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 »
Enforcement LackingEditor:I recently returned home from Ocean City, my first trip of three or four for the year.I visited from June 3-9. I stayed on the Boardwalk at the Holiday Inn on 17th Street. I was on the Boardwalk every night from the Inlet to 17th Street. I observed many police and safety officers throughout the Boardwalk,… Read more »
Grateful For Dog RescueEditor:We own a condo in Ocean City and were there Memorial Day weekend with our 1-year-old German Shephard. It was Seana’s first visit to OC. She is a very nervous dog. Unfortunately, when our security guard helped my husband open the lobby door, the dog was startled knocking my husband into the… Read more »
More Parking Meters Likely In Ocean CityEditor:It looks like we can never satisfy the Ocean City Council and Mayor’s appetite for taking more of our money. Their recent effort to justify the installation of additional parking meters on the ocean side of 11th to 33rd streets is the latest example of their craving for more… Read more »
