Sorry, folks, with the State’s Attorney Forum and the Wicomico Humane Society story taking up a lot of my time the last couple of days, I didn’t get a chance to write and post about City Council President Louise Smith’s ridiculous – I mean RIDICULOUS – letter to the editor in Wednesday’s Daily Times. This is all about the anti-crime legislation package Mayor Jim Ireton introduced on August 2.
If you haven’t been following the story here, I’ve included links in this post to catch you up, and I suggest you do because this story is only going to get bigger and Salisbury News will continue to be the leader on it! This will seem like a long post because this new format has a narrow column, but stay with me here, it’ll be worth it.
Louise Smith writes this letter to the newspaper editor, headlined “Let’s work together to reduce city’s crime.”
Really, Louise? The real crime is Louise Smith thinks if she says “Let’s work together” enough times, you’ll think she means it. Not a chance, Louise, not while Salisbury News is around. You aren’t going to fool people any more.
Honest to God, folks, this letter is hilarious! Her third line into it, Louise says, “Closed door meetings were held for 14 months between the mayor, Councilwomen Debbie Campbell and Terry Cohen, two attorneys and a few staff members.”
Really, Louise? Now, forget whether this statement is true or not for a moment, folks. The fact is, at the last council meeting August 23, Terry Cohen said that there were complaints to this effect and Louise said she never said that.
Well, just recently Salisbury News posted GO HERE that Louise DID INDEED complain about it before. So, folks, with Louise Smith having JUST RECENTLY DENIED that she said that, even though a Salisbury News reader revealed that she did, Louise now writes a letter to the Daily Times in which she says EXACTLY that!!!
In this one quote, Louise Smith blew ALL her credibility -- IF she had ANY left. Not only does she complain about what she says she hasn’t complained about before but has indeed complained about before, she’s whining that all this lacks transparency.
Really, Louise? Transparency? You mean the transparency like this GO HERE in which you REFUSE the third vote that would allow the public input meeting on the crime legislation package Debbie Campbell and Terry Cohen are holding (that you won’t attend) to be televised on PAC14 (after you had secret meetings behind the PAC14 board’s back and got them a new board plus more money at the expense of the furloughed POLICE!)? That transparency, Louise?
Or the transparency where you tried to shut down discussion at the last meeting about putting the mayor’s legislation package on a work session? That transparency, Louise?
In her letter, Louise says she wants a task force to study the issue and answer a lot of questions. Well, Louise, I can tell you that there are TWO task forces, right now – the Mayor’s Crime Task Force and the Safe Streets Coalition – that have been going on for a couple of years and that I have probably been to more of these meetings than you have!!!
Are you saying that out of a crowd of people like Sheriff Mike Lewis, State’s Attorney Davis Ruark, MSP Salisbury Barracks Commander Ernie Leatherbury, even your council ally Shanie Shields, you couldn’t find ANYBODY with whom to “Let’s work together”??? Maybe, just MAYBE, Louise, if you had gone to some of these meetings, you might have the answers to all those SAPOA questions you asked.
Or you might get the answers if you just put this anti-crime legislation package on a work session, which your own Council Rules of Order or whatever they are say you SHALL do!!! “Rules? Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules,” as my friend G.A. Harrison would say, huh, Louise?
If you people want to catch up on this circus (and I mean no disrespect to Jim Ireton or the elephant he was riding this week), click on the links I’ve supplied so far, plus these GO HERE, GO HERE, GO HERE and GO HERE, read these posts and click on the links to the videos.
Then get yourselves to the public input meeting on this anti-crime package, details if you GO HERE, on Sept. 15 (no excuses!) and let the absent Louise know how you feel about all this whining and anything but “Let’s work together” she’s doing. Thanks to Salisbury News exposing all this, plenty of people are volunteering to record the meeting so Louise can watch or listen later.
And just to be clear, folks, I’m not saying I’m all for or all against any of this legislation. As a matter of fact, I’d like to hear what the public has to say about it, too. Jim Ireton may want it all voted on, up or down, but let’s face facts, that’s just not realistic.
