On Tuesday, November 10th, the Wicomico County Council will hold a public hearing on County Executive Rick Pollitt’s proposed budget amendment. Nominally, this budget amendment is to correct a revenue shortfall caused by a loss of over $6 million in state aid to the county. In reality, [...]
Attend this evening’s Salisbury City Council meeting. During public comment ask this simple question:
Will you continue to support the rising crime rate or will you take action against crime, starting now?
Let the Barrie Comegys bloc – Gary Comegys, Louise Smith, and Shanie Shields – know that you want change! This [...]
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 [...]
We’re Back!
Sorry for the hold up, but I’ve been on the road all week and couldn’t fix the problem that brought the site down last Friday.
For those of you concerned that enemies of truth, justice, and the American way were at fault, don’t worry. The problem was [...]
Former New York Gov. George Pataki has endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over GOP candidate Dierdre Scozzafava in the race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District. Principle over party is now the cry!
As Hoffman narrowly moves into first place in a three way race, we are [...]
Is it possible to sap the spirit of giving from Christmas? No, but some Easter Shore residents sure give it a go.
Yesterday the Salvation Army kicked off its annual “Red Kettle Drive” with a breakfast in Salisbury. These giving individuals, and many others, will spend countless [...]
As an Anabaptist I’ve been a fan of Jim Wallis and his Sojourners movement for some time. I believe in peace. I believe in justice. However, I do not always agree with Wallis’s beliefs as to how we reach these goals. I believe that peace is best obtained through [...]
Originally broadcast 45 years ago, Reagan’s words are as true today as they were then. Sure, the Soviet Union has fallen (thanks to him). Sure, tax rates are a little lower (again, thanks to him). However, the ideas that an ex-Democrat spoke of 45 years still hold true.
With Barack Obama [...]
Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt took his anti-revenue cap show on the road this morning. Speaking before a Salisbury / Wicomico Economic Development (SWED) meeting, Pollitt and a member of his finance staff argued that the county’s existing revenue cap is simply unsustainable.
I would agree that the [...]
The arrogance of bureaucrats never ceases to amaze me. They spend the TAXAPAYERS’ money yet act as if it’s from their personal discretionary account.
A current example is the $4 million purchase of the Powerwave campus on the corner of US 50 and Walston Switch Road, east of [...]
Voting for Barack Obama in 2008 has proved to be an embarrassment for Virginians. With just over a week to go before Virginia’s statewide elections, voters could be in for a tragedy:
[...]Rep.-Elect Ruth Briggs King (R-Georgetown), along with other members of the Delaware House GOP Caucus, has called for more transparency of legislative and judicial expenditures. King (R-Georgetown), along with State Reps. Richard Cathcart (R-Middlewtown) and Dan Short (R-Seaford), recently sent a letter to the Senate Pro Tem Anthony DeLuca [...]
Today is the birthday of the Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS; first woman Prime Minister of HM United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; co-architect of the renewal of the UK and British conservatism; hero of the Cold War.
[...]Democrat Attorney General Candidate Steve Shannon has not only fallen in the polls (he’s running 15 points behind GOP candidate Ken Cuccinelli), he has fallen to the depths of playing the race card. In his last debate with Cuccinelli before the election, Shannon called Cuccinelli a de facto racist [...]
The College of William and Mary held their homecoming this weekend. Guess who was the homecoming queen? A self-described “gender-queer” individual by the name of Jessee Vasold.
At the risk of offending almost everyone, I can only ask, “What is the world coming to?”.
From the Daily Press’s [...]
Bearing Drift’s Brian Kirwin hit the nail on the head – the Washington Post’s surprising (yeah, right!) endorsement of Democrat Creigh Deeds is BECAUSE Deeds promises to raise taxes.
[...]With Virginia’s statewide elections less than two weeks away and approximately 50% of 2008 Obama voters saying that they are unlikely to turnout, it seems Democrat gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds doesn’t quite know what to do. Reverting back to “Mr. Me Too” won’t drive the left to the polls. Publicly [...]
