UPDATE: My mistake. Terence went to South Carolina, not North Carolina.
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
Terence Arrington Resigns As Assistant City Administrator for City of Salisbury
UPDATE: My mistake. Terence went to South Carolina, not North Carolina.
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Actually he wasn't qualified and had a fake degree from an unaccredited college.
BUTT, I would say he had more credentials than Jimbea's Boi Toy Tom Stevenson.
Funny you even say that because he got an Administrator job in NC, which requires higher education.
Not a big surprise, but thought it would take longer. He's a capable, personable fellow who will do well. No room for advancement here, so moving on is another city is in his best professional interest. I hope that we can find a replacement with as much on the ball as he has.
Why would you write such untruths? His qualifications and degrees were authentic.
Good for him. What county?
I knew it. Let's hear ALL the lies about how mean he was. He destroyed so many people's lives how will we ever recover BS. Bring back memories? ? You wonder why it doesn't take long for people to realize how low life the people are.
Good for him. We watch an educated man leave and we keep Stevenson. WOW!! Not what you know but who you know. Uh Tommy.
Another qualified city employee the lovely citizens of Salisbury ran off. I guess we will hear what a horrible person he was and what other lies the city worker's can come up with.
I worked with him. During his 1 year tenure he did more for the city than chambers did in all her years. He will be missed by those of us in the business community. He is incredibly sharp and extremely capable and I wish him well.
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He negotiated a great deal in Darlington, SC.
We'll miss you Terence.
Negotiated a good deal and dealing with a better class of people.
Unecredited? Don't these people get vetted.
yep, the world of online
wonder how much it cost in comparison to my 20 year college mortgage
Did Tom Stevenson get vetted?
That's a lie, in her nine years Dr. Chambers brought in over $4 million and set up the crime reduction strategies that brought crime rates down un Church Street. Stop hating!
I bet ireton is embarrassed that a good man left so quick I bet he seen the writing on the Salisbury jobs walls? Can you say jump ireton Salisbury titanic.
5:08 Arrington has a bachelor’s degree in international business and a master’s in public administration f
In early January I heard Mr Arrington was offered and accepted a two year contract as Darlington County SC Administrator. Starting salary was 100K and county would pay moving expenses. He was to start in middle of February.
Did he not take that position and take a position in a NC city instead? What city in NC?
Ireton wouldn't listen to him and allow him to truly use his skills. Ireton thinks he is the only one with a brain, that's why he puts unqualified people in leadership positions and gets rid of the capable people.
Terence will be missed, enjoyed working with him over the past year, he will do well in SC
Well Anonymous 7:27 everything you just said was nothing but a lie. It was Terry Cohen that brought in the grant funding for the Safe Streets program that was implemented in this city NOT Lore Chambers. Chambers was a grant writer that Barrie Tilghman promoted so she would have an AA in the upper ranks. Not saying Lore isn't intelligent, she was used and abused by the Mayor's office. I am saying she did not bring Safe Streets program to the city or the money that came with it.
He is going to NC! Can't you READ?!
How many top official's have left Salisbury in the last 5/ 6 years or so. The people in this city must be a real delight to work with. You can only blame the mayor so much. It's has to be the employees! ! How could it not??
I can't speak for Walden, but Strayer University is fully accredited and is a tough University. My aunt has her Master's degree from there and the coursework was no joke.
Liarton HAS to goooooooooooooooooooo.
Too bad we have had good people in city government, but....., if you are not up someone's a$$, and if you are not of the right persuasion, you are just not going to make it trying to work in city government. What a shame, and I wish Mr. Arrington all the best.
Can we get a Republican to run against this mayor and Day PLEASE.
BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. HE WAS VERY GOOD PERSON TO WORK WITH.
Can tou blame this man. I would run barefoot on glass to get out of Salisbury City If I were him. The demograpghics of this city are changing in such a negative way. The Mayor is such a drama queen. Jim's narcistic approach to evrything he is involved in. City needs some drastic changes and soon
Hey Joe ......What ever happened to Linda Ross? She used to be the HR person for the City ....Thats the person I would love to have the scoop from
According to him he just couldn't handle the politics and all of the community criticism. Two points, first being you people are to blame, but at the same time if you can't stand the heat get out of the fire
I'm kind of stunned by some of the statements, But again I'm not surprised living in this area for the last 14 years. Some of the thing I have seen and heard make you shake your head. when someone use the phrase these people! they have some unresolved issues within themselves. I also had a 20year college mortgage just paid the last dime of it last March. But you signed your name under anonymous why?, Because you don't want anyone to know your identity. But it's people like you who murder my dad when I was 10, People like you who lunch my brother when I was 16,People like you that shackled me down place me in back car and threaten my very life when I was 21,People like you the stop the city from prospering. I hide my face not behind the sheet called anonymous, But my Name is Rev.Harry Howard White.
10:43 her name was LISA Ross, and she was the best! And agree she was always very fair and knowledgeable to what was right and wrong. I hear she got married and is now HR Director at U of MD
OMG harry white, get off the racial card please. You 'reverends' and 'pastors' are such victims. Most of 'you people' are bigger criminals than the inmates at WCDC or ECI...
