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Attention
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tonight's Meetings
Do you want to pay more for your electricity? Probably not. Unfortunately, that could be in the cards unless you speak out!
On Tuesday, November 10th there will be a public hearing of the Maryland Public Service Commission at Salisbury University. The hearing will be at 7:00 PM in the Nanticoke Room (Room 236) of the Guerrieri Center.
Tuesday Night! Very Important 7pm Wicomico County - Budget Amendment: Service Cuts, Increased Taxes, and You. Please Attend and Speak Out!
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Do you feel like paying more property taxes? I doubt it. Wicomico County is experiencing a 4 million dollar plus budget short fall. County executive Rick Pollitt has proposed to clean out all the reserves and make some heavy cuts. Pollitt admits that next year's budget challenges will be worse but has no solution, after he cleans out the reserves, on how to deal with that. Pollitt has been a proponent of raising the revenue tax in Wicomico for a number of years and Councilman, Bill McCain has also echoed this desire. This means raising your property taxes! Rick Pollitt is creating the perfect storm to make a case repeal the revenue cap after the elections, next year. Read about by clicking here.
Tonight 7pm at the Wicomico Civic Center, in the Midway Room
Please come out and PLEASE speak up at the meeting for responsible spending, no revenue cap removal, and night meetings!
If you can only attend ONE meeting, Attend this one and plan to stay a while or come a bit later than the 7pm start time, as it's sure to go on for a while. Public comments are at the end. Speak out for fiscal conservatism. Tell them to not take all the reserves, Scale back government, plan for next year, and DON'T EVEN THINK about repealing the Tax Cap. Call for night meeting for transparency.
Try to hit both Tuesday night meetings. Go to SU first and register your opposition to higher electrical rates and then head over to the Civic Center. The event at the Wicomico County Council budget Public Hearing is sure to go on longer.
Salisbury Puts Out Welcome Mat for Criminals
In the mean time, hard working citizens are thrown to the wolves. Long time citizens of the city are losing jobs with no relief in sight in this failing economy. If the city wants to institute programs, fine. Let's institute programs that help the families that have lived and worked honestly. Help families that contribute to our local economy. Help families that pay taxes on the properties that the city, with the aide of their slumlord buddies have turned into blighted areas, over run with drugs and gangs just so they keep it out of the areas where they live.
While the citizens beg and plead for relief from the rising crime rate the assistant city administrator is hard at work putting programs together to welcome newly released criminals into our neighborhoods.
Lore's new motto: "Like Motel 6, Salisbury will leave the light on for you."
HANDS DOWN, BEST DAY EVER ON SALISBURY NEWS
Folks, like I said in my earlier Post. What Louise Smith did last night will only enhance more visitors and by golly, I was absolutely right. It has been an extremely busy day and I have around 140 e-mail messages to get back to so many of you and in due time I will, as always.
However, there's still two meetings to attend tonight, so it will be late this evening before I get back to you. If there's something really important you need me to tend to, please send another message and mark it urgent in the subject line.
My hat is tipped to the SPD, WBI, Delmar, DE. State & MSP for a job well done. Mind you, the two individuals in custody are suspects and have yet to be charged with today's robbery. Thanks for visiting Folks.
WOW! WBI, Delmar, SPD & Delaware State Police ROCK!
Talk about unbelievable instincts! I had just called the Sheriff's Department telling them there was a 4 door sedan on the side of the road with an unmarked car behind it. My concern was, there was no one there. A woman's dog got loose and I called it and was able to catch it. I said, do you happen to know who's vehicles these two cars belong to. She replied, I'm not sure but you could ask the Police Officers in the woods, they should know.
BAM! There they were and I got it! TWO individual, (who's names I'm withholding for now) are in custody and I have the pictures.
Great Work Officers! More to come.
A Comment Worthy Of A Post
Political speech is the most highly protected form of free speech and considered essential for a functional democracy. You are allowed to disagree with your government and the way it is being operated. You are allowed to vocalize this at public city council meetings. The government is not allowed to restrict the content of your speech if you are not being profane, inciting violence or slandering anyone. So complaining that you don’t believe the Chief of Police is doing his job, is protected free speech. Asking for a clarification of the qualifications for someone to be Fire Chief or Police Chief is protected free speech. These are not personal attacks, they are not profane, they are not inciting violence, they are not slandering an individual. Louise was wrong to stop Joe’s public comments. If Joe’s comments sunk to slander, then Louise could interrupt him and the person who he slandered would have cause to sue him. None of that happened.
