Another Comment Worthy Of A Post

An Old Rebel Who's Fed Up has left a new comment on your post "BARRIE & GARY OWE SALISBURY RESIDENTS A MAJOR APOL...":

WOW! One of the best written pieces I've seen in a long time, here or elsewhere. Its author has a grasp of the situation and an ability to sum it up succinctly that's admirable.

It sure got me to thinking! What if this project can't be made to work as originally intended despite dumping God knows how much MORE taxpayer money into it? What happens then? Do we just chalk it up to experience and start over? Now a question for the Mayor and Mr. Comegys: ISN'T THAT SOME RATHER EXPENSIVE CHALK?

I find it distressing (to put it mildly) that Ms. Tilghman refers to the problems with this project as "hiccups". Even IF the $20,000 in consultant fees represented the total cost to correct this disaster, that would be one damned expensive cure for "hiccups", wouldn't you say, Mayor? (And let's be real here: That 20K may very well represent only the tip of the spending iceberg before all is said and done.) While $20,000 probably isn't much money to you, Mayor,let me assure you that it's way more than pocket change to the VAST majority of hardworking Salisbury taxpayers who have no political agendas. For most of US, our agenda is putting next week's food on our tables, paying our mortgages, and trying to make it until our next overtaxed paycheck comes in.

Ms. Mayor and Mr. Comegys (the latter included since you've publicly admitted being the father of our disastrous WWTP child), aren't we the people - we the FINANCIERS of this project - at least entitled to know to what extent, if any,O'Brien & Gere will be held legally and financially accountable for this debacle? Or is it possible that even you don't know the answer to that? If you don't, I have a super bright suggestion for you: FIND OUT!! WE WANT TO KNOW....N-O-W! It is the least you us owe for the fiasco your temerity was instrumental in getting us into. (If you don't know what "temerity" is, look it up. It has characterized way too much of your time in office and, at times, your personal conduct while in the public eye.)

Mayor, not long ago you asserted that our city was "under siege" by the blogs. I totally disagree with you, but if you're right and I'm wrong about this(pay close attention: an unpleasant dose of medicine follows), did you ever stop to think that MAYBE it is because of cover-ups like the one that was just exposed on this blog Monday? Where else can good citizens turn to find out what's happening in our own government? To your office? To Mr. Comegys who never answered me the one time I emailed him ions ago? To The Daily Times who even now is soft-peddling this story (again putting it mildly). The same Daily Times who, for whatever mysterious reasons, suddenly found it necessary last Sunday morning to remove the online version of a letter to the editor daring to praise Mrs. Campbell (a sworn enemy of yours) while challenging Mr. Boda to think rationally for a change?

No, Mrs. Tilghman, the local blogs are here largely because of cover ups, shadiness, secret good old boy networks, and a council majority who has long since worn out its rubber stamp and its welcome. So, if Salisbury News is such a menace, you might want to reflect during your retirement days on just what - and WHO - made it that way.

Personally I think you owe the very people you hate so badly - you know, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Cohen, Mike Lewis, one Mr. Joe Albero, GA Harris, folk like that - a debt of thanks as you prepare to leave office. Without the likes of them, we'd be paying more taxes than we already do, the accountability we do have wouldn't exist, and perhaps worst of all, the citizenry would be totally in the dark about what goes on at the highest level of city government. In short, you owe them thanks because they did your job for you while we paid YOU to do it. However, since you curse these people instead of thanking them for their service, then "I" will do that for you.

THANK YOU Debbie, Terry, Sheriff Lewis (a hell of a lawman if you ask me), Joe, GA - for services well-rendered.

And to our next Mayor, Jim Ireton, I say: Thank YOU for being willing to come in and clean up the monumental mess left behind by the current administration. You've got one BIG task before you, sir, but you've also got the support of us who love the city and still believe that we can SEE SALISBURY SHINE (love that slogan, Mrs. Campbell) once the right people take office. You won't be alone, Jim! We admire your courage and will back you all the way. Stay strong, we believe in you.

And we know that with you as Mayor, the day isn't far away when folk like me won't have to be afraid of putting their name to a blog posting. It'll be a non-issue under your administration anyway since I won't NEED to write a post like this.

Just 13 more days, good people. Let's CLEAN HOUSE. A new broom sweeps clean!