At last nights City Council Meeting the Linnens of the Week property was clearly shot down, done, over, no more.Because of possible environmental issues, Campbell & Cohen voted Nay against the offer of the property owners donating the property to the City. IF there are environmental issues and the City agrees to take the property as a donation, the City would then become liable to who knows what amount of money to re mediate it. This is a risk the Council is not willing to take.
Unless you're Louise Smith and Shanie Shields, that is. They voted to accept the property without full knowledge of two major issues. One, the cost to tear down two buildings on the property and Two, the cost to comply with the MDE.
Estimated figures to tear down the buildings came in anywhere between $200,000.00 all the way to $400,000.00. I know, quite a difference between the two.
Shanie played the Race Card again last night and quite frankly I'm getting sick and tired of the grandstanding, acting as if her people always get the raw end of any deal. We're tired of having to look at properties like Linnens of the Week. You don't see these kinds of properties in the Camden Neighborhood and Nithsdale, she said.
You also don't pay the taxes those neighborhood pay Shanie. Look, I'm all about fair play but you can't scream racism every time you're not getting your way. You seem to be willing to take major risks at taxpayers expense just because a property owner who knows they have MDE issues and wants to unload it on the City.
Nevertheless, the matter was shot down but that didn't stop Ireton from asking what part of their overall proposal needs to be brought back to a Work Session. NONE OF IT. Council President Louise Smith tried to politely say it was shot down, it's done, over. Ireton still felt they had worked too hard to get it moved this far and wasn't about to give up.
I know many people with selective hearing, now I'll add Ireton to that list.
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Nothing about the donation for the dog park that was announced at the meeting?
I must agree, if you cannot disturb the soil as I understand you have problem. Plus the demolition and clean up is more than the value of property. I also saw a proclamation given to public works employees. They are the biggest detriment to the city and several should be fired not honored.
Linens of the Week are a criminal organization who pollute without regard for the environment.
If I once again hear that it was "his death wish" to give that hunk of junk to the City, the speaker had better have a death wish ready to state.
Thank goodness for Campbell & Cohen on the Council with Ireton as Barrie's successor and just as bad.
Shameless Shields is an embarassment to her district and the entire City of Salisbury.
The laundry property is an eyesore in a neighborhood that's an eyesore. It seems to me that no matter how much money we spend, how many Habitat houses we build, how many community outreach groups that focus on the Church Street neighborhood, we still have an unkept, unsafe neighborhood with single mother families of multiple children surrounded by drug dealers and users, incredible levels of crime as well as prostitutes.
If you want to get screwed up or just plain screwed, the Church Street neighborhood is the place to be.
Forget the laundry property. We've spent enough.
Anon 2:37 PM,
Well put...well said!
I cannot believe Debbie Campbell's comment as reported in the Daily Times--or maybe I can. She suggested that the widowed owner of the property in question, whose husband's "dying wish" was to have the City develop it, that the lady should have the property cleaned up herself and then give it to the City--that that would be a real gift.
Really nice, Debbie.
Tell shamie, Camden & Nithsdale are residential, which is why there are no such properties there.
Compliance is one responsibility of ownership... isn't it?
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