Best wishes for your future Mr. Arrington! Thank you for your service.
Ireton continues to drive da bury into the cesspool.
My guess is that he realized that it won't get any better when Day becomes mayor next year.
JoeAlbero said...
Funny you even say that because he got an Administrator job in NC, which requires higher education.
January 23, 2015 at 5:11 AM
I understand that and libs fall for the fake unaccredited degrees just like they did with Hoppes' degree. This guy used Salisbury as a stepping stone and I don't blame him for leaving.
Rev. White paid way too much for his 'education' based on the poor way he composes sentences and writes
Anonymous said...
Another qualified city employee the lovely citizens of Salisbury ran off. I guess we will hear what a horrible person he was and what other lies the city worker's can come up with.
January 23, 2015 at 6:18 AM
Not the people or citizens of Salisbury. Try Jim Ireton, Jake Day and Tom Stevenson.
Harry H White said...
I'm kind of stunned by some of the statements, But again I'm not surprised living in this area for the last 14 years. Some of the thing I have seen and heard make you shake your head. when someone use the phrase these people! they have some unresolved issues within themselves. I also had a 20year college mortgage just paid the last dime of it last March. But you signed your name under anonymous why?, Because you don't want anyone to know your identity. But it's people like you who murder my dad when I was 10, People like you who lunch my brother when I was 16,People like you that shackled me down place me in back car and threaten my very life when I was 21,People like you the stop the city from prospering. I hide my face not behind the sheet called anonymous, But my Name is Rev.Harry Howard White.
January 23, 2015 at 11:01 AM
I just puked when I read this racist garbage. I think you forgot to mention my Confederate Ancestors who held your African ancestors in bondage and beat them with a leather whip every day. You must still be waiting for you 40 acres and a mule.
Anonymous said...
Rev. White paid way too much for his 'education' based on the poor way he composes sentences and writes
January 23, 2015 at 12:31 PM
I don't think he had to pay a nickle and he must have gone to Sojoner Dougless or Congo Tech.
Anonymous said...
My guess is that he realized that it won't get any better when Day becomes mayor next year.
January 23, 2015 at 12:08 PM
Let's pray that Jake Day doesn't get elected Mayor THIS year.
Does anyone else think he is using his marriage as a front?
He has deleted his twitter account or it's hidden right now.
Anonymous said...
That's a lie, in her nine years Dr. Chambers brought in over $4 million and set up the crime reduction strategies that brought crime rates down un Church Street. Stop hating!
January 23, 2015 at 7:27 AM
Thanks for posting Lore. Hope you keep on suing Jimbo.
Part I
Salisbury has new assistant city administrator
Charlotte, N.C., native fills leadership post held by Chambers
Jan. 27, 2014
Terence Arrington of Charlotte, N.C., is the new city of Salisbury assistant city administrator.
Terence Arrington of Charlotte, N.C., is the new city of Salisbury assistant city administrator. / Staff photo by Todd Dudek
Written by
Jeremy Cox
Staff Writer
SALISBURY — If Terence Arrington ever wonders whether his work is paying off, he can start by looking out his window.
The new assistant city administrator lives in an apartment a few steps from city hall, which itself lies in the heart of Salisbury.
Two weeks into his new job, the 30-year-old native of Charlotte, N.C., ticks off a long list of tasks given to him by the mayor and interim city administrator. It includes revising the city’s emergency management plan, changing how the city applies for grants and, of course, helping revitalize downtown.
“I’m in walking distance (of work), so that’s a pleasure,” Arrington said. “Eventually, people will start getting on board and we’ll start seeing things happen downtown.”
Arrington replaces a city employee who was fired after having a noisy, public exchange at city hall with Ireton. Loré Chambers sued Ireton and the City Council in October, seeking $750,000 in damages as a result of the July 12 encounter.
The City Council and mayor’s office have since been dismissed from the case. Ireton, the remaining defendant, has called the suit “legalistic distortion.”
Energy and optimism are Arrington’s two key traits, Mayor Jim Ireton said.
Part II
“He chose to live downtown when he got here,” Ireton said.
The city received about 50 applications for the opening and narrowed it down to three finalists.
“That resume, it stood out because he’s coming from some place larger and he had many membership things, community organization things, church things that reminded me of Salisbury, where people are involved in their church and civic organizations,” Ireton said.
Arrington worked jobs during the day while pursuing higher education. He studied international business at Strayer University and received a master’s in public administration from another for-profit school, Walden University.
In addition to working as a business office administrator in the city of Charlotte’s fleet management department, he served as a project coordinator at his church.
He also worked in the private sector — as a leasing and maintenance coordinator for Family Dollar and a business project coordinator for the now-defunct Decision One Mortgage.
But his Charlotte job stirred an innate interest in giving back to the community, he said. Arrington was the youngest of three children, and his mother would go on to adopt four foster children.
He wanted to learn more about administration, so he volunteered to work for the surrounding jurisdiction, Mecklenburg County, as a budget analyst. Before coming to Salisbury, he was a local government management fellow with the International City/County Management Association.
