time this year. There's just one problem. Louise told us all that she would be on this from day one in office. Every time the question of the audit came up and the Tilghman Family told us that it would be on time Louise just kept nodding and grinning.

Come December, Louise bored us all with a little speech about how she had "taken the Mayor to the woodshed". Louise assured the public that the audit would be completed by December 17th. Guess what Louise? Barrie made a fool of you again. Promised by Christmas. Fool again. Promised by New Year's. Fool again.

But don't worry Louise. Just keep banging that gavel. Keep backing out on your word. Keep supporting those tax increases. Keep bloating the bureaucracy. You need Barrie as a friend because I understand that your old friends are getting almost as tired of you as the rest of us.


Crossposted in Delmarva Dealings

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

GA:

It's a kind of rough justice, isn't it?

In order to completely dupe the public Louise rode the "late audit" horse during the election cycle last year, and now it's come up lame with her in the saddle. Barrie has indeed played her like an instrument.

What a pathetic puppet she is.

Anonymous said...

"Taking the mayor to the woodshed" has nothing to do with the audit! It probably just meant there was some moonshine and they were getting tipsy! LOL

Anonymous said...

Never forget that Louise Smith fooled most of us in the election last year. I WANT MY VOTE BACK!

Anonymous said...

It's clear that G.A. has sharpened his pencil and is back in great form--telling it like it is. Louise has to face the fact and she cannot deny that she has been duped by Barrie and has lied to us all. Give it up, LouWeasle, 'cause we will NEVER forget or let you forget what you have done.

Anonymous said...

Louise those of us who believed your line of crap are very very angry-you will not ever be able to redeem yourself. Your fraudulent character even extends to using handicapped stickers illegaly. YOU are a disgrace.

Anonymous said...

All anonymi:

And then some!!!

Anonymous said...

I think what she meant by "unity" to the council in her interview was lockstep rubberstamp approval for whatever the mayor wants. She was the third vote needed by the mayor so that Barrie could continue with her agenda. Since that the proof has mounted: the charter change to raise the tax cap, the tax increase, the irresponsible handling of the budget process, and if not for the efforts of Campbell & Cohen a 10% water/sewer hike besides. Taking the mayor to the woodshed for the late audit, please. What a joke. Welcome back, GA and thank you Joe.

Anonymous said...

Hey, now, the plural form is "anonymice", you bozo!

Brush up your Shakespeare, pal.

Anonymous said...

9:07:
Hysterical!

Bob said...

The "woodshed" speech was a feeble attempt to buy time. It was nothing more than a morsel fed to the public to appease them for just a little while more. Louise is an idiot who doesn't have the mental capacity to take a small child to the intellectual woodshed.

WAKE-UP louise. When this is all over and Barrie has led you by the hand in order to buy more time, she will sacrifice you to the citizens and make it look it was all your fault. Your just too stupid to realize it. What did she promise you for you to allow her to stuff her hand up your ass like the puppet you are. What could she possibly have promised you that is worth the soul that you sold. Your integrity is non-existent. You have lied and sold out your constituents. I hope that whatever it is you were promised was worth it because you're done as a politician. As a human being....you've been done for quite a while.