What I AM saying is, it’s WAY past time for Louise Smith to STOP WHINING and playing a victim like Barrie Tilghman. QUIT WHINING, Louise, and JUST DO YOUR JOB!
Yes, Louise Smith, YOU’VE BEEN BLOGGED – AGAIN!!
If you haven’t been following the story here, I’ve included links in this post to catch you up, and I suggest you do because this story is only going to get bigger and Salisbury News will continue to be the leader on it! This will seem like a long post because this new format has a narrow column, but stay with me here, it’ll be worth it.
Louise Smith writes this letter to the newspaper editor, headlined “Let’s work together to reduce city’s crime.”
Really, Louise? The real crime is Louise Smith thinks if she says “Let’s work together” enough times, you’ll think she means it. Not a chance, Louise, not while Salisbury News is around. You aren’t going to fool people any more.
Honest to God, folks, this letter is hilarious! Her third line into it, Louise says, “Closed door meetings were held for 14 months between the mayor, Councilwomen Debbie Campbell and Terry Cohen, two attorneys and a few staff members.”
Really, Louise? Now, forget whether this statement is true or not for a moment, folks. The fact is, at the last council meeting August 23, Terry Cohen said that there were complaints to this effect and Louise said she never said that.
Well, just recently Salisbury News posted GO HERE that Louise DID INDEED complain about it before. So, folks, with Louise Smith having JUST RECENTLY DENIED that she said that, even though a Salisbury News reader revealed that she did, Louise now writes a letter to the Daily Times in which she says EXACTLY that!!!
In this one quote, Louise Smith blew ALL her credibility -- IF she had ANY left. Not only does she complain about what she says she hasn’t complained about before but has indeed complained about before, she’s whining that all this lacks transparency.
Really, Louise? Transparency? You mean the transparency like this GO HERE in which you REFUSE the third vote that would allow the public input meeting on the crime legislation package Debbie Campbell and Terry Cohen are holding (that you won’t attend) to be televised on PAC14 (after you had secret meetings behind the PAC14 board’s back and got them a new board plus more money at the expense of the furloughed POLICE!)? That transparency, Louise?
Or the transparency where you tried to shut down discussion at the last meeting about putting the mayor’s legislation package on a work session? That transparency, Louise?
In her letter, Louise says she wants a task force to study the issue and answer a lot of questions. Well, Louise, I can tell you that there are TWO task forces, right now – the Mayor’s Crime Task Force and the Safe Streets Coalition – that have been going on for a couple of years and that I have probably been to more of these meetings than you have!!!
Are you saying that out of a crowd of people like Sheriff Mike Lewis, State’s Attorney Davis Ruark, MSP Salisbury Barracks Commander Ernie Leatherbury, even your council ally Shanie Shields, you couldn’t find ANYBODY with whom to “Let’s work together”??? Maybe, just MAYBE, Louise, if you had gone to some of these meetings, you might have the answers to all those SAPOA questions you asked.
Or you might get the answers if you just put this anti-crime legislation package on a work session, which your own Council Rules of Order or whatever they are say you SHALL do!!! “Rules? Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules,” as my friend G.A. Harrison would say, huh, Louise?
If you people want to catch up on this circus (and I mean no disrespect to Jim Ireton or the elephant he was riding this week), click on the links I’ve supplied so far, plus these GO HERE, GO HERE, GO HERE and GO HERE, read these posts and click on the links to the videos.
Then get yourselves to the public input meeting on this anti-crime package, details if you GO HERE, on Sept. 15 (no excuses!) and let the absent Louise know how you feel about all this whining and anything but “Let’s work together” she’s doing. Thanks to Salisbury News exposing all this, plenty of people are volunteering to record the meeting so Louise can watch or listen later.
And just to be clear, folks, I’m not saying I’m all for or all against any of this legislation. As a matter of fact, I’d like to hear what the public has to say about it, too. Jim Ireton may want it all voted on, up or down, but let’s face facts, that’s just not realistic.
