12 Fire Vehicles At Hebron Fire

I recently left the scene of a fire in Hebron on Farm House Drive. As usual, this was again about an 800 square foot one story home with at least 12 Fire Vehicles, (including a Ladder Truck) on the scene. THANK GOD!

I must have screwed up the settings on my camera at the time, just consider it my gift to St. Patrick's Day, LOL It sure is amazing to watch Wayne Barall running around the house taking pictures everywhere, yet he allegedly had major back surgery recently? I'd also like to know how he can run in and around the fire scene right next to the fire, (I do have pictures) without any Fire Gear on? Not that I really care, I just see a liability lawsuit in the making very soon. Especially if he's out begging others to help pay for his court costs the other day when we went to court. He already begged the Public Defender to drop his fees and the Judge allowed because he's on workers comp. Poor Wayne. Stop trespassing on private properties you Idiot and you won't have to go to Court.

I need to add this little tidbit. Last night I was at the Farm Bureau Dinner and Wayne Barrall was there. Now, even after the Judge flat out instructed him to leave after Wayne said, If I'm in Food Lion on isle 3 and Mr. Albero walks in, does that mean I have to move to isle 7? She replied, you leave, period. Last night Wayne refused to leave the building and I have at least 10 witnesses. He's already violated his probation. I wonder if the Delmar Fire Department can and will understand that?

When I'm at a function or in a building, such as my announcement of being at the new Fire Station in Salisbury on Tuesday, I expect Wayne to either leave or I'll call the Police and have him arrested. I didn't want a scene last night but I will be speaking to the States Attorney's Office tomorrow morning about last night.

Anyhow, getting back to the fire scene, it was another joke. You do NOT need 10 to 12 Rescue Vehicles on the scene, period. There wasn't a neighbor there saying, what the hell do they need all these fire trucks here for? If you don't believe me, I gave you the street name, ask them.

I'm also told the County Fire Chiefs set up these 911 guidelines. I'd say, look good and hard at the veteran Chiefs because they're the ones who are screwing up.

Spring and Baseball

Last night was the first night I was able to sleep with my windows open. I had the joy of getting that crisp air, not too cold, but cold enough for one comforter to keep you warm enough and having that cool fresh breeze to breath in. The ambiance was completed with the chirping of crickets that were muffled out of the trees rustling and then back in when the wind died down. It was like a call and response of a musical piece between the two.

The permeating night harkened back to realizing the meaning of spring for me in my youth. Baseball was my first sport I loved and still there is nothing else like playing a game of catch or whiffle ball at my older age. We all sensed the warm weather coming and anticipated our first game and it was always about whose yard(s) we would play on. Each yard had its’ own nuances which gave a homerun easier to one part than the other or how we would field a longer section of yard. Nothing was like running away from a yard after getting yelled at for putting a bald spot in the lawn from home plate and the batters boxes. Obviously we just went to another yard and continued where we left off taking whatever we had scrounged up for bases. These bases seemed to change day to day after our parents would have to use them for what they actually were made for.

Each yard really was a different park; Three Rivers, Camden Yards, or Wrigley. One end of the block was National and the other end American. It didn’t matter if we were short a player or two, we had an infinite supply of ghost runners with the names of Mantle, Ruth, Clemente, and Gherig. Our names changed to Griffey, Clark, Thomas and Ripken. Oh how we lost so many balls but it never mattered because one of us would run as fast as we could back to our house to grab one and run right back dead exhausted so we never had to wait. We had Big League Chew and our parents gave us endless supply of freeze pops and Lil’ Hugs to help us recover and sustain our playful intensity.

This daily ritual happened every day during spring and summer, even if we had our Little League game later that day. It didn’t matter. If we ever got a little burnt out on baseball we would change to another ball and play that for the day or go riding our bikes exploring. Whatever we did we ended up sweaty, dirty, and bloodied with a smile on our dusty face ready for dinner. The next day it would be all smiles, jokes, and arguments over if he was really out or not. Or what a play that was and we would all try to top the performance of the previous day.

Spring was simple. Spring was simply heaven.

We never fretted about the fall leaves and fall air. We simply just switched to a football and baptized the yards for football with the first scraped knee and pile on. It still was simple and we just kept heaven going…

Who's Gonna Help Me Clean Up This Mess?

Stop Complaining

The other day I posted a photo of a Gas Tanker doing 70 mph down Spring Hill Road. A few people sent in comments suggesting the vehicle following was speeding up and slowing down in order to get a shot of the truck doing 70 mph. That simply was not the case, nice try. Here are three pictures in a row showing how he stayed steady at 65 to 70 mph on a back country road. So, enough is enough.

The Shorebirds Deliver Again!

Yesterday the Shorebirds held three Easter Egg Hunts, 10:00, 11:00 & 12:00. I truly couldn't believe how many parents showed up with their children, lining the entire outfield and scrambling to collect as many eggs as they could.