There is no joy seeing Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley finally admit that the state’s level of education spending is unsustainable. If O’Malley had confessed that simply throwing money is not the solution to any problem there would be some cause for applause; unfortunately, this is a [...]
Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) has built a sizable fundraising lead over his most likely opponent, Maryland Sen. Andy Harris. Over 50% of donations received by Kratovil in the last quarter come from PAC’s. According to the Baltimore Sun:
More than half of the Democratic incumbent’s donations – $119,600 – came [...]
In a few weeks newly minted Nobel laureate Barack Obama is expected to sign a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen (sight of Obama’s recent Olympics debacle). This treaty will, if ratified by the Senate, prove far more insidious than the recently enacted “Cap and Tax” legislation:
Remember, it will take [...]
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is considered by many to be the front runner to take the Senate seat once held by his father, Vice President Joe Biden. Or I should say that HE WAS, until news started leaking out regarding the hapless state of the [...]
In the words of that great scholar Gomer Pyle, “SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!”.
The Maryland State Teachers Association (now traveling under the moniker “Maryland State Education Association”) has endorsed Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Rep. Frank Kratovil for re-election.
Why would this, or any other supposedly non-partisan group, endorse these candidates [...]
Will the messiah help Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds make up ground in his uphill battle against GOP candidate Bob McDonnell? I doubt it. However, if by some strange turn of fate Deeds does become Virginia’s next governor, Obama will certainly take credit. If he loses [...]
Democrats, and their cohorts in the media, love to accuse Republicans of “going negative” and “not talking about the issues”; that is, until issues aren’t on their side. Two cases in point – the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races.
New Jersey -
Gov. John Corzine (D-NJ) has a record that any [...]
When Jim Ireton was running to be Salisbury’s mayor there was no question that crime was a TOP concern of voters. Things don’t seem to have gotten much better since his election. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Salisbury Crime Taskforce Ireton provided some hint as to his [...]
Why won’t the Democrats even discuss it?
Obviously they won’t discuss tort reform because trial lawyers rank up there with hedge fund socialists, Hollywood, and Big Labor as primary funders of the coming “People’s Revolution”. That said, when the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) admits that tort reform would save Americans [...]
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Liberal GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has indicated that she will vote for the health care bill currently before the Senate Finance Committee.
"When history calls, history calls," Ms. Snowe said in a statement. "I happen to think the consequences of inaction dictate the [...]
Was there ever any question that the Virginia League of Conservation Voters was merely an auxiliary of the DPV? If there was, it went by the wayside in this year’s gubernatorial election.
The VLCV has endorsed Democrat Creigh Deeds. No surprise there. However, to claim that “Mr. Me [...]
My Red Maryland colleague Brian Griffiths has an excellent post which discusses just some of the pitfalls of the Mitt Romney health care plan now reeking havoc on the poor citizens of Massachusetts. Reading it I was reminded of some statements made by then candidate, now [...]
Politico asks the question. Red State’s Erick Erickson provides a response:
“Grassroots activists need to start infiltrating the party,” said Erickson. “The only way to start getting [the establishment] back is to start pounding them with every fist we have.”
On many levels I am in complete agreement with Erickson. [...]
This is an update to last night’s story regarding the misstatements of Wicomico County Board of Education (WCBOE) President Mark Thompson.
WCBOE “Public Information Liaison” Tracy Sahler is back in her office today, but she’s hiding the facts from the public. To understand the extent [...]
Wise people learn from their mistakes and view adversity as opportunity. This may be a cliché, but true none the less. One thing we have learned this week is that the people running the Wicomico County Board of Education (WCBOE) are not wise men and women.
After being [...]
John Fredericksen, Superintendent of the Wicomico County Public Schools, is attempting to draw attention away from the core issues revolving around yesterday’s report of inappropriate material found in an elementary school library. Fredericksen wants the public to believe that issue is closed with the POSSIBLE removal [...]
Doug Devenyns has resigned as the head of Wicomico County’s Department of Corrections.
