WOW!

If you want to see some unbelievable photos of the fire at Dough Rollers in Ocean City, GO HERE!

A Friend Sent In These Additional Photos Of OC Fire

Nationwide Truckers Strike?

I just heard something about a nationwide truckers strike to begin at 8:00 a.m. on 4/3/08. This strike is to be held in order to get the attention of the federal and state govts. and to get them to suspend federal and state fuel taxes. I checked out this site

http://www.americanfuelconsumersmovement.com/.

Has anyone else heard about this? As I looked into it, I saw that it got a lot of media coverage down south but I haven't heard anything about it here.

If this is true..we'd better get our groceries in a hurry!

Mr. Gibbs

The Gentleman on the left is none other than Mr. Billy Gibbs, Owner of Dough Rollers. Both my Son and Step Son worked and lived above this Dough Rollers for several years. One of our kids still works for Dough Rollers, as a matter of fact.

The Gibbs have always been wonderful to our children as well as thousands of others. Keith, their General Manager and Partner of this location also treated our kids very well over the years. It's a sad sight to see this building burn like it did.

While speaking to others on the scene, many were saying just how important it is to sprinkler these buildings, if possible. God Forbid this were to happen during the heart of the season and kids are living upstairs. We're all very fortunate this wasn't the case.

More Ocean City Fire Photos

This was an 8 alarm fire using more than 10,000 gallons a minute of water to put it out! I spoke with Fire Chief Laramore who was on his way back from the Philly Airport when the calls started coming in and unofficially he had heard the fire may have started between the two buildings but couldn't be sure. He was on the scene about an hour after it started and told me only one Firefighter was slightly injured by getting something in his eye. I was told by an eye witness that they believed it started in an upstairs apartment on the back up the Playland building?

Considering the winds are as strong as they are in Ocean City today, this is a perfect example of old buildings, high winds and the large volume of apparatuses needed to contain and control such a fire. Great work, all of you!

Ocean City Dough Rollers/Playland Fire

As I'm still pulling in details, here are some preliminary photos I thought everyone might enjoy seeing, many more to come.

Some are saying it started at Playland, some are saying it started upstairs in the apartments above Dough Rollers, Billy Gibbs, (Owner of Dough Rollers) stated there was no one living upstairs but I just got an inside report that there was a young lady and a friend allegedly living up there.

I don't care who you are, I don't think anyone is going to deliver any better pictures than what I'm delivering. Also, watch 47 WMDT News tonight as they were first on the scene and got some great footage.

More to come..........

Breaking News! Massive Fire in Ocean City

Joe is on the Scene now of a major fire in Ocean City. I'm told it's very near Trimpers and that every fire company from Bishopville to Pittsville has been called in. I just heard the Parsonsburg siren but they may have been toned out to cover another jurisdiction.....I don't know. Joe will have pictures soon. Wish them all well!

TODAY IS THE BIG DAY!

Ladies & Gentlemen, if you don't have anything to do today, please come out and support this Group. Even if it means dropping by and making a donation, please consider it. At least they're doing everything they can to raise money, unlike so many other groups, (like to Zoo and SFD) who want to Taxpayers to pay for it all. A Skate Park is needed in Salisbury and I hope people realize the efforts being made here to make it become a reality?

The event starts at 1:00 PM.

The City Can Find Money For A Dog Park But Not Shumaker Pond?

If you listened in on the link I provided the other day for the audio of Monday night's Council Meeting, even though Debbie Campbell & Terry Cohen did everything in their powers to break up one large resolution to include funding for that Pond, the City admits they had $3,270.00 for partially funding a Dog Park? It makes no sense, does it? Who made that decision to come up with those funds?

The House That Salisbury Taxpayers Paid For

At the last meeting of the Salisbury City Council one item on the agenda was appropriating more money for Salisbury City Attorney Paul Wilber. Small wonder. Wilber has a new $700,000 house to pay for.

While ordinary citizens and business owners have been forced to pay a tax increase, at least one Salisbury resident has benefited from Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman's mismanagement of the city's finances. While the ordinary Salisbury taxpayer can't view Wilber's work due to his practice of stamping "Privileged and Confidential" on almost everything short of toilet paper, Tilghman and her "council leadership" of Louise Smith, Gary Comegys and Shanie Shields seem sufficiently pleased with his work. It is my understanding that SAPOA, the city's slumlord guild, is also extremely happy with Wilber's work and plan on inducting him into their Hall of Fame.

Has the ordinary taxpayer received value for their money? Let's see... Wilber drafted a rezoning for the developers of the old mall that was challenged by a group of retirees and homemakers. Wilber's legal prowess was so great that they managed to have it overturned. Recently another ordinance crafted by Wilber was before the courts. This time the stated that he had no choice but to find for the city... because Wilber's ordinance was crafted to benefit the slumlords rather than the citizens that he supposed to serve.

If I am not mistaken, Wilber received an increase in his hourly rate in the last budget. Now the Mayor and her serfs on city council want to pay him even more. Of course Wilber needs that money to pay for his new house. Tilghman realizes that its hard to find a man willing to twist the law in order to allow Tilghman and her new "Dream Team" to continue abusing the citizens of Salisbury. They need to keep him happy.

I hope that Wilber shows his gratitude by inviting everyone who paid for his house over for a little soirée. And don't forget, if you ever need a place to crash ... YOU PAID FOR IT.

cross posted at Delmarva Dealings

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One Year Ago Today

What's wrong with this picture? Oh, this should be good!

3 Years Ago Today

It was 3 years ago today my Wife and I were returning from a very long journey reaching out to the Nurse Mare Foal Industry purchasing as many foals as we could buy that were actually being slaughtered. That's right, the Canadians, French and Italians eat Foal Meat like we eat Veal.

We felt this was wrong, so we bought all the equipment needed to travel across the United States to purchase these foals from Nurse Mare Farms, bring them home and do everything we could to bring them back to health. Many were in horrible condition and we very quickly learned just how little many of these Farms couldn't care less about these babies.

We converted our Barn for Foals, created new paddock areas for their exclusive living requirements and spent a small fortune rescuing these animals time and time again. We even traveled all the way to Kentucky for 15 Foals and when we arrived the owner had them is such horrible conditions, we knew they wouldn't survive the trip back home and we weren't paying for animals that were certain to die. We came all the way back with absolutely nothing.

It was very sad to see but the rewards were by far the most rewarding experience, (besides the birth of our children) I have ever experienced. Years ago when we first introduced these pictures we had hits of around 50 people a day. Today were in the many thousands per day and if you're interested in seeing more of these babies, let me know? I have incredible pictures of our experience.

Delmar Fire Department Is Smokin

Yesterday the Delmar Fire Department went door to door throughout the community giving away smoke detectors like there's no tomorrow.

The Fire Chief told me they had handed out more than 100 Smoke Detectors and he couldn't even count how many batteries that were dead and replaced by the Fire Department. He was saddened by the amount of homes they entered with FAMILIES, (small children) and not one single Smoke Detector!

I didn't get the chance to ask but I will follow up today and find out just how many of these properties were rental units? It's a sad day when so many people are that stupid that they don't even have a Smoke Detector in their homes. Considering the Fire Department gives them out free and small children are so educated in School about such matters, this is ridiculous. IMO, this is also why every town and city across America should have laws allowing an inspection for such and fines to those who do not have them.

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