He worked for a year and a half in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., drafting a study on the city’s fiscal capacity and developing a protocol for dealing with employees who get caught by red-light cameras while driving city-owned vehicles, among other things. (The process ensures that the employee pays the fine.)
If Arrington’s background is skimpy in any way, Ireton said, it’s his work experience. But Ireton said the city can be a place where young administrators like Arrington can learn and grow into their roles.
The Wicomico County chapter of the NAACP criticized Ireton for dismissing Chambers, who was one of the few African Americans in the upper levels of the government‘s employee chart. Mary Ashanti, the group’s president, declined to comment on the hiring of Arrington, who is African-American.
For his part, Arrington said diversity is important, but race isn’t a factor in the quality of someone’s performance.
“At the end of the day, I‘m delighted to be here,” he said. “I’m here to serve the public.”
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Hey 9:21am check out this article on your aunts tough university that is no joke.
Interesting KRS Ties To For-Profit College Mess
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In 2007, Kentucky Retirement Systems seeded yet another private equity firm. The company was Mountain Capital and KRS placed $50 million with the firm. That was after New Mountain gave placement agent Credit Suisse $169,000 to arrange the deal.
After that, New Mountain used its mountain of retiree cash to fund Strayer University, which opened three campuses in Kentucky: Louisville, Lexington, Florence. The national corporate board (Warning: External PDF Link) of Strayer includes Charlotte Beason, the longtime executive director of the Kentucky Board of Nursing (2005-2012).
While she was a public official in Kentucky, Beason received gifts of Strayer stock worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The 6,426 shares she owns, currently at $46 per share, are valued at a whopping $295,596. It appears that Beason also received director fees totaling $150,000.
While Attorney General Jack Conway has investigated and prosecuted six for-profit schools in Kentucky (most notably Sullivan/Spencerian, strong supporters of his former opponent), Conway’s investigation has conveniently ignored Strayer. Which is interesting because Strayer has been at the heart of the national chatterbox.
Here’s why: In 2000, Robert Silberman became CEO of Strayer as part of the New Mountain investment and remains in that role today. In 2009 he made $41.5 million, consisting almost entirely of stock that gets paid out over a decade, which was the highest amount of pay in the for-profit college world. It was such a big deal that the comic strip Doonesbury joked about it. Spending only $1,300/student a year on student instruction while also spending $2,500/student on marketing and reaping a $4,500/student return really seems to ruffle feathers.
This seems to be a hornet nest of a mess because everyone we’ve questioned off-the-record has yelled, threatened and slammed down their telephone.
There are tons more questions – like why the Board of Nursing really pulled its approval of Spencerian’s nursing program. So you can bet we’re asking them.
Strayer University and Walden University are both private, for profit universities. They have an "accredidation" but they are not Regionally Accredited. You people are silly enough to read "accredited" and you believe the school is really accredited. Apparently he got his "Masters" at Walden because he couldn't transfer to a real school like the University of Maryland. He went to one unaccredited for profit college and had to go to another one to get a "Masters Degree." Those private for profit degrees won't transfer to real colleges and most of them are online. Google Strayer and Walden with fraud in the line and you will get tons of information explaining what we are talking about.
Why is it we cannot get rid of Ireton? Why can't he be recalled? I don't understand.
12:36, you're wrong, he's right
Let me guess you think Ferguson was true, Eric Holder is a God, Obama was born in Hawaii., can't you think for yourself? Or is it all American Africans are not guilty.
Darlington County administrator candidate turns down job offer
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Posted: Friday, December 19, 2014 6:17 pm
CHRIS McKAGEN
DARLINGTON, S.C. – The five-month search to find a new Darlington County administrator will persist after the candidate offered the position, Jon Caime, turned down the offer.
In an email to the county council Thursday afternoon, Caime praised the achievements of educational institutions in the county and cited those achievements as his primary interest in applying, but he declined to take the job.
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“I greatly appreciate the support of the Darlington County Council in selecting me as the top pick among the 74 applicants for the position of Darlington County Administrator,” Caime said. “I was drawn to Darlington County due to your outstanding efforts in the area of education, having some of the top high school graduation rates in the state of South Carolina, the (Florence-Darlington Technical College’s) manufacturing institute and incubator, and the impressive achievements of Coker College as the top South Region college in South Carolina and being in the top 20 South Region Colleges for 16 years.
“After much consideration, I do not believe this is the best fit for my family and I at this time and will decline the offer of employment. I wish you the best of success with your new administrator.”
The council voted 4-3 with an abstention Tuesday to offer Caime the job over two other applicant “finalists”: Darlington resident Terry Josey and Maryland resident Terence Arrington.
Darlington County Council Chairman Wesley Blackwell stopped short of confirming Caime had turned down the job, citing a need for council to discuss the situation as a whole body before commenting on behalf of the county’s residents.
On Thursday, the council scheduled a special meeting for 3 p.m. Monday. The agenda lists only an executive session regarding the administrator’s position, and the meeting will be held at the Courthouse Annex/EMS Building, located at 1625 Harry Byrd Highway.
