In today’s Daily Times article about the pending Wicomico County budget for FY 2011 the County’s public information officer attempts to justify his boss’s refusal to meet with the Council to discuss his proposed budget. According to Mr. Fineran this is appropriate because it is not customary for county executives elsewhere in Maryland to attend legislative meetings on the budget. In other words, let’s not go “outside the box.”
Apparently Mr. Fineran does not know whether those other county executives refuse to meet with the council when requested to do so. But, regardless of the normal practice, this is anything but a normal time for Wicomico County.
Mr. Fineran does not mention why Rick Pollitt should not go “outside the box” in the current circumstances other than the notion that to meet with the Council at its request would depart from the common practice (according to Mr. Fineran) in other counties. That attitude, in a word, is absurd.
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5 comments:
County taxpayers are contributing about $75,000 per year for Pollitt to have a mouthpiece.
That's absurd!
It looks like Pollitt is playing the "race card" to keep the "PIO" position -- the NAACP is whining about cutting it from the budget. Go figure.
After reading that artical maybe we need to keep the pio and get rid of Pollitt.
ONE term County Executive and his PIO
both are nothing but greedy & liars. if the Town of Fuitland got rid of Pollitt the County should rid of both jacka$$es.
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