Look Who's Laughing Now!

Is this a face you would trust? This property went from a Garden Center to Parker Place Antiques Junk Yard in no time and it's no wonder this man is laughing all the way to the Bank. After all, paying only $35,000.00 for this lot and screwing the citizens of Salisbury by not fulfilling the original agreement and the Mayor allowing this property to go for so little is shameful. Don't get me wrong though folks, I would have easily paid $35,000.00 for it too and you just might have seen this same kind of smile on my face as well!

However, I would have put in a sludge pit, multiple burial sites for dead animals from the Zoo, a dedicated wall to display all the Peace Orders, Criminal Summons and Warrants put out against me from the Zoo, transcripts from the Rachel Polk trial with the Mayor and her Daughter, left over illegal pipes that were removed from the Zoo draining raw sewage directly into the river and all sorts of other memorabilia.

What would you have added to the list?

Rt 50 In West Ocean City Gets Shut Down!

The State Police flew in and landed right in the middle of Rt. 50 an hour ago and shut down Rt. 50 because of a very bad accident where one car had been t-boned. West bound traffic was eventually rerouted through Glen Riddle while the East bound traffic was shut down. Maybe tomorrow morning you'll read more about it in the Daily Times? They seem to use the Blog Sites for their main source for news now and we'll leave it to the MSM to deliver the gory details.

There Is No 4 To 2 Law If It's A Commercial Building!

Brazilians own a store called The Melting Pot located at, 1305 S. Division St Unit 19. Salisbury, MD. 21842 who are very rarely open for business and now I know why.

Parente builders, (a Tom Ruark sub contractor) come by in the early morning and beep the horn at the door, same as you would do if you were picking someone up.

4 hispanics came out of the CLOSED store, as if they had just rolled out of bed. It's pretty obvious these guys are living in a commercial strip center.

I came to learn that last week this group had Cable TV installed and are obviously making themselves at home there. The law and leases clearly state you cannot live in these properties and this post blows this illegal activity right out of the water.

If you look in the evening you'll see three vehicles. Two with PA. tags on the vehicles and one with a DE. temp tag. It's obvious these are more FOB's and Ruark and friends have found a way to house these illegals without worrying about the old 4 to 2 rules, let alone green cards. There won't be any Inspectors checking out these properties either.

Is It Up, Or Down?

What do you mean, is it up or down? It's down! No it's not, look at the camera! Yeah, so. It clearly shows you the bridge is down. That's not our bridge, that's the Rt. 50 bridge! Well how the hell was I supposed to know what bridge is what. Aren't they the same color? So anyhow, can you take a look out the window and see if the bridge is up or down? No way, I did it the last time, you go look. Hey, how many cars do you think are in line right now? You're not going to play that game with me just to get me to stand up and look out the window! No seriously, let's make a bet. The longer we wait the more cars that will line up. I'll bet you $20.00 as long as we leave the lights red, it takes 12 more minutes before someone honks their horn? OK, you're on! Maybe if we turned the lights green someone would be stupid enough to drive into the bridge? Nah, with our luck it would be Barrie Tilghman and that would get us into some pretty serious trouble. Hey, it's been so long I can't remember. Does green mean stop and red means go? Why do you have to always confuse me like that with such stupid questions! Of coarse green means stop and red means go, DUH! So what did you bring for lunch today? I didn't, we need to go out for lunch. OK, let's go a little early and on our way out we can see if the bridge is up or down. If it's up we'll just say it isn't working again and we're waiting for the repair people to fix it. OK, cool, great idea!

