As The Salisbury City Council Turns

The show last night could not have been scripted any better if it were written by Hollywood writers. Reading the agenda, I knew before the hypocrites stood to pray (that their items get passed through quickly) how the vote on the agenda items would go. It's a no brainer, for the most part. Now lets get to the good parts.

PAC-14. I sat in amazement as Gary Comegys stood strong for the little old lady on a fixed income having to pay an increase of 85 cents per month on her cable bill. Where was that concern for the same little old lady, on a fixed income when you implemented a 14% property tax increase last year? Where was the concern for the little old lady, on a fixed income, when you implemented the 15% water and 13% sewer increase this year? Like Comegys, his concern is fraudulent. His attempt at garnering votes of the little old ladies on fixed incomes, like him, is a failure.

Debbie and Terry did such a good job of bringing forth into the light things that might otherwise not be shared with the public about the Partners of PAC 14. (and they did it in 5 minutes or less) Mike Goodson declined to release the names of these partners so he put John Pick on the spot. Pick reluctantly named Louise Smith, Barrie Tilghman and himself as the partners from the city. Hasn't anyone at PAC 14 been paying attention the past 10 years? Doesn't anyone at PAC 14 realize how little to no confidence the citizens of the city have in Barrie Tilghman and Louise Smith? Why on earth would they want as a partner, a woman that has destroyed the city? Do the folks at PAC 14 actually believe the people in the county trust these two any more than the city residents? Everything Barrie Tilghman has touched in Salisbury has turned to crap. Name one thing she has done in this city that has benefitted the citizens and not the developers or landlords? Name one thing Louise Smith has kept her word on? John Pick is a flunkie he'll do as told, period. For Louise to sit there, as if all is well in the land of Barrie, knowing she did not bring Debbie Campbell, her appointed representative to the PAC 14 board, up to speed is beyond puzzling. It just proves there is something to hide. It should also be noted, the County Council pulled PAC 14 from their agenda this morning. What does that tell you? Mike Goodson should have been on the up and up from the beginning, now that row is going to be a tough one to hoe. First impressions are lasting Mikey, you didn't leave a very good impression last night.

Lyin' Louise, the niece of one of the greatest Senators to serve the state of Delaware, can't do math or tell the truth. When asked by Campbell what 2/3 of 5 is, Louise's reply of "we all know what that is" just doesn't cut it. For the record, 2/3of 5 is NOT a super majority, you moron. Didn't she say she is a retired school teacher? I guess math wasn't her strong point. Hmmm, how would that work with her audit experience? Louise also doesn't want any anonymous letters entered into the record (actually, this is a suggestion made by Gary Comegys, at the June 16 work session) but she can enter 107 anonymous phone calls? I don't know what the big deal is over the anonymous letter. It was only anonymous to those of us NOT on the city council. Everyone on the council knows who wrote it, except Louise.

Shanie, no need wasting bandwidth on the stupidity that flows from her mouth. Did anyone else hear her say how great the housing stock is in Salisbury? Did anyone else hear her say we don't need more houses? If that is the case, why the hell is she voting to annex the proposed development of 95 new homes, between Queen Ave and Chippewa Blvd? Why is she voting to annex that monster development going up behind Target? If we have enough houses what is the purpose of all of this development? Shanie, McDonalds called, your Big Mac attack has been postponed.

What really got me about last nights meeting was John Pick. Did he admit, repeatedly, that they cooked the books? Falsified the budget documents? Entered numbers, in the amount of $1,500,000.00 into the budget to balance the water and sewer, KNOWING they don't have the money to cover the, PADDING, for lack of a better word? I heard him say the developers at Westwood were going to donate those funds for a water tower but changed their minds. I heard him say, they were NOT going to be getting that $1,500,000.00, didn't I? Did you hear it? Well, if they are not going to get that money and they do not have that money WHY did Barrie Tilghman put those figures in her proposed budget? Why did Gary Comegys use those figures in his calculations for the Water and Sewer Budget? Why is there a line item "Proceeds from Developers" in the amount of $1,500,000 on this spreadsheet? OK, the books are balanced but the money is not there and we're not going to be getting it. Is there a CPA or Attorney or even a book keeper out there that can explain what this is? It looks rather shady to me but, once again, I don't have a certificate on the wall so I'll just have to see it for what it appears to be to me and that is CRIMINAL. Like I said, it's what it appears to be to me, I hope I'm wrong. FY09 Budget Ordinance 2053
Water Sewer Resolution 1668