When Louise violated Joe’s 1st Amendment rights, she was not “acting within the scope of her duties.” Meaning, it was not part of her job description to violate the 1st Amendment rights of people speaking at a public council meeting. She could argue it is her job to regulate the meeting and make sure the meeting does not become disruptive, but Joe was not being disruptive, he was not profane, he was not inciting violence, and he was not slandering anyone. Louise interrupting him was disruptive and it was illegal. When Louise acted in this manner, acting outside the scope of her duties, she left herself open for personal suit. Meaning she would not have the governmental immunity or legal protection of the City. So, who’s going to lead Louise down that path again and file suit against her? You’ve already got plenty of examples on tape where she lets some people make personal attacks on a public official (Cathcart on Ireton) and that’s just the most recent example, yet cuts off other people at the merest hint that they might say something she and her political cohorts don’t agree with.
This Just In From John Robinson

John Robinson has left a new comment on your post "There's No Such Thing As Transparency And Accounta...":
I believe about 25% of what you just wrote. And that's on a good day.
First, your suit was from Sam's Club, so it cost you about $75. Nice quality from some kid working in a sweat shop.
Also, you don't have your own TV show. You paid for that time, and I have the record to show it. Wanna prove me wrong? Try buddy. You're a sociopath, and the faster someone puts a bullet in your head, the better off we all are. That's not a threat, just something I hope that happens.
BREAKING NEWS: PNC Bank Robbery
They are still saying he is white and they are reporting now its a four door. About every blue car with DE tags is being pulled over. They are even saying the car could be white. They are looking at bank videos now to see which it is. It is going to take twenty minutes to download the tape. Welcome to the SPD.
Sounds like we lost him again. One officer keeps asking the others if a note was used. Why does that matter right now? Also they can't even find out if a gun was used. You would think by now the banks would have some kind of training on what to do and most important get all the information you can. The guy drives off in a car and no one can get the color right or even get a plate number.
Why Bush Didn't Win Nobel Peace Prize - Bush At UN
WARNING!!!!!
NOT intended for those under 18 years of age.
This video has cursing in it.
FUNNY!
Like I Told Many Last Night, Louise Will Only Help SBYNews, Not Hurt Us
Cause Of Death: Political Correctness
According to The Washington Post, Major Nidal Malik Hasan was supposed to make a presentation on a medical topic during his senior year as a psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Medical Center.
Instead, Hasan lectured his supervisors and two dozen mental health staff members on Islam, homicide bombings and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting against other Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Under a slide titled "Comments," he wrote: "If Muslim groups can convince Muslims that they are fighting for God against injustices of the 'infidels'; ie: enemies of Islam, then Muslims can become a potent adversary ie: suicide bombing, etc." [sic]
The last bullet point on that page reads simply: "We love death more then [sic] you love life!"
On the final slide, labeled "Recommendation," Hasan wrote: "Department of Defense should allow Muslims [sic] Soldiers the option of being released as 'Conscientious objectors' to increase troop morale and decrease adverse events."
"There were definitely clear indications that Hasan's loyalties were not with America," Lt. Col. Val Finnell, Hasan's classmate at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He and Hasan were students in the school's public health master's degree program from 2007-2008.
"The issue here is that there's a political correctness climate in the military. They don't want to say anything because it would be considered questioning somebody's religious belief, or they're afraid of an equal opportunity lawsuit.
Last Night Disapointment
"First of all no wonder no body in SBY wants to make a public option on matters. Before they can even get their word out on their public option, after having to take a oath, they are knot down by L. Smith. Now I was always taught that if you wanted to make a public option, you could so now all of a sudden the tide has chance. So now you can't make your own public option on matters that affect the City of SBY. If Chief of Police is not doing his job, the Citizens need to know about it. Crime is the pits, I feel like I'm living in the City of Baltimore, MD.
I think it time to start cleaning house in the City of SBY, and weed out the ones that are not doing their job per say. And start placing with new ones with NEW IDEAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Were as the ones that are on the payroll now, just aren't cutting with me.
Now that being said that's my public option."
Steve Adams
BUT, DOES JIM IRETON HEAR SALISBURY SPEAKING?
Beginning in the final throes of Barrie Tilghman’s reign of horror, and thereafter continuing, on his days in town Chiefy has devoted inordinate time to “investigating” the whereabouts of a surveillance tape that, according to his story, the SPD made and gave to someone in 1998 but did not know was “missing” until this year. Ridiculous, to be sure, but that’s the way it goes.
Could it be that Chiefy wants a spot on that “Cold Case” show? In any event, Salisbury’s rapidly growing gang activity and soaring violent crime will have to await his undivided attention until that tape is recovered.
