Carnival of Maryland #5 and posting schedule

I’m waiting on Kevin Dayhoff to put up the Carnival of Maryland #5, when he does so the link will be here. But I also wanted to take a couple minutes to welcome yet another MBA member (The AT Wire out of Cumberland, a website focusing on video games) and go through the posts I’m going to attempt to accomplish this week.

Tonight I’ve gone through well over 100 pictures I’ve taken over the weekend between the 42-0 party at Brew River Friday night, Pork in the Park yesterday, and the Shorebirds game today. It’s almost to a point where I need a work day to relax!

However, tomorrow night is the monthly WCRC meeting so that article will come out for Tuesday morning. I think what I’m going to do is my pictorial (just pix and captions) of the 42-0 party on Tuesday night and revisit the Pork in the Park festivities with some of my comments on Wednesday night. Thursday will be my usual SotW post. So that should catch me up on my pictures and if I have a little extra time later this week I’ll post a review of the 42-0 show on my Myspace site’s blog.

Some have commented to me regarding what they perceive as a lack of coverage on the city budget. I suppose I feel that for me to look at the city budget is to have me reinvent the wheel. Delmarva Dealings is all over the city budget like fleas on a hound dog. Meanwhile, Joe Albero’s done his own detective work (or invited a lawsuit, or both) by taking a look at Shanie Shields’s alleged criminal record on Salisbury News. So I don’t really see where I can add a lot to their work.

Would I be disappointed if Louise Smith votes to remove the city’s tax cap? Of course I would. To me, there’s plenty of fat that can be trimmed in the city budget, and I’m sure Debbie Campbell and Terry Cohen have been burning the midnight oil looking at all of these line items. If the tax cap needs to be bumped up because there’s just no money after prudent cuts to give first responders a good raise, that’s understandable, but tossing it away entirely is giving Mayor Tilghman (read: developer welfare) a blank check.

While I often state that I write monoblogue about what interests me, there’s times where I have an interest in a subject but don’t feel the need to step on other toes where their coverage is good. Other times I just don’t see an angle where I can fit in.

For example, I know Salisbury News covered Pork in the Park pictorially; however, I have a little bit more to add because I was an event volunteer so I can write from that perspective. I have a few suggestions to make what should have been a most successful event judging by the crowds even better.

And this weekend I just decided to focus on the good side of life on Delmarva for a change. For all that we know is wrong with Salisbury, Wicomico County, the state of Maryland, our nation, and the world at large, there’s a lot more good that happens. I had a lot of fun over the weekend and I feel like reliving and sharing it. Hope that’s all right with all of my readers; if not, just don’t stray too far for I’ll be back to the harder stuff sooner or later.

Author: Michael

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One thought on “Carnival of Maryland #5 and posting schedule”

  1. Mono Mike:

    That’s a poor excuse you’re spinning — we’re talking about a huge tax increase that Barrie wants even if the tax cap is not voted off the island of Salisbury.

    BTW, isn’t the proposal to kill the cap just cover for the “Scheme Team” (Louweasel-Bubba-Shanie) who can “look good” by standing up to Barrie on that but giving her all the taxes she wants?

    Wonder what the folks at the Rep. pow-wow tonight will have to say about Louweasel if she dances to Barrie’s tune on taxes. If you make that meeting please do tell because “inquiring minds want to know.”

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