Wicomico County needs more special Family events like this and I can assure you, Salisbury News will be promoting many more of the Shorebirds events throughout the rest of this year.

Again, As Seen On Salisbury News and NOT The Daily Times.

Pocomoke Tattler & Salisbury News take the #1 & #2 Spot Again This week

Maryland's Most Influential Political Blogs

1 Pocomoke Tattler 1
2 Salisbury News 2
3 monoblogue 5
4 Charles County Cafe 4
5 Free State Politics 14
6 Delusional Duck -
7 Maryland Politics Watch 19
8 Brian Griffiths 18
9 WorcesterRight 6
10 The Main Adversary 10
11 Maryland Politics 7
12 Capital Punishment -
13 On The Record 20
14 The Dagger 13
15 Baltimore Reporter 12
16 Maryland Moment 8
17 The Silver Spring Penguin -
18 Delmarva Dealings -
19 Martin O'Malley -- Broken Promises -- OMalleyWatch.com -
20 Politics, Hon. -

Although this may not mean much to all of you, to us Bloggers, this is a nice recognition for all the hard work we put into delivering the local news and information. I'd like to congratulate Michael into the upper rankings as this too is well deserved. Delusional Duck is finally in the rankings as well. I wonder what Blognetnews did to their ranking changes because I've never seen them in the top 20 and they deserve to be in the top 10 every week!

Did Ray Lewis & Co. Completely Suck The Life Out Of Wicomico County?

In today's USA Weekend Magazine provided in the Daily Times, this ad was placed inside to draw more people to certain Counties. Wicomico County was NOT in there. Worcester County was, Ocean City was but Wicomico County sits vacant, or shall I say, a No Show? Thanks Ray Lewis & Co.!

More Than 300 Attend Farm Bureau Dinner

While more than 300 people attended last nights Banquet, the Politicians were everywhere!

Rick Pollitt gave the speech of the year last night, getting down to business and cracking people up with a variety of jokes. While Rick spoke for about 45 minutes, he addressed the Landfill and other challenges throughout Wicomico County and IMO did so with class.

All I can tell you Folks is, Thank God they served dinner FIRST because the speeches went on for about 2 hours! Sorry but that's just too much to digest. The food was absolutely fantastic, so a hat tip to Sharptown. They served fried oysters, sweet potatoes, dumplings with turkey. Look, it was simply delicious.

I'll close with one of the topics I found most interesting. Mr. Pollitt expressed his concerns over the Liquor Dispensary System in Wicomico County and possibly privatising that system. He said it would have to make sense financially to the County as they bring in around $400,000.00 yearly to the County but they're open to ideas and they want to investigate that further.

Andy Harris and Frank Kratovil were there, (photos above) and quite frankly everyone was having a great time. I'm glad I went and I look forward to next year.

Yesterday Was A Perfect Day For Shooting Guns

While I was off doing what seemed like a million different things yesterday, I was able to get a break and hang out with the guys and shoot off a few hundred rounds. It didn't take long before we were nailing every target as well as clays. No Trespassing means No Trespassing!

Salisbury's Troubled Past With The EPA

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATOR IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF SALISBURY, MARYLAND ) DOCKET No. CWA-III-219
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Respondent )

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART COMPLAINANT'S MOTION FOR ACCELERATED DECISION

By Motion filed May 21, 1999, Complainant moved for accelerated decision on the issue of liability only, for each of the three types of violations described in the Complaint. For the reasons discussed below Complainant's motion will be granted in part and denied in part.(1)
I. Background



On July 15, 1998, Complainant initiated this administrative proceeding pursuant to Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act ("CWA"), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g).(2) Respondent, the City of Salisbury, Maryland, owns and operates a publicly owned treatment works ("POTW") in Salisbury that treats domestic sewage. The Complaint charges Respondent, in one undesignated Count, with 24 violations of the sludge regulating provisions of CWA § 405, 33 U.S.C. § 1345, and implementing regulations codified at 40 C.F.R. § 503. Complainant seeks assessment of an aggregated penalty in the amount of $16,000.



Section 405(d)(1) of the CWA directs the Administrator to issue "regulations providing guidelines for the disposal of sludge and the utilization of sludge for various purposes." 33 U.S.C. § 1345(d)(1). The regulations governing the use or disposal of sewage sludge are found at 40 C.F.R. § 503 and impose upon persons engaging in use or disposal of sewage sludge specific requirements. The Complaint charges Respondent with violating the regulatory requirements governing: (a) monitoring under 40 C.F.R. § 503.16; (b) pollutant concentration ceilings under 40 C.F.R. 503.13; and (c) data reporting for the land application of sludge under 40 C.F.R. § 503.18.



