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Maybe Gillis Gilkerson will be getting into the paddle boat business now. No competition!
ReplyDeleteI just said the same thing lol.
DeleteWhat a Ass.
ReplyDeleteLess victims for the city park prowlers
ReplyDeleteI bet the Gilkersons have friends that have a paddle boat buissness ?
ReplyDeleteBusinesses being driven away by over-regulation - in this case out of scope requirements.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how much of a draw these were to the park patrons - but it sure kills the relaxing day in the park mentality.
Follow the money and see who buys the equipment - and are they subject to the same requirements levied on the current proprietors?! My guess is that there is something shady going on here - oh well, it is "da-'bury"!
probably wanted to run them off so devreco can have it for pennies on the dollar.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, they are using a public facility to run their business, so...they are kind of responsible to making sure that public facility is taken care of...
ReplyDeleteTo be fair they were paying the city to run that business it is just the city decided they wanted more than what would have kept the bussiness profitable. You won't stay in business long with a profit margin below a certain percentage. Obviously you know nothing about running a business!
DeleteOne moron heard from.
DeletePublic facilities are maintained by the taxpayers' money. They certainly weren't there for FREE, you can bank on that! So, by your logic, every waterman that fishes/crabs/clams should be responsible for the public facilities where they drop their boats? All the businesses on the boardwalk responsible for the public showers and restrooms at the beach? HAHAHA! Good luck with that.
DeleteSomething stinks in "da bury". And it aint chicken s**t this time!
If I were them I'd open and put a sign on the bathroom "for customer use only"
DeleteThis reflects the climate in Salisbury; it just sucks
ReplyDeleteGreat move mayor dumba##. Thanks so much.
ReplyDelete1:05 shhh, people around here don't want to hear the truth
ReplyDeleteWe don't want business here! We want welfare recipients, career criminals, illegal immigrants, and tenants, not owners. How else are we going to remain in power?
ReplyDelete1;52 Bingo you win!!
DeleteSounds like the business wants the city to subsidize, or provide outright, the services that support that business. The city wants the business to pay their fair share of what it costs the city to provide those services. Two sides to the story (always are). Both going public to get leverage in the negotiations over who's going to pay. And it's always about.....THE MONEY!
ReplyDeleteThis is not equitable treatment. Many people who are not paddle boat patrons use the public facilities, including people at the playground, bandstand, and walking path. They do not ask other venders on city property downtown and elsewhere to maintain facilities. So, what's really going on? The paddle boats used to have something to do with Bob Culver, as I recall.
DeleteThose "services" MUST be there and be maintained by the CITY because..wait for it...it's a PUBLIC park in the CITY! Those restrooms provide a service to every single person in the park, at the Zoo, Ben's Red Swings and at picnic island...whether or not they ride a freakin paddle boat! Here's your sign.....
DeleteAnonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, they are using a public facility to run their business, so...they are kind of responsible to making sure that public facility is taken care of...
April 28, 2017 at 1:05 PM
thats what licensing fees are for
2:14 no, licensing fees are for...wait for it...licenses.
ReplyDeleteLoser.
ReplyDeleteJust so everyone is CLEAR - the Boy Toy is not invited anywhere EAST of Salisbury either!!
2:03 - Spot on there - NOT!! Permit and use fees would cover their share. Now City Hall geniuses can pay for it all without that income, and pay for litter clean up the boat workers did. Another good shot at degrading the slum capital of the Eastern Shore.
ReplyDelete1:05 PM ha ha ha u win clueless comment of the day award.
ReplyDeleteJay Day president trump is calling it's time for you to stop playing soldier and get in some of these conflicts going on around the world. You've dine enough damage here in Salisbury, you're not critical for Salisbury's daily functions any longer, the city is in total dysfunction
ReplyDeletethe Boy Mayor isn't too bright...and certainly isn't well thought of.
ReplyDelete"What difference does it make?" Down stink, I mean stream, there is a new operation. Walk across slime with a paddle and boogie board.
ReplyDeleteThe bandstand attendees use those restrooms, anyone visiting the park uses those restrooms, everyone who doesn't rent paddleboat use those restrooms, the homeless use them. To saddle the boat rental business with cleaning them is ludicrous!
