WGMD 92.7 With Dan Gaffney

The link below is yesterdays interview on the Dan Gaffney Morning Show. Enjoy!

http://www.wgmd.com/SOUNDS/AMSHOW/082306-hour3.mp3

County VS. City

The first photo shows you how the County paves a road, (Jersey Road out by Delmar, believe it or not). The other three photos are how the City allows their roads to be paved, patched and screwed up!

It's well known that the City hasn't paved a road in more than 2 years. The Mayor has blown so much money on oh, (let's say legal bills alone) that the City is now allowing developers to fix the roads after they've hooked up with the City water and sewer system. The end result, crap! This would be unacceptable anywhere else but here in Salisbury if you're a FOB you get whatever you want and as the voters have proven they don't give a damn by not making it to the polls, you get what you deserve.

Is This Guy In Orange Related To Jim Rapp?

As I was traveling around today I came across the same RR X-ing on Naylor Mill Road that is in repair and I thought I'd update my photos to show the progress. I happened to be on my call phone, (same as I was the last time in the Zoo) and as I was taking pictures, out of nowhere comes this man in the top picture waving his hand and saying, wow, wow, wow, you can't take our picture!

I responded immediately with, OH YES I CAN and OH YES I WILL! He demanded to know who I was with as if this was the Secret Service and I politely told him. He said, what's a Blog Site? I explained it was local news and information and he again said you can't take our pictures. I immediately TOLD him there wasn't a thing he could do about it and if he'd like to call the Police I'd be happy to stand there and wait till they arrived.

He walked away from me and that was that. Mind you, I had a friend on the phone with me the entire time and heard the entire thing. They weren't pleased with what they were hearing as well.

I found it VERY interesting though as this was the same kind of thing the Zoo continued to pull on me. However, when I told this guy I wasn't going to listen to him and that I had every right, he walked away like a good human being and left me alone. See, no problem, no worries. I did my thing and left. This City is unbelievable!

Another Death Threat!

Several months ago I had found this ammunition on the front edge of my property. There were some 500 rounds of long range 22 cal. bullets. My three labs scared the person off the property and it was after I had been receiving threats on my life on Hadley's Blog Site. The State Police found it was important enough, (after reading the comments from a Zookeeper stating I needed to be humanely"put down") to investigate the incident and things came to an immediate halt.

Over the last few days Hadley had been posting information about my upcoming Court Case and how Jim Rapp had lied under oath in order to get me arrested and we had video proof proving he had done so. I had then commented about how they were claiming they were going to have women crying on the stand stating they had witnessed the whole thing and I stated that was impossible because I had video proof no one was standing there but Jim Rapp and myself and that some of the people who had claimed they were going to get on the stand and state differently better be prepared because those same people were on the radio stating they were on the way.

Well this obviously pissed a lot of people off and now all of a sudden "about time" is back and now a new person called, "jodie." I received a very interesting telephone call last night informing me that "jodie" is not a person at all. OK, I'm game, who are they? They said, these people are laughing at you because you haven't figured them out yet. "jodie" stands for, JoDie!!! They were laughing at you because you'd never figure it out.

In my opinion, I will certainly watch my back when it comes to Barrie Tilghman, Mike Dunn, Jim Rapp and or Carrie Samis as these are the only people sick enough to make such said threats in my opinion and I'm stating this publicly should anything happen to me any time soon.

I am asking the FBI and others to step in and investigate who this person is as I saved their original comments before I started deleting their personal attacks against me. Keep in mind folks, these comments were originally posted on Zoo related issues once again and when I started deleting them they simply went anywhere they could to get their point across. I deleted those comments as well.

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National-Joe-A-Graphic Is On 92.7 Today

Well, this has been a fun morning! Dan Gaffney from WGMD Radio, "The Talk of Delmarva" kindly invited me to be on the air with him today and will broadcast that interview throughout the day. Dan is a daily follower of this Blog Site.

Of all things we discussed the China Buffet and tipping and as I don't want to give it all away I must say it was very enjoyable and some listeners had some very interesting things to say. In my opinion they threw another curve ball as to how one might think about tipping while serving yourself.

I will admit that rarely is my glass empty, if ever. That's about it though. Well, just listen to the Show and you'll see what happened.

Thanks Dan and I look forward to more shows together with you.

If you'd like to hear this particular broadcast go to www.wgmd.com and click on 'audio to go" some time around 1:00 this afternoon and you can hear that broadcast.

Dan Gaffney
WGMD Radio
92.7 FM
Rehoboth Beach
“The Talk of Delmarva”
dan@wgmd.com

Thank You Daily Times!

WOW! Over the past two days WWW.National-Joe-A-Graphic.blogspot.com has been recognized by The Daily Times as they have now posted 3 news articles taken from my Blog Site and used two of them as front page news!

Yesterday it was the Giant Food closing its doors in North Salisbury and today it was the RR X-ing story I have been talking about for days and the third was the State Trooper accident in West Ocean City that ended up on their website right after I introduced it on the Blog.

Now look folks, you know if you stick with me here it doesn't cost you $ .50 cent a day and more importantly you'll get "Front Page News" some two to three days ahead of The Daily Times.

If they're trying to tick me off by copying everything I do they're completely mistaken! I firmly believe this is a complement as I am recognized almost every day for news and information The Daily Times otherwise couldn't produce without me.

Nevertheless, if you want my stuff in print, just buy The Daily Times a couple of days later and they'll have it. I'll bet Greg Bassett regrets ever calling me early in the morning, then getting hung up on and then calling me back again to harass me, don't ya think?

It's Time To Show Our Respect

Back in the 1960's it felt good to wave to a Police Officer and have them wave right back with a smile. In the 1970's things started to change. Police Officers were regularly called Pigs and people regularly challenged their authority. In the 80's & 90's Police Officers started receiving far better salaries and today we absolutely take them for granted and believe they are paid greatly to do their jobs.

In the mean time the City of Salisbury is not up to par salary wise but everyone is protected. Oh, some might say not well enough but in all reality if you weren't protected well enough there would be riots on the streets every day and your homes wouldn't be worth Didley.

No matter what they're paid, it's time we get back to the old school of thinking and start waving back at these Officers. We can do so with the following intentions. It would mean, thank you. It would mean, good morning, afternoon or even evening. It would ultimately mean, we care.

With that in mind, think about what these Officers would give back in return? Better moral. Better confidence. Better Policing!

Quit taking them for granted and show we're the better person by simply waving hello.

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.