The Magic Number in The City is $500,000

It appears the magic number in the city is $500,000, or a figure that includes $500,000. Why, you ask ? I'll be more than happy to tell you why.

The owners/developers of Aydelotte Farms were going to donate the road bed to the city. They withdrew the donation. So what does Barrie and her flying monkeys do? They PAY nearly $500,000 tax dollars, for the road bed, to the owners/developers. Looks like Barrie Tilghman and her band of thieves are into charitable contributions for developers. So much for Comegys GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH. Maybe he meant the city taxpayers will pay for growth. Who knows with him, I can't figure it out.

The city plans to install two six foot drainage pipes, one at Carroll & Waverly and one at Isabella St that will allow faster drainage of storm waters into the Wicomico River. This work is going to cost $800k or more, I'm not certain if this is per pipe or both pipes. No problems there, the people that experience flooding on their properties should see some relief with these new drainage pipes. The problem is, there will be NO FILTRATION, so anything that is in the storm drains will end up in the Wicomico River and eventually down river to rest at the edge of the properties of those who paid a small fortune for their riverfront homes. Nice view they'll have. NOT! Gary Comegys said filtration systems would cost nearly $250,000 more or less, for each pipe. Another $500,000 they don't want to spend on what is needed. They'll wait until the EPA requires filtration so they can spend even more money to do what they should have done to begin with. That would be to much like right, for this bunch. If one of their developer buddies were responsible for the installation of these pipes you can bet your bippy they'd come up with a half a mil to hand off to them for something or other. Certainly, it won't be filtration, their track record has proven that.

Here we are talking about water towers, again. As Joe pointed out Westwood Commerce park initially stated they would construct and donate the tower. They welshed on that deal. Then Westwood Commerce Park said they would donate $1,500,000 towards a water tower. They welshed on that deal as well.

Here we were at budget time and good ole Debbie Campbell sees something out of sorts in the Water/Sewer pages. In Water & Sewer Recommendations, proposed by none other than the head crook in charge, Barrie Parsons Tilghman there is a line item "Proceeds from Developers" in the amount of...you guessed it, $1,500,000, that's ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. When Debbie Campbell asks John Pick about this million and a half he states, it was a donation but it was withdrawn by the developer. He goes on to state, we don't have it and we're not going to get it. Want to hear the audio for yourself? Listen Here It should also be noted when it came time to vote and pass the budget, Gary Comegys wanted that particular page entered into the record, even after hearing Debbie Campbell's concerns with the non existent $1,500,000. Of course it passed by a vote of...(say it out loud folks) 3-2

Now correct me if I'm wrong, if there are numbers on the books to indicate there was a $1,500,000 donation but the reality is there is no such donation and you know you are not going to receive this donation, no possible hope of ever seeing this $1,500,000 donation, and you leave this number on the books for the purpose of obtaining a balance, isn't that what is known as COOKING or PADDING THE BOOKS? If it's not cooking/padding the books, it is some of the most creative accounting I've ever seen.

My next question is, IF this is cooking or padding the books, why hasn't anyone done anything about it? I don't mean the average citizen, I mean law enforcement. It's not like they haven't been made aware of it. What hold does this administration have on all levels of law enforcement within the state of Maryland? Could it be they (law enforcement) are adding this to their laundry list, building a case against the administration? Time will tell. However, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Update: You can see for yourself the mayors recommendation and Gary Comegys recommendation of May 22, 2008. The only difference I noticed was the name at the top of the page a couple of percentage points shaved off the rate hikes. Proves once again, Barrie = Gary/Gary = Barrie.

View the files in pdf format.
Mayors Water Sewer Recommendation

Water Sewer Cash Flow-Comegys