With Town Weighing Future Growth, Berlin Mayor Maintains, ‘We’re Not Trying To Become The Next Salisbury. We Want To Become A Better Berlin’
BERLIN – With plans for an apartment complex on Seahawk Road, the sale of two large properties at the edge of town and a development proposal for the Bay Club, it’s easy to wonder just how large Berlin can grow.
In 1990, the town’s population was 2,600. By 2010, that number had nearly doubled, with just under 4,500 residents calling Berlin home. While growth can be a good thing, increasing the town’s tax base and infusing money into the local economy, some residents are concerned that it will bring too much change to what they consider “America’s Coolest Small Town.”
“We need to protect this small town,” Council member Lisa Hall said. “Once it’s gone it’s gone.”
The difference between the two is downtown Salisbury if full of those involved with the legal system, members of "go getters" wandering aimlessly around down, and the everpresent homeless. Dangerous looking individuals staring at you and no families whatsoever present.
Switch to downtown Berlin. Families, retirees, happy people - all eating and drinking without fighting, stabbing, or thugging around. Berlin is mostly white and behaved and Salisbury is ganstas, black-on-black crime (see related story about shooting last night at VFW).
Don't go labeling me a racist. The facts speak for themselves and you are too timid to admit it. Criminologists and Sociologists all know it. Berlin has the minorities located on the "outside" of Rt. 113 and Rt. 50 - effectively prevently them from ruining Berlin the way Salisbury has been ruined. No - I don't think we have to worry about Berlin becoming the next Salisbury.
Allowing stack shacks to be built is NOT going to EVER make Berlin better. Gee.....z what a fool this mayor is. No wonder Berlin was named one of MD's top Redneck Towns.
Look just up the road at Salisbury. The minority population has doubled and the crime rate has quadrupled over the last two decades, with 90% of serious crimes committed by young black men and juveniles. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Greed, not race, destroyed Salisbury. Remember ole Mikey Dunn bragging about how great it was that Salisbury was crossing over to a "metro" area instead of "small city"? He and his Scheme Team welcomed any crap that came to Salisbury and paid them good taxpayer money to do it. And that's what Salisbury got - crap. Now that so-called "urban planner" of a new mayor, Jake Day, is following suit.
Miss Debbie Campbell yet? Now, there was a woman with national credentials in housing connected to people all over the world. Did Mikey Dunn and his Scheme Team ever listen to her? Hell no. Then Jake Day dissed her and the PACk of Realtors out of Chicago beat her in the election.
I predict the Realtors are going to find that they cut their own throats with that one.
9:44.......I'm confused you truly believe in your hateful hearts that black people destroyed Salisbury? Not the massive loss of jobs? Not the lack of infrastructure? Not the lack of actual entertainment? Did I mention the massive loss of jobs? Poorer black people have typically lived on the west side of Salisbury. They are not spread all over the place. Salisbury has gone to hell because of the lack of jobs. Unemployment breeds crime and substance abuse. Both big problems for Salisbury. Not to mention Salisbury has never embraced the fact it is a college town. Instead of letting the enlightened locals like your self run the show they need to tap into the gold mine that is the college. Subsidized housing can continually be built because there is a demand for it. Without demand there is no reason for supply. If more people were gainfully employed the demand for affordable housing would vanish. It's not rocket science.
There is infinite demand for subsidized housing in Salisbury and all of Wicomico County. Build it and they will come. Build it and you'll get every tax break that the city can offer.
The difference between the two is downtown Salisbury if full of those involved with the legal system, members of "go getters" wandering aimlessly around down, and the everpresent homeless. Dangerous looking individuals staring at you and no families whatsoever present.
ReplyDeleteSwitch to downtown Berlin. Families, retirees, happy people - all eating and drinking without fighting, stabbing, or thugging around. Berlin is mostly white and behaved and Salisbury is ganstas, black-on-black crime (see related story about shooting last night at VFW).
Don't go labeling me a racist. The facts speak for themselves and you are too timid to admit it. Criminologists and Sociologists all know it. Berlin has the minorities located on the "outside" of Rt. 113 and Rt. 50 - effectively prevently them from ruining Berlin the way Salisbury has been ruined. No - I don't think we have to worry about Berlin becoming the next Salisbury.
Allowing stack shacks to be built is NOT going to EVER make Berlin better. Gee.....z what a fool this mayor is.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder Berlin was named one of MD's top Redneck Towns.
9:44, you are so correct....
ReplyDeleteLook just up the road at Salisbury. The minority population has doubled and the crime rate has quadrupled over the last two decades, with 90% of serious crimes committed by young black men and juveniles. Coincidence? I don't think so.
ReplyDeleteGreed, not race, destroyed Salisbury. Remember ole Mikey Dunn bragging about how great it was that Salisbury was crossing over to a "metro" area instead of "small city"? He and his Scheme Team welcomed any crap that came to Salisbury and paid them good taxpayer money to do it. And that's what Salisbury got - crap. Now that so-called "urban planner" of a new mayor, Jake Day, is following suit.
ReplyDeleteMiss Debbie Campbell yet? Now, there was a woman with national credentials in housing connected to people all over the world. Did Mikey Dunn and his Scheme Team ever listen to her? Hell no. Then Jake Day dissed her and the PACk of Realtors out of Chicago beat her in the election.
I predict the Realtors are going to find that they cut their own throats with that one.
Taxes are crazy in city limits. That is why I moved.
ReplyDeleteAnd now Jimmy and Jake want to build more section 8 in the heart of downtown,just to what,keep crime down?
ReplyDelete9:44.......I'm confused you truly believe in your hateful hearts that black people destroyed Salisbury? Not the massive loss of jobs? Not the lack of infrastructure? Not the lack of actual entertainment? Did I mention the massive loss of jobs? Poorer black people have typically lived on the west side of Salisbury. They are not spread all over the place. Salisbury has gone to hell because of the lack of jobs. Unemployment breeds crime and substance abuse. Both big problems for Salisbury. Not to mention Salisbury has never embraced the fact it is a college town. Instead of letting the enlightened locals like your self run the show they need to tap into the gold mine that is the college. Subsidized housing can continually be built because there is a demand for it. Without demand there is no reason for supply. If more people were gainfully employed the demand for affordable housing would vanish. It's not rocket science.
ReplyDeleteThere is infinite demand for subsidized housing in Salisbury and all of Wicomico County. Build it and they will come. Build it and you'll get every tax break that the city can offer.
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