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Sunday, August 03, 2014

Salisbury News Delivers Investigative Reporting On HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT: Part 16

Wicomico County Executive's Office 

5/9/14 Soft Touch Car Wash $85.00 
5/9/14 Goin' Nuts Cafe 42.24 
5/9/14 Lombardi's 21.48 
5/9/14 Wawa 4.68 5/9/14 
Wawa 5.59 5/30/14 
Lombardi's 38.46 5/30/14 
Market Street Inn 61.65 
5/30/14 Starbucks 4.72 

Wicomico  County Board of Education 

7/9/12 Ruth Malone My Turn to Cook 1,440.00 
7/17/12 Ruth Malone My Turn to Cook 160.00 
7/25/12 Ruth Malone Acorn Market 13.38 
7/26/12 Ruth Malone DeVage's 194.92 
7/26/12 Ruth Malone DeVage's 255.42 
8/11/12 Ruth Malone My Turn to Cook 800.00 
9/7/12 Ruth Malone DeVage's 307.12 
9/8/11 Sandra Drummond My Turn to Cook 144.00 
12/2/11 Sandra Drummond Panera Bread 108.59 
8/29/12 Sandra Drummond Panera Bread 123.37 
4/13/11 Sandra L Drummond Back Street Grille 41.65 
4/18/11 Sandra L Drummond Back Street Grille 35.20 
5/21/11 Sandra L Drummond Dunkin Donuts Ocean City 27.98 10/3/11 Sandra L Drummond Subway 45.00 
10/3/11 Sandra L Drummond Subway 522.00 
12/13/11 Sandra L Drummond DeVage's 146.08 
10/12/12 Sandra L Drummond Dunkin Donuts Ocean City 76.55 12/4/12 Sandra L Drummond Subside Deli 46.19 
1/11/13 Sandra L Drummond The Olive Garden 65.75 
2/8/13 Sandra L Drummond Panera Bread 185.36 
2/13/1/3 Sandra L Drummond Acorn Market 61.49 
2/28/13 Sandra L Drummond Chipotle 49.25 
3/8/13 Sandra L Drummond Panera Bread 225.88 
3/20/13 Sandra L Drummond Acorn Market 30.94 
4/19/11 Sarah Rushing Domino's 43.82 
4/20/11 Sarah Rushing Domino's 116.75 
10/13/11 Sarah Rushing Domino's 16.75 
5/3/12 Sarah Rushing Taylors BBQ 124.00 
5/1/11 Scott Thorpe Subway 5.78 
5/4/11 Scott Thorpe Panera Bread 193.16 
5/5/11 Sharon Armstrong Wetcher Whistle 5.56 
6/8/11 Sharon Armstrong Domino's 20.34 
8/23/11 Sharon Armstrong Eastside Deli 200.00 
5/30/12 Sharon Armstrong Wonder Hostess 25.00 
6/1/12 Sharon Armstrong Wonder Hostess 12.90 
6/8/12 Sharon Armstrong Domino's 105.75 
7/3/12 Sharon Armstrong Red Lobster 113.96 
7/31/12 Sharon Armstrong Little Caesar's 56.97 
8/22/12 Sharon Armstrong Johnny's Sub Shop 12.73 
9/12/12 Sharon Armstrong Baskin Robbins 23.99 
1/15/13 Sharon Armstrong Eastside Deli 36.70 
1/17/13 Sharon Armstrong Subway 980.00 
2/7/13 Sharon Armstrong Eastside Deli 21.15 
2/20/13 Sharon Armstrong Eastside Deli 35.84 
2/21/13 Sharon Armstrong Domino's 49.75 
4/3/13 Sharon Armstrong Baskin Robbins 31.99 
4/3/13 Sharon Armstrong Imperial Gallery 14.45 
5/17/11 Sherry A Fisher My Turn to Cook 168.00 
8/23/12 Sherry A Fisher Eastside Deli 163.53

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who is MY TURN TO COOK? There seems to be a lot of dollars being spent with them. How can we determine who and where they are?

Anonymous said...

9:03 I'm guessing you have internet right? Lol

Anonymous said...

^^^Catering business, run by a former WBOE employee as I am told.

