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Poll Question: Quickened expansion of the city of Salisbury, into County areas will have what effect on the local economies? |
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| Positive For The City |
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| Positive For The County |
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| Positive For both |
2 (66%) |
| Negative For The City |
0 (0%) |
| Negative For The County |
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| Negative For Both |
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1 (33%) |
| #2 and #4 |
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| Total votes: 3 |
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Topic: Growth: Expanding city limits? (Read 688 times) |
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Growth: Expanding city limits?
« Thread started on: Nov 21st, 2002, 3:35pm » |
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Below is a map of the Salisbury/Wicomico Co. area detailing present, proposed, and possible future city limit boundaries.This photo was scanned from The Daily Times(Sunday, 12/02/02):please direct any objections to the use of the image on this site to: hangfivefred@yahoo.com and it will be removed as soon as possible:
The REDish shaded areas are pending annexation proposals,The GREEN shaded areas are likely future proposal, or long-term ideas of the same,and the YELLOW areas are the current boundaries of Salisbury city limits
There are many angles, from which to look at this. Specific impressions would be most wisely gathered on a case by case basis, but either specifically or in general terms...
How do you feel about the growth, of not only the city into the county, but of city and county areas together as one?
Is this an out of control situation that needs to be stopped altogether, or merely a circumstance of our times and location, succeptable only to monitoring, and responsible planning at best?
How do you envision the future for this area and it's people?
Yesterday's Daily Times cover story(Sunday 12-03-02) dealt with the annexation thing... expanding city limits and what-not. If I thought anyone cared I'd be tempted to scan the map of the areas and post the image on here... lots of pretty colors and a good view of the area so maybe I'll do it just to pretty things up a bit around this place. Gotta get some content somewhere, spark something in some one who may one day have something to post here... >>tedley continues kicking dead horse...<< so look for the pretty picture... COMING SOON!!(posted now at top of this thread) My own opinion is I hope Salisbury eats up the whole county, just stay back from the tidal wetlands a good 1000' !! Seriously, unless it's one private home, or a restaurant(and only then,... way up the river right around the poo-poo spill zone...) there's no need to allow people to build stuff over the water like the special citizens of Worcester County when it's so harmful. Idiots not only make our council and community a laughing stock, but they're thrashing the damn planet as well, that's the only thing wrong with developement and annexation IMHO.
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Re: Growth: Expanding city limits?
« Reply #1 on: Dec 3rd, 2002, 10:27pm » |
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Having read the editorial in todays paper(Tuesday 12/03/02), I can say a little more related to this...When writing the above thread, I neglected to think of the expense to home owners, as annexation engulfs them. I can imagine many, many feathers being ruffled if those figures only start at a minimum $3000. I understand there are steps being taken to cushion the financial impact, but any additional, unneccessary expenses do not go over well here... remember VOICE?Our local daily paper is really on top of the issues lately. I seem to be only reitterating what I read there with these forums now, when only weeks ago, I saw such a void concerning the same issues I started these boards. I guess they were expending so much time, space, and effort on the elections before, or particular issues were still only looming but now they've returned to the forefront and are getting plenty of coverage. I'm not sure, but the paper is on top of it.With the above mentioned facts stated(regarding the paper coverage), and a continued lack of community participation on these boards, the only purposes served well by these boards will be for my own distractions, and as a little time capsule like summary of the issues that have happened, that anyone can browse as a refresher, long after the daily newspapers have found their way into recycling bins...
Oh how I hope that's not the case 
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Re: Growth: Expanding city limits?
« Reply #2 on: May 11th, 2003, 07:22am » |
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I want NOTHING to do with the city expansion. I think they should take care of their problems before adding to it. The mayor and council can't agree on anything, I will fightany expansion to my last breath! I know how backwards they are and how STUPID the city councilmen/women are and the token is!
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Re: Growth: Expanding city limits?
« Reply #3 on: May 16th, 2003, 01:19am » |
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Glad to see the former in your name... the fact that you let anything the mayor or council does affect you is fact enough for me to conclude you can't make it anywhere.
Try Baltimore or something, maybe Cambridge. Geeze what a losing fagg you are.
Don't come back dork.
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Re: Growth: Expanding city limits?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 11th, 2003, 6:43pm » |
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haha, that was interesting....
i'd have to say, though, that he/she makes a good point in saying that rapid expansion might not be the best thing. i can't say i would fight it to my last breath, but i can understand the shortfalls of rapid expansion.
i am all for growth, but i believe it should be done so comprehensively and intelligently.
i've grown up my whole life screaming to the outsiders, the western-shore residents, about how great salisbury is and how big it really is...
...well, i've come to understand through four years studying urban growth and planning and how these actually effect the built and unbuilt landscapes, as well as the positive and negative aspects of expansion and the different methods of doing so, ....that perhaps, it is not so cut and dry.
i can say that i would support an absolution of the county proper, and create a joint wicomico-salisbury governmental unit. now, on the selfish side, that would create a salisbury of 90,000 people (technically) or whatever wicomico's population is today. for those of you who would complain about taxes, tax districts are a fact of the day and should be used in an adaptive and flexible manner across the county as it grows in certain areas, maintains in others, and stagnates in others yet.
on a less selfish note, the absolution of borders at the edge of a gradiating urban landscape is necessary to regulate AND promote growth. with one ruling body that has both the urban, suburban, exurban and rural areas in mind and at heart, we will have a comprehensive plan for what areas should be expanded, at what rate, and how.
it may seem drastic to many people that we go the way of jacksonville, fl, suffolk, va, virginia beach, va, or god forbid, atlanta or denver. but there came a time when because of growth at the apex of the wicomico river it was best to create a wicomico county out of somerset and worcester. perhaps now is the time for salisbury and wicomico to meld togethor and eliminate the bureaucratic in-fighting and self-sustaining mentality that create these issues.
that's my two cents. let me know what you think.
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Re: Growth: Expanding city limits?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 13th, 2003, 7:03pm » |
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I'll give more thought to this when I have more time to not only post it but time to process some of your points.
With all the issues and problems on the tables around here lately, it's clear county residents care about what goes on in the city, and city residents have interests in the county. The recent city election boasted only a small percentage of voters turning out which is curiously unfortunate given all the recent hooplah, and speaks toward the innadequacies of our current situation. Salisbury has been like a train with no one competently and successfully handling controls for sometime. I'd hate to think of a similar fiasco having occured were the city and county already merged together but it's definitely something to strive for, having the two work as one someday. I guess? 
I'll have to catch up on and come back to this one later. I've always had my own opinions about this stuff, but so do many other local people and the fact that some of these less than well formed opinions have been acted on, is certainly a part of our problems here. I'm torn myself.
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