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Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Mayor Ireton Stoops To Begging The Public For Help On Safe Streets

Dear Friend: 
 
The City of Salisbury needs your help. For *_127 days_ *my Safe Streets Anti-Crime Legislative package has been ignored by the city council. On December 13th I am asking as many citizens as possible to come to city hall and, again, ask City Council President Louise Smith to put Safe Streets on the city agenda. Up till now, the city council has been controlled by slumlords and lobbyists who make money off the most vulnerable in our community and turns a blind eye to unlawful behavior at thier properties. This is a waste of taxpayer money. 
 
When I ran for mayor, I pledged to clean up slum and blight in our neighborhoods and make them safe for all our citizens - both renter and homeowner. The smear campaign by slumlords, that waste our tax dollars and make police and code compliance officers reactive not proactive, has been fierce. *I NEED YOUR VOICE ON DECEMBER 13th!* Please come to the city council meeting, sign up for public comments and simply ask Mrs. Smith to put Safe Streets on the agenda, NOW! Its been *_127 days_* and *_958 Part 1 Crimes_ *since I kept my promise to you to address these issues, and still no action by city council. I need your help to get the council to act on Safe Streets! Please join your neighbors on December 13th at 6:00 PM at City Hall. Safe Streets mean a safer Salisbury. Please help me accomplish these goals. 
 
Mayor Jim Ireton 
/Doing What You Sent Him to City Hall to Do!/ 

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Poor Mayor, he needs a lot of help.

Anonymous said...

most of the landlords in the city don't allow "criminals" to rent their properties; at least not knowingly. ireton needs to focus just on those landlords who are allowing this and leave the rest alone to do their job.

focus on those landlords and the actual criminals and he will probably get more co-operation.

ireton isn't the brightest candle on the cake; this is certainly obvious, so hopefully a new person will come forth in the next few weeks who can truly lead as an adult with some administrative experience and especially people skills. this is truly needed in our city.

Anonymous said...

Poor mayor my butt ..... Ireton can go pound sand.... personally im tired of his Gestapo i mean the NSCC coming around to my house nit picking me and others in salisbury to death....

Anonymous said...

Just like you promised to increase pay for police officers when you spoke at the FOP meeting? I dont believe anything out of his mouth anymore.

Anonymous said...

this is so sad...Ireton is making himself look like an idiot and he doesn't even realize it. I don't like slumlords either but there are other important issues this city needs to deal with as well, Ireton is obsessed with this issue, what an embarrassment to our city this boy is.

Anonymous said...

Ireton is so obsessed with making sure everyone knows he's the Mayor--he even over-stepped when he felt it necessary to admonish SPD officers that they 'will' work with the new Chief. That was so uncalled for on his part--there was/is no question but that the officers would work with the new Chief. No matter, Ireton, had to put in his two-cents. Sad, really.

Anonymous said...

I dont live in the city. But YOU have reneged on ur promises to clean Salisbury up and now you are giving property away to developers just whAT bpt waS DOING. i HOPE THEY DO NOT ELECT YOU AGAIN.

Joseph Albero said...

anonymous 2:18, OMG, is that you JR???? Many have stated you've already announced on Facebook you'll be running for Mayor in 2 years. Nine anonymous plug for yourself.

Anonymous said...

Ireton, you will NEVER get any help from this citizen of Salisbury. I just wish I lived within city limits so when it is time for elections I could NOT vote for you! You have continued to degrade Salisbury just like Barrie Tilghman did. Can't wait until you are voted
O U T!!!

Anonymous said...

Get off your knees Jim!

Anonymous said...

Joe:

Ask Jim-Beau be the guest on an encore of the Louise Smith show.

And get Fernando to be the refereee.

They could do the show at the Civic Center and charge admission to help the City balance its budget.

Anonymous said...

Even if it's true that J.R. will run for mayor, he does not have a snowballs' chance in hell of being elected.

I think you, Joe, would have a better chance of being elected mayor than this guy and his cohorts.

Anonymous said...

Mayor stop the name calling. Don't act like a spoiled child when you don't get everything you want. You can't always get everything you want in life. Think my Mom told me that over 40 years ago.

Anonymous said...

cant wait to see how this legislation will stop prostitution. no one has stopped it in 500 years yet this law will do. give me a break. i have bridge to talk to you about. thanks sjd