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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Romper Room Anyone?

Julia Glanz
Salisbury City Administrator
By Thornton Crowe

Has City Hall become a who's who edition of Teen Beat Magazine? At this point, we don't know but its sure looking that way, isn't it?

Well, it's nice to see City Administrator Julia Glanz is putting her contacts to work for us. She's now appointed two 10-year-olds to City government under the guise of Deputy City Administrators. Neither looks like they're old enough to have a driver licenses, let alone sit on a barstool next our Boy Mayor and his little buddies.

This is what happens when you put chickadees in charge of the hen house; you get a bunch of kiddies running around doing nonsense instead of having true change agents working to make Salisbury a better place to live for all its residents.

Alison Pulcher
Alison Pulcher looks like she hasn't run a comb through her hair since about 2000 and is a stranger to the make-up counter at Macy's. Meanwhile, Andy Kitzrow looks like he just got into long pants about three days ago and doesn't even shave but once a week. These are leaders for a city? They're a sideshow clown car joke which has become the moniker for the whole Jake Day Administration?

Just how did these two wow them at the interview? Bring cupcakes and designer, free-range fed cow milk or dance to the latest Katy Perry tune?

Holy Batman Capers, I'd hope we'd be able to do a bit better than this!

While I'm sure these two youngsters are nice people, nice doesn't get changes done to the city that benefit folks of all ages. Instead you can expect more free smoke detector/hot dog raids and other such insidious balderdash that amounts to Third Fridays 24/7.

Hence, this will not bring JOBS back to Salisbury -- which everything from jobs creates all the things we love like entertainment choices, solid infrastructure and wide variety in housing options.

Andy Kitzrow
Instead, we get the hood with cupcakes at the helm. And what will this get us? Absolutely nothing. Actually, no, I'm wrong, it will get us worse than we've experienced in the past.

Sorry, kids, but it's looking more and more like this whole Julia Glanz experiment is a just a big fat bust. Clearly, she's not qualified to do the job she's in, much less hire competent, qualified people for other local government positions.

Was she really our only option to replace her predecessor? A hipster from Long Island? Really? Do you think she knows anything about Salisbury from her vast 8 years living here? The only thing she's good at is 'sucking up' in all the right places. Other than that, she's a dismal disaster of a nightmare in her current position as we can attest given her recent hires.

Doesn't Salisbury deserve better than this three-ring circus of lunacy? Don't you want to leave something for your kids besides a dilapidate shack with zero market value in one of our illustrious Smallsbury slums?

It's your call, folks... but hey, I'm just a man asking questions...

85 comments:

Anonymous said...

andy kid rock should have never left rec and parks. he had it made like all of the other supervisors there do. He's a legend in his own mind which is also comparable to the other supervisors there.

Rebel Without a Clue said...

Are the two newly-appointed deputy city administrators bar buddies of the city administrator? This would say a lot about the selection process.

Paladin said...

Dear readers,

Upon reviewing this, and the selected applicants, I was astonished to see that a colleague with a double masters and more than two decades of experience was not granted so much as an interview. To me this shows a clear agenda, and one not vested in the best interests of he citizens of Salisbury. In my opinion, Mr. Day is not effective, and his subordinates will prove to be otherwise as well.

Regards,


Paladin

Anonymous said...

I swear when is enough, enough? Paladin you are so right.

I Threw Up My Lemonade When I Saw This On Your Blog! said...

Neither one of these little ones has the time on this earth to have any experience needed to do the jobs they were hired. It's just a reality. Toughen up, snowflakes. This proves millennials don't let their friends start at the bottom and work their way up anymore, which is bad for them and bad for us!

Anonymous said...

Amen, Paladin. I know many with masters degrees looking for gigs and none got interviews from the city for these positions. NONE. Julia probably doesn't want anyone working under her who has more degrees and experience than she. Its a sign of a bad manager. People who hire people dumber than they are usually get dummied down in the process. She's proven she wants to be head rooster in the house. Even made her wife take her last name not the other way around or better yet a hyphen.

Anonymous said...

Isn't that the gal who married a girl on the Plaza? She can hire people? God help us. We'll be sh**ting 🌈 s before we know it.

Anonymous said...

Better than Romper Room because these millennials don't get that joks, it should be Jake's Magical Mystery Tour or Jake's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Anonymous said...

