While numbers can be manipulated to make just about any kind of point, it’s also true they can tell an interesting story. Here’s some numbers of note that I came across over the last week:— 3: Inches of snow that fell at my office in Berlin. My scientific way of coming to this number was… Read more »
Category: Between The Lines
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
It was startling to hear City Hall is supporting alternative four of all the proposed Route 50 Bridge projects. Fortunately, this project will not be happening anytime soon, and there’s plenty of time to evaluate this enormous project. It’s worth pointing out this endorsed option received the most criticism from local people at the various… Read more »
Thoughts From the Publisher’s Desk
For months, the public has not been privy to exactly how bad things are with the county’s finances. In this instance, there’s no reason for conspiracy theories here. It’s just that nobody truly knows how grave the shortfall between revenues and expenditures is going to be for the next fiscal year. I was hearing the… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Excuse me for a moment while I wipe the proverbial pie off my face. Last week while crediting the Ocean City Mayor and Council for making the obvious decision to freeze all employee salaries, I commented I hoped the county would “see it the same way.” It turns out the county back in November issued… Read more »
Thoughts From the Publisher’s Desk
The Ocean City Mayor and Council deserves recognition this week for approving City Manager Dennis Dare’s plan to freeze all employee salaries for the next fiscal year. This is precisely what we called for in an editorial last week, and that’s worth pointing out to blow our own horn. It’s noteworthy because there are times… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
I almost always support the governmental bidding process because it’s the simplest way to do business fairly and explore the market for the best value on services and goods, but Ocean City did the right thing this week when it decided to skip this step, contracting instead with a vendor it has worked with for… Read more »
Thoughts From the Publisher’s Desk
Now that Ocean City has its own vanity license plate, it should be interesting to see how sales go. According to the City Clerk’s office, more than 100 applications have been submitted so far for the vanity plates, an example pictured inset. The fee is $35 payable to the town of Ocean City and the… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
In the days leading up to this week’s Maryland General Assembly session, there was a lot of bipartisanship talk. Both sides of the aisle were quoted in media outlets as saying it will take a team approach to work on balancing the state’s budget and address the $1.9 billion shortfall. State Senate leader Mike Miller… Read more »
Thoughts from the Publisher’s Desk
Contrary to media reports this week, it comes as no surprise to those who know Berlin that the beautiful Atlantic Hotel is vacant again. It has long been known current management was struggling to pay its bills and that sales were not up to par. For these reasons and others, it became painfully clear over… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Here are some predictions for how I see 2009 developing locally and elsewhere:— Due to bureaucratic delays and other practical obstacles, not one slot machine will be operated at any of the state’s select sites. That will happen in 2010.— After making some minor tweaks to the proposal on the table, the Ocean City Council… Read more »