What I AM saying is, it’s WAY past time for Louise Smith to STOP WHINING and playing a victim like Barrie Tilghman. QUIT WHINING, Louise, and JUST DO YOUR JOB!
Yes, Louise Smith, YOU’VE BEEN BLOGGED – AGAIN!!
18 comments:
This woman needs to go, where nobody cares, just go.
I hadnt been threw Salisbury in awhile until Yesterday, man what a ugly city. She will be a ghost town in a few years, you know what I dont care anymore. Screw Salisbury.
What I don't understand is why Jim Ireton was quick to furlough city employees when his employer, the Wicomico County Board of Education didn't furlough teachers?? How ironic. Jim needs to find another JOB!
11:29:
You really need to look up the definition of irony.
And then tell us how the city's budget and the county's budget have anything to do with one another.
Louise is still reaching a mass of people who get their news only from the paper edition of the DT, where there are no comments. Among many of them, what she says is gospel, whether it be in the paper, at her regular tea gatherings, or in council proceedings on PAC14.
11:46
And that's why Louise doesn't want the crime initiative meeting to be televised on PAC14 - it would reach too many of her loyal followers and people who actually might see some worth in it.
Anonymous said...
Louise is still reaching a mass of people who get their news only from the paper edition of the DT, where there are no comments. Among many of them, what she says is gospel, whether it be in the paper, at her regular tea gatherings, or in council proceedings on PAC14.
11:46 AM
Really? Are you serious? I believe using the term that the original commentor made was to make a point. I see you are either Jim Ireton or one of the few followers of this fraud of a Mayor. And using your analogy on budgets, the WCBOE budget is separate from the County Budget.
Stay on this, Joe, and bump this up.
In 44 years of living in Salisbury, I have never seen a public official try to kill public discussion of a serious matter as much as this woman has!
It' UN-AMERICAN!
12:06, I think you copied the wrong comment to respond to. 11:29 is the one you wanted.
My wife and I are getting up in age and have talked about moving to Salisbury ,because it is close to the hospital and doctors.
Not in this life time , because of Smith and Shanie , also the reputation of the hospital has gone way down hill. WE use the by-pass and shop in Delmar or Berlin.
WE also found that Nanticoke Memorial is a caring and professional hospital.
Remember the election comming up ,
you can get rid of those idiots (smith and shanie) that are causing our city to become the crime capital of the U.S..
It is so obvious that neither have the brains of a grape.
I believe that Terry and Debbie are much smarter than Wilber , that is obvious at many of the meetings when he can't even respond to questions.
I can excuse Shanie most of the time because she's asleep with open eyes.
Smith is just an old lady doing what she knows best , agreeing with Shanie or Gary.
I feel sorry for all three of them.
One other thing , has anyone ever checked to see if Wilber is really a lawyer.
Where is the pig farm located that she owns?
12:11 Now you have seen it; Louise Smith
Anonymous said...
11:29:
You really need to look up the definition of irony.
And then tell us how the city's budget and the county's budget have anything to do with one another.
11:41 AM
Really? Are you serious? I believe using the term that the original commentor made was to make a point. I see you are either Jim Ireton or one of the few followers of this fraud of a Mayor. And using your analogy on budgets, the WCBOE budget is separate from the County Budget.
Shanie Shields is not up for re-election in the spring.
Cohen, Smith and Comegys are.
I'm in the county, but you people in Salisbury have got to get Cohen re-elected and get two more in like her. Other than her and Campbell, you have no intelligence in your government and it's killing everyone, including us!
That pig that Louise is holding, it's US!
I'm not in your area but follow your blog sometimes. The picture caught my eye.
I don't understand what all this fuss is about the meetings. Elected people meet with each other all the time to hash things out. Not every meeting they hold is on CSPAN. But the public ones are. If this woman is so concerned about it, why does she oppose televising the public meeting?
I feel sorry for you folks in Salisbury. This woman sounds like the perfect example of the silliness in Salisbury government we sometimes hear about over here. For someone her age to behave so childishly is embarrassing.
You know, we had the perfect chance to get the right fire chief for our town and this witch chased him away. Way to go!
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