Naylor Mill Road Closed

After all this talk about the RR X-ing being repaired I came across this scene yesterday and was sent on a detour route to get around it. A VERY small inconvenience to pay when the project is finished because this will be a huge improvement in Salisbury. However, do tell me the last time you saw a road being paved in Salisbury? It's probably been more than 2 years now. As long as someone else is paying for it, the work gets done. If it's on the City's tab, well, in some cases they'll go 50/50 with you and in others they'll simply tell you that even though you're paying double taxes, even though they're building a brand new $9.4 million Fire Station, even though they're rebuilding the Salisbury Zoo at a cost of around $36,000,000.00, even though they're guaranteeing they'll be raising the taxes in the City in 07, there's still not enough money to fix the roads in the City of Salisbury. So do tell everyone Barrie, where did all the money go?

Public Service Announcement

This evening the Mayor took the opportunity to announce the greatest deal Salisbury has to offer.

A Citizen complained about the horrible curbing and sidewalks in Salisbury and the Mayor let everyone know that the City is willing to go 50/50 with any property owner if they want to have their curbs repaired.

Let's see, double taxation and then 50% off the expense of fixing something your tax dollars are supposed to repair and replace anyway?

I say if you're an old man or and old lady, trip over this huge chunk of concrete lying around, especially near your property and sue the City and tell them you'll settle for 50% of the repair costs and call it even.

I Was Right!

This evening during the public comment I asked the City Council and the Mayor directly if there was any truth to the rumor that the City is consideirng auctioning off two horses. The Council Members kind of sat there stunned and I looked directly at the Mayor and said, maybe the Mayor knows?

Barrie shook her head yes and then turned towards the Council and said, well, that is, if the Council aproves these horses as surplus items.

I was then told I would be made aware of them if they came up for auction. An interesting note, last week Chief Webster claimed he knew nothing at all about these horses going up for auction. I found that interesting because I found out through a Police Officer.

The $38,000.00 Shortfall!!!!!!

Now here's one of the most interesting items I have ever come across not only in my time going to Salisbury City Council Meeting but in my entire career to boot!

As many of you know, I have been involved in the manufacturing business most of my life so far. I have owned restaurants, upscale billiard rooms and numerous other business ventures over the past 25 years.

During all that time I have had to rely on numerous attorneys to help guide me through multiple processes and fortunately I have chosen very reliable attorneys and firms to get me ahead.

During that time I have "ALWAYS" received itemized billing to assure I was getting what I paid for. Forgive me for coming off simple here but what that means is that I received billing that clearly stated just how much time was spent on each and every item and what the law firm was billing me for.

The City of Salibury and attorney Paul Wilber are completely different though. Paul Wilber just sends the City a bill and this evening he clearly admitted to such. Lady Campbell raised attention to two different proposals being brought in front of the Council referencing this exact matter.

The first was the fact that this could not be brought forward as a resolution as this would not be legal to do so. She said it needed to be an ordinance and even Paul Wilber stated, "Legally the safest course is to go this route."

Now if Lady Campbell didn't bring this up, these funds would have been pushed right through and no one would have known what they spent this $38,000.00 on! Paul Wilber then said he didn't think there would be enough time to present the entire bill being itemized and that he might need even more time to do so. This proves once again that they do not itemize the bill and Paul also stated they weren't prepared for such a thing.

The Mayor said she is the one that reviews and aproves all of the legal bills and now you all know she has done so without ever being able to truly question what the City was actually paying for. This is NOT good! I'm not suggesting Paul Wilber ever cheated the City of Salisbury but if he ever did, who would ever know?

Gary Comegys then became upset with Debbie Campbell bringing this up and stated, "This is a nit to pick at to delay payments." NO IT'S NOT! This is how business is run and you people, (meaning most of the Council) have absolutely no clue what they're doing!

When you go to a store and purchase items, each one is rung up and you have a record of what you purchased. When you get a bill from Paul Wilber's Office you get one number and nothing is itemized. From the sound of this particular bill, Mr. Wilber spent quite a bit of time using this firm to go over the City's Budget and racked up a $38,000.00 bill in doing so and this was not expected and or in the Budget.

It's no wonder so many local attorneys are donating maximum funds to support certain candidates in the County Executive Race so they can hopefully become the County Attorney and deliver the same kind of billing! Gotta love that Good Old Boy system!

