After the humiliation of a 13 point loss in yesterday’s Mayoral primary, don’t expect Salisbury Councilman Gary Comegys to slink into the shadows.  The fight has just begun. While it is still possible for former councilman Bob Caldwell to oust Comegys with 200 absentee ballots still out...

Last night’s Salisbury City Council meeting was relatively short but instructive on so many levels.  The most instructive point was the glimmer of what Salisbury could expect under a Barrie Comegys administration. During discussion of the city’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for FY...

The other day we ran a post on the Barrie Comegys clique attempting to play “victim” while at the same time attacking their opponents.  Fortunately, those who are incessantly attacked and abused by the Barrie Comegys cabal don’t whine about it. I was particularly impressed by ...

In a vain attempt to “kill the messenger” and deflect attention from their own actions, various acolytes of the campaign to keep the Barrie Comegys train running OVER Salisbury are telling blatant lies AND showing the worst hypocrisy imaginable.  This morning’s op-ed from our ...

Even when the Daily Times manages to do a good job with a subject, they manage to screw it up with their blatant political prejudice.  Case on point - Sunday’s set of articles on Salisbury’s downtown followed by an op-ed that deliberately deflected attention from some of the root ca...

… Will Voters Do What’s Needed for Change? Former City Councilman Bob Caldwell has announced that he’s a candidate for Mayor.  Salisbury is in the unique position of having two different, but excellent, candidates in the race - Caldwell and former City Councilman Jim Ireton. P...

Fiscal restraint means restraint on BOTH the taxing AND spending sides of the ledger… unless you are a member of the appropriating class or (evidently) Americans for Tax Reform. While I have always been an admirer of Grover Norquist, his folks over at ATR must be having a truly blond moment to...

In her tenth year in office, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman has accomplished what most megalomaniacs only dream of. Tonight the Salisbury City Council will formally hand over all governing authority to the Queen of Barrieland. Not a shot will be fired. Not a stone will be thrown. The only protest w...

During Wednesday night’s Salisbury City Council public hearing on the budget attendees had the pleasure of hearing the well expressed views of many of their fellow citizens. None was more interesting than former city councilwoman Lynn Cathcart.Like her fellows, did Mrs. Cathcart offer solution...

The following is the statement I delivered to the Salisbury City Council at Wednesday night’s public hearing: To paraphrase the philosopher George Santayana, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.â€� It is unfortunate for the taxpayers and ratepayers of this city that ...