A small Eastern Shore town that fired its first Black police chief amid allegations of racism is under fire again after hiring a new city manager from a nearby community, who was also embroiled in a scandal involving policing and race.
The Pocomoke City Council approved the appointment of Jeanette DeLude as the town’s new city manager last week. She takes over a city now under a federal consent decree, which requires the town to address a history of discrimination and retaliation against African American employees, through new policy and reform.
The hiring comes shortly after the city settled a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by its former Police Chief Kelvin Sewell, who was fired by the council in 2015 without explanation. The settlement includes a consent decree which require the city to implement new policies to handle discrimination claims.
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So what did Pocomoke Mayor Morrison have to say about this?
ReplyDeleteOh, that's right, Morrison hasn't said ANYTHING in two years! What a joke Pocomoke City is.
Pocomoke should be disgusted.
ReplyDeleteWith all the potential the town had... a few have ruined it for the many...The corruption in Pocomoke is deeper than deepest parts of the River.
Last time I used a depth finder on the Pocomoke there were spots off our scale max of 250 feet deep!! That is pretty darn deep!
Delete5:54 AM BS.
ReplyDelete@9:35 AM. In case you didn't know it, the Pocomoke River is the widest river in the world for its width. Prove me wrong.
ReplyDeleteNot 5:54 AM.
Now that there is funny 1:42, I don't care who you are
DeleteDid you read what you just said?
ReplyDelete"Did you read what you just said?"
ReplyDeleteWell, *I* read it and it is 100% true! But so is every other river, as well.
The town is a joke plain and simple and it starts at the top. The mayor isn’t running for re-election and the Council has steady started self-cleaning itself with Trotter retiring and running off to Latin America. Good riddance. Maybe they can understand him down there. As for the rest of the Council, election time approaches for everyone of you - the sooner the better.
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