A comment received earlier this week has prompted this headline. Betting may (and should) be done by contributing to your chosen candidate and/or working for his campaign; information for doing so is on their websites, as follows (alphabetical order):
BOB CALDWELL: http://www.electbobcaldwell.com/
GARY COMEGYS: http://www.garycomegys.com/
JIM IRETON: http://jimireton.com/donate.html
MIKE DELLA PENNA: http://www.greatlifestories.com/life_story/in_the_beginning/michael_della_penna_iii/770_1.html
THE HORSES ARE NOW ON THE TRACK, AND THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER!
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Joe,I cannot believe you are going to sit by and watch this Comegys [dead beat dad] take charge of this race.He has already placed signs on every major construction site that bilked the city outta large funds from the TAXPAYERS of Salis. and signs in front of Marley Manor that refused to pay for the new lift station there.
ReplyDeleteComegys' signs are almost entirley on rental houses. Why do you suppose that is? SAPOA, baby. Here's what it boils down to--with Comegys, there will be no changes: SAPOA will still run the town, Paul Wilber will continue as city attorney, and incompetence will continue to be rewarded. Unbelievable. Folks, it is time to put your money where your mouth is: Ireton and Caldwell need help to go up against the deep pockets of the landlords. Even $10 would help.
ReplyDeleteI doubt we can get anyone better for mayor than "old superman", Bob Cauldwell. My bets on him and I already sent a check to his Treasurer. Go, Bob, Go!!!
ReplyDeleteHere's where to send $$$ to support Bob Caldwell -
ReplyDelete"Caldwell Campaign"
% Harry Roop
314 Handy St.
Salisbury 21801
Thanks in advance!
PS-
ReplyDeleteIf you can work in Bob Caldwell's campaign -- by distributing campaign material, making phone calls, helping transport votors to the polls, placing yard signs, etc., please contact:
caldwellr2@comast.net
Comegys is probably being funded by Fathers Against Child Support once again! He's the poster boy.
ReplyDeleteComegys has done nothing but carry water for Barrie. Do we want more years of HER?
ReplyDeleteJoe:
ReplyDeleteI encourage Mr. Della Penna to withdraw so that he has no effect on the primary outcome, since he has no chance whatsoever. Why play the spoiler-fool?
He could also, it's his call, support one of the others.
And I urge him to run for the Council in 2011.
That Internet address for Bob Caldwell is out of date. Try this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.electbobcaldwell.com/
Put your money on Jim Ireton!
ReplyDeleteIf you want to volunteer to help Jim please contact:
jimiretonformayor@gmail.com
Considering Mr. Della Penna actually got fired from a job as a Car Salesman, it clearly shows how useless the guy is. I mean, think about it. Car sales have dropped to next to nothing and you'd think since these guys are on commission the dealerships would want as many sales people as they can to stick around. In Mr. Della Penna's case, they laid him off.
ReplyDeleteHe knew what was coming and hoped he could land a job making probably double what he was making in car sales. He needs the job but he's a butt wipe and should go apply at Wal-Mart like the other butt wipe running for city council.
To donate to Jim Ireton's campaign:
ReplyDeleteJim Ireton For Mayor
c/o Michael Elliott, Treasurer
111 Fairview Ln
Salisbury, MD 21801
You can also donate directly on his webpage:
http://jimireton.com/donate.html
Personally, I am sending money to both men in the hopes they will be able to unseat Comegys.
With a gross income of some $36 million dollars a year, the residential rental industry here is huge. (8000 homes/apartments/etc. x 75% x $500/month x 12 month(most likely a very low figure.) Taking the basic rent at $750 per month per unit, the number could be as high as $54 million. Yes, dollars. And this doesn't speak to the students who are ponying up $500 apiece to live in a single unit, which might take the number to better than $70 million. Yes, dollars.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Dream Team ran, it was rumored that SAPOA visited each one of the candidates (Dunn, Comegys, Cathcart) and told them that they'd never have to lift a finger to fundraise. The recent election, in which SAPOA (courtesy of Richard Insley, a premier member of the group) sent letters to renters (mainly students) that demonized those running against the mayor's picks (Comegys, Adkins, etc.) serves to remind us how powerful (and self-serving) SAPOA is. A review of the donation listings for those candidates, compared to the publicity they bought (signs, radio, flyers, mailings, etc.) indicates that at least one of them spent far in excess of what he took in. Nowhere in the listings do we see "in kind" donations to those candidates, so we have to assume that much of the money to purchase this volume of advertising was provided off the books, under the table, on the sly.
It'll be the same story this election, too. There is no way to adequately measure the number of signs a less than upright candidate puts out, nor how much he actually spent on radio, tv, or whatever, and there is no regulatory agency here (Election Board? - Yeah, right.) to ensure that one candidate doesn't cheat in this manner.
This effort to unseat the Barrie Tilghman machine (Gary Comegys, Shanie Shields and Louise Smith) will have to be a grassroots effort. Everyone who knows that the time has to be right now to change the tone of our local government to one that is fiscally conservative, infrastructure maintaining, business friendly and citizen centered is now or not within the next two years, or four years, for that matter. Another four years of profligate spending, currying favor with businesses that don't return a dime to the community (but, instead, suck off of it) and lying about everything that is a shortcoming in our government is not only frightening, it's a path to destruction. So would it be if Gary Comegys became mayor, and if a Tilghman/Comegys patsy were appointed to fill his council seat.
The grassroots effort has to come from each of us who know that the change has to come. Each of us has to bring ten, twenty, fifty others to the polls to right this wrong; others who know that the vote can be manipulated by the likes of SAPOA and Barrie and Gary's other cronies, who don't really give a damn about really changing this town to bring it to be all that it can be, unless, of course, it means money in their own pockets.
Okay. I'm done.
12:54,
ReplyDeleteRock on, my friend!
BTW...how did that jockey riding Silver Arrow in the 7th finish yesterday? I put a twenty spot on him when I found out it was turning into his lucky day..... ;)
ReplyDeleteDidn't Jim Ireton Graduate from Pocomoke High School?
ReplyDelete2:58, what difference would it make if Jim Ireton graduated from there? I don't understand the question.
ReplyDeleteMove all of his illegal signs and place them all at the old mall
ReplyDeletebubba at work
If my landlord put a sign I didn't support in the yard that I pay rent to live, I'd vote for the opposition just because I can
ReplyDeletepeople learned that from the last election, things not only didn't get better, it's gotten worse. Students unite