Ms's Drummond and Armstrong, like to put you on some scales and see if you measure up to Ms. Obamamama's strict regimen

Anonymous said...

9:09
There are serious issues about the vast amounts of money spent on food by our board of ed. Your personal attacks on two employees are offensive and take the focus off the real concerns. Obviously the two employees did not eat all of the food charged to their pro cards. Keep your eye on the ball.

Anonymous said...

Maybe have you seen them. Just saying

Anonymous said...

John Fredericksen needs to be terminated. The board members that don't agree to that need to resign.

Anonymous said...

These WCBOE meal expenditure posts need some context. Where is this money coming from? where/when/why are these meals being offered or consumed? Who, if anyone, is authorizing these expenditures? What is the mechanism for payment? Most people are not regularly fed by their employer, so these expenditures should induce some circumspection, but without any further explanation, investigation or reference to some other post, the numbers are meaningless.

Anonymous said...

9:08. You would be correct but in researching My Turn To cook, their site has been taken down and the site is now available. I'm sure you are a WBOE worker bee, so why don't you tell us who owns the company and how they have gotten the big dollars from the WBOE.

Anonymous said...

9:44, not a personal attack...a suggestion. Why so touchy?? My eye is always 'on the ball'. Just suggesting that they might have nipped off a few bites of what they purchased!

Anonymous said...

How many people have these cards? It is unreal!!!Fredrickson needs to collect ALL of them an hold these people responsible for the abuse and replace them all with people who aren't ripping the county taxpayers off. There should be alot of openings at the WCBOE and if not there should be somebody to fire Fredrickson and then hold the person who's approving all this responsible.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone think Rick Pollitt needs to spend county money on food??? Does he look hungry??? He needs salads and Weight Watchers per my perception

Anonymous said...

1:50
A serious examination of how funds are spent is sidetracked by remarks about the eating habits of some of the employees. All of a sudden the blog becomes known for hurtful comments, thus providing an excuse to ignore all of the valid points made by other commenters. When leaders of an organization are looking for reasons to ignore fact-based criticism, it doesn't take much for them to hide behind.

Anonymous said...

Who is granted a card----How much are they allowed to spend on themselves-----how much goes for the children & why-----are accurate
& detailed accounts available for the public to view---How long has
this been permissable----Did the Council OK this & etc. & etc.

Anybody got the answers??????????

Anonymous said...

Sherry Fisher is another double dipper.The last name says it all.Give me the free stuff.

Anonymous said...

The council, like parents and other members of the public, asks for public information from the board of ed. Good luck with that.

Anonymous said...

Just a reminder, NONE of this is going to classroom teachers

Anonymous said...

Personally, it's not the $900 Subway purchase here and there if it can be tied to a Student function that runs through a lunch or dinner time. The ones that irk me the worst are the $5 Starbucks, $24 Back Street Grill and all the other obviously single order charges for one lunch, breakfast, or coffee. This means no meeting was held, no county/ BOE business conducted; just a free meal glommed down on my dime.

And those add up on these lists!

Anonymous said...

908, a quick internet search turns up nothing on My Turn To Cook Salisbury MD. Maybe they scrubbed themselves pretty well off the internet for some "odd" reason.

Anonymous said...

I think My Turn to Cook is in Delaware.

Anonymous said...

Seems like this exposure does nothing to deter any of this out of control spending. Sharon morris you do not need a take home car no more than a man in the moon. Looks like you could at least clean it yourself after consuming taxpayer coffee daily not to mention almost daily market street lunches. Boy what nerve you and your Boss have to keep letting this go on

Anonymous said...

Simple answer to cure this problem -- elect Bob Culver this fall as County Exec.

Anonymous said...

Teachers given limited numbers of copies for student use; policies that discourage adequate substitute coverage (to save money); largely non-functional HVAC in many schools (for decades), and this is how our money is being spent???

Anonymous said...

How about teachers teach instead of handouts and worksheets then u wouldn't need copies. How about teachers go to work and teach instead of taking off so dam much. I have three kids and I kid u not they have substitutes all the time. It is rediculous.

Anonymous said...

Agree 100%