It was a surprise to hear a proposal to cut the Maryland State Police’s aviation service on the shore is seriously being considered by the Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW).In these times of severely declining revenues amid mostly stable expenses, there will be major cuts made by governments across the country. In the case… Read more »
Ocean City decision-makers are clearly struggling with consistency when it comes to making calls on special events and pandemic safety reasoning. It’s understandable because there these are complicated decisions.A case-by-case approach is best to adopt when navigating this maze of uncertainty amid important decisions on whether to hold special events and offer services when safety… Read more »
Everything sounds good from the motorized task force in Ocean City, but we have all learned time will tell. There is reason for optimism, however.All indications are the pop-up car rally (the new term because associating it with the former H2Oi event is irresponsible) will be a major problem again at the end of September.It’s… Read more »
Now is not the time for more (or less) statewide restrictions on public places. The current limitations are accomplishing their goals of keeping crowd sizes modest and encouraging people to be outside.It would be naïve to believe at some point the state and most areas of the country will not return to some sort of… Read more »
It’s important for students of all ages and teachers to get back in school. We fully support reopening schools in a responsible fashion and through an individual jurisdiction decision-making process.However, we fear a state mandate on reopening public schools could be looming. According to Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday, State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon… Read more »
If crowding was the main concern for fireworks on the 4th of July being scrapped in favor of beefing up the planned New Year’s Eve fireworks, it would seem logical for Ocean City not to support the rescheduling of the annual air show.Like most folks, we enjoy the Ocean City Air Show each year. From… Read more »
On the same day just miles away, there were two well-intentioned events on seemingly opposite ends of the political spectrum. However, in many ways they were more similar than disparate.In Berlin, more than 120 people turned out on a hot summer day for a Black Lives Matter march organized by the African American Coalition of… Read more »
There are two major factors at play in Ocean City’s employee shortage crisis. First, this is the first summer in decades Ocean City will not have foreign student workers, who each often hold two full-time jobs. Secondly, the unemployment money is simply too good to get people back to work.Unemployment fraud is clearly happening with… Read more »
It’s tough to see anything but “lip service” in this week’s response to the lawlessness and unruly antics of large crowds in Ocean City. The same old elected officials’ predictable tough talk came at Monday night’s council meeting. The comments were expected and sang the same tune as the last 20 years whenever things go… Read more »
It’s time to put a curfew on the Boardwalk at midnight for a four-week period from late-May through mid-June. There is no reason not to impose the change to end the nonsense that has been occurring for years in Ocean City.The assemblage of large groups of young people from other areas has brought a familiar… Read more »