The Return Of Joe Albero

I have taken some off time and am pleased to let everyone know, I'm coming back. Thank You, ALL of you, for the support, phone calls, e-mail, personal contacts and belief that what is presented here is work that must be continued.

As some would believe I have done something wrong, let me assure ALL of you, I have not. My Wife said it best, the only person who should have been arrested was the attorney handling the transaction in question. Not that "I" would never wish that upon him or anyone else, it was not a pleasant experience.

In order to move on and forward, I need to clear the air and get a fresh start here. I want the Salisbury Fire Department and Salisbury Police Department to understand something right up front. I do NOT have an issue with the Firefighters and I do not have a problem with the Police Officers. I have a problem with the leaders of these Departments.

Today I spent the day talking with people in these Departments and today I learned something I wasn't aware of. You see, the comments on a Blog can create the image that they are/were a part of the Post. They are not. However, the final impression over the following day or days can leave that impression and I'd simply ask everyone to recognize that and not point a finger at me personally for the comments.

Everyone here knows I kiss no one's ass and I am not out trying to make friends here. I am simply defending my position to hopefully get those people mentioned to understand my goal is to make things better. Do try to remember who had who's back when it came to raises in BOTH Departments! Do also note that ultimately BOTH Departments did in fact get those raises, I just wish they could have happened sooner.

I believe in the Fire Department and Police Department and I want to see what's best for all involved. However, when a leader doesn't go to the Mayor and DEMAND more Staff and or pay, they're a poor leader, IMO. It shouldn't have to take a Blogger and Citizens to rally together in support to get their attention and in both cases, in these cases that's what it took.

However, $10,000,000.00 for a Fire Station is complete BS and there would be very few that would disagree. As a mater of fact, now the excuse is, it's there, let's all deal with it and move on. I don't disagree but I will say, it should be the very last time this should ever happen again and one way to assure the major spending is over is to remove certain people, (starting with the Mayor) out of Office.

Should we have leaders hiding 5 Fire Trucks in their budget from the taxpayers? Should it be found by a Blogger instead, or should we have more open government leaders and department heads simply stating this is what we need and why? So I exposed it. Does that mean I don't like the Fire Department? NO! It means I'm pissed off because See & Gordy, (IMO) are so out of control it isn't funny. Same goes with a $800,000.00 Fire Boat! You didn't see Chief See or Gordy coming public with this information. Again, it was a Blogger doing so and even after it was exposed they still tried and or are still trying to get this Boat. There are far more NEEDS right now and quite frankly the Fire Department blew their wad on the new Fire Station.

I am not against the Fire Department and IF you are a taxpayer in the City of Salisbury like I am, enough is enough! As for the Police Department, they're kicking a$$! If "I" had a beef with any of them I'd simply refuse to post their Press Releases and keep things quiet. I don't feel any ill will towards any Police Officer, I have a problem with their leader. Come on Folks, the Police Chief is suing me for calling him out on the TRUTH. Then I find myself in Jail for some bullshit charges? It is what it is and I'll face that and deal with it. However, the leader of a large Police Department is quite frankly embarrassing himself in front of all of his Staff because someone stated something about Chief Jack & Coke. Judge Judy said it best Chief, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but name will never hurt me." Grow some thicker skin and cut the crap. My God, we're all adults here.

I will attempt to end my Posts about the Police and Firefighters with, this does not reflect Officers/Firefighters and should only reflect Management. Hopefully that helps people to better understand that is the direction I intended it to be. All that being said, I hope we can start working together to better these Departments and reach goals that are important to the taxpayers. The Anti Albero Bloggers will do their best to tear this post apart, I'm telling you this is the direction "I" want things to go. If we can get there, great. If we cannot, well, we're right back to where we were just a few days ago.

In the mean time, I thank you guys/gals for all that you do. I hope, (just like it happened at the Salisbury Zoo) that the BS Leaders move on elsewhere and a new, more qualified leader comes in and manages each Department better. Time will tell...