Webster’s latest lawsuit and his posturing in the local mainstream media about the “missing” tape and his conduct – http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2009/11/chiefy-websters-whistle-blower-baloney.html -- is undermining a police force that, despite being undermanned (once again), is generally capable. Morale having already dropped, look for even greater attrition of personnel from the police force. The longer Chiefy remains its “leader,” the worse, and harder to restore, it will become.
Webster is a clear and present danger to public safety in Salisbury, and he should be dismissed now. Make that “must be.”
Mayor Ireton: just do it!
There's No Such Thing As Transparency And Accountability In The City Of Salisbury Maryland

One thing you can count on Folks is the fact that we will deliver the video from last night's City Council fiasco.
However, while much is being written about last night's meeting throughout the Blogosphere, the MSM is simply too afraid of our local Government Officials, therefore they'll keep quiet about it to secure their income.
WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE LAST NIGHT:
As I rode the elevator to the third floor, (alone) the doors opened and there stood Chiefy Webster. At first he had that deer in the headlights look in his eyes as he saw me inside the elevator. Then he saw I was dressed in a suit and tie, (nicer than his own, mind you) and he started laughing at me, like a 7 year old child. I ignored him and walked passed him and he started getting even louder as he got into the elevator. All I kept thinking was, this is a supposed grown man who leads the City?
Look Chiefy, everyone knows you read this Blog and watch my Television Show. So let me first say this. If you thought last week's Show was tough on you, wait until this week old man because YOU will not be able to show your face again in the City of Salisbury and perhaps anywhere else. Remember Chiefy, Comcast Channel 9 at 10:30 AM.
Folks, this Show is a must see for everyone. We taped it yesterday and of course it will air on Saturday. VERY POWERFUL! I don't need to come back at old Chiefy when he laughs at me for dressing nice. I'm a confident enough man to know, I'm far more respected in this community than he'll ever be.
That being said, I received a phone call yesterday from a gentleman in which he and I haven't seen eye to eye for many years. In fact, he hated my Blog and pretty much everything I represent. That is, until last Saturday. He called me and said, Joe, we haven't gotten along very well for a lot of years but I want to apologize to you for the way I have been acting towards you. I saw your show on your Blog and I had NO IDEA what you had been put through. I had always been told the other side and never gave you the chance to tell me your side, I'm sorry.
So you see Chiefy, you will lose your job or you will go running for the hills like Jim Rapp, John Jacobs, Carrie Samis, Barrie Tilghman, Mike Dunn, Lynn Cathcart and so many others I have exposed over the years. It's only a matter of time before everyone finally hears the truth. So we'll see who's laughing at who in the end.
Now, moving on to last night's meeting. What a mess, huh! That Louise Smith is something else, isn't she. Can you tell each and every one of them watched my Show and then met with Barrie Tilghman to figure out yet another way to shut me down. They knew I was going to go after their new PIO Officer at the SFD. They knew I was going to expose the SFD and Lore' Chambers for her part with Hoppes. They knew I was going to be the one and only person in a position in which I could straight up challenge the Chief of Police without hesitation.
So what's the answer, shut Joe Albero down. That's OK Folks, I have my own TV Show now, they can't stop me. They tried for years to shut down Salisbury News, it failed and we have now grown into the most popular Website in the entire state. Actions like Louise Smith made last night will simply draw that many more people to the new Show.
My phone rang off the hook immediately after she did this, so LOTS of people were watching PAC 14 last night and witnessed it LIVE. Many of you asked why I stood there and took it. Well, one thing I will tell ALL of you is, I have kept my word with Louise Smith and as a gentleman I will always continue to do so.
Soon after my Mother passed away I ran into Louise Smith at Sam's Club. I was walking through the parking lot to head into the store when Louise called out, "Joe, can you give me a hand." I immediately replied, sure Louise, what can I do for you. She had a large box of copier paper and couldn't load it into her trunk, so I gladly helped out. As I was loading the box into her trunk Louise was giving me her condolences about my Mother and as I turned back around to thank her, two gentlemen were standing behind her. I thanked her and one of the gentleman said, "Are you Joe Albero?" I said, yes Sir, I am. He said, "I just want to thank you for everything you do." The other gentleman said, I thought that might be you Joe. He put out his hand for me to shake it and said, you do a great job and I follow your Blog every day. Well, Louise was beside herself as she got a touch of what I run into every single day I'm out on the streets.