Blackwell did, however, discuss options that the council would have on the table. It could vote to restart the hiring process altogether, allowing candidates to submit or resubmit résumés and applications. Or, council could choose to reconsider applicants from the original filing period.
“The other thing that we would have to consider during this time, it’s Christmas really, and we would probably want to wait until 2015 to make and choices on those things,” Blackwell said.
Blackwell, who did not seek re-election this year, will exit council on Dec. 31. David Coker of Hartsville will fill Blackwell’s District 8 seat, the only change on council this year.
Blackwell, along with council members Mozella “Penny” Nicholson, Dannie Douglas and Bobby Hudson, voted in favor of hiring Caime, while Councilmen Le Flowers, Robbin Brock and Bobby Kilgo voted against the offer. Councilwoman Wilhelmina Johnson abstained.
Interim County Administrator Tommy Edwards has served in the position since the council fired former county administrator Dale Surrett in July.
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Darlington County Council offers Arrington two-year contract
Terence Arrington
Posted: Friday, January 9, 2015 1:52 pm
By JIM FAILE The Hartsville Messenger jfaile@hartsvillemessenger.com
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Posted on Jan 9, 2015by Christopher McKagen
DARLINGTON, S.C. - Darlington County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to offer a two-year at will employment contract to Terence Arrington to serve as Darlington County’s new county administrator. Arrington is currently deputy city administrator for the city of Salisbury, Maryland.
The terms offered by the county call for a first-year salary of $100,000 with the county paying up to $5,000 to cover Arrington’s moving expenses. A second-year salary would be $105,000. Arrington would receive the same vacation time and benefits as a 15-year county employee. His start date would be Feb. 15.
Arrington had tentatively agreed in December to accept the county’s initial offer of the county administrator’s position at a base salary of $95,000 pending negotiations.
Newly elected Council Chairman Bobby Hudson said Thursday County Attorney Jim Cox and Arrington’s attorney Chip Auman of Hartsville are still working on details of the contract but he said he is hopeful that Arrington will accept it.
“I think we can work through what he wants and hopefully he’ll come on board and we can go forward and do some good things for Darlington County,” Hudson said.
Interim County Administrator Tommy Edwards submitted his resignation Tuesday but will continue to serve until Feb. 15.
Since January, Arrington has served as deputy city administrator in Salisbury.
Arrington holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from Strayer University and a master’s in public administration from Walden University, both online schools.
Christopher McKagen is the editor of The Hartsville Messenger, covering Hartsville, Darlington and Darlington County .
1000% true pass the money basket to my NoN tax" Church" ..
Very sorry to see you go, from the standpoint of Salisbury's needs. Very happy to see you go so that you can rise to your potential and be in a town that better appreciates you and lets you expand your potential and be closer to family and friends.
Wether or not of his being qualified let see Stevensons resume . That would open up a lot eyes.
I agree with you. Tom Stevenson went from supervising 5 people to an entire city with a multimillion dollar budget. His resume reflects no education and no credentials. You all got shafted by the boy school teacher because he thinks Tom is cute.
Talking about fake credentials. Does Wayne S. really have a MBA from Morgan State? Wasn't that the school the DT erroneously said that Anderton went to? It is primarily a minority school. Why would he have gone there?
I think we need to take a second to analyze what this article is truly saying. I recall reading a newspaper where Arrington helped the City of Salisbury obtain $250,000 in grant funding from the Department of Housing & Community Development to demolish the former Daily Times building to make way for Economic Development. I've also had the opportunity to sit in a committee meeting with the guy and was thrilled to have someone like him working for the City. He actually said things the City needed to hear! No doubt, Mayor Ireton knows nothing about what is best for our City. I have also heard the employee staff meetings are “bitch sessions” for Mayor Ireton to belittle, bully, and exercise his authority over senior level employees. I feel sorry for all City employees who truly want to make a difference in our community, but cannot due to derisory leadership. This is truly a loss for our community! Mr. Stevenson is a separate issue within itself. Hiring a “Yes” man does not HELP the City or our community. Arrington was under-utilized and under-valued. Again, this is a major loss for our community. In my opinion, we should not be upset when unscrupulous people leave. We should be upset when noble people leave. I hate we could not do anything to convince him to stay. Too bad the County was not able to recruit him.
Morgan State offers "programs" that you take online (Anderton?). Don't you remember the slogan "have a computer, put it to work!"?
Well, I got my degree from Johns Hopkins by paying for it myself (no loans) and by attending REAL CLASSES at night. Anyone can do it if they want. Of course, I'm white and a frequent target of those less fortunate (?) who blame their lives on inequality.
In the end, Shore Transit determined that I was unqualified to be a bus driver for their organization so I never became an employee of their organization. I remain so from another local Government organization though.
Keep hiding your views behind an excuse and nothing will ever change.
Arrington was good for the city, but the city (Mayor) wasn't good for him. That's what happens when you get an intelligent, well educated and personable person working for the city. Thanks Terence, best of luck and congratulations!
You need to check your facts. Since when do elected officials bring actual money into government, staff does that. Dr. Chambers holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, not just a grant writer. This comment may not get posted because it is factual
Arrington was not even allowed to serve out his notice period. The mayor asked him to leave two days after giving proper notice.