A Day Late & $1.25 Short!

I was told last week that Greg Bassett had been asked questions about the local Blog Sites and he replied, "We're not allowed to read them or we'll be fired."

Yesterday I posted an article about how I did NOT receive my Sunday Comics and as this photo will CLEARLY show, they finally arrived TODAY!

What spoils all of this is that Sunday is over. No beacon, no rolls, no bagels and everyone is now out of the house for the day and I refuse to sit here and laugh alone. I've been told that's not healthy. LOL

Nevertheless, Mr. Greg Bassett and or any other Daily Times Employee who read my post yesterday, "You're All Fired!"

Seriously though, it's nice to know The Daily Times respects my Blog Site enough to read it every day. It's a clear compliment. Besides, I have far better pictures, wouldn't you agree? Don't use this one as one of my examples though, it wouldn't be fair.

China Town Buffet Rip Off!

Last night some friends called and asked if we'd like to join them for All-You-Can-Eat Chinese Food. Being that my son is a huge fan of Chinese food and we hadn't been there in quite a while, we decided to go.

I came to learn that Friday, Saturday & Sunday evenings they add some crappy Alaska King Crab Legs and some shrimp stuff to the menu and they increase the prices from $8.95 to $11.95. IMO, definitely not worth it.

Nevertheless, we strolled in there with a total of 7 people. My friends daughter brought along her boyfriend who had already eaten earlier and wasn't interested in eating again, but they charged him anyway for a dinner.

Here's the kicker of it all. We got our bill and there was a 15% gratuity added to our check. Mind you, the waiter got us drinks, but that's it! I'm sure this comment is going to bring on a bunch of sly remarks but as I have owned restaurants in the past, All-You-Can-Eat doesn't qualify for massive tipping!

Besides the fact that I will tip what I feel they deserve. So I walked up to the Owner and asked him why, (if this is a serve yourself restaurant) they feel they can get away with adding this 15% gratuity? He replied, they got your drinks, right? Yes. They crean up youa diches, right? Yes. Then they deserve a 15% gratuity. I responded, NO! I'll decide what I want to tip them but they did NOT serve me! He could see I was not putting up with his BS and he said I didn't have to pay the 15% if I didn't want to. The Owner said they also own the Tokyo Steak House across the street and the average tip is 20%!!!! OK Jackass, I hope you're claiming that to the IRS?

The next thing we knew our waiter was standing some 10 feet away from our table rudely staring at us and wouldn't move. I looked at him several times and his stare was one in which he didn't even blink and he was very bold. This lasted a good 10 minutes before we decided we should leave.

Considering I have been in the restaurant business I am one of the best tippers I know. However, when I go into a place I serve myself, they're NOT going to get 15% tip from me, period! They had already charged us for someone who didn't eat and then they added a $14.00 tip to boot?

Seems to me Salisbury may be loaded with restaurants but like I have said in the past, friends of mine in Ocean City will travel to Salisbury to eat the day Salisbury opens up a quality restaurant and they're right! Just because there are plenty of places to eat doen't make the service and or food any good. I can't wait for the Wamplers to open up in Pittsville!

Just Curious?

If you're pulling out of Sam's Club heading south in front of their building you'll come to a stop. Straight across the street and behind Circuit City is this building. Does anyone have a clue what's going to be located there? Usually they have a sign but there's nothing there. Just curious is all.

Just Behind Lowes

The first two photos show the south bound mess between Sam's Club and Lowes. The second two photos show the north bound section with that huge drop off across the whole road. Traveling north or south bound is just as bad as any RR X-ing anywhere I've ever seen. Oh, a little tip for you. If you're traveling north bound, stay real close to the center line and you won't get bounced around as much when you go over that huge drop off.

North Salisbury Giant Will Close In November!