ReplyDeleteI had read the bid solicitation for the business a few years ago, and with all the regulations back then, it had very little profit margin, not enough to make it worth going after. If Boi Toy added restroom cleaning to the mix, who would be out there renting boats?
Too bad we have an idiot in charge...
Day wants gay stand up paddle boarders not families using paddle boats. He is backing company doing rentals/tours next to Brew River and paying to put in a launching site for them.
ReplyDeleteSo much for making downtown a destination worth visiting.
ReplyDeleteLiberals truly have brain disease, they are maroons.
saw the builder and the girlfriend there with the kids
ReplyDeleteDo like OC did in the old days and charge to use the restroom. Who remembers having to pay a dime in the restrooms to use the toilet?
ReplyDeleteI think I'll pass on actually coming in contact with the wicomico river water. You the annual Salisbury wastewater flushing into it but it truly never has been the same after the creosote plant out on pemberton, and good old tilghman fertilizer on Fitzwater, but my ultimate deterrent would be Perdue's daily wastewater discharge from their rt 50 plant. Jump on in if you want
ReplyDeleteI think I'll pass on actually coming in contact with the wicomico river water. You the annual Salisbury wastewater flushing into it but it truly never has been the same after the creosote plant out on pemberton, and good old tilghman fertilizer on Fitzwater, but my ultimate deterrent would be Perdue's daily wastewater discharge from their rt 50 plant. Jump on in if you want
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's just an excuse for the crappy boots from the 80s they still had there.
ReplyDeletejakey boy wants to put some section 8 houseboats on waterfront property.
ReplyDeleteSure gillis will get the work!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete2:14 no, licensing fees are for...wait for it...licenses.
April 28, 2017 at 2:26 PM
some of you are so stupid yet you wonder why da bury is the way it is. Maybe I need to get a better sense of humor. You have no clue how the business world or gov't is run but still open your pie hole to make such a stupid statement. It just angers me that they are still stupid people like you walking the streets, let alone offer an uninformed, uneducated 'opinion'.
Go back to school.
I am not a resident of Salisbury but an avid reader of Salisbury News. What strikes me is the residents, many who comment here, refer to the mayors Ironton, Day, et al, as dumb a## etc. but they keep getting elected. ??? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing hoping for a different result. You had your chance with Joe Albero! You drove out Terry Cohen and Debbie lost an election to a dumb a##. You reap what you sow.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime take a look at our iconic arch bridge. Peeling paint and lots of rotting wood.
ReplyDeleteStand up paddleboards in the Wicomico River? Beginners tend to fall off, who will be responsible when they get sick from the polluted water?
"Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSounds like the business wants the city to subsidize, or provide outright, the services that support that business. The city wants the business to pay their fair share of what it costs the city to provide those services. Two sides to the story (always are). Both going public to get leverage in the negotiations over who's going to pay. And it's always about.....THE MONEY!
April 28, 2017 at 2:03 PM"
Using this logic then the city should put an immediate halt to all events because of the costs. Events like 3rd Fri cost the city and are only a benefit to the businesses nearby. They shouldn't then contribute to fire works etc and just let the businesses who profit pay their fair share.
So the City wants a businessowner to pay for the toilet paper and upkeep in the bathrooms of a public park? Sounds like the paddle boat company should file a lawsuit for injury due to loss of income and mental anguish.
ReplyDeleteNo paddleboats, the rainbow colition gangs, and people bathing in the fountain... so many reasons NOT to visit the city park.
Jake needs the money for all the easels for all the artists living on turd river.
ReplyDeleteDisabled veteran tried to get one if those brand new very nice apartments Jake day is building in Salisbury, never guess what they told me?? Sir you make too much money to qualify
DeleteIf the water quality is sooo bad in the Wicomico river why would you encourage any SUP business to come here $$$$$. There should be a daily water quality test done at the expense of the SUP rental company to ensure public safety it's the law for any public swimming area that the quality must be monitored.
ReplyDeletei wouldn't touch that water with a 20 foot paddle
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