Didn't think factual comments that do not contain profanity would be censored on this site that constantly criticizes the media. Wow.
Terrance Arrington sees what so many people have come to discover about our illustrious Mayor. You see Ireton has No Vision. He rants and throws 'tissys' just like one would expect out of the feminine gender. I don't know how many meetings I have attended whereby he 'blurts out' and throws 'tissy fits'. At one meeting I attended he threw a tantrum and I just looked back at him and said;
'Jim why don't you just go over there and scratch his eyes out'.
The guy is a whimp!!
That's wrong! Joe states right in the article that Arrington accepted a job in NC not SC. Read The ARTICLE! North Carolina. Plain as day!!!
Why are you worried about Wayne? ?? Your lucky you still have your job. Along with your husband. Yeah I know who you are! #! Loser!!!
6:01, let's set this straight, okay?
Chambers started out grant writing for the most part. She brought in money via CSAFE grants. Kudos to her.
Didn't lower crime much because it would move to another neighborhood until Church St. cooled down enough.
Elected officials DO bring in money. Otherwise, you are insulting EVERY elected rep ever if you think it's just staff pushing the paper. I worked with staff of far higher people than SBY-Podunk and a good official will bring in bucks, aided of course, by good staff. Sometimes staff takes initiative.
Cohen did indeed go to Gov. O for help with our murders. But here's the difference between you and your hogwash and her. She never claimed it was all her. She frequently credited staff and law enforcement. She thanked the profusely. I believe the word she called herself in relation to Safe Streets was "a catalyst," because while she got the ball rolling, she felt the results were due to the work of others. Imagine that, a modest person in elected office.
Don't misunderstand. I never had anything against Chambers. She was okay, I guess,from what I could see of her. Her whole routine on the Bricks was ridiculous, but I don't think she deserved what she got from Ireton.
So, just settle down. As for the previous poster, calm down, it's not lies. Chambers brought in money, Cohen brought in money.
Difference was the program. Since that Safe Streets thing came into play, murders have been down in this town. Much more work to do, though, but unfortunately, Cohen is gone, as is Campbell, and what you have left is a Boy Mayor who would rather flit about town than do what truly needs doing.
Of course she did. You folk just can't admit that an African American With credentials higher than anyone else on the city's staff actually made an impact. Get over it. Staff push the paper and elected officials politic. The money won't come without plausible documentation to substantiate the funding decision, no matter how much talking goes on over drinks. Staff does the heavy lifting and has the burden of tracking and reporting on the dollars. If you don't know how the process really works, silence is better than showing your ignorance.
If the bricks grant of $1.5 million was such a fiasco, why is the mayor trying to duplicate the effort?
I don't care what her doctorate is in and for the record, she only recently received her doctorate, she had a PhD ABD for a very long time. There is a difference. Although it has nothing to do with the facts. Cohen made the contact with the Governor regarding Safe Streets. It was Cohen that initiated the conversation and everything that ensued. Lore Chambers did bring grant money to the city, that can't be taken away from her but, she had nothing to do with the Safe Streets program, that was all Terry Cohen. Grant funding is nothing more than tax payers money, it's not free, we all paid for the funding of the various grants provided the city, including all of those toys purchased by the fire department.
I really don't think this article has anything to do with Chambers. Both individuals were mistreated by the Mayor and now all we have left is Stevenson. Pick and Arrington would have been great for our City!
The comment about having a fake degree makes absolutely no sense... Have a degree is better than having NO degree. From what I've heard, he was a dedicated City employee.
.What sense does that make? I guess he would have been more qualified if he went to UMES?
Ireton let him go for giving proper notice? That's why we lose good people with this BS crap. What a slap in the face, can't never blame a person for wanting to better themselves!!
If Ireton actually treated him that way, word will get out and people won't even want to apply here, word gets around. That's why qualified applicants are few to none as it is now.
Jimbo, MR. Arrington has a vision to far surpass anything you have ever attempted in life, and left with utter failure, a drunken lifestyle, a bad attitude and in dire need of anger management.
Best wishes to you Terrance, you deserve better!!
Certainly no surprise. He was just using Salisbury as a stepping stone for himself. Sorry he had to encounter Ireton, he may have stayed with us longer.
Anonymous said...
12:36, you're wrong, he's right
January 23, 2015 at 1:05 PM
HUH??
Anonymous said...
Let me guess you think Ferguson was true, Eric Holder is a God, Obama was born in Hawaii., can't you think for yourself? Or is it all American Africans are not guilty.
January 23, 2015 at 1:09 PM
Huh??
I hate when people post comments with no reference.
Anonymous said...
Talking about fake credentials. Does Wayne S. really have a MBA from Morgan State? Wasn't that the school the DT erroneously said that Anderton went to? It is primarily a minority school. Why would he have gone there?
January 23, 2015 at 4:24 PM
I have to agree with you on this. I don't see Wayne going to a minority school. He thinks he is so uppity.
Anonymous said...
