Friday, March 23, 2007

Joey Again Libels the Mayor to the Benefit of the Opposition Slate. Slate Remains Silent on the Behavior of Little Joey.



This Deserves It Own Post. As my viewing of Joey’s site and the other blogs comes in waves due to extenuating factors, I took chance to peruse his site yesterday. In the morning he had a post about the Mayor holding a press conference to produce evidence that a certain candidate for City Council actually does not live within the City. Now hold on a second there. This is huge news if true. Why wasn’t this brought to my attention sooner? You would think that this candidate would be crossing her T’s and dotting her I’s, but if Joey is to be believed, the Mayor has potential information that would invalidate her run for office.

The mind was left to wander. Where were the facts? What proof would she have? Joey claims to be a member of the press, so it is safe to assume that he has some inside dirt on what is about to go down and he wouldn’t just post a rumor with such loaded insinuations. The allusion was that the Mayor was up to something and the posts provoked the anit-Mayor sycophants to quickly comment about how horrible the Mayor was and how this was just another of her corrupt and insidious tactics to maintain her stranglehold on Salisbury power.

That Joey is such a tease. All he lets us know is that there will be a press conference. The Mayor called the press conference. The Mayor was providing evidence to invalidate the candidacy of a popular opposition candidate. Subsequent comments that would obviously follow as a result of this post indicated that the Mayor was a horrible woman who has no qualms in bending the law or decency to procure her desired outcome.

On the edge of my seat, I checked backed to Joey’s site to see how that apparently vicious public servant was going about her nefarious ways to harm the innocent citizens of Salisbury.

I was a little confused about what I read next.

Apparently there was no press conference. It was a legal proceeding, which is even seedier. That evil Mayor is apparently willing to pervert the justice system to do her bidding. Has she no decency? But wait, charges were being brought by another man, not the Mayor. What about Joey’s bombshell? His bombshell is a curmudgeonly old man who is looking to cause trouble with no real substance to his claim? I thought the Mayor was this horrible person who was making shady deals to kick out political enemies?

Would Joey make a retraction?

Nooooooooooooooooooo.

Our quick-speaking, slow-witted reporter did what any self-respecting journalist would do! Grasp for straws and spin! Hoping that his readers would overlook pesky details like previous statements and facts, Joey went on as if this was what he had stated all along.

They Mayor was responsible of course for putting this man up to it. The proof? The man had an Ewalt sign in his yard. That must mean he does the Mayor’s bidding, putting himself out in public to be in idiot on a low-brow fishing exposition. I mean, when Joey puts himself out in public to be an idiot on a low-brow fishing exposition he is doing the bidding of Councilwoman Campbell and the opposition slate, right? The Mayor should know that she is responsible for the actions not only her supporters, but of the supporters of her allies. The Mayor must also be responsible, according to Joey, because only she would know that the candidate lives on the city border. Gotcha Mayor! Throw in some bravado and inflated self-importance, sexually crude comments about the Mayor’s body, and let the gossiping/hatemongering start.





(Say what you want about the Mayor and her personality or character, but I haven’t heard one iota [and rightfully so] of information about the personal lives, sexual preferences, or body features about any of the opposition candidates or Councilwoman Campbell. There have been no embarrassing photos or libelous/slanderous gossip that I have been privy to. So, who is running the dirty campaign?)

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Changing of the Tides: Old Man Duvall v Little Joey Albero


The purpose of this site has always been to change the tone of the political discussion in Salisbury. I have been trying to keep a low-profile lately due to the upcoming election and not wanting to come off as a tool of a specific candidate (The whole cliché of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is very easy to fall into if you aren’t careful)and general busyness. I will knock out this post quickly to get the discussion started(so there may be typos Outraged “Miriam Webster” Richard, ).

To quickly recap and bring everyone up to speed on what has been happening, I will use the lazy literary tool of bullets:

*Joey get sued for being an ass but played it off like he is being kept down by the man.