Pic of the Day; NASA Memorial at Cape Canaveral

Who's The #1 Blogger In The State Of Maryland?

1 Salisbury News 3
2 Politicker MD - Inside Politics for Political Insiders 10
3 Brian Griffiths 11
4 The No BS Zone 15
5 WorcesterRight 6
6 monoblogue 1
7 The Duck Unplugged -
8 Gunpowder Chronicle -
9 Free State Politics 14
10 Charles County Cafe 7
11 Delusional Duck 8
12 Pocomoke Tattler 4
13 Maryland Politics 2
14 Maryland Politics Watch 5
15 Maryland Moment 18
16 Baltimore Reporter -
17 Rockville Central 17
18 The Silver Spring Penguin 20
19 The Dagger -
20 Kevin Dayhoff -

Although the Anti Albero Bloggers have been desperately giving my Site the lowest rating possible, we still emerge the #1 Blogger in the State of Maryland. I wonder if I should take this moment to give advice to Michael? Salisbury News once again it has taken on a life of its own. Thanks Folks!

Housing Bubble vs. Great Depression

Remarkable Art Exhibit At Salisbury Univ. – Frank A. Warren

This is one of the best exhibits in town for some years now – an American Impressionist with a local connection. The attached photo is: The Swamp Road, c1905, which depicts the road to the Furnace, Snow Hill, Maryland. Oil on canvas. 21 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. with frame.

This is the first public exhibit of his work in 73 years. It has been privately held by his family following his death in 1935.

The exhibit hours are limited – it’s in the student activity building (Guerrieri University Center) – near the entrance facing Dogwood Drive -- until May 28, so don't miss it.

Atrium Gallery -- Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

For more photos of Mr. Warren's outstanding work see:

http://www.frankawarren.com/art

A Gannett Publications Must See!

GO HERE to see the 5 year trend on the Stock Market for Gannett Publications. This is certainly worth taking a look at!

Daily Times Awards Show Poor State of Local Coverage

In this morning's Daily Times we see that Gannett's local outpost has gone out and won 35 awards from the Maryland - Delaware - D.C. Press Association. WOW!

Note that there was one award for an article, authored by former reporter Katherine Crowell, about the "short life span of Salisbury City Council members". This piece was more of a feature piece than hard news coverage.

This lends further evidence to the poor state of coverage provided by the Daily Times when it comes to local government and politics, particularly when it comes to Salisbury city government. Of course this was something that we already knew.

Recently reporter Joe Gidjunis left for a more northern clime. What to do? Move city reporter Greg Latshaw over to the county beat, even though he hasn't mastered city coverage yet. Latshaw's replacement: a young lady who appears to follow past Daily Times practice of taking dictation from Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman.

Given the state of city's finances this is just what the taxpayers need. Of course, if Ms. D'Alessandro ever exhibits talent for her job, the can transfer her elsewhere.

cross posted at Delmarva Dealings

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Pork In The Park, Something For Everyone

While some lines were ridiculously forever long, others were so short you could walk right up and get served immediately. The first photo shows a line that had to be at least a half hour long, probably more like an hour long. Sorry but when you have a 7 year old child with you, waiting for food isn't something they came there for. Besides, we walked right over to Station 7 and got some of the finest pork I've ever eaten! Man that place is good!

To the many of you who I met for the very first time, thank you! The support has been unbelievable and the amount of people there willing to confront me and express just how much they love this Blog was overwhelming. We did have one problem but that deserves its own special Post.

Today is the last day of this event so if you haven't been, it's a great time. We sat down last night after a ton of walking and amusement rides and decided to sit under the tent rather than being so close to the Band. Our Grandson said, are we leaving, (when we were getting ready to move)? I said, no, why? He replied, good, because I was going to get mad. This little guy was having a blast, even though his allergies were killing him. Get out there and enjoy this final day Folks.

Gasoline Funnies

Food for Thought...

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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.

Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience.

Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty.

Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand thieves are running and robbing the country. That's our problem.": Howard Zinn, from 'Failure to Quit'