OCEAN CITY- Ocean City and the entire resort community this week is mourning the passing of an icon, Rose Brous, who died on Tuesday ironically just one day before she was scheduled to be honored as the Worcester County Commission for Women’s Women of the Year for 2015.Brous passed away on Tuesday at Atlantic General… Read more »
Category: Editorial
State Losing Millions On Procurement Failures
Courtesy Baltimore SunAs members of the Maryland General Assembly wrangle over budget cuts and deficits, it’s tempting to think that there’s a quick fix to the state’s fiscal problems. But what if there was a way for the state of Maryland to save money that didn’t involve raising taxes, fees or surcharges, didn’t require cutting… Read more »
Hiring Freeze A Wise Early Budget Move
The Worcester County Commissioners made an easy call this week to institute a hiring freeze in light of serious budget deficiencies that need to be reconciled this spring.Why it was decided in closed session and announced via press release without public comments from the commissioners is unclear, however. Once again, the commissioners continue to show… Read more »
Tax Formula Approach Is Right Direction
There was a lot of predictable ingratiating in Snow Hill this week, but privately a battle will unquestionably ensue over Ocean City’s proposed agreement that calls for large increases in funding from the county.The six-page Memorandum of Understanding created by the Town of Ocean City seeks to do away with the entire discussion of tax… Read more »
Disappointing Decision On OC Wind Turbine
Government bodies are typically quite predictable in their decision making, but that was not the case last week when a resident’s years-long effort to build a wind turbine on his property failed to get approved by the Ocean City Mayor and Council.Indeed it was quite surprising to see Ocean City resident Jim Motsko’s wind turbine… Read more »
Numerous Indicators Prove Market Confidence
Statistics and individual perceptions do not always confirm the same conclusion, but in the case of the coastal real estate market that does appear to be the reality.Ask 10 local business owners how their business was last year and you are likely to get 10 different answers. While the majority may agree it was a… Read more »
Dew Tour Stayed Longer Than Expected
There was nothing nefarious about the Dew Tour’s decision to not return to Ocean City in 2015 for a fifth year. It was simply a business decision — a wise one at that — by organizers aimed at continuing to evolve the brand, and the sponsors that make it possible, across the country.In fact, a… Read more »
Smoking Will Be Limited But Not Banned
Some could argue it’s a matter of semantics, but it’s important for supporters and detractors of the current smoking regulation process in Ocean City to remember an outright ban is not happening.Ocean City appears to be honing in on its chosen direction with an ordinance to return next month that essentially creates a number of… Read more »
Boardwalk Needs New Street Performer Regs
The planned creation of a Boardwalk Regulation Task Force is what should be the first step toward Ocean City taking another shot at regulating street performers.Officials learned the hard way last summer that they cannot simply allow the federal court ruling on a case challenging the town’s street performer regulations to be the final say… Read more »
Council Needs To Simplify Smoking Talks
Ocean City needs to quickly resolve what it wants to do with smoking on the beach and the Boardwalk.This has been a difficult and unnecessarily complicated process for the town, and the new Mayor and Council, with its three new council members, is clearly struggling with it as was the case with the former body,… Read more »