Hypocritical ArgumentEditor:In a letter to the editor in the Aug. 24 issue, “Hypocritical Views In OC,” “progressive” Jared Schablein goes way out on a limb in his attempt to defend wind farms.He does so by comparing them to banner airplanes and boat advertising. I’m wondering if he knows the meanings of the following two words:Fleeting:… Read more »
Hypocritical Views In OCEditor:Mayor Meehan and the OC Council should stay consistent on their beliefs.Over the past year, there has been a heated debate involving the offshore wind project in Ocean City. Despite that fact the project would add 9,700 new jobs in Maryland, make significant contributions to our state tax revenues and result in… Read more »
Questionable ProcessEditor:All property owners in Fenwick Island should be aware that the Town is allowing the owners of the Sands Motel to place mechanical equipment on the roof of the planned new hotel up to six feet above the 32-foot height limit. Hence, parts of the new hotel will be 38 feet high.There is complete… Read more »
Expert Misinformed On Fishing, Wind FarmEditor:Information reported about a recent public meeting concerning offshore wind turbines (The Dispatch, July 17) was both inaccurate and misleading.Much of the misinformation concerned Meghan Lapp, whom the Dispatch described as “a noted expert on the impacts of wind farms on commercial fishing” who “serves on numerous fishery management councils… Read more »
Expressing Opinions Is Constitutional RightEditor:Lest we forget it was Barack Hussein Obama who said, “Elections have consequences.” In response to Melissa Reid’s July 20 letter, “No Place For National Politics In Tourism,” boats in marinas are privately owned. The owners have a “constitutional right” to express their opinion.Business owners also have the right to display… Read more »
OCBP Saved My LifeEditor:On the 4th of July, the Ocean City Beach Patrol saved my life. A simple sentence that cannot clearly express the skill, dedication, training and personal focus of the staff who did it, and based on that experience, to the 200-plus others who make up an amazing contingent of people employed in… Read more »
Common Sense NeededEditor:On a Boardwalk, which is a public thoroughfare called Atlantic Avenue, people are not allowed to smoke or vape because the Town Council is so very concerned with visitors’ health. But the public has to tolerate being poisoned by spray paint fumes because the town is afraid of another lawsuit, based on the… Read more »
Response To ‘Illegals’ LetterEditor:Richard Ruzika’s letter (“Illegals Must Go Home” in the June 29 issue) begins by claiming that nobody knows how many “illegals” are here in the United States. Actually, there’s quite a bit of information about undocumented residents, if one is interested in facts. Studies report there are about 11 million residing in… Read more »
A Poem For OC EMSEditor:To begin, I will tell you my name is Kurt, This is about a day I was tragically hurt. It was on that day EMS of Ocean City got a call,About someone involved in a fall.Before the fall, and that call, something I want to tell you all.I myself was glad… Read more »
Right Call By Ocean City To Not Accept ProposalEditor:I applaud our Ocean City officials who refused to accept the offer of goodies from Big Wind in exchange for dropping opposition to wind farms in our viewshed.Not so for the Interior Department, which bowed to a lobbying campaign by wind and oil companies by gutting the… Read more »