The only reason Alison got the job is because she was Jakes campaign manager.

I guess that is a criteria for extreme vetting in Jakes book.

Anonymous said...

why no minorities hired? april jackson should look into why this keeps happening over and over

Anonymous said...

Did anyone see the post where Jake supports the Paris Agreement. Even though he knows nothing about it.

Mayor Jacob R. Day is proud to stand with nearly 300 mayors from across the nation in support of the Paris Agreement. With certifications as a Sustainable Maryland city, a Sustainable Growth community, and a Maryland Energy Smart community, Salisbury is dedicated to the protection and preservation of our environment and natural resources, and Mayor Day’s commitment to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement acts as a formal reaffirmation of this dedication.

Anonymous said...

Did anyone see this article?

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maryland/articles/2017-06-02/can-salisbury-and-small-urban-enclaves-make-rural-cool?src=usn_fb


"The problem is that we're just not adding people at the same rate that we're adding jobs," Day said.


WHAT?

I Threw Up My Lemonade When I Saw This On Your Blog! said...

128 Will Jake Day have the Billions to pony up so his stance will be recognized by the Paris Agreement participants? Little man trying to swim with the big boys. Thanks for the laugh on that one.

Anonymous said...

127 idiots like boy genius and his side kick Glanzo the clown are all-talk about equality. They don't actually mean it.

Anonymous said...

The standard has certainly been set way low on this one.

Anonymous said...

12:59 Ifvwhat you are saying is true then every resident in Salisbury should be calling the Mayors office right now. These people serve YOU the city taxpayers! And it was up to them to hire the BEDT candidate for the job to serve you. Not the best friend of the Mayor.
1:08 I spit my tea outta my mouth when I read that! 🤣

Anonymous said...

Cronyism over competence and qualified candidates. This is absolutely disgusting and the dynamic duo Day/Glanz should be ashamed of themselves. They could've picked millennials with a bit more qualifications than this but chose to go with buddies.

Gary said...

Age and experience....except in Royalty instances....have been your typical leadership go to individuals...always have and always will be. You can't learn those skills any other way. Fresh and new ideals are always welcomed...but there's no doubt these two have neither.

Anonymous said...

1:46 👍🏻

Anonymous said...

There's nothing wrong with hiring young people for jobs but not starting at the level these two are stating. It's a slap in the face to all the people who've worked the love jobs (for free) and paid their dues working as underlings fetching coffee and donuts for Devil Wears Prada like bosses. These two don't even look like they're out of high school much less college. Apprenticeships is not hiring at the top levels, then where does one advance to? Thank God these critters will be out of their jobs once we elect a new mayor. SMGDH

Anonymous said...

You'd think these two would give pictures for print to show them at their best, not some impromptu image from Facebook. Only think missing is a Natty Bo can and a blunt. Who is the PR person for the city? They should've required these two have professional pictures taken before broadcasting their mugs everywhere. Good Lord.

Anonymous said...

The city doesn't have money to pay Dudek to do pictures probably.

Anonymous said...

153
It is EBT or Electronic Benefits Transaction.

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking Thornton is from old school where people actually got dress to do job related activities and take press pictures. I get where he's coming from. These two look like vagabonds but we're supposed to take them seriously. ROFLMAO

Anonymous said...

They most likely only ran the ad because they legally had to. By the looks of it they already knew who they were going to hire. IMO

Anonymous said...

Standards low with a giant can of seasoning to sprinkle on our cupcakes. (Snowflakes melt and that aint gonna happen here!) Feed them to the lions now and maybe they will learn and hold up (1) wall up for the next regime!!!

God can't even help us anymore!

Anonymous said...

For lack of a better phrase April and sorry but I've forgotten the African American man's name on the council but they really need to either poop or get off the pot. Salisbury has done nothing ever that benefits the minority communities.
They will be quick to say the proposed affordable housing but that's not a benefit. There are enough rentals. Salisbury is critically high in rentals now. Home ownership should be the goal and the only goal.
They should be demanding an investigation into this.

Anonymous said...

Any benefit of the doubt I had given the boy mayor evaporated today. Mayor Day you are clearly out of your depth. You have taken an office desperate for integrity and honor after your lunatic predecessor and done NOTHING to raise the bar. I am profoundly disappointed in your tenure. Resign.