*Duvall has been taking slight digs at Joey, as even though the man is old and possibly senile, he has enough sense and wherewithal to take a step back and see how dangerous and nuts that Joey is.

*Joey takes the low road and posts a link to the now defunct Duvalies (where did you go?),

*Duvafiles continues slight digs at Joey as the rational onslaught against Joey builds, with Gunpowder and Outraged Richard (two individuals decidedly not in the corner of the Mayor) becoming more vocal in their disapproval of Little Joey’s tone.

*In a rational moment of maturity and clarity, Little Joey lets the slights of Duvall pass, perhaps in deference to the man that started it all. He slightly takes a dig at Gunpowder’s site content, completely ignoring the fact that one of Gunpowder’s posts gets more comments then Joey gets all day. Little Joey still does not take me up on my offer to rationally debate the issues without personal attacks (pussy).

*Along the line, Duvall starts allowing me to comment (No Sympathy too!!) about the tone of those who are bashing the Mayor and those aligned with her. My argument has been all along that you can be against the Mayor, but it shouldn’t be so personal. Outraged Richard joins in the fracas and there is particular attention drawn to the Professor and her penchant to compare Local Politicians who questionably spend taxpayer money with some of the worst humans in recorded history.

*The Professor is most likely the “many, many people” who are emailing Joey constantly to tell him how horrible Duvall’s site has become. The only noticeable change in the site is that Joey is not allowed to post and others are allowed to question reasoning and facts. The site is evolving from a backslapping, anti-Mayor circle jerk into a forum for discussing the issues (Ironically what it was to begin with before Jannace and Joey came along. Now we have a situation where not only bloggers, but those who merely comment on the blogs feel as though they are local celebrities. Inflated ego followed).

*Joey posts about Duvall and it is filled with insults and backhanded compliments.

*Duvall censors a comment of mine that I will choose to summarize here: “Yes, those you are against haven’t always acted the most mature, but you choose to respond to my accusations of immaturity with the defense ‘They started it, so I am going to do it to’”.

*Duvall then brings back the post about Comegys’s charges and continues the mudslinging. There are no real mentions of the issues, and I would argue that the Editorial in the paper about the blogs was accurate as this has become a personality driven campaign. (Great comment in there by the way about how there is just a segment of the community that refuses to not only get along, but to play nice in disagreeing. How many years does this go back?)

*Joey continues his slanderous ways, posting absurd post after absurd post, with no refute from anyone. He does manage to throw some facts in there.

*Somewhere along the way Joey makes a claim about how the other blogs don’t bother him, yet neglects to mention that he trolls these sites constantly and never passes on an opportunity to prove them wrong. (Except for my site, which never gets mentioned as I guess intelligent discussion of the issues do not interest the persistent naysayers. It is easy to dismiss your detractors as crude and point to one site, but it is difficult when they actually expect you to provide valid reasoning for their opinions.)

*Joey has hit an impressive stretch of attacks along with a complete lack of self-awareness to the hypocrisy that is coming out of his mouth. I will address his impressive stretch in a later post.

I think we can declare a winner. Duvall has been relegated to backup status and has taken to following orders from Joey. He used to be the leader of the blog movement (quite amazing for a big city, much less a small community like Salisbury), but is now relegated to second class status. Please, correct me if you think I am wrong, but do these people not go to Joey’s site first? Do they not talk and bully like Joey? Do they not attack constantly like Joey? Joey is winning this fight against civility, and Duvall is to blame.

Everybody take a step back and realize this is bigger then a City Council election for small-town Salisbury. We have a man who started with a vendetta against a Mayor and Zoo Administrator. He slowly obtained some followers who were already against the Mayor and were looking for another excuse to bash her. We have gone from that frisky man with a Camera on Jannace’s site to a man with his own site, with followers who could care less about the Mayor and a list of enemies growing longer by the week. It has grown to include the Chief, Comegys, that Assistant Prosecutor, Doug Church, Shannie Shields, Duvall, Slak, etc (Please let me know if I am missing anyone). This isn’t just a list of people that Joey dislikes; but are people that Little Joey literally is out to get on any given day. It is an ever growing list that grows as Joey’s ego grows. What have these people done to Joey? Nothing really. Except the disagreed with Joey or dared question his “authority”. Don’t you people see what is wrong with that? His disease is spreading and it is contagious and it will bring the whole city down. Make sure that everyone reads this post as we need to double our efforts to stop this nonsense before it spirals down further. We need a rational dialog on the issues, not just personal attacks against those whom we disagree with. Disagree without being disagreeable.

