Support Group Has Faith In Process Editor:Fully Involved S.T.A.F.F. (Standing Tall Around Firefighters) would like to take this opportunity to thank The Dispatch newspaper for your article, “OC Fire Department Embroiled In Turmoil.”After many years of ongoing issues within the Ocean City Fire Department including the witnessing of deteriorating morale, strong arm management, fear of… Read more »
Category: Letter To The Editor
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Council Impresses Editor:Earlier this year I had approached the Ocean City Mayor and Council with trepidation on an age-old problem that I had sought for some guidance to rectify.The wariness came not from knowing that the functioning body was made up