Distorted Facts Fueled Town Hall MeetingEditor:I attended the Rep. Andy Harris town hall Friday, March 16. It was frustrating not being able to respond to the liberal Democrats’ uneducated ideas about how to deal with gun violence. There was no time. I attended the meeting to encourage Rep. Harris to continue his work on protecting… Read more »
OC Can Go Below Constant Yield RateEditor:Recently the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of the Town of Ocean City were informed that the constant yield property tax rate for Fiscal Year (FY)19 increased slightly from 46.56 cents per $100 of assessed value to 46.67 cents. Thus, the staff plans to submit a draft budget to… Read more »
‘Thanks For Coming’Editor:Comments on last week’s news. New minimum wage could cost Ocean City about $188,000. How much will “paid sick leave” legislation cost including reporting, tracking and notification? We live in a coastal town. Flooded downtown streets are no big deal, do not present a safety issue and are part of the coastal charm. The only thing… Read more »
NRA’s Extremism AppallsEditor:I have recently viewed excerpts from the Town Hall meeting, comments from NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch and comments made at CPAC, conservative organization by Wayne Lapierre, CEO of the NRA amongst others.I find their continued statements, fostering and promoting distortion of the second amendment to the level of disgust that I must do… Read more »
Seabay Lane ConcernsEditor:Since the rezoning of a piece of marshland just south of the Route 90 bridge, also known as Seabay Lane, the Town of Ocean City has permitted the construction of a massive hotel complex within a small existing neighborhood.We have 25 taxpaying homeowners who have been waiting four years for a road maintenance… Read more »
Ignorance No Excuse For Breaking Law On Short RentalsEditor:It’s simple and the law is very clear: short-term rentals in R1 single family residential neighborhoods are not allowed per the Worcester County Code.The law considers short term rentals a commercial enterprise and commercial use is not allowed in R1 single family home neighborhoods.The definition of short term rentals… Read more »
Topless Focus Out Of PlaceEditor: It’s ridiculous that the Town of Ocean City has vowed to pursue the rare female topless sunbather with such legal vigor while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the year-round homeless problem on the Boardwalk.The men camped out on the Boardwalk aggressively harass visitors, prevent anyone from using the public… Read more »
Fake News AwardEditor:Mr. John Phillips, I am going to give you the January 2018 award for “fake news.” Guess what: I was the only Ocean City cop to work directly with famous drug interdictor Frank Mazone. Guess what I was working on: interdicting the traffic of heroin and cocaine. There are only two local guys… Read more »
Midterm ConsiderationsEditor:We the people of the Eastern Shore need to very seriously consider who represents us in congress this coming November. Currently our representative for the first district is Andy Harris and I believe it is safe to say that Andy Harris is not representing the Eastern Shore very well at all.We are lucky enough… Read more »
OC’s Message On Recycling DisturbingEditor:I am once again writing about Ocean City’s lack of a curbside recycling program. I was told several years ago by members of the OC Council that Ocean City pays to have its trash transported to Pennsylvania to be incinerated. I was told that it is cheaper to send all Ocean… Read more »