UPDATE: Duvall allowed a comment I had posted earlier to stand that blantly critiqued those who talked about the candidates personal lives, and it obviously applied to him. He deserves credit for that. Pay attention Joey, you will be tested on this later.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Breaking Down Joey's Lunacy

Another edition. Strap yourslef in. Lets go. Joey says...

It seems to me just more than a year ago Barrie Tilghman pulled a Press Conference and invited the entire Public to go visit each and every one of them. Now all of a sudden she thinks that IF you are not 100% behind her she wants to sue you with tax payers money to attempt to take away your freedom of speech.

This has nothing to do with 100% support as Joey is the only blogger that seems to keep getting sued.

Allow me to remind you and your attorneys of the most important message offered each and every day on my Blog Site Barrie Tilghman, “Salisbury News provides access to resources and other information on this Web site as a public service. Although reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that all electronic information made available is current, complete and accurate, Salisbury News does not warrant or represent that this information is current, complete and accurate. All information is subject to change on a regular basis, without notice.”

What the hell does that mean? Because you put that up you can libel at will? What is your legal rationale? Screw it, what is your reality-based rationale?

What Barrie is trying to do as well as Al Webster is spend YOUR money to go after someone like me in an attempt to shut us up.

I would think that they would be paying their own money to protect their reputation, no? If not, I do not blame them- its a public office, not an invite for public abuse. And they arent trying to shut "you all" up, just for you to stop libeling Joey. They do not want money, they want the libel to stop.

I find it VERY interesting that Duvafiles and Delmarva Dealings haven’t received any such letters.

Because they show that you can be sharp critics without being crudely personal or libeless. Get a clue. He is completely missing any shred of self-awareness or class. Does he really not see the difference?

I will remind everyone the FACT that she sicked the FBI on Bill Duvall, (unless he made that up) in an attempt to shut his Blog down a year or so ago as well.

I believe he was visited because he kept coming across embarrassing documents on the administration to the point that he was so far in her head, that when he stated he tapped into her computer she believed him. Completely different from the circumstances you have brought upon yourself.

They’ll go to any extreme to force the Public into believing everything that comes out of her mouth is in fact the truth and this just isn’t so. Heck, our own Lawyers caught Barrie in numerous lies just in depositions alone. Could it be called stretching the truth, instead? Nevertheless, I have freedom of speech backing me up and like it or not Barrie Tilghman needs to sue everyone, not just me.

This is the most shocking part of his posts (and Joey I know you are reading this- please play attention) is his complete lack of understanding of the First Amendment and the fact that it is not an all-encompassing bubble for him to hide under while he carries out his personal vendetta. If some of the Salisbury attorney's are reading this, please take pity on this poor man, break the blackballing for an afternoon and sit this poor shell of a man down and explain the ins and outs of Freedom of Speech.

In the end she will lose because she’s an egomaniac and in her mind she cannot be beat.

"Pot calling the kettle black" just does not do this quote justice. We need to start a new phrase to adequately capture the delusion- "Albero calling the IDIOT! Albero"?!? (50 Idiot! Points to the best saying.)

I will say this however, I like this attorney that’s representing her. His letter was extremely professional and not an attack. I did call him yesterday afternoon but he has yet to return my call. Perhaps he realizes I don’t get scared very easily?

This isnt a game Joey. They arent playing the vendetta game with you. These are real people's lives here. This is a real threat to you. Everyone knows that you have made libelous statements and cross the line on a regular basis. You will be given no benefit of doubt.

