Ocean City Should Reconsider New EventEditor:How does this strategy help rebrand the town’s family image?At the recent Tourism Commission meeting, the council members present rehashed a previous discussion of the Adventure Fest motorcycle event scheduled for the same September week the unsanctioned pop-up car rally is in Ocean City.By including another event that week, they believe,… Read more »
Out Of Control DevelopmentEditor:It is pretty evident to anyone who follows events in Ocean City that most developers get just about whatever they want when doing business in the town. Although a tome of rules and regulations exist, the developers and their legal teams merely view such rules as a small hindrance. They pretty much… Read more »
Downtown Project Questioned Editor: The Honorable Rick Meehan, Town Council, Mr. Miller, Ocean City Planning and Community Development, and O-cean City Development Corporation: (The following was submitted to The Dispatch as well as the assignees:) As an owner in Assateague House Condominiums, 210 Worcester Street, I am writing to state my opposition to the requested… Read more »
McGean A Good ChoiceEditor:Congratulations to Terry McGean on his appointment as city manager for the Town of Ocean City. Terry has served the town for more than 30 years and has been responsible not only for major projects like beach replenishment and additions to the convention center, but also for such everyday functions as bidding… Read more »
Eight Levels Of ControlEditor:There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a social state, wrote Saul Alinsky in his book “Rules for Radicals” in 1971.1 Control healthcare and you control the people.2 Increase the poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and… Read more »
Flawed Room Tax OrdinanceEditor:The Mayor & City Council (M&CC) of the Town of Ocean City recently adopted Ordinance 2021-24 which directs the expenditure of money derived from the Hotel Rental Tax, otherwise known as the Room Tax. This new ordinance replaces an earlier one passed in 2007, which was flawed from the outset. The old… Read more »
50-State MarathonerOffers InspirationEditor:While we all hoped that 2021 would be a welcome change from the COVID disaster of year of 2020, it appears that our hopes were dashed. Although vaccines are readily available for those who want it and severe illnesses are being curtailed thanks to new precautions, we are now under the Omicron variant… Read more »
Ad Agency RecognizedEditor:I would like to recognize and thank the Baltimore based advertising firm of MGH who has been the Town of Ocean City’s advertising agency for the past 20 years representing the Town as our agency of record. Over the two decades they have represented Ocean City, MGH has played significant role in helping… Read more »
OP Geese Not A NuisanceEditor:Euthanasia – the wrong word, a wrong choice.Reading today about the latest developments relating to wild geese in Ocean Pines, I am disheartened in a way I hoped I would never be again. A page 6 story in the Ocean Pines Progress newspaper discusses the abandonment of a special turf option… Read more »
Bike Path OppositionEditor:I would like to go on record as being 100% opposed to using the condo row easement for a projected bike path. My family has been owners on condo row since 1972 and Im sickened to think someone is even suggesting to alter this pristine landscape. My wife and I are both daily… Read more »
