Much has been said in the Daily Times about Councilman Tim Spies and his challenges with Neighborhood Services Code & Compliance. HOWEVER, let's take a look at the Daily Times most recent attack against Mr. Spies.
First, let it be known that the violation charges against Mr. Spies has been corrected. The Daily Times Reporter Sarah Lake called Mr. Spies on Thursday January 19th 2012 in the morning to tell him additional charges have been filed from Neighborhood Code & Compliance for failure to replace a dilapidated fence. FUNNY, on Thursday January 19th THERE WAS NO FENCE! The old fence had been removed and footers were dug, concrete poured with fence posts in each hole.
As you can see from the images taken just moments ago, the ONLY thing missing to complete the project are the gates. However, how did Sarah Lake know Mr. Spies had been charged with yet another bogus violation days before Mr. Spies ever became aware of it?
Because Code & Compliance and the Daily Times are obviously in bed with one and other and before the Daily Times ever got off their ass to take a look at Mr. Spies property, they ran with it. Before Code & Compliance did their job by going to the property and INSPECT it before they filed charges, they contacted the Daily Times and defamed Mr. Spies once again.
It's no secret that Tim Spies and I are good friends. I happen to think Mr. Spies is one of the kindest and most intelligent human beings I know. Mr. Spies is a retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer and lives on a fixed income, like most people in Salisbury. Are their contractors that can drop everything to fix small projects, absolutely. However, are they affordable, not for most, especially those on fixed incomes. Contractors have been paid and ran off with the money, making it that much more difficult to afford to fix what was demanded, yet you don't hear these things in the Daily Times.
As you can see above, a beautiful fence has been erected and next week there will be gates to complete the job. Don't believe for a second the Daily Times and or Code & Compliance know what they're doing. Mr. Spies is a political target by a select few. I'm telling you Folks, cancel that subscription to that rag of a Newspaper. This CLEARLY proves they didn't even go to his home to see if it was TRUE! Stories are FED to them and they just publish what they are told. Shame on Code & Compliance, the Daily Times and Sarah Lake.
With all the other houses that I have seen in Salisbury that look much worse I have to wonder why they are singling out one person? Maybe someone should check out where Sarah Lake lives and see if there are any violations there.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the property on the north corner of Eastern Shore Drive and Washington Street? It looks like a pig pen and has forever. I have found this agency picks on people for little minor things and lets the big obvious offenders alone.
ReplyDeleteThe Daily Times has always been inaccurate at best. There needs to be some way to hold "journalists" accountable for inaccurate reporting.
ReplyDeleteJust drive around Salisbury, you will find many things to "cite" the city for.
I too am disappointed in Coding and Compliance they advised me recently that a house on Washington St was taken off the condemned property list that improvements have been made and the owners are living there. Neither is the truth. The whole neighborhood knows they have gone back to the old ways of doing nothing and hoping we are blind and stupid, when we can see for ourselves that the slum lords are getting a free ride. And I asked what happened to the Slum Properties list and was told it is no longer needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can any of us believe that? The truth is they are scared of Sapoa and the slumlords.
ReplyDeleteBecause he is on the council. We shall find out where she lives and get a picture.
ReplyDeleteI can honestly tell you that Sarah Lake does not like Sbynews, mention anything about this blog and she will blow up (it is quite funny).
ReplyDeleteNo doubt no investigation was done, she hasn't done it for past articles, why start now.
This is exactly why I never trust code and compliance and have questioned if they shouldn't be abolished entirely. There are better ways of dealing with problems then an entire department of government employees whos only job it is, is to make peoples life miserable.
ReplyDeleteI bet the Daily Times property has more code violations then this gentlemen's property does. I appreciate his service to this country. Wasn't the BTK killer employed by his local C&C office? Just sayin......
ReplyDeleteYou better believe that Code and Compliance singles out people. As I think I recall correctly, Debbie Campbell was once cited for flaking paint on her third floor "dormer" windows. At the time she had a painter's sign in her yard, yet she was cited. SNCC is a bit of a joke, as I have found out. Mr. Spies can expect to be targeted now. When spring comes, they'll no doubt bring the ruler out to his grass. In the meantime, as 3:05 points out, there are so many more houses much worse.
