Salisbury Councilwoman Louise Smith, who derailed at Monday's work session on the city's audit plans to railroad the public today. Smith has announced that after she completes her presentation (contrary to her own rules) she will allow council members ten (10) minutes each to ask questions. She may allow another round of ten (10) minutes, but will end the meeting no later than 7:30 PM.
The ploy is a simple one. If a large contingent of taxpayers show up who are not allied with Mayor Barrie Tilghman or Smith, she will simply claim that they'll reschedule another meeting. Smith is clearly hoping that the public will lose interest, or run out of steam, so that she may sweep the disgraceful state of the city's financial management under the rug.
On another note, we have also learned that Mayor Barrie "I Take Full Responsibility" Tilghman takes her responsibility so seriously that she has left town to attend a conference rather than field questions from council regarding the audit. This lends credence to the views of some I have talked to that Smith's display on Monday was a calculated move to (in part) allow the Mayor to read her statement, field no questions, and then to get out of Dodge.
cross posted at Delmarva Dealings
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The ploy is a simple one. If a large contingent of taxpayers show up who are not allied with Mayor Barrie Tilghman or Smith, she will simply claim that they'll reschedule another meeting. Smith is clearly hoping that the public will lose interest, or run out of steam, so that she may sweep the disgraceful state of the city's financial management under the rug.
On another note, we have also learned that Mayor Barrie "I Take Full Responsibility" Tilghman takes her responsibility so seriously that she has left town to attend a conference rather than field questions from council regarding the audit. This lends credence to the views of some I have talked to that Smith's display on Monday was a calculated move to (in part) allow the Mayor to read her statement, field no questions, and then to get out of Dodge.
cross posted at Delmarva Dealings
Technorati Tags: Maryland, Salisbury, politics, Salisbury politics, Louise Smith, Barrie Tilghman
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6 comments:
May I predict.....her answers will be, "the mayor will have to answer that one" or "you'll have to direct that question to the mayor".
What is the deal with the 7:30 ending time? If some of these council people don't want to sit their butts down past a certain time, then get the hell off the council. I mean these are serious issues. How do you go about a NO CONFIDENCE protest for this inept government?
If Shanie and comegys don't take their 10 minutes, can Debbie and Terry have the balance?
Madam Presidente: When can the public speak and how much time can we have? Will their be timers?
Have Mercy, What a joke.
And our illustrious Mayor----captain of the sinking ship will not even be there. POS. IMHO.
Louise allowed the public to speak last night.
It's Barrie's "game plan" to be sure. Let's do a Tom Brady on Louise, sports fans.
Vox Populi
More like an Eli Manning on her
Maybe she did not want to get out of Dodge as much as she needed to get out of the handicapped parking spot.
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