District 2

Current council member Honiss Cane

In a class by himself - a class I hope no future Pocomoke council member would aspire to reach.

It is perhaps best if I relay incidents I have observed and been told over the last 17+ years.

You will recall that the former Pocomoke police chef was found guilty for obstruction of justice in office. A Pocomoke police officer fixed tickets for Mr. Cane's son. Mr. Cane said he did not ask for the tickets to be fixed. I worked in Pocomoke city hall during the time of this trial and I know differently. In essence the former police chief "took the fall." I heard much discussion of this during that time in the city manager's office. Mr. Cane should have insisted that the tickets be paid. As a council member he should have known better than to allow the tickets to be fixed on his son's behalf.

Mr. Cane purchased a home in another district yet maintained that he still lived in District 2. Yet his neighbors say he in fact lives in this new home. Perhaps his not running again is his acknowledgement of this.

Further, when called on this during a council meeting, he verbally attacked the citizen doing so and berated her for having unpaid medical bills. Unbelievable!!
Especially so if you consider that he was always at least 2 years behind in paying the taxes on his Pocomoke properties during the time I was in city hall. He was drawing a city salary! He apparently felt entitled to be delinquent. The same was true for the city manager and another council member. All of them should have known better.

My thoughts on current Pocomoke council members

For what it is worth (may not be much) I offer my opinions of our current council members, starting with 5th District, my district.

Rob Clarke
The one council member I trust. He is honest, respectful, forthright, intelligent, logical. I trust him far more than his predecessors. He listens to me and considers my opinions. This does not mean he agrees with me. But he listens. I think he would do this for any Pocomoke citizen without bias. He does not play games like his predecessors did and does not let emotion or favoritism get in the way. What you see is what you get. Very decent man. State Forester for Worcester County.

District 1, Robert Hawkins
Basically a good man. But he has been there too long. Goes along to get along. The fence sitter. Needs more backbone. Not as straight forward as I would like. Retired from NASA.

District 3, Bruce Morrison
Another basically good man. I lived next door to his mother for seven years. She was very kind to me and a good mother. Based on that I believe he cares about Pocomoke.

District 4, Tracey Cottman
I have limited knowledge of Tracey, just what I read in the paper and council minutes and what I observed on election day in 2009. She was the director for the Local Management Board in Somerset and is coordinator for Somerset Safe Schools, Healthy Students. She reportedly does very good work there. Rob Clarke tells me she is not in Cane's back pocket. But even the mayor was quoted as saying she was not always responsive to her constituency.

And last, District 2, Honiss Cane . . . .


More later.

Hoping to see real change

Getting to be time for another Pocomoke City election. Thank the Lord we have new faces in both districts up for election this year. I am especially thankful that Honis Cane is no longer in the picture. Now maybe there will be some semblance of proper elections.

I wish the new candidates well in their efforts. I hope those that are elected will truly remember they serve the people and their focus to that end is maintained while in office. Hopefully they will not buy into the old status quo as our current mayor has. Hopefully they will remember their promises to citizens throughout their term(s) in office.

I pray it is so.