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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Salisbury News Delivers Investigative Reporting On HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT: Part 26

In the past few weeks we have posted the spending habits of the Wicomico County Board of Ed in the summer months. Today we will post some (not all as we do not have all day) of the more questionable expenses and ask this question of the BOE. Of the following list how many (if any) children attended with a teacher or a BOE member at these locations? Remember as has been said many times IT IS for the children. 

5/9/12 Ardeaalia Ross The Globe $148.20 
4/26/11 Barbara Jenkins Texas Roadhouse $100.00 
5/18/11 Barbara A Jenkins Brew river $100.00 
6/7/11 Barbara A Jenkins Goin Nuts Cafe $50.00 
6/10/11 Barbara A Jenkins Brew River $864.40 
4/3/13 Sharon Armstrong Imperial Gallery $14.45 
7/3/12 Sharron Armstrong Red Lobster $ 113.96 
4/13/11 Sandra L Drummond Back Street Grill $ 41.65 
4/18/11 Sandra L Drummond Back street Grill $35.20 
8/30/12 Robert Langan Goin Nuts Cafe $32.00 
2/26/13 Robert Langan Back street Grill $21.00 
6/13/11 Robert Carlisle Back Street Grill $15.90 
4/25/12 Ruby L Brown Longhorn Sreakhouse $60.00 
6/7/11 Ruth Malone Break Time Sports Grill $50.00 
8/3/12 Robert Langan Goin Nuts cafe $30.00 
8/10/11 M A Yiannouris Back street Grill $43.53 
2/28/12 M A Yiannouris Back Street Grill $ 36.14 
1/27/12 Margo Handy Brew River $32.60 
6/11/12 Margo T Handy Back Street Grill $257.35 
12/10/12 Margo T Handy Goin Nuts Cafe $228.28 
1/30/13 Margo T Handy The Olive Garden $42.79 
5/16/12 Maria Curtis Goin Nuts Cafe $214.65 
8/22/12 Maria Curtis Goin Nuts Cafe $ 198.16 
6/2/12 Amy Cockey Goin Nuts Cafe $646.90 
6/8/11 Amy Eskridge Market Street Inn $68.50 
6/10/11 Amy Eskridge The Greene Turtle $755.11 
5/18/11 Amy Kenny Adams The Place for Ribs $50.00 
6/8/11 Jill Barbon Sobo's Wine Bistro $150.00 
8/18/11 Jill Barbon Red Lobster $125.00 
10/26/11 Jill Barbon Market Street Inn $120.00 
6/4/12 Jill Barbon Market Street Inn $75.00 
5/10/11 William Curtis Goin Nuts Cafe $25.00 
4/28/11 Teresa L Banks Goin Nuts Cafe $575.00 
11/19/12 Dawn Bennett Sobo's Wine Bistro $50.00 
7/13/11 Don Brady Back Street Grill $76.20 
8/2/11 Don Brady Back Street Grill $30.49 
8/4/11 Don Brady Back Street Grill $21.73 
3/28/12 Kristina Gosnell Green Hill Yacht & Country Club $72.83 2/1/12 Kirby Bryson Millies Roadside Bar $ 169.99 
2/20/12 Kim Finger Back Street Grill $260.96 
6/13/12 Nancy Rash Market Street In $191.75 
5/11/11 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $25.55 
5/19/11 Joy J Cuctis Back Street Grill $27.75 
6/7/11 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $38.10 
9/1/ 11 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $43.00 
9/23/11 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $ 48.23 
12/21/11 Joy J Custis Market Street Inn $50.00 
3/15/12 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $54.52 
5/22/12 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $45.25 
6/11/12 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $25.26 
6/14/12 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $ 28.56 
8/9/12 Joy J Custis Back Street Grill $28.96
6/1/12 Don Brady Harborside Bar & Grill $279.84 
How Many Orange Crushes will $279.84 buy?
5/4/12 Lois Wheeler The Greene Turtle $96.96 

A message to the members of the BOE, feel free to respond with the list of names that attended these locations with you, If they are gift cards you can list those also . Public money should have public disclosure.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

The children must be well fed in this school district!

Anonymous said...

Back Street Grille owes a lot of its success to the County government/Bd of Ed. Unbelievable!!

Anonymous said...

I am done with Rick Pollitt. A strong executive would have come public and demanded answers from the boe but he has remained silent. I will cast my vote for Bob Culver instead.

Anonymous said...

Oh please,

Mary said...

" ask this question of the BOE."

No answers will be forthcoming when questions to the BOE are asked on a blog. FOIA is the tool to use when questions have not been answered, AFTER first writing a letter or appearing in person before the BOE

Soooo....when will you folks actually appear at the BOE meetings requesting answers to questions, or write a letter to Central Office, or attend the Superintendent's monthly Open Door Policy.

26 weeks is half a year or 6 months. That alone suggest you folks writing on here are all mouth. just trying to stir up crap, and actually don't give a rat's butt about the BOE spending. If I am wrong, prove it. The BOE's next meeting is Tues 10/14 and Dr Fredericksen will hold his next Open Door Policy on Weds. 10/15.

Anonymous said...

Are copies of the individual receipts available under the Freedom of Information Act?

Anonymous said...

anon 9:29am you are correct a county executive with a backbone would have put a stop to this a long time ago. But what you need to remember Pollitt is just as guilty as these people are.

Anonymous said...

Come on Board Of Ed. give us the information.Time to man up.

JoeAlbero said...

To those of you attempting to make comments attacking the NAMES on this list, I've rejected those comments because you obviously haven't been following our information closely enough.

These are NOT the people spending the money. They are the people who the cards are assigned to and it is their boss/bosses who are spending it.

Anonymous said...

Well what really jumped out at me this week was on June 10, 2011

Green Turtle $ 755.11
Brew River 864.40
$1,619.51

So where did the party start? Brew River and then continued the party over at Green Turtle.

Unbelievable.

Anonymous said...

Wicomico County getting what it deserves. You keep voting with your heart and saying "He/She is a good person"... Enjoy your tax dollars going to feed and intoxicate the sows.

Anonymous said...

To Mary
You all complain about this info coming out on the blog do you think anyone will get any truth at a BOE meeting. Well the BOE members cannot even get the truth so.

Anonymous said...

9:46
AMEN!!

Anonymous said...

If there was fraudulent purchases going in, don't you think the State would be asking questions. Especially since 75 percent of the BOE budget comes from them?