Louise quickly took her cart and put it in the storage area while I finished my conversation with these fine gentleman. Again Folks, we're not just getting there, we have arrived and Louise Smith knows it. They never said hello to Louise Smith. Heck, they didn't even recognize her presence. One thing I did notice was that Louise Smith was parked in a Handicap Parking Space with a tag in her window. Folks, Louise Smith broke the law. You see, that Handicap Tag is for when she transports her MOTHER. Her Mother wasn't with her, nor is her Mother there every time she goes to a City Council Meeting and takes that Handicap Parking Space at the GOB.
Don't you worry Folks, it will soon come around. I will NOT be the person Barrie Tilghman and so many others have painted me out to be. I will be respectful, yet I will not stand down.
Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Release

Incident: Assault
Date of Incident: 9 November 2009
Location: 500 block of S. Main Street, Hebron, MD
Suspect: Todd G. Dudek, 47, Hebron, MD
Narrative: On 9 November 2009 at 7:22 PM, a deputy from the WCSO responded to a residence in the 500 block of S. Main Street for a reported altercation that occurred inside the residence. Upon arrival, the deputy met with a female victim who advised that she had been assaulted by a male suspect, Todd Dudek, whom the victim resides with. During the investigation, the deputy observed signs of injury that corroborated the victim’s account.
The investigating deputy placed Dudek under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, Dudek was released by the Commissioner on Personal recognizance.
Charges: Assault 2nd degree
Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On November 6, 2009 at approximately 6:00 am, Officers of the Salisbury Police Community Action Team were conducting an undercover investigation in the area of E. Church St. and Anne St. and were approached by the below listed suspect. The suspect solicited the officers for an act of prostitution and was placed under arrest.
ARRESTED: Amber Marie Hughes, 20 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES:
Prostitution
Loitering for the purpose of prostitution
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900039614
On November 6, 2009 at approximately 2:10 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police arrested the below listed suspect on an outstanding arrest warrant charging the suspect with the possession of controlled dangerous substances on October 9, 2009. On that date officers of the Salisbury Police executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence on Fairground Drive in Salisbury. Located during the execution of the search and seizure warrant was a quantity of suspected marijuana and a quantity of suspected ecstasy. The residence was occupied by the below listed suspect.
ARRESTED: Eric Tyrone Baker, 39 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES:
Possession of marijuana
Possession of ecstasy
Possession of CDS/paraphernalia (3 counts)
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900039576
On November 6, 2009 at approximately 7:50 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department arrested the below listed suspect for two (2) burglaries to Salisbury businesses. An investigation by Salisbury Detectives revealed that the suspect was responsible for the burglaries to the Thirsty’s convenience store on Snow Hill Road and the Exxon on South Salisbury Boulevard. Both burglaries were committed on November 5, 2009.
ARRESTED: Richard Alan King, 22 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES:
Second degree burglary (2 counts)
Fourth degree burglary (4 counts)
Theft (under $ 100)
Theft (over $ 1000)
Theft scheme
Malicious destruction of property (2 counts)
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900039707
On November 7, 2009 at approximately 12:52 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the Sears Department Store at the Centre at Salisbury for the report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival the officers met with store security who advised the officers that the below listed suspect had been observed by store employees taking clothing from the store without making any attempts at payment. The clothing was recovered and returned to the store. When the suspect was searched, incident to arrest, the officers located a quantity of suspected heroin on his person.
ARRESTED: Bernard (nmn) Jones, 42 years of age Cambridge, Maryland
CHARGES:
Theft (under $ 1000)
Possession of heroin
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900039776
On November 8, 2009 at approximately 1:26 am, Officers of the Salisbury Police arrested the below listed suspect on an outstanding arrest warrant obtained charging him with the burglary of a residence on Camden Avenue. An investigation by Salisbury Detectives identified the suspect as responsible for a burglary to a Camden Avenue residence on November 3, 2009. The investigation is continuing to other burglaries involving this suspect.
ARRESTED: Bryan Andre Hyland, 38 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES:
First degree burglary
Fourth degree burglary
Theft (under $ 1000)
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900039227
EASTERN SHORE INMATE MURDER INVESTIGATED

(Westover, MD) -- Maryland State Police homicide investigators are continuing to investigate the murder of a state prison inmate that occurred last night in a facility on the Eastern Shore.
The deceased inmate is identified as Tozzie Carter, 37, who was an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Md. Carter was pronounced dead at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday.
Carter’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy. The autopsy conducted today determined the cause of death was homicide and the manner of death was a stab wound to the chest.
A second inmate, Dawntay Tobin, 32, was also found to have injuries on his hand, shoulder and back. He was treated at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center and released back to the custody of ECI officials.
The preliminary investigation indicates Carter and Tobin were involved in a fight with fellow inmates on an upper level of a housing unit at the prison, shortly after 9:00 p.m. yesterday. A responding correctional officer disrupted the fight and found the two injured inmates.