Anonymous said...

Did the colleague even apply? Interested?

Anonymous said...

Shouldnt you be calling whites European Americans also or is it a black thing ?

Anonymous said...

Did they run an ad for these jobs? I never saw them. Wow.

Anonymous said...

No doubt there would 100 times this many comments here if the mayor was a republican pulling this kind of crap. It's really sad how the people are here. They're so complacent until the stuff is already done, then they're all up in arms ready to take Omaha Beach alone with their musket.

Anonymous said...

TC is only saying the same thing we all thought when we saw the ridiculous announcement but he's not politically correct. He's not afraid to say what we don't dare say. What's wrong with it? I agree with him. Glad he's got the set to do it.

Anonymous said...

Who got fired so these two could have jobs?

Anonymous said...

Now - you leave Doogie Howser and Punky Brewster alone! Feelings will be hurt! lol

Anonymous said...

The only reason to give an $70-$80k a year job to person with no degree other than a high school diploma, and very little job experience other than helping out on a political campaign (which my daughter in high school also did, by the way), is because she's a friend of Jake Day. No doubt, she was guaranteed this job before the announcement was even written. Sorry to all those qualified, experienced, and degree-holding individuals who wasted their time applying when they never had a chance.

Anonymous said...

Wasn't there money unaccounted for during Day's campaign? Why hire his campaign manager then??? Hmmmmm......

Anonymous said...

How in the hell does managing a Facebook page make her qualified to manage a city???? My guess is these two were the only joker's even interviewed.

Anonymous said...

Andy is a putz. Always has been and always will be.

Anonymous said...

Met Allison at a few events. Putting it kindly, she's not one to always be truthful. I would hope they seriously fact checked her entire application/resume.

Anonymous said...

Guess what? You're just old and miserable so of course everyone else is going to look young. Out with the old and in with the new. Saulsberry needs young people to lead it in the futur guess what? You're just old and miserable so of course everyone else is going to look young. Out with the old and in with the new. Saulsberry needs young people to lead it into future.

Anonymous said...

Joe and Thornton,
You guys are making it very difficult to run rough shod over the public in Smallsville.

Keep up the good work!

Anonymous said...

People who go into public life should be poised to understand not everything they do is wonderful. They won't be hurling gold all the time and should learn to have thicker skins. Enough said.

Anonymous said...

The city's hiring practices should be seriously investigated. I hope one of the qualified applicants who was passed over decides to sue.

Rebel Without a Clue said...

I just had a deja Vu moment! Wow!

Anonymous said...

No need to travel to D.C. to find disgusting examples of cronyism. Jake Day and his unqualified "friends" are taking over sby and getting paid well to do so. We need to drain the swamp here!

Anonymous said...

Jake Day can't claim to LOVE Salisbury and then flat out KILL it by hiring all of his unqualified buddies.

Anonymous said...

3:42 PM - Saulsberry - Where is that?

Anonymous said...

This is disgusting.... recall the mayor!

Anonymous said...

What work - what has actually changed in Salisbury government in the past dozen years - as far as I can tell, only the faces
the voters don't care - you two are wasting your time

Anonymous said...

3:19 PM Some people make that much without degrees. Like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. What a pathetic statement.

Anonymous said...

yep

Anonymous said...

jake and kid rock play kickball together

Anonymous said...

More Salisbury Snowflakes.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
3:19 PM Some people make that much without degrees. Like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. What a pathetic statement.
June 15, 2017 at 4:02 PM


4:02..... that may be true, but Job & Gates at least had work EXPERIENCE!!! They didn't get a job because of who their BFF was. That's what's truly pathetic.

Anonymous said...

401 maybe they're right! You're ready to give up on Salisbury but I'm not.

Anonymous said...

How long until we can vote in a new mayor?

Anonymous said...

402- are you for real!?!?? Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Allison Polcher? Now there's a comparison!!!

Anonymous said...

Bahahahaaaaa..... Are you serious? Degree or no degree, they only got the job because of the buddy system. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were actually well qualified in their respective fields.

Anonymous said...

Better them than another boomer

Anonymous said...

Bunch of old farts complaining but doing nothing. Did you run against Day? No, Stop complaining.

Anonymous said...

651 the people complaining have to live with the idiot crap that goes on in the Mayor's office. If you don't want to read complaints, don't read them. Grown up.

