OCEAN CITY — Resort officials on Tuesday took their first step toward pursuing legal action against Worcester County after the County Commissioners summarily rejected the town’s tax differential request earlier in the day.On Tuesday morning, the County Commissioners voted 6-1, with Commissioner Joe Mitrecic, who represents Ocean City, opposed to reject the resort’s latest request… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2017
OC’s Tax Differential Request Rejected Again; City Likely To Consider Legal Options
SNOW HILL – County leaders agreed this week not to grant the Town of Ocean City’s request for a tax differential.On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners voted 6-1, with Commissioner Joe Mitrecic opposed, to continue the longtime practice of providing Ocean City, and the county’s other municipalities, with an unrestricted grant in the coming fiscal… Read more »
State Nixes Fingerprint Requirement For Uber, Similar Companies
by Shawn Soper
OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City continues to wrestle with how best to regulate Uber, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) last month announced it had approved an alternative background check process for drivers that appears looser than the process for resort cab drivers.Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft, for example, have… Read more »