Press Release from the office of County Executive Rick Pollitt:
POLLITT ACCEPTS CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR’S RESIGNATION
For Immediate Release
Salisbury, MD
October 7, 2009
Wicomico County Executive Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., has accepted the resignation of Douglas C. Devenyns as [...]
Many years ago, when I was a child, public schools had librarians. These kind, quiet ladies made sure that our schools were stocked with material that would help us learn AND was appropriate for our age. Today, at least in Wicomico County, schools don’t have librarians. [...]
The Delmarva blogosphere continues to grow. Back in August we published a few statistics about blogs based in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. We promised to start doing a quarterly report. Here it is.
For each state we’ve listed a cross-section of blogs with their Alexa ranking and growth (or [...]
Maryland Delegate Mike Smigiel (R-36) has published a great letter on his blog from a citizen of Cecil County. The gentleman expresses many of the same concerns we hear from other law abiding Marylanders. Yet, the leftist government of Maryland refuses to allow honest, law abiding [...]
Right Coast Girl, the blog of local AFP leader Julie Brewington, reports that stoplight cams are coming to Fruitland. Stoplight cams are highly controversial, particularly in conservative counties such as Wicomico. What makes this especially interesting is that this blog post went up 3 days before [...]
GOP Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli has received the endorsement of the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police. According to FOP President Tommy Edwards:
"Ken Cuccinelli’s outstanding recognition of the problems faced by the Supreme Court Case Melendez Diaz, his early and outspoken push for a Special Session, and [...]
Salisbury city councilman Gary Comegys smells blood in the water; so does the Tilghman Times. Sadly, they can’t quite figure out whose blood it is. Is it Councilwoman Debbie Campbell’s? How about Mayor Jim Ireton’s? Therefore, Comegys is trying to play both sides against the middle, [...]
I thought that elections were held last spring. However, the person who was elected mayor of Salisbury certainly isn’t the person running the city’s government. If Salisbury mayor Jim Ireton really is in charge, he must be schizophrenic, because he publicly states that one thing will happen [...]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD)
What do these folks have in common? They’re Democrats. They’re left wingers. … and they all support ACORN.
While Barack Obama’s former employer is using YOUR tax dollars to assist child prostitution rings, YOUR representatives in Congress are doing all that they [...]
Much has been made on talk radio and in the conservative media about Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) “being pushed under the bus” by his own leadership. This is hogwash in its worse form. Wilson certainly isn’t being pushed under the bus and he certainly isn’t a hero [...]
Salisbury has become one of the most dangerous cities in America. The spendthrift policies of the Barrie Tilghman administration has led Salisbury to the its own fiscal crisis. A newly elected mayor has shown an inability or unwillingness to control his own police chief. You would [...]
Salisbury City Councilwoman Debbie Campbell held a press conference this afternoon to respond to the baseless, manufactured, charges lobbed at her by political detractors:
“In an attempt to put some of this foolishness to rest, I am here today to answer questions regarding this matter. I have decided [...]
Were anyone’s minds changed by Barack Obama’s speech? There was nothing new, except for a “promise” to make some effort on tort reform (I’m holding my breath on that one). There certainly wasn’t any detail.
The most interesting part of the speech was Obama’s claims that it would [...]
Today is Labor Day. On Friday, while on the road attempting to earn a living, it seemed that every five minutes it was announced on the radio that Friday was the first “furlough” day for state employees. Pretty interesting that it turned a three day weekend into [...]
It definitely isn’t “FOR THE CHILDREN”. If it were, the Baltimore Teachers’ Union would be attempting to duplicate the success of KIPP’s Ujima Village Academy. The problem is that the Ujima Village Academy is a charter school.
Teachers at the Ujima Village Academy work two hours more per day and every [...]
If you live on the Northern Neck AND you oppose ObamaCare, you’re just dumber than a sack of hair. At least that’s the view of certain members of Virginia’s lefty blogosphere. Why not? The Obamamaniacs can’t win the argument on merit, so let’s ridicule the good voters [...]
