By Thornton Crowe
Salisbury has always seemed like a relatively quiet, suburban area where things are slow paced, except for the Walmart parking lots. We’ve been living in this myth perpetuated by City Hall that not much crime goes on around here and compared to the big city life, we’re safe from the ills of the world.
We seem to forget we’re less than two hours away from our Nation’s capital. Do you really think Salisbury isn’t be an attractive area for terrorists to make the grandiose statement that they can hurt us anywhere and everywhere?
In keeping with my article earlier and reading through last weeks posts about bike trails etc., it occurred to me… Is our local government prepared for incidents like what happened in Orlando and San Bernardino?
As many people whom have worked in government or the military know all too well, it is not uncommon for terrorists to see a place like Salisbury as a perfect soft target, much like a mall or movie theater. Soft targets are generally ill-prepared and under-trained to deal with serious incidents and almost always have a high potential for massive collateral kill rate.
An example of this is, last fall, in a small Utah town, Eagle Mountain Elementary school had a bomb threat where there was an hour-plus standoff between authorities and a terrorist. Therefore, if no town is too small, doesn’t it make you wonder if Mayor Jake Day is really prepared for such a catastrophic event like a terrorist act in Salisbury.
I don’t recall Day ever issuing any kind of statements during these events in other areas or making any promises to keep Salisbury citizens safe during his campaign. In fact, I haven’t heard any of our community leaders ever address this national issue.
Is there a contingency plan we’re unaware of? Does the local government even have any way to track immigration – legal or illegal – to the area and if so, are they even tracking/using it? The answer would seem to be NO!
Questions for my fellow citizens: Do you really believe it will never happen here? Does our local government really have our backs?
Just something to think about…