Arrington was good for the city, but the city (Mayor) wasn't good for him. That's what happens when you get an intelligent, well educated and personable person working for the city. Thanks Terence, best of luck and congratulations!
January 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Jim Ireton is a homosexual male that hates blacks and females. Remember Lore Chambers? Very qualified and did the job as City Administrator, but was passed over by Jimbeau's arm candy for a person who wasn't qualified to sell lemonade at a yard sale. Even today Tom Stevenson would never get a job at any town, city of county as an administrator or executive. You have to have years of education and experience. Tom is nothing but a yes man and he had absolutely no qualifications to be hired as the director of a small department like NSCC. Although Susan P. is now the director of NSCC she isn't qualified to be a department head with her AAS degree. With that said she was/is more qualified than Tom Stevenson is. The fact that Tom Stevenson has done nothing to acquire any formal education proves that he isn't disciplined and is nothing more than a lazy yes man who would stab his best friend in the back to get ahead in life. He walks around with his suits and ties looking like a pretty boy, but that doesn't make him look important. He now wears the expensive looking long overcoats that downtown lawyers where, but he is way over his head. Jim Ireton this next election can't get here fast enough and we pray that G.I. Joe wannabe fake day doesn't get elected as our next mayor. I agree with the earlier poster that getting married is obviously a front for his family to think he is a real man.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Morgan State offers "programs" that you take online (Anderton?). Don't you remember the slogan "have a computer, put it to work!"?
January 23, 2015 at 5:59 PM
Anderton does not have any higher education credentials. He is just and average low level employee who happened to get elected during the Tsunami. He will have to work hard and keep the citizens on his side to get re-elected and it can be done. However if the Democrats fund a campaign for someone like they did Jim Mathias there will be a new Delegate. If I was Anderton I would be concerned about Jim Ireton. Playing friends with him won't keep him from running against you. He will do anything nasty to his friends as he has already proven. Iretons goal is to get elected to higher office and the fact that he has a running campaign account proves that.
Anonymous said...
Arrington was not even allowed to serve out his notice period. The mayor asked him to leave two days after giving proper notice.
January 23, 2015 at 6:06 PM
Are you serious??
Wayne Strausburg said...
Why are you worried about Wayne? ?? Your lucky you still have your job. Along with your husband. Yeah I know who you are! #! Loser!!!
January 23, 2015 at 7:19 PM
Ok name names Wayne?
By the way you are lucky to still have your job! #! Loser!!!
Anonymous said...
You need to check your facts. Since when do elected officials bring actual money into government, staff does that. Dr. Chambers holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, not just a grant writer. This comment may not get posted because it is factual
January 23, 2015 at 6:01 PM
Your grammar and syntax is horrible.
I truly believe this was written by Lore, because she didn't have any friends in the city government and not many people remember she worked as a grant writer. Who else calls her "Doctor?" Where did she get her medical degree? A person with a PhD is only referred to as "Doctor" in an educational setting only. I will repeat A person with a PhD is only referred to as "Doctor" in an educational setting only. People that like to be referred to as "Doctor" have an ego problem.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Didn't think factual comments that do not contain profanity would be censored on this site that constantly criticizes the media. Wow.
January 23, 2015 at 6:17 PM
What?
Anonymous said...
Terrance Arrington sees what so many people have come to discover about our illustrious Mayor. You see Ireton has No Vision. He rants and throws 'tissys' just like one would expect out of the feminine gender. I don't know how many meetings I have attended whereby he 'blurts out' and throws 'tissy fits'. At one meeting I attended he threw a tantrum and I just looked back at him and said;
'Jim why don't you just go over there and scratch his eyes out'.
The guy is a whimp!!
January 23, 2015 at 6:22 PM
Jim Ireton and his homo liberal friends are an embarrassment to this arm pit of a town. We deserve better and like Obama, Ireton needs to go.
Anonymous said...
Of course she did. You folk just can't admit that an African American With credentials higher than anyone else on the city's staff actually made an impact. Get over it. Staff push the paper and elected officials politic. The money won't come without plausible documentation to substantiate the funding decision, no matter how much talking goes on over drinks. Staff does the heavy lifting and has the burden of tracking and reporting on the dollars. If you don't know how the process really works, silence is better than showing your ignorance.
January 23, 2015 at 10:16 PM
Lore if this is you, you are making yourself look like and idiot and my empathy for you is diminishing rather quickly. You need to stop or tell your friend to stop. Dropping this race card is just like you and many can't stand it.
Anonymous said...
I really don't think this article has anything to do with Chambers. Both individuals were mistreated by the Mayor and now all we have left is Stevenson. Pick and Arrington would have been great for our City!
January 23, 2015 at 10:52 PM
You had me up until you mentioned John Pick. My God he was a pathetic city administrator and we are glad he is gone. Pick and Chambers were both supposed to be replaced as soon as Ireton was elected. We supported and voted for Jim Ireton to make change in the city. He jumped right in bed with his enemies such as Pick and Chambers. It wasn't until long after he jumped in bed with Chambers that his racist self fired her in a fit of rage. Pick was a yes man for Dinglebarry Tilmon and Jim Liarton.
