N.C. Beach House Fire Kills 7 Students

By PAGE IVEY

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - All that was left Monday of a home where college students had gathered to enjoy fleeting beach weather was a charred shell, leaving family and friends to question how a weekend of fun turned into a fire that killed seven.

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Clearchannel Sucks!

Not only is this Billboard Sign out of control, many just like it are located all around the City of Salisbury and they are not being properly managed.

Once a contract seems to be over, the Billboard Company waits until someone comes along to rent it again and until they do, they just let it go and fall to pieces. In the mean time, there's litter everywhere and quite frankly, it looks like Da Bronx in New York City or even better, Newark New Jersey on the Jersey Turnpike!

I have posted this in the past and obviously whatever threats the City is making on Clearchannel isn't working, so it's time for some new legislation whereas the City can simply fine them for LITTERING????????

If this were a residential property, oh, let's say on the West side of the City, the fines would be through the roof. You know, just enough so the people there couldn't afford it and the City could pick up that home for nothing because the people can't afford the fines.

Let's see if the City will act on this and see if they actually fine these people?

Salisbury Is All Clogged Up

As I was going around the City of Salisbury this weekend I couldn't help but notice every drain I came across was completely clogged up. Engineers design these systems to make sure things like this don't happen, yet around here they do.

Why? Because they're not just clogged on the surface. They're clogged underneath as well. This is what we would call, preventive maintenance. You send a crew around the City checking each and every one of these to make sure this doesn't happen.

However, why would the City not want to do so? Perhaps they can't handle the LOAD??? Perhaps there is still far too much volume flowing into the WWTP? We all know the River was overflowing even onto Main Street the other day. Imagine if all the drains were clear!

Do the City a favor Ladies & Gentlemen. If there's a drain in front of your property, clear it for the City and watch what happens. It will be kind of like everyone flushing their toilet at Noon on a Saturday in the City. The WWTP would shut down.

A Record Sunday

The news of being the #1 Blogger in the State certainly shook up the numbers here at Salisbury News! We experienced a record high for a Sunday and it's good to see we're off to a strong start for a Monday as well.

Thanks for all the support Ladies & Gentlemen. We'll be going back to normal where Posts are concerned this week and I've actually been entertaining the thought of going to moderation, yet allowing anonymous comments?

The reason for such is, I'm so close to the computer on a regular basis, comments would get processed within seconds anyway. On the other side of the coin, with a new future ahead of us this week, we need to be more careful about who says what and what gets published.

So I'm going to give it a try for today and see how things work out. I can always remove it at any time but let's hear what you have to say about it?

Our Monday Message From Senator Andy Harris

Friends,


Tonight, the Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly will begin. I want to give you the scope on something I am proposing later today.


Later today, I will announce I am proposing a Constitutional Amendment requiring two-thirds of the legislature to approve increasing taxes or imposing new taxes. During this Special Session, I will oppose all new tax increases. I believe that taking money from Maryland's working families should be done only with overwhelming approval from legislators. Making it harder to raise taxes protects Marylanders, our economy, and our future.


Taxpayers need protection from runaway spending habits and the powerful influence of special interests with their hands always out in Annapolis. The liberal special interest groups who feed on taxpayer dollars are well-funded and organized. Advertising for their own issues on radio, television, and over the internet for the last few weeks, these groups have urged legislators to raise taxes. Despite these groups advocacy for higher taxes, I know my constituents are average taxpayers, busy working and raising their families. I'm in Annapolis to speak for the average Maryland family who is already over-taxed. I'm trying to do all I can to stop these proposed tax increases, as well as ones that loom in the future if the legislature's over-spending goes unchecked. Marylanders should have the same taxpayer protection from tax increases that citizens of other states already have.


There was a very good post on this site listing the number of jobs leaving the Lower Shore. If the tax increases before the legislature are approved, more jobs will leave this state.