You heard it here first folks. This is a fact, Giant will close this November. The mega giant grocery store is calling it quits and will no longer attempt to compete with the super mega WalMart.

Let's see, great salaries, great benefits and a great retirement package to low salaries and next to no benefits! Once again the City Council and Mayor were and are clueless about this major loss to the North end of Salisbury and probably don't care. How many businesses will decide to close up shop because of piss poor management of the City?

Nevertheless, I guess it's time for another Peebles or clothing store. Maybe they should open a Bank of Delmarva Stock Store where the citizens of Salisbury can actually buy stock in a company they know for a fact will survive based on Government Officials alone?

Oh this is a prime location for outragedrichard to shine!

Wildlife Photo Of The Day

Back In The Day

Growing up in and around New York City, you sort of learned how to live a whole different kind of life and or lifestyle.

Sunday mornings were something to look forward to. Never, did you ever know of anyone who had their newspaper delivered. Everyone got up early and headed off to the News Stand to get the 300 pound Sunday Newspaper. Then you'd head off to the Bakery and get fresh bagels and rolls.

Mom and Grandma would be back at the apartment brewing an enormous Sunday special commercial pot of coffee and the aroma of slowly freshly cooked beacon was all over New York City!

One of the greatest parts about the Sunday paper was the Comics. I don't know anyone who didn't look forward to those Comics.

A couple of weeks ago I featured a photo of the Sunday paper where the Comics were in black and white and not in color. Today I regret ever complaining about it being in black and white because today I didn't even get the Comic Section of the newspaper at all!

No Comics, No Bakery, No fresh beacon, no bagles or fresh rolls. SUNDAY'S SUCK ON THE EASTERN SHORE!

Oh, and by the way Daily Times, I want my money back from today's paper! No Comics, no pay! Does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a plunger? LOL

Real Or Faux?

With color copiers and laminating machines so easily accessaible today, who's to say these are real?

Is there a standard in their looks as well? I happen to know people that make copies of these tags and use them, (as I mentioned in another post). There are plenty of people out there taking advantage of them, what do we do about it?

Do we suck it up when we see a 20 year old kid pulling into a handicap spot and running into the store? Do we accept the two young 15 year old kids riding around Sam's Club in these carts because they're obese?

Don't shoot the messenger here folks.

They're Heading South Already?

I watched several flocks of Geese heading south yesterday. What will the Salisbury Zoo do now if all those Geese leave the river? It will look like they have next to nothing left in inventory again. I'm sure they'll trick them into staying by feeding them more duck chow and then they'll complain again next year when there's too many Geese around and Jim Rapp will want to kill them off like last year. Do you think if they stopped feeding these Geese on the river that they might not hang around so much anyway?

Good Sunday Morning To You

You see, I have this special relationship with God. I tell him, I don't care about everyone else, I want sunshine on my property each and every day and he delivers. Now the rest of you have clouds everywhere this morning, right? Not me, it's nice and sunny where I live. Don't forget to fill that basket each and every Sunday and maybe you can get sunshine every day no matter what just like I do.

More Dog Handlers

There were local handlers, handlers from other Countries and handlers that were "well dressed" young children showing and earning respect from the Judges. No, this was not a Sunday outing, this is the way children should be raised. I'm not at all suggesting children shouldn't be raised in Church as well. I'm simply stating after other comments on the post below, this is an excellent environment for young people and animals.

Heck, you don't even see this kind of dress code at a City Council Meeting any more, so stop knocking it!

It Takes All Kinds!

The Talbot County Kennel Club held their Annual Dog Show in Easton this weekend and it has drawn an unbelievable turn out! This year we chose to bring a brand new dog for us into the arena and the results were just unbelievable! This was Renoir's very first Show and very first time into any ring anywhere and he took First Prize in his class, then Best of Winners and finally Best of Opposite Sex! YAHOO! Looks like we've got another Champion in the making! Do you think the Judge and Jennifer are happy? We know our Grandson is!