Passing The Buck To Bloggers

Those mean, nasty, evil, bloggers.

In her final State of the City address, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman warned residents of what she sees as a great danger to the city: malicious bloggers.

Tilghman said in her address Thursday that over the last five years, the presence of a small group of suspicious, mean-spirited people focused on the negative has grown, endangering the city's vitality.

Tilghman says some people are avoiding serving their city because it's not worth chancing the scorn of bloggers. But Tilghman says they need to stand up for the city.

Tilghman's final day in office is April 19, but she says she plans to remain active in the city. She says she plans to give a less formal farewell address before leaving office.

It amazes me how she is more concerned that people are avoiding serving their city because of the possibility they will be scorned, rather than facing the fact people aren't doing their jobs right, which leads to them being scorned.

Maybe the mayor should focus on the things that are important, like improving his golf game, finding affordable car insurance for city employees, or maybe even improving the city's public image. Imagine that.

It's always someone elses fault, and the bloggers are an easy target for the mayor.