I have spent the last couple entries talking about issues facing the state government in Maryland for a specific reason. I believe as voters are considering who to vote for in this First Congressional District Primary, they should examine my record in the Maryland State Senate and Congressman Gilchrest's record. As a State Senator, I have a record of fiscal responsibility and Congressman Gilchrest has a record of voting for higher taxes and billions of dollars in wasteful government spending. I think when people have the choice between a person who will do everything in their power to protect their wallet and someone who has no respect for tax-payer dollars, they will choose the person who protects them every time. I do everything possible protect tax-payer dollars if I am elected to Congress just as I am trying to protect taxpayer dollars while in the State Senate.


Thanks,


Andy

NAACP Wins On "Nigger" In Dictionary.

GO HERE for official article.

NAACP wins on "nigger" in dictionary. We must now win on “nigger” with our own people.

A Small Victory...A Giant Step…The battle is not over!!
There has been a change in Webster's Dictionary. Thanks to Kweisi Mfume, former President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).


The word nigger will no longer be synonymous with African-Americans. It has been duly noted that it's a racial slur and not what African-Americans them-selves are. Along with this, all racial and religious slurs will finally be indicated for what they really are - cruel and evil slurs too often used to degrade people.
Now the challenge is to stop our young black men and women from using it.
According to Modesto/Stanislaus Branch NAACP President Wendy Byrd, the “N” word is a racial slur no matter how you try to manipulate it.
The recent Don Imus incident where a 66 year-old white male talk show host felt comfortable enough in calling the women of the Rutgers Basketball Team “Nappy Headed Ho's” is an indication of the need to examine the effect of racial slurs and attitudes in general.
We cannot hold others accountable for using derogatory and degrading terms against us when it is acceptable for us to use it against ourselves. This is a double standard, which is just as painful and unacceptable.
There is a need to educate black youth, in particular, about the history and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. The “N” word was used to dehumanize, insult, control and profile African-Americans for over 450 years. Our Ancestors died to give us the right to hold a microphone, enjoy freedom of speech and equal opportunity for employment. We are indebted for this privilege and should not counteract the movement. In other words, don’t cut the hand that fed you.
Please join the NAACP’s around the country in discouraging the use of the “N” word and other derogatory terms that offensive and self-destructive. It all begins at home with each and every one of us. You must teach someone, and teach them to teach.

A Mirror Can Only Reflect The Image You Put Into It!

Real fuuny Joe.

What am I trying to imply? That they were black? Maybe I was maybe there where!

Do you see this kind of actions happening on Riverside Dr? Hell even the college students are better than this. They just hang beer boxes on the mail boses that someone knocked down. You even posted that.

So why are you putting a headline like this up?

Joe im not scared of you nor anyone else. Have I used the "n" word, yes I have. It stands for a ignorant person! I refer it someone that pulls out in front of me in traffic or acts like an ass. Or someone wearing their pants down to their knees. Did I ever say the a white or black person was the "n" word. NO i did not. It can be any color person out there.

This is what you need to understand. If I was one of the black persons that you are trying to use as a pawn to get what you need I would be pissed. Because really YOU are the one calling them the "n" word!

By the way.. Im not just a fire fighter, Iam a proud father, owner of a cat, a red head, and someone that likes hamburgers. You didnt put all that in your post.

You a ones sided son of a bitch! I hope the mayor and police chief kicks your ass in court!

Wayne Barrall

PS: Spell my last name right you dumbass!

Wayne Barrell (A Fire Fighter) Tries To Imply, Well, You Figure It Out

Have Some Fun
Registered User

Hey Joe A.. Listen to this... GO HERE and then click on the audio link.

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Joe listen to this fine group of men and women heading to Sta.2 to fill out some apps. By the way its 11:37pm. Do they still take apps that late at night?
Sounds like they are fighting to get in the door over there. (FUWB)

It Comes From The Top

As many of you have seen, there are far too many people within the Salisbury Fire Department, (and others) who have obviously shown their true colors when it comes to racism.

I allowed anonymous comments, (as much as I truly didn't want to) because I wanted this community to clearly see, (without recourse) just how bad things are around Salisbury.

That being said, allow me to tell you a brief story about the process in which I personally took years ago and why I have titles this Post, "It Comes From The Top."

Years ago when my Wife was working for the Salisbury Zoo, far too many animals were dying at an extremely rapid rate. Some was because of poor care and some died because of extremely poor management decisions. I'll not bore you again with the details about that situation but I will tell you that as my Wife tried to get this information up the ladder all the way to the Mayor's Office, it fell upon deaf ears.