Anonymous said...

Is this Maxine waters AKA James snowflake Brown ?

I Threw Up My Lemonade When I Read Your Stupid Asinine Comment said...

402 is comparing these two social misfits to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. What a hoot. Delusional Staff 6 working overtime to combat the negative press. Stupid comment because there's no comparison. None whatsoever. These people are just playing government like a play in mama's backyard. Is someone serving lemonade and cookies after the big show?

Anonymous said...

Jack Heath, WHERE ARE YOU? As president of the City Council, you should have some impute on these decisions. I know there are better candidates who could do a better job for us taxpayers. Now we have 3 people doing what 1 person did with a secretary just a few years ago! Time for someone to get to WORK!!!

Anonymous said...

That's a pretty bad wig he wears

Anonymous said...

These folks are Salisbury's finest, most qualified leaders??? seriously??????? Zero experience, zero track record, zero qualifications, zero accountability. But, apparently, friends in the right places. All at an expense of, what, $300,000 per year for the taxpayers?!?!?! What was the application process? A Third Friday game of giant Jenga? Beer pong maybe? Winner gets control of the city?? This is UNREAL.

Anonymous said...

This is an embarrassment! Any chance someome can post the original job listing and requirements?

Anonymous said...

Couldn't these two get proper PR pictures if the Mayor has a PR staff? This is not what I call acceptable for representing Salisbury to the rest of the world. At least Glanz looks clean.

Anonymous said...

I thought the mayor had a public relations staff.Why would they let these pictures circulate? Doesn't make sense.

Anonymous said...

Maybe all the money they'll be making, they will be able to afford to buy a comb and look somewhat professional.

Paladin said...

The individuals appointed do not have the soft and hard skill sets to do these jobs - work experience like this is acquired over a significant period of time - unfortunately, these individuals have not earned the positions - youth has its advantages, but experience is not one of them

Regards,

Paladin

Anonymous said...

I don't care how young or old these two are they don't look like what people in leadership positions should look like because they don't present themselves as adults. More granny's backyard theater we call government here in Da Bury.

Anonymous said...

This isn't all Glanz's fault either. Day and the council had to sign off on this stupidity she just has the misfortune of having to announce it. She's getting a bum deal all the way around.

Anonymous said...

Google youngest CEO's and you will see plenty of similar looking people worth millions. You can't judge people solely on looks because they don't wear the same ray ban prescription glasses and button down shirts like every business person in the 50-60-70's. Old people just don't understand how companies make billions of dollars with game rooms, nap stations, massage therapists and free gourmet chefs making whatever the employees want to eat.

Paladin said...

Indeed

Paladin

Anonymous said...

136 keep telling yourself that and maybe one day it'll be true. Both the people in this article look unclean and unkept. This is what you want representing you to other areas in Maryland, fine, have at it. Its a vagabond generation that no one takes serious because they're so ghetto.

Anonymous said...

414 you are right, the kind of people Jake wants to attract will not be impressed with those two deputies. Laughable. They definitely wouldn't be hired in any place in Frederick, MD that's for damn sure.

Paladin said...

Unfortunately the posting was taken down quite promptly

Paladin

Anonymous said...

4:06 Did you google it or are you just so smart that you know everything? Plenty of young people have started companies and become multi millionaires before the age of 25. Most of them don't look like stuffy old men in 3 piece suits.

Anonymous said...

9:54 AM - While she was working for Sby Housing she was, I believe, somehow connected to the planning of the Sby Parking Lot Festival.

I believe, she was an MC for opening events.

Not sure how Sby Housing is connected to a city event, when in fact, Sby Housing is a non profit.

Plain and simple, besides running his campaign, she might somehow be related, but it is clear there is a long standing connection between them somehow, either family or daddy.

Anonymous said...

Thought nepotism was against the rules. How silly we are to believe this backyard production called local government is anything about qualifications. It's all in who you booze with. 🍸🍸🍸🍻🍻🥂 something's never change in Smallsbury.

Anonymous said...

954, even more convoluted... Barbara Duncan actually got her the job at Salisbury Housing. Something smells funny indeed.

Anonymous said...

Let the information requests fly folks. I would want the job ad and a copy of every response from people who applied. No way these two were the most qualified. It is public record.

Anonymous said...


What a pair of Douche Bags!!

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