Remember Folks, this is your leader playing these games. You step on her toes and she’ll go to any extreme to discredit you. Hey Barrie, I don’t need credit! LOL

Yeah, you need help.




It is quite funny to see his rap sheet explicitly spelled out like that. Legal problems, anger management issues, inappropriateness, etc spelled out like that is hilarious. A vicious pimp slap to remind Joey of his standing in the community. The list could easy pass for a younger George W. with all that indiscretion. (Or a Kennedy, Gunpowder. Gotta be fair right?).





(hey, is that a fire in a theater???)
Joey wants to become the Donald Trump of the Eastern Shore

I step away for a little bit and Joey's ego is obviously hurt as he has to act out more and more. The desperation is sickening. I have been busy, but there are a couple of things that I need to post on, so I will knock out a couple things and then open it up to have the primary discussion in the comments section. Look for updates on the original posts as well.

It appears as though Joey is throwing a temper tantrum because he is not getting his way. Now he raises some good points - probably completely inaccurate as I am sure that a non-profit group cannot just pocket money to the benefit of its members- about the group wanting the old theater. He feels as though he should be given the chance to purchase this property "for the betterment of the city" and he will bring in "50 jobs" as well as a windfall of money.


I would like to start the movement now to keep Joey away from this property. I do not care if the city has to PAY this group to take on responsibility for the theater, the City cannot let Joey expand his stake in the Downtown area. He already thinks that the whole town owes him and should cater to him, with just one building in his stable. Imagine how megalomanical (that a word?) he will be when owns a Performing Arts Center.

Lets make sure the fundraising drive is a success. Where can I sign up?

And to all the armchair lawyers: How can they go about preventing Joey from buying this building?
a. by giving it away, and
b. if they have to take the highest bidder, which will likely result in Joey overbidding in a psychotic rage?


On a side note, I predict the first major fight between Joey and the new council will involve: Joey wanting to buy more property for the cheap on the Plaza and the council hopefully saying no. He then will go into a fit of rage at them for not respecting the fact that he put them in power. He will then begin his campaign against the evil FOD (Friends of Deborah).



I am going to go now so that I can check my email to make sure I am not being sued.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Who Says You Cant Fight City Hall, and the Zoo, and The WWTP, and the Law, and the City Council, and The Salisbury Bar, and Ex-Wives/Husbands, and....


Just when you think your out, he sucks you back in! Joey, in heeding our criticism at the lack of originality in his posts, has responded with an ill-advised pissing match against Chief Webster. Now, it looks like Gunpowder is going to break Joey's two statements about the dueling lawsuits down, and I am still trying to calm down from laughing so hard so head over there and check it out as I am sure he will do a thorough reality smack down on Little Joey.

Getting into all the instances where Joey is way off base or incorrect, I would like to just focus on the main point right now that Joey is missing in all of this: He is a danger to society.

Joey states: "I have “ALL” the information you didn’t want me to get anyway and it’s on line first. "

He truly thinks that the reason he was not invited into the press conference is that the Chief does not want to aid Joey's site. This man is off of his rocker. The Chief realizes how crazy Joey is and does not want to encourage Joey any further by indulging Joey make-believe-big-boy-journalist fantasies.

Joey, I am mad at you for all you have done, but most pressing now is that you have made me go and agree with the Chief. Only Joey could make the Chief into a sympathetic figure. You are harassing the Chief, libeling him and his work on a personal and professional level, and encouraging others to join in (Such as Kate insinuating that the Chief was gay. Real mature there professor). That, along with other insinuations along the way about the Chief at Seacrets, and there is no way that you can state that the Chief's reputation has not been affected. Isn't that the very definition of libel?

This isn't about being jealous of Joey, or about blaming Joey for "the crime on the Plaza" as Joey has stated, but about finally providing some restraints on his erratic behavior and keeping him in check. Peter Pan is finally being told no.

Time to grow up or self-destruct, Joey. Your choice.