In a recession, do we complain about no cost of living increases or are we thankful we have a job at all?
It seems in the City of Salisbury and Wicomico County employees just can't seem to keep their mouths shut and be thankful they have a job.
Let me assure you of one thing, (on the record). If I were County Executive or the Mayor of Salisbury, JOBS WOULD BE CUT. Jobs would have been cut at least 4 years ago. However, both the City and County are run by Democrats and Bureaucrats who actually believe we're NOT in a depression. Some are now calling it "The Great Recession" because they're too afraid to admit this country is in a depression. I'll not get long winded about $4.00 a gallon gas and $5.00 a gallon for milk.
What I will spend time on is the Salisbury Fire Department feeding us yet another line of crap that they so desperately need medical technicians. I have listened to this BS for the past 7 years and quite frankly I'm tired of hearing about it. They propose these positions and then never fill them, allowing for these additional funds to sit idle year after year just in case they need the extra money.
They claim calls are up 8 percent. OK Folks, have YOU seen an 8% increase in FIRES over the past year, NO! However, take the fire in Delmar last week. Every damn fire truck on God's Green Earth was there to put out a fire in which the structure was already gone, burned to the ground. The 8% increase includes ALL of the automobile accidents these Idiots use to take out multi million dollars worth of Fire Trucks, JUST IN CASE THERE IS A FIRE.
All too often we see these departments making such claims and then they wonder why they get furloughed. Look at your own Department Heads, fools! If they'd STOP asking for such BS items there would be more money to pay your salaries. What cracks me up the most is how all of these Volunteer Fire Departments survive without paid employees. That's the America I grew up in. Today its a group of winers and complainers bellyaching they're not getting a fair share of things.
As far as I'm personally concerned, the SFD can shut their mouths for the next 20 years. They have received just about everything imagineable while the SPD has been smacked in the face. So now lets talk about increases. Crime is on the rise for the past 10 years in Salisbury, yet this mayor and the former Mayor IGNORE requests for additional funding and Officers, go figure! The SFD doesn't come to the table and say, you know, we appreciate everything you have done for us over the past 6 years, we're going to take a hit this year to help our BROTHERS and SISTERS in the Police department as we have seen them sit idle for far too many years.
No, today's generation is greedy and lead by democrats who want, want, want! Do tell me how Pepsi and Perdue will be able to afford a 18% rate increase in their sewer rates? You ask everyone else to foot the bills for Democrat Mayor Barrie Tilghman and her WWTP screw up and then you want more staff while Pepsi and Perdue are forced to lay off people because of rate increases?
You mark my words. The democratic desperation of increasing rates will be the death of the Eastern Shore. Oh, I know how powerful a statement I just made is. However, know this. Perdue will relocate as well as Pepsi and other companies just like them. When they do, guess what, YOUR JOBS WILL BE GONE and the recovery will take a good 20 years just to get back to where we used to be. People like the Department Heads of the Fire department will then appreciate what they had.
Yeah, it will be the old hitting rock bottom that will finally force Democrats to see the light. In the mean time they'll bill everyone to death until there is no more, (just as I have been preaching for the past 6 years, or so).
STOP taking out Fire Trucks to vehicle accidents, period! You have what, 6 chase vehicles in the Fire department? Go to the scene and if there's a FIRE, call in one of the trucks. In the mean time, carry a fire extinguisher. You cannot save every life, vehicle or structure. In most cases, they're INSURED anyway. The money you save just might help to get that cost of living adjustment and or furlough days removed.
I, (for one) am sick and tired of these crybabies with their wants, not needs. Be happy you have a job. I have many friends out of work, some for more than a year now. Oh, and if you want to stop crying about the cost of living increases, next time vote for a Republican and you'll see gas go back down to $2.00 a gallon and milk less than $2.00 a gallon, where it should be. Start to recognize much of this inflation is your own fault.