"Following an executive session, council unanimously approved the offer of a salary and benefits package for presumptive county administrator Terence Arrington. Council agreed to offer him a two-year contract with $100,000 in salary plus $5,000 in moving expenses for the first year, and $105,000 in salary the second year. Arrington would also receive benefits at the level of a fifteen-year county employee.
The contract was termed an “at will” arrangement, which county attorney Jim Cox explained would allow either party to terminate the contract with adequate cause. As of press time on Jan. 12, there was no formal announcement of Arrington’s acceptance or refusal of the contract.
Arrington has served as deputy city administrator in Salisbury, Maryland since January of 2014. His contract with Darlington County would begin Feb. 15. Interim Darlington County administrator Tommy Edwards turned in his resignation to council, effective Feb. 15."
Apparently Terence was desperate and willing to move anywhere around the country. This is another reason you don't hire people from across the country. When are you idiots going to learn!! They are transient and have nothing to offer to local people. You people(or Terence himself) praising this guy. Give me a damn break.
Dayton evaluates 21 candidates for manager
Dec 19, 2014, 10:42am EST
Dayton has 21 candidates for its city manager position.
Olivia Barrow
The city of Dayton is looking to pick its next manager from a list of 21 candidates.
The city provided an executive search recruitment list to the Dayton Business Journal with 21 names, of which seven are from southwest Ohio.
Current City Manager Tim Riordan is stepping down from the position in January after five years on the job.
Here are the candidates:
Terence Arrington, deputy city administrator in Salisbury, Md.;
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Of course she did. You folk just can't admit that an African American With credentials higher than anyone else on the city's staff actually made an impact. Get over it. Staff push the paper and elected officials politic. The money won't come without plausible documentation to substantiate the funding decision, no matter how much talking goes on over drinks. Staff does the heavy lifting and has the burden of tracking and reporting on the dollars. If you don't know how the process really works, silence is better than showing your ignorance.
January 23, 2015 at 10:16 PM
"You folk." Why does it sound like a black person writing this?
Anonymous said...
.What sense does that make? I guess he would have been more qualified if he went to UMES?
January 23, 2015 at 11:15 PM
Yes
If there was The Campaign for White Male Achievement there would be outrage and everyone calling it racist!!
The Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) is a national membership network that seeks to ensure the growth, sustainability, and impact of leaders and organizations committed to improving the life outcomes of Black men and boys. The CBMA member network currently includes more than 3,000 representing nearly 2,000 organizations across the country.
The Institute for Black Male Achievement Member Network
Below is as list of current IBMA members, and the list keeps growing. Membership is free, so if you are committed to improving the life outcomes of black men and boys, please join by going to:
MARYLAND
Terence Arrington, City of Salisbury
Terrence Arrington, City of Salisbury
That's because he doesn't know how to do it and can't assemble a competent team since he wants to be the smartest one in the room at all times.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
That's because he doesn't know how to do it and can't assemble a competent team since he wants to be the smartest one in the room at all times.
January 24, 2015 at 7:18 AM
What are you talking about???
Please people make reference to your comments.
May 2012 only took 6.5 years from start to finish on a 10 year program. How about you???
Wayne is a liar!! Period!
I'm white and I worked with Arrington and I think he was one of the most professional, hard-working and promising employees the city had hired in sometime. Congratulations Terrence!
What's your point? People move around all the time? Pick, Chambers, and Arrington were not from Salisbury. Our local pick is Stevenson!!! Mayor and Jake Day left and came back. The Mayor told me Arrington moved into city limits. I would have moved to OC or Easton instead. None of the other senior staff members live inside the city. Our tax money doesn't even remain in our city!!!
Lol 1 out of a million,now everyone is edumacated
This mayor is such a hypocritical joke. He's threatened several city employees jobs recently if they were to go to the media exposing some of his not so politically correct choices. While he's kept one particular employee on board, actually reversing his termination even after the grievances board found him guilty. All because they're secret drinking buddies downtown. Please expose this
What does that matter in the conversation? ? She was a glorified HRClerk for the city not a public office figure that we are talking about.
HR clerk?
1:45 -
Is Will Hall involved in that episode?
Let's face it - Wicomico/Salisbury/State of Maryland it just simply isn't happening in the jobs arena. We have lost the battle.
Just look at some of the fatalities:
Dresser/Hal, Crown, Campbells, Standard Register, Labinal, Maxum/Bayliner, Mrs. Pauls, Chesapeake Corp., Purity Bacon, I have seen the list many times on Salisbury News. And yet it only seems to get worse with each passing day. Why wasn't Mikulski here when Haliburton exited? How about N. Conway - where was he? Let's face it our regional area should be declared AN ECONOMIC DISASTER!!
Anonymous said...
May 2012 only took 6.5 years from start to finish on a 10 year program. How about you???
January 24, 2015 at 9:08 AM
What are you talking about? What is a 10 year program that 6.5 years?
Anonymous said...
I'm white and I worked with Arrington and I think he was one of the most professional, hard-working and promising employees the city had hired in sometime. Congratulations Terrence!
January 24, 2015 at 9:26 AM
So what! Does that make you feel better saying that you were white?