I took it upon myself to make an appointment with the Mayor with all the documents and information necessary to make an unbelievable case against what was actually going on at the Zoo.

I met with Barrie Tilghman and John Pick and clearly convinced them that this was a very serious problem. I also expressed some of the other issues my Wife was experiencing and some of the things upper management at the Zoo had been doing to her. I then stated to the Mayor, "You can't fix something you're not aware of." I expressed how I thought this "Chain of Command System" sucked, as you could NOT get ANY information to the Mayor! The system only allowed employees to go to their immediate supervisor, then perhaps to his Boss. To get to the next level you have to file a grievance and it would still fall way short of getting all the way to the Mayor, EVER!

The Mayor responded with, I am a woman working in a man's world, I completely understand what your Wife is going through. She then expressed how her Husband almost got into a fight at one of the Council Meetings because of some very harsh things people has said about her, so she also understood that part as well. I then stated, IF you don't do anything about this, we would sue the City.

The long and short of it is, the Mayor refused to respond once she found out how serious and real the problem was. Rather than doing something about it, they went into damage control mode and ultimately fired my Wife because she couldn't perform her duties 100% with an injured back.

For those of you who were not around a year or two ago when this whole story was still fresh, my Wife was making all of the diets for the animals and Zookeepers so they could clean exhibits and she was also doing much of the catch up work on reports the Zoo was YEARS behind in. Also note, it would take years to catch up on that information, even at the rate she was concentrating on it with. Also note, the AZA wrote them up in a BIG way for the extremely poor record keeping and demanded the Zoo change this or the AZA would drop them.

I mention that because there certainly was room within the Zoo Staff to keep her on board and do some wonderful work. However, the Mayor would NOT recognize her dedication and actually used the information I shared against us.

OK, all that being said, do ANY of you actually believe there's NOT a racial problem within SOME people at the Salisbury Fire Department? Would you agree that after all that has been said about this issue that it would be really cool if the Mayor, Chief See, Deputy Chief Gordy stepped up to the plate and said, you know what, there is a problem here and we need to do a better job resolving it and boost morale?

Instead, they send their pawns here and go on the attack to attempt to take credibility away from the main issue. I personally think the Citizens should demand better for their Employees and their future.

I'd like to add, what does it say to those people who work hard for the City and actually go back to school to better themselves in the hopes of being promoted. The idea of doing so is to better their lives and enjoy better financial gains from such hard work. That is not the case for Lorenzo Cropper and Larry Dodd. Instead, this Administration says, IF you're NOT one of the Good Old Boys, if you're NOT a yes man, you're going nowhere with us.

I can assure you Ladies & Gentlemen, these people are so darned afraid that a Black Man and another much better educated White Man would make them look stupid and they're in fear for their own future.

Then I'd add, Lorenzo has been in the Department for 13 years now. He's on the fence, wouldn't you agree? If YOU were on the job that many years, would YOU rock the boat at this point? Sadly, Lorenzo will NOT be promoted under this administration no matter how hard he works. He'll always just be one of the guys, like it or not. This is why I have brought this to every one's attention. It's not right. It's not fair and we shouldn't be stepping back 100 years under this administration, we should be moving forward.

We have experienced first hand what this administration will do, even to the point that they'll sue me just to try and shut me down. It is what it is Ladies & Gentlemen and through elections YOU can make a difference. I have clearly proven I am not afraid of these people. Start rallying behind these movements and let them know you're not going to take this any more.

Thank You.

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ANOTHER Fire Fighter Response!

"Joe just compared a job at the zoo to being a firefighter. Now you guys and girls see why I am here for laughs!"

At the Salisbury Zoo, Zookeepers, (especially my Wife) didn't sit around 8 hours a day on their asses WAITING for something to happen.

In TOTAL support of each and every Zookeeper, especially years ago when they had no loading dock, everything was physical, especially for the women.

