The document discusses issues facing Salisbury, Maryland such as crime, housing, infrastructure, and unemployment. It argues that raising taxes or borrowing more money will not solve these problems and that the city needs to broaden its tax base by attracting new businesses and encouraging existing businesses to expand. This will create jobs, stabilize neighborhoods, and improve quality of life. The document proposes that Salisbury should change its attitude toward business by providing exceptional customer service, reducing bureaucracy, having timely permitting, and responsive public works to attract new businesses and help existing ones expand.

1. SALISBURY AT A
CROSSROADS
REVITALIZING SALISBURY’S
ECONOMY

3. INTRODUCTION
Issues:
• Crime
• Housing
• Neighborhoods
• Crumbling Infrastructure
• High Unemployment
• “Quality of Life”

4. How do we solve these problems?
• Tax and spend?
• Borrow and spend?
Borrowing has to be repaid.
Salisbury’s residents and businesses can only
pay so much.
We CANNOT Tax our way out of our problems.

5. SO .… WHAT DO WE
DO?
SALISBURY NEEDS TO BROADEN IT’S TAX
BASE –
Attracting new businesses AND encouraging existing businesses (and
hopefully seeing them expand), creates jobs. Attracting high quality
jobs to Salisbury promotes home ownership, reduces crime, stabilizes
and improves neighborhoods, and improves the overall quality of life
within the city and in Wicomico County. Expanding the local
economy allows Salisbury to increase government revenue without
raising rates. Expanding the local economy also puts Salisbury in a
much better position to address its future infrastructure needs without
raising rates out of the reach of residents or businesses.

6. HOW?
CHANGE SALISBURY’S ATTITUDE TOWARD
BUSINESS
When a business comes to Salisbury, they should
feel like they’re checking in to a 5 star hotel.
- Salisbury councilwoman Debbie
Campbell

7. Superior businesses are known for
exceptional customer service. Government
should be no different. Residents and
businesses ARE the city’s customers. They
provide the revenue which allows
Salisbury’s municipal government to
function. If Salisbury is to be successful in
maintaining its existing business customer
base AND in attracting new businesses,
City Hall must start to provide
EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER
SERVICE.

8. • Reduce Bureaucracy
• Timely Permitting
• Responsive Action from Public Works
• Make Dealing with the city FAIR and
PREDICTABLE

9. To View the rest of Joe’s Plan go to:
http://bit.ly/WGGVEB
Please send comments to: AlberoForMayor@gmail.com
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Albero For Mayor
By Authority of Luke Rommel, Treasurer

10. To View the rest of Joe’s Plan go to:
http://bit.ly/WGGVEB
Please send comments to: AlberoForMayor@gmail.com
Follow Joe’s Campaign on FaceBook
Albero For Mayor
By Authority of Luke Rommel, Treasurer