ReplyDeleteHow can these people sleep at night with the stupid political games they play?
ReplyDeleteThe Salisbury City government is an absolute joke! Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, Jimmy Ireton gets elected on promises of making things better only to carry out chldish, vindictive games against those who disagree with his positions on issues. THAT is corruption. That's right Jim! When you send government employees out after people because they disagree with you, you are a tyrant and a criminal!
ReplyDeleteCode and Compliance is not concerned about "blight" or "decay". They are, and they KNOW it, merely a tool used by the local govenment to punish anyone that crosses them. There are businesses in town (and, as is readily apparent, individuals) who are constantly and daily cited for the most petty and inconsequential "violations" one can imagine, while entire neighborhoods are allowed to look like they have been abandoned for a couple of years. I've said it before and stand by it now --- they are racist, politically motivated and stupid on top of all that. Staffed by people who want to have authority, but couldn't be a cop, too fat and lazy to be correctional officers, and too stupid to be security guards. Yeah. I said it. And mean it.
ReplyDelete4:47 "There are better ways of dealing with problems"
ReplyDeleteIf NCC were not an agency, what ways to deal with problems would you suggest? I'm thinking perhaps the City Council could abolish Code and Compliance, but I just can't see another way to deal with derelict houses in nice neighborhoods? Neighborhoods with even just one eyesore of a house can destroy that neighborhood, so controls of some type needs to be enforced. Revenue goes down if a neighborhood goes to pot.
Neighborhood Services and Code Compliance is and agency created by Barrie Tilghman and Lynn Cathcart to attack their enemies just like Spies and Campbell.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Jim Ireton is such a pussy he is doing the same using NSCC to bully Tim Spies and others who were once his friends. The punk is using authority to fight his battles. Reminds me of a sissy who used to get beat up in school and get his lunch money taken from him. Lunch Money Ireton needs to go.
Everyone should attend Monday night's City Council meeting and support the council majority's position on the city attorney. As a tax paying citizen I will be there and I want to see Paul Wilber go into retirement.
ReplyDeleteCode and Compliance had photos and phone calls of a person installing siding and other violations in the historic districts and have ignored them. It's useless and beyond one sided Spies doesn't deserve the BS but then again no one in Salisbury does
ReplyDeleteWhy do those clowns at NSCC where those black wannabe police badges? What a joke that is. Some where the badges on their belts and some have them around their neck on a chain like they are some important undercover detective. Tom Stevenson and most to the employees in that office are nothing but wannabe cops with no power and authority. What a bunch of clowns.
ReplyDeleteDid you know the Salisbury Fire Department just received another new vehicle. That's right a brand, spanking new Ford Explorer. When will this madness and wasteful spending end in the fire department.
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ReplyDeleteIt sounds like Wilber is only being demoted to the position of assistant city attorney, and it will be interesting to see if he tells them thanks, but no thanks, I'm outta here.
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It sounds like Wilber is only being demoted to the position of assistant city attorney, and it will be interesting to see if he tells them thanks, but no thanks, I'm outta here.
January 22, 2012 8:21 AM
Regardless of the situation please attend the city council meeting and support our representatives.
Lunch Money Ireton is in a world of his own and NSCC is his pack of attack dogs he sics on people he doesn't like.
ReplyDeleteNSCC is the most unneeded and mismanaged department in the city. If you remember Mr. Stevenson was hand picked by Barrie Tilghman so that speaks for itself.
Jim Ireton has jumped in bed with all of Barrie Tilghmans lackeys which makes him a one time mayor.
Ireton and Stevenson went after Spies. How many times did that landlord get up and rant about Spies' property? Sam Lear or something like that? The dots are connecting.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't seen Stu Lear, one of Salisbury's leading slumlords and ex-president of SAPOA, hasn't been seen much since he made a total fool of himself before and during the elections.
ReplyDeleteHe and his cronies, including T.J. Maloney, who wrote Shields' complaint against Spies, are continuing to harass those who won't kowtow to their agenda.
Spies is an honorable man. He will now bow to SAPOA, and SAPOA knows it. They will continue to attack him by whatever means possible, including bricks through his window and really stupid and baseless ethics complaints and using the Daily Times to smear him at every opportunity.