My Wife dead lifted full wheel barrel's all the way up into a Dump Truck. They'd lift and carry 35,000 lbs. of frozen meat & fish that was delivered to the Zoo. They never used aerial cranes for anything, up until recently. Everything was done by hand and hard work. Hence 3 herniated disks in her back and then FIRED after they were through with her because she couldn't perform 100%. Yes Barrie Tilghman really takes care of those injured on the job, even former Fire Fighters.

Several times a year they would unload 150 bails of hay, not including all the 50 pound bags of feed brought out and around the Zoo daily.

Please don't even think you people do a quarter of the work than those employed at the Zoo. I'm NOT saying there weren't some extremely lazy Zookeepers, (men) that acted like little girls when it came to doing real work at the Zoo, because there were a fair share of those there and the women picked up the slack. I have plenty of photos to prove that. Fortunately, many of those people are gone.

Nevertheless, your comment is ridiculous. Oh, washing a Fire Truck is hard work, I forgot. NOW, that being said, herniate three disks in your back, (ON THE JOB) and do any one of your duties around the Fire Department and let's see what kind of men you really are?

Maybe the Mayor turned you down on pay increases because she knew how bad things are around the Fire Department? You obviously didn't earn/deserve a pay increase, right? The Police got their increases. The Zoo got all of their increases. Oh, that's right, you got a $10,000,000.00 Fire Station, I forgot.

Director Of Dlite, (Jim Rapp) Is Still Mooning People!

Talk about a classic! In today's Daily Times I found this article posted above and thought, this is a glutton for punishment. How appropriate that they don't mention Jim Rapp's name connected to such an event? The second photo is from a deposition and are the words of Jim Rapp himself. Perhaps they'll give it another name next year? Only in the mind of Jim Rapp could you connect a FULL MOON and Dlite!

Paddle, eh, thank you Sir, may I have another?

Is This Really A Color Photo?

Something about the color balance seems to be WAY OFF, wouldn't YOU agree?

The Price To Visit Their Zoo

A select few people want to bitch and complain about the Salisbury Zoo ever charging an entrance fee at the doors. Well, take a good hard look at what it cost PER PERSON just to visit their Zoo! A Family of only 3 is $213.00 A DAY!

I know, I have a GREAT idea. Pass it on to ALL the taxpayers to foot the bill for everyone coming through the Salisbury Zoo, even those visiting from Delaware.

Ron Alessi should be ashamed of himself for putting these expenses on everyone elses back. Think about this Ladies & Gentlemen. YOU have people on that Board making decisions for every taxpayer in the City, yet many of them, (including Alessi) DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF SALISBURY!

Isn't that like having a Mayor for Salisbury who lives in Somerset County? Oh, I'm sorry, that's more like your Police Chief, right? It's no wonder the City of Salisbury is so screwed up!

Today's Wildlife Photo

Yes, I took this picture. When you visit Disney and go to their Zoo, they have animals Americans want to see. It doesn't stink and everyone there waves and says hello at every opportunity they can. VERY refreshing!

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Anonymous Comments Are Back

After a VERY good nights rest I am back and ready to tackle any and all messages. Blast away, children.

I'm Calling It A Night

Considering a select few have chosen to post nasty comments, I'm turning off anonymous comments for the evening. I will continue to do so while I am away from the computer for periods of time. Thank You for understanding. I'll add, ANY more comments with curse words will also be deleted from here on out. Do as I say, not as I do. LOL

The Best Post Ever

Not only did this Post kick butt in only being up for 24 hours, there are already 121 comments and growing. Sadly however, Fire Fighters have become so angry and rude they have been attacking my Wife with sexual disgusting comments I've had to delete.

GO HERE to see the comments but you better have the time to do so. I enjoy the fact that I slammed each and every Fire Fighter who could be guilty of being racists and the comments will clearly prove many of those Idiots need serious help, yet Barrie Tilghman couldn't care less. She only reads and saves the comments that are against her personally for her lawsuit.

I don't think I have ever seen a Post anywhere else with that many comments. I'm NOT saying it hasn't happened. I'm saying "I" haven't seen it happen elsewhere. Are you proud of your men now Chief See and Deputy Chief Gordy? You've done a wonderful job and it clearly shows they haven't let you down on just how you educated them and trained them.