Joe,
I looked through your site and watched the news and I couldn't find one mention of the two separate "out of control" parties that happened last night. According to the officer I talked with there were two drunken riots each with about 500 SU students. Lots of fights and destruction of property.
Then one of the co-eds decided to taken a drunken joy ride down Riverside drive and knocked out an electrical pole and demolished her car in the front yard of a home.
I guess if things invovle SU students, the town turns a blind eye.
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500 hundred SU students? sounds like a telephone game. If it had been 500 hundred SU students the university would have gotten involved. The SU police have authority in situations like that.
The pole taken out on Riverside Drive was a UMES Student. I live on that block and spoke with the sheriff blocking traffic through the street while they replaced the pole.
You must have talked to a Salisbury Police Officer. 500
at a party , would add up to about 10 people at the most.. Those guys
can't add.
it knocked out electric, cable and telephone until a little after 6 this morning.
definitely was UMES as they are having issues down in Princess Anne until commencement but the big incident involves controversial police, medical issues down there
2 drunken riots of 500 each? That's a lot of county liquor tax money! Probably $4 each = $4,000.00 in one night, plus the fines of those arrested(?). Now we can reduce property tax on homeowners!
no 500 hundred is correct...250 at each location. I was at both locations. Unfortunately SU Police are only support for the city officers...and they need alot of support.
There was a party on campus for the seniors last night, sponsored by the alumni association. Not surprising that an after party or two developed.
Thank-god for college kids. They help pay our taxes!
"Thank-god for college kids. They help pay our taxes!"
Has anybody who says this stopped to consider this:
When SU was much smaller, our taxes were MUCH smaller. As SU got bigger, our assessments got higher, the police needs got higher and our taxes got MUCH higher.
As SU has gotten bigger, our major employers have closed up shop. SU is buying up the property so no chance of new commercial. SU doesn't pay taxes. Some "in lieu of" something or other, but not what a business would generate.
So, explain to me again how having SU and its students has helped me economically?
"but the big incident involves controversial police, medical issues down there"
Yes, there was a fatal accident... UMES even sent out a notice informing students of proper procedure at a fatal accident, which involves leaving a deceased victim in place while it is being investigated. Apparantly students on scene didn't understand that and thought it to be a discrimination issue.
Sadly, despite that tragedy, it would have been an opportunity to inform students on the importance of seatbelt use. It was a tragedy that possibly could have been prevented, to my knowledge.
9:39am, students spend money, buy things like food, clothes and pay rents which include their property taxes, so they provide jobs. Your taxes were smaller because property values were less before the housing boom and lending/spending spree, not because college students/SU needed more money. SU gets that money from the state of MD, property taxes stay in the local coffers.
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I am a graduating senior from Salisbury University and I am sick to death of all the whining that goes on about Salisbury University students. YOU LIVE IN A COLLEGE TOWN! If you don't want to live near a University, move! I would find it really hard to believe that the person who left this comment lived here before the University was built so spare me the excuses. Any logical person knows that if you live near a University with over 7,000 students attending between the ages of 17-24,your probably going to be woken up by a parties! Believe me, most of us do not want to be here either and that is why a huge percentage of us move back over the bridge after graduation. As if the crime around here is not bad enough, we have to deal with angry locals labeling all of us as crazy drunken party animals with no other agenda. I have participated in the Big Event (a student run volunteer event that help's.... guess who? the community! go figure!) every year I have been at SU. Many students just want to feel welcome here but we do not, not by a long shot! There are alot of problems in this city and student parties should be pretty low on the list of things locals should strive to fix. SU students may or may not help locals economically, (I don't know I haven't done the research) but SU is here to stay. If you can't handle a college party in your town, don't live in a college town! And the issue at hand is a UMES student not an SU student. I used to love this place until I spent four years here and realized that for the most part the SU community dislikes SU students. Thanks for welcoming so many of us to your community. Your incorrect post (saying it was an SU student) is just another example of what we have to deal with all the time. You should really apologize, and believe me SU police do not turn a blind eye to SU students. They bust parties every single weekend, write citations, and give D.U.I's to individuals who break the law just like everyone else!
Imagine what a bigger sh*thole this area would be without SU. Even less decent paying jobs. I dont blame SU students for hating it here. I'm not a college student and I've witnessed the locals' welcoming "charm". Maybe if locals were more welcoming some of the students would actually reside here when they graduate. Most of them are smart enough to know that the area is a dead end for jobs. Why do you think most high schoolers leave after they graduate.
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