Complainant asserts that, based on admissions in the form of Respondent's own records and reports, there is no genuine issue as to any material fact in this proceeding and that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.20(a). Respondent opposes Complainant's Motion as to its alleged violations of pollutant concentration ceilings and reporting requirements; Respondent urges that material issues of fact are in dispute, that Complainant is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law, and that an evidentiary hearing is necessary to resolve disputed factual issues. As to the remaining violation charged, Respondent admits that it failed to monitor for arsenic and selenium in the first quarter of 1996 as required by 40 C.F.R. § 503.16, and does not contest the granting of an accelerated decision on liability for that violation.

GO HERE to read the rest.

Property Assessments To High!

Property Confiscation without Compensation?

Many Marylanders have not stopped to realize what a 'Soviet Maryland' would mean. Your Maryland governing officials - (Communist and Progressive Democrats) - have no doubts as their blueprints are already made.

SO YOU THINK YOU GOT A TEMPORARY REPRIEVE?

READ ON IT GETS BETTER.

In June, 1957, Nikita Khruhchev, Soviet Communist Party boss, was interviewed before a nation-wide American television audience. With Calm Assurance he stated:

' I can prophesy that your grandchildren in America will live
under Socialism. And please do not be afraid of that. Your
grandchildren will . . .not understand how their grandparents
did not understand the progressive nature of a Socialist
Society.'

I've got news for every one of my fellow Marylanders.

WE HAVE ALREADY EVOLVED THERE!

So Chamber of Commerce what are you going to do?

How are you going to launch a Counter offensive?

HIGHER TAXES?

Most all businesses in Maryland got a royal screwing by our last Maryland General Assembly session.

Just examine the following link where they have substantially increased the tax rates.

http://taxpros.marylandtaxes.com/taxforms/updates.asp

Now take a look at the Entity Types- ( who and whom got screwed) . . . S Corporations, Partnerships, LLCs, Business Trust - (link below).

http://forms.marylandtaxes.com/08_forms/510d.pdf

AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY MARYLAND HAS A BAD REPUTATION?

ITS A NO-BRAINER!!!!

New Posts

I am truly excited about the NEW format on our Posts. Rather than cluttering up the Home Page with articles that can tend to take up a ton of space, we're been able to enable a "READ MORE" link that takes you to the rest of the article.After clicking the read more link it brings you to the rest of our article and I think that's way cool.

Attn. Daily Times, YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?

I just got my Sunday Daily Times. You know, the one that cost $1.25! OK, I'm VERY pissed off. Before my coffee finished brewing, I was done with the paper! Look, these guys are pissing me off so bad, I'm truly thinking about to cancelling my own subscription! They have me stuck between a rock and a hard place because this is one of my life lines to Salisbury News. Am I right here Ladies & Gentlemen? did you get a copy of the Sunday paper that is smaller than weekly paper, minus the sale ads, of course. I read the Editorial apologizing for the piece of sh!t paper they've been delivering. Now they didn't say, we're NOT going to BILL all of you for all those days of screw ups, we're just sorry instead. They also didn't say, "can you forgive me?" Sorry but it was difficult to stay focused throughout his message. We're not getting what we pay for and today will be yet another major blow to the Daily Times cancellation department because people simply aren't that stupid. If you're like me and you travel to almost every event around the County, I never see the Daily Times at these events any more. I started my morning on the road at 8:30 am and I returned home at 9:30 last night! Not once did I see a Daily Times Reporter and not once did I see a Daily Times Photographer. There's plenty of news to go get, you're just not doing it and obviously you're not delivering it.

Recall Effort Has Support Of Many City Residents

The Salisbury University student who has correctly challenged and identified the incompetence and ineffectiveness of our local government has the support and encouragement of a large majority of Salisbury citizens.

The ridiculous notion that his effort is motivated and driven by "unknown" sources is a poor attempt to defame this young man's credibility and purpose.

Unfortunately for these targeted city officials highlighted for recall, this is a poor attempt on their part to deflect and escape public notice of their poor performance. It should also be noted that the mayor, council President Louise Smith, Councilman Gary Comegys and Councilwoman Shanie Shields are actually noncompliant with the standards established in the city of Salisbury's mission, values and vision statement.

If you read this document, especially the area of core values, you will see these public officials fail to meet the requirements. This should further substantiate, validate and endorse the current recall effort.

The current arrogance and abuse of power by these individuals is inexcusable and will continue to impede real progress required to properly operate the city of Salisbury. The political climate that exists now is based entirely on bullying, noninclusion and lack of accountability toward its citizens.

I find it hard to believe any citizen of Salisbury endorses, accepts or is satisfied with what exists. These current officials cannot be oblivious to their inept, divisive and nonrepresentative style of government.

The effort to recall is necessary and correct, and all in question should immediately resign from office.

Bruce W. Webster

Wildlife Pic

And this is a test of the "Read More" feature.