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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Delmar Dustpan! You are Being Called Out!

Delmar- Howard Dickerson from the Delmar Dustpan claims that the Delaware Open Meetings Law was violated when Delmar, Delaware councilman, Rob Thompson elaborated on a sign issue which was being brought before the Delmar Delaware Board of Adjustments. Apparently, Mr. Thompson spoke about the matter before the meeting was called to order. I agree with The Delmar Truth in the fact that the matter was spoken about at a previous public meeting where I am guessing Howard was not in attendance. But furthermore, I am assuming that Howard was a witness to the "briefing" which occurred before the gavel fell. Therefore, it does not appear as if anything was said in private.  Not all public meetings are called to order in the formal sense. Mr. Dickerson has been to enough budget meetings to attest to that. The budget meetings are held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, yet I daresay the person in charge formally calls the meeting to order.

I believe that perhaps the real reason for his discontent is the fact that a favorable recommendation was given by the Board for the additional sign which was requested for Atlantic Financial. Atlantic Financial will be occupying the old Bonanza building. My personal opinion is that Delmar is very fortunate that after lying vacant for a number of years, someone was interested in fixing the place up. I think a sign is the least we can do.

While my purpose with this blog is to bring a positive aspect to Delmar, I also want it to be a place where a difference of opinion can be voiced. It is my understanding that Mr. Dickerson often puts his own spin on things that happen in and around Delmar and I want to provide a place where people can go to give us another side to the story.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

dustpan guy,shame on you,why would you want to start that sort of trouble.gossip that all his blog is,some true, most of it has been twisted to raise eyebrows,and the article about the high school kids christmas concert,terrible.why would someone say such things about kids.

Anonymous said...

Good job Delmar Daily,I think all of Delmar has had enough of this idiot,after his comment about the kids at christmas he lost me as a reader.

Anonymous said...

What a jerk!

Anonymous said...

Why is Howard still on the utilities comission? He does write discrediting thing about the town of Delmar,does delmar have a code of ethics like Salisbury.