Salisbury News Follows Up On Yesterday's Daily Times Manufactured Article

The Desperate Reporting of the Daily Times or When is a Quorum NOT a Quorum and When Have YOU Had Enough?

One would think that after the debacle over their reporting of the events at Stephen Decatur High School, the Daily Times would try to be more circumspect in how they report what they believe is news. What does it mean to be more circumspect? If one is circumspect, one thinks carefully before doing or saying anything. A good quality in someone entrusted with responsibility such as main stream media is considered to be.

Reporter Phil Davis wrote an online article entitled “Culver, Council Closed Tour of School Raises Questions” that was posted on February 3, 2015. It was also in the print copy. Davis states the tour of West Salisbury Elementary organized by Wicomico County Executive

Bob Culver raised two questions: 1) what was the state of the school; and 2) did Culver facilitate an illegal quorum without informing the public. Before we go further, let’s look at some FACTS:

Definition of word “tour” – an activity in which you go through a place (such as a building or city) in order to see and learn about the different parts of it.

Definition of word “quorum” – the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally.

Purpose of tour was information gathering on the condition of the school.

This was not a legal meeting and no business was conducted therefore the question about a “quorum” is irrelevant.

Culver recruited VOLUNTEERS with EXPERTISE in various areas of construction including architecture, electrical, roofing and maintenance to attend the tour.

Volunteers provided a WRITTEN REPORT for FREE as in NO COST TO THE TAXPAYER. This report has been made PUBLIC and is available to all citizens on the Wicomico County website.

Additional attendees were 5 members of the County Council, including the Council President; the Superintendent of Public Schools, members of the Board of Education; the Principal of the West Salisbury and community member Mike Dunn.

Now that THE FACTS are on the table, what the heck is Davis’ point and more importantly his motivation in writing that article? The bulk of his article is not about the condition of the school or the findings of the “volunteers”, but questions the legality of the “tour”. REALLY? Is that what the Daily Times thinks is news – trying to create a controversy out of thin air?

How about the fact that Culver recruited VOLUNTEERS who produced a FREE REPORT on their findings? How about the findings themselves? How about an editorial thanking those dedicated citizens who care enough about Wicomico County that they donated their time and talent to not only tour, but write follow-up reports on their findings at NO COST TO TAXPAYERS. And let’s not forget those devilish County Council members, how dare they show interest in seeing the condition of West Salisbury school for themselves and actually go on a tour – it must be a violation of something!!!

It’s hard to believe that Davis came up with the “quorum” thing on his own. Someone likely whispered it in his ear. The motivation is transparent. Culver is a threat to the status quo and there are those who just can’t stand it. Culver is doing what he said he would do during his campaign – almost unheard of by a “politician” - clearly proving he isn’t a politician, but a businessman.

Let’s be real…it is clear the Democrats allowed Pollitt to lose. They did NOTHING to support him. He had NO CAMPAIGN. He RAISED NO MONEY and had to BEG FOR FUNDS in the last 10 days of the campaign. It was so bad even the Council RINOs donated and attended a thrown together fundraiser in the last week. HE HAD VIRTUALLY NO SUPPORT FROM HIS OWN PARTY. The Dems got rid of Pollitt as planned and want Culver to be a one term Executive so they can put their new candidate in office in 4 years. What the “haters” and the Daily Times didn’t expect and now need to accept - the people not only rallied around Culver, but did so by quite a large margin, they want change and THEY ARE BEHIND CULVER MORE EVERY DAY.

So what are the “haters” and the Daily Times doing? They are scared to death of Culver because he reaches out to all kinds of people and can bring them together to work on County issues. He doesn’t care where a good idea comes from and realizes some of the best ideas come from the least powerful. They are scared because there is enthusiasm and hope coming from the taxpayers and their powerful elite of the last 8 years are losing!

They are creating issues out of non-issues in a pathetic attempt to discredit Culver – so you get the “did Culver facilitate an illegal quorum…” article. Look for more of these bogus attacks as time goes by, but just like the outrage created by the Stephen Decatur article, more and more people will turn away from the Daily Times. There is a “drop your subscription” petition going around over the Decatur reporting. Since the Daily Times can’t manage to support or even refrain from making up fake news about the people’s chosen County Executive, a “drop your subscription” petition should be started in Wicomico County. There is a huge difference between news and made up news. Here’s hoping that the citizens of Wicomico County are smart enough to tell the Daily Times ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!