Comments on: SHORE THING: You Tell ‘Em, Ted

By: Mary Finney

Mary Finney — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:14:55 +0000

It would be nice if the ES News would cover Northampton, and especially Cape Charles, administration as thoroughly as it does Accomack County.

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:05:46 +0000

I wonder if anyone will smack Ted down for going after the Accomack Board of Supervisors the way anyone criticizing our fair town council for their wrongdoings gets slapped around?

By: Patricia Lilliston

Patricia Lilliston — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:40:23 +0000

Have been reading the WAVE for a while. Understand your intense feelings about the school, the process, and the Cape Charles town government, but don’t always read those stories all the way anymore. Hope you will start telling your readers what’s going on outside the town, and what the Northampton County government is up to -- besides that foolish sewer line. A good local news source is “ShoreLine” from the Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore -- you cover the town, they cover the county and the Shore. (www.cbes.org, the “Newsletter” ) The county Supervisors are pretending the sea level isn’t rising, that people don’t care how they spend their tax money, that nobody notices the schools are failing, and that the rules of good government don’t apply to them anymore, because nobody’s watching. I hope the WAVE starts covering some county meetings too -- and not just when Cape Charles’ hair is on fire. "ShoreLine" is not just a good news source, it's a GREAT source! Thank goodness for its dedicated writers and CBES volunteers. The Wave has reprinted an article from ShoreLine before (click here), and will request permission to do so again whenever articles deal with Cape Charles. If there is a competent writer out there willing to report for the Wave on Northampton County meetings (including school board meetings), we will gladly print the stories. Over the past year we've had some spot reports, but nothing consistent. Any takers? These reports don't write themselves. --EDITOR

By: Wayne Creed

Wayne Creed — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:05:25 +0000

In the last few months, we have witnessed a Mayor and Town Council that have attempted to quash free speech by stalinizing the rules for public comment, and they are now attempting to limit the amount of time even a Council member can speak. If you are watching closely, you will notice that they also adjust sessions or meetings to avoid public comment, such as the upcoming PSA meeting, where they are conveniently not going release the actual sewer rates for the special business tax district until AFTER the public has had its chance to vent its anger. Of course, if the Wave happens to bring this up, then oh my, they're just debasing our poor dedicated public servants, being so negative! Rather than being criticized for their reporting, the Wave and Ted Shockley of the Eastern Shore News should be defended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers defined by the Freedom of the Press clause which guarantees that people can publish any lawful material without fear of punishment by the government, even if that material is critical of the government: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom ... of the press."

By: Bob Meyers

Bob Meyers — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:59:50 +0000

GO WAVE!
If you can ever find a government throughout history that could be totally trusted and did not need a method to let citizens know their government’s machinations, I feel confident you will inform your readers of the shining example devoid of all human foibles.
Your reporting is a valuable and necessary service!