Each year I give some predictions for the coming year in this space. Here’s a look at how I fared with what I thought might take place this year. Some of my thoughts turned out to be accurate prognostications, some look ridiculous today and some are still hanging in the balance.On The Money:— I guessed… Read more »
The ongoing cleansing of the department budgets in Ocean City has led to some interesting revelations. In last week’s coverage of cost-cutting moves for the transportation department, it was revealed the town gives away approximately $122,000 worth of free rides on the Boardwalk tram and about 80 percent of that figure was used by about… Read more »
Regarding this week’s website decision by Ocean City, what’s interesting to me is how the council may or may not have looked over a key part of its code in approving the $178,000 expenditure for the new website to MGH Advertising. Not wanting to make the proverbial mountain out of a molehill here, I called… Read more »
Let’s take a look inside some numbers making news, locally and nationally, this week:— 60: Amount of people who attended the Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) District 1 Candidates forum on Tuesday to hear candidates Phil Cropper, Rex Hailey and Troy Purnell talk about town issues. All in all, I thought Cropper, who works in the… Read more »
Clearly, the time has come for the town to shut down its “Sea For Yourself” guide, which essentially provides the same materials as the Ocean City Chamber’s tourist guide. The two publications essentially carry the same materials and a majority of the advertisements are duplicated from one to the other. All sides seem to agree… Read more »
It’s true Ocean City needs a new website, but not at $178,000, as estimated by the city’s contracted ad agency. At a time when the city is trying to cut costs across the board, it’s a no-brainer the town needs to get other bids. From the financial end, it fails the common sense test to… Read more »
The political season continues, at least in Berlin, where a three-man race has developed for the District 1 council seat, a vacancy created by Gee Williams’ recent election to mayor. This is a compelling situation. As we learned in the October election, three-way races in a small town can be interesting, and it’s really anyone’s… Read more »
Some reflections on Tuesday’s election:— Although I was never wowed by his charm, eloquence or reform agenda like a majority of the country over the last two years, I felt a tremendous sense of pride in our country for electing Barack Obama as our next president. No matter what happened on Tuesday, it was going… Read more »
In a rare split vote, and perhaps a sign of things to come with this new group of elected officials, the Ocean City Council re-appointed Joe Mitrecic to the president’s chair last week. Voting for Mitrecic, who has served as president of the body since 2006 after he was re-elected, were Council members Doug Cymek,… Read more »
Some thoughts on this week’s Ocean City municipal election:— This week’s victory was a long time coming for Ocean City resident Doug Cymek, who finished in third place in the council race. After it was official he had enough votes to get the coveted seat, he was handed a hat by his campaign chair, Harry… Read more »