Maryland State Police crime scene technicians responded to the prison last night and processed the scene. State Police homicide investigators, assisted by criminal investigators from the Salisbury and Princess Anne barracks, began interviewing dozens of inmates, as well as prison staff last night. Those interviews are ongoing today. Assistance is also being provided by the Internal Investigative Unit of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
TRAFFIC ALERT

Replacement of Crossroad Pipes Will Require Closure of Two Sussex County Roads
Laurel -- The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that at 7 a.m. on Monday, November 16 the following roads will be closed:
*Phillips Hill Road between Johnson Road and Curly Drive
*Curley Drive between Johnson Road and Phillips Hill Road
These road closures are necessary for the replacement of crossroad pipes. Both roads will re-open by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, weather permitting.
Detour routes are posted.
Local traffic and emergency vehicles will have access.
What The Heck Do These People Think They're Doing?
Between the City Leaders and the County Leaders, have they los their minds? This is what you get when two groups don't reach out to the public first and start to resolve issues.
The Wicomico Library wants to take over an entire section of Riverfront Property, extremely valuable property, mind you. However, what makes it worse is their stupidity in even considering such an idea.
You see Folks, the Library pays NO TAXES. Not only are they planning, (in this proposal) to take away a ton of parking Downtown, they're also taking away metered parking.
OK, everyone knows Monday nights are not the greatest nights for the restaurant business but look at the photos above taken last night. The Market Street Inn has pretty much packed TWO parking lots. This was taken at around 8:00 PM last night.
The new Library proposal takes away all but about 15 parking spaces for the Market Street Inn, seriously.
While everyone else in the Country is downsizing, Salisbury, (once again) has to build bigger and better than anyone else. Just look at the new Fire Station 16 that cost the taxpayers some $14,000,000.00 just to build. That doesn't include the new Fire Trucks and so forth.
Libraries do NOT have to be bigger, everyone is now using the Internet. Yet some how, some way, Comegys, Smith & Shields believe this is the right way to go, bigger. While this waterfront property is extremely valuable, the County is laughing all the way to the Bank, then they'll also get it for free.
But wait, there's more.
Remember old Fire Station 16 Downtown? Well it's my understanding that the City is in negotiations with UMES to build a restaurant there. Students in the culinary education would work there to provide food for the public.
While a restaurant would be nice, how about letting someone take the risk of creating one, rather than one that is pretty much fail proof. If they are to allow this to happen, they would shut down the rest of the restaurants Downtown who couldn't compete with free labor and no case as to the cost of food.
The City and County have forgotten where they came from, that's all there is to it. They have taken municipalities and turned them into businesses for their friends. Look Folks, I have been in business for a lot of years and I have done pretty darned good for myself over the years. If you own a business in Salisbury and you think you're going to survive, you're wrong. IF you can get out, do it NOW. I'm being very serious with each and every one of you. The City and County are monopolizing real estate and throwing away your tax dollars like there's no tomorrow, hence the SFD, the Salisbury Zoo, the Library, the Bricks, shall I continue!
You don't have business leadership in the Mayor's Office or the County Executive's Office, (with all due respect). You have politicians who are following the democratic trend that is failing the entire Country. Liberals that want to save the world, tree huggers. You know, all feel good crap to assure no one goes hungry, everyone has health care, welfare, social security to illegals, you name it.
I know, in the worst economy the United States has ever experienced throughout its history, let's go out an buy a $900,000.00 Fire Boat because we have less than a mile of waterfront but the second largest port in Maryland. PLLLLLLEEEEEEASE!
There's no question in my mind that the next elections will truly change the scope of politics and quite frankly I'm not so sure Rick Pollitt is secure in his job either.
The LIBRARY is just fine, leave it be!Quit putting hard working Americans out of business for your own special interests and tell UMES to shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
EPISODE 1: “Real World Real Estate” Featuring Adam Roop Of EXIT SHORE REALTY
A young home owner gets hit hard by the economic crisis – banks slow to help!
Episode 1 is based on a Short Sale/Foreclosure deal for client Jenny. She is a young buyer who had invested everything into her home – living by her self it was tough to keep dumping money into her home every month but she continued to get by – then, all of a sudden, the market crashed. Now she tries to recover and calls on Adam Roop of EXIT SHORE REALTY to help relieve her of the heavy debt. With Adam’s experience in short sales and foreclosure properties he was called upon to help but the banks are not cooperating as fast as Adam wants...foreclosure is only weeks away...can he save Jenny from foreclosure...take a look as the story unfolds…