Anonymous said...
I'm white and I worked with Arrington and I think he was one of the most professional, hard-working and promising employees the city had hired in sometime. Congratulations Terrence!
January 24, 2015 at 9:26 AM
I bet that he didn't care that you were white. I bet he wants to go to a city that is all minority and pays more money. If he cared about white people he would have joined a separatist organization like The Institute For Black Male Achievement.
You liberal moron.
Lore, why are you on this blog talking about YOU and YOUR PhD? Good to know you still haven't changed!
Anonymous said...
What's your point? People move around all the time? Pick, Chambers, and Arrington were not from Salisbury. Our local pick is Stevenson!!! Mayor and Jake Day left and came back. The Mayor told me Arrington moved into city limits. I would have moved to OC or Easton instead. None of the other senior staff members live inside the city. Our tax money doesn't even remain in our city!!!
January 24, 2015 at 10:07 AM
The point is these clowns move around all over the country because they can't get jobs in their own towns or counties let alone their own states. Take for instance John Pick as you said already. Lore Chambers did not move to Salisbury to get a job as a department head or Administrator. She was hired by the Reign of Terror DingleBarrie Tillmon as a lowly grants writer. She also hired the unqualified public works director John Jacobs, fire chief Steve Brezler and police chief Alan Webster. Then Jim Ireton hired the unqualified public works director Theresa Gardner and now Mike Moulds, HR director Jeanie Lloyd, fire chief Jeff Simpson and police chief Barbara Duncan. And now we are stuck with the very unqualified Tom Stevenson and Rick Hoppes. These last two clown will never be able to go to another town and get the same job in the same capacity. Jim Ireton has hired nothing but losers from outside and from within. There has got to be more qualified and better people from within if he would just look.
Wow! A glorified clerk????? Yep that was you do....you go from a glorified "clerk" to HEAD of HR for the Uof MD......LOL.....and itseems people like you who allow quality City employes to walk....while employing YES people...and what do yes people get you....sued! And how many HR issues have come back to bite this current jerk in office ......
Anonymous said...
Lore, why are you on this blog talking about YOU and YOUR PhD? Good to know you still haven't changed!
January 25, 2015 at 9:32 AM
I agree with this comment. I think Lore is Trolling on here bragging about her PhD again. I refused to call her Dr. Chambers. The only people I call Doctor are the ones that have MD or DO behind their name. She was always bragging about her PhD and she demanded that everyone call her "DOCTOR."
I think she got screwed by Ireton because he should have gotten rid of her in the beginning when he first took office. But since he jumped in bed with her and coddled his enemies he was wrong to fire her in public. He shouldn't have kept her two years and then to put that pathetic boy toy Tom Stevenon over her after she was the acting City Administer for 2 years proves he is a racist male chauvinist Homo. Jim Ireton is a Ruthless POS.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Lol 1 out of a million,now everyone is edumacated
January 24, 2015 at 10:14 AM
HUH??
Anonymous said...
This mayor is such a hypocritical joke. He's threatened several city employees jobs recently if they were to go to the media exposing some of his not so politically correct choices. While he's kept one particular employee on board, actually reversing his termination even after the grievances board found him guilty. All because they're secret drinking buddies downtown. Please expose this
January 24, 2015 at 1:45 PM
Ok who are you talking about? Please name names?
9:51am you are nuts. People move around for better career opportunities. Why hire from within city limits? When hiring for a high level position, the more candidates the better for the city.
Everyone loves this guy . Been here a year and he so wonderful. If he were here 2 years I wonder what you back stabbing hillbillies would say.???
You know your making a case for U of M right? ? Sounds like she went from bad to worse. Just saying.
I'd apply for his job, but I'm white and a male.
Maybe the street sweeper will get a promotion. Why not!! He has more qualifications than Tom S. Look at him now. Actually I can't look at him too creepy.
I hear what you are saying. However, there's no rule about where people can live or work? Sometimes you have to bring in people from outside with a different perspective on things. I talked with him on occasions and he had great ideas. This is what our City needs. Blame Ireton and Stevenson for not letting good people do what they are paid to do.
Terence's leaving is our loss and his new employer's gain.
Best wishes to him.
Good luck to us.
Gardner fixed the waste water plant. The Same one Jacobs spent millions of tax payers money on that never worked when he was here. Helped Wilber in the litigation getting millions back. Get your facts straight before you blog misinformation. YOU can say WTF you want but unqualified isn't one of them.
10:07 You forgot HR Lisa Ross . Biggest gossip in the city.
Educated persons move around all the time. That's why they went to college. Just because you're stuck in Salisbury don't hate on them. Do you really think anyone here is qualified for any of these positions. Oh yeah let's put Stevensons in charge.
Sorry 10:07 but everyone you mentioned has more education and qualifications than anyone here. And they left or soon will because of the unqualified people they are put in charge of. You know the ones that sit on the blog and spread lies to make themselves feel better. That's why people come and go. It's not Salisbury. It's the backstabbers in it!!!!
Qualified people do come here. The fact is they figure out pretty quickly the kind of people they have to deal with.
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