Salisbury News Ranked The Most Influential Political Blog

Last week brought in one record day after the other, thanks to all of you. The support has been simply overwhelming in several ways. We have seen comments here in record numbers, many of which thanking us for what we do. I have received personal e-mail messages and my cell phone has never rung as much as it did last week, many of those calls were of praise and thanks.

As you can see on the right hand side of this Blog, Salisbury News is ranked #1 in the state of Maryland for the 4th week in a row. We were the #1 Influential Political Blog of the year for 2008 and we've dominated the #1 Rankings so far in 2009. I have said it in the past, we have Washington, D.C., Annapolis and Baltimore competing with us and this is where ALL of the main politics go on in the state and here we are in little old Salisbury, MD and we're constantly Ranked #1? It's no wonder the Governor and so many other Politicians come to Salisbury News.

OK, all that being said, there are thousands of new daily visitors coming to Salisbury News this past week alone. It makes me wonder, when will the bulk of you finally come to realize that everything I had been telling you these past 4 years was factual and true? Mayor Barrie Tilghman, Gary Comegys, Mike Dunn & Lynn Cathcart tried their best to denounce Salisbury News, Delmarva Dealings and Duvafiles for years. They went on Television in Press Conferences, PAC 14 and yes, even the Daily Times over and over again. They called us nasty Bloggers and some even went so far as to sue me, (Chief Webster and Mayor Barrie Tilghman) in the hopes of making others believe we were wrong. It took a very long time, (4 years) to finally get enough people visiting us and hearing what we had to say to finally realize we were right.

Here's what I've come up with as the reason as to why we're now receiving thousands of new visitors per day. The fact of the matter is, Barrie Tilghman announced she is no longer going to run and all of a sudden our numbers went through the roof. While we always did better than any other Blog on the Eastern Shore, the new numbers are simply staggering. I have spoken to several friends and they think it's because we have expanded coverage and much of it has to do with working with the Salvation Army and other groups but deep down inside I'm convinced people are no longer in fear of retaliation from the Mayor.

No matter what the reason is, we welcome all of you to Salisbury News and we thank you for your support. Your comments are extremely important to every story we put up, good or bad, right or wrong. Having healthy debate on every issue does two things. One, it brings subjects out in which the Daily Times has always refused to bring to light. Secondly, it allows each and every one of us to say our peace and perhaps even confirm or deny the facts of the story. The cool part is, YOU get to decide in the end. It's not just what Joe Albero says or our other Contributors.

In the end we finally have a resource in which we can depend on every day. While there's been no accountability for at least the past 12 years, now there is. While we enjoy being ranked #1, I'm not so sure we deserve it. There are some really great Blogs out there that bust their rear ends as well and hopefully they too are recognized and enjoy the #1 Ranking in the near future. In the mean time we'll simply thank ALL of you for visiting and we'll continue to work as hard as we do to bring you the most up to date and real time news that we can. Thanks again for all the support.