STATEMENT FROM WICOMICO COUNTY
COUNCILMAN BOB CULVER
ON TRAVEL EXPENSES
For
the past almost four years, I have been proud to serve as an at-large member of
the County Council. I do not take that
privilege lightly. I have done my best
to travel the County, meeting with concerned citizens and attending various
functions including town hall meetings, County fire department meetings and
more throughout the year. There have
many times when I have been the only Council member or one of the few Council
members present.
In
addition, for the last three years I have served as the alternate and then
primary representative for Wicomico County to the Maryland Association of
Counties which meets weekly in Annapolis. In my first year, I attended with our
representatives to learn more about County government and to meet our
counterparts from across the state. I
have honored my commitment to Wicomico County by making attending these weekly
meetings a priority.
There
are those who are trying to make an issue of the travel expenses I have
submitted for each year. Each council
person makes their own decision on how actively engaged they want to be with
the citizens of the County, whether they attend meetings outside of the area
and whether they use a County vehicle for travel. What they chose to submit or not submit is up
to them.
The
bulk of the travel expenses I have submitted reflect the weekly trips to Annapolis
to represent our County. I chose to
drive my own vehicle and submit for mileage reimbursement. If I had used a County vehicle, as others
have done, the report would look entirely different.
This
is a poor attempt to deflect from the real issues that face this County. It is disappointing that someone within the
County government felt that something like this warranted attention.
