Rick Pollitt did not attend yesterday’s meeting that the Wicomico County Council held to consider his proposed budget for FY 2011. In response to the Council’s request to engage in discussion with him at the meeting, he issued a lengthy statement to the effect that he feels it would be improper or inappropriate to do so. We have not seen the statement, but understand that it’s a doozy.
Regardless of what his statement says, Pollitt’s disrespect of the County Council is astounding. Rather than having a face-to-face discussion of the salary and benefits costs for his “public information officer,” which total about $80,000, Pollitt is now attacking in the mainstream media those members who want to eliminate the PIO position. That decision is an exercise of the authority conferred on the Council by the County Charter to cut items in the budget that Pollitt has proposed.
Recall that a couple months ago Pollitt asked the public to indicate what items should be cut from the budget. A significant number of residents responded by asking the PIO position be terminated, and a majority on the Council has heard them.
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unfortunately,the council just played into Rick's " I am a victim" BS.They should have handed the budget back to him and let him suffer the consequences of his administrations' ineptitude
ReplyDeletePollitt & Ireton both need to take their diapers off, put their big boy pants on and stop the silly game playing.
ReplyDelete10:27 We don't want him. He did enough damage thats still being repaired.
ReplyDeletenext get rid of Ted Shea and Matt Cramer
ReplyDeleteCouncil should CUT CUT CUT until only the entitlements are in the budget and I bet Rick will get off his oversized butt and have a discussion because his GOOD OLE BOYS would be crying enough to bring the water level up so high from Easton done would be marsh and AL Gore will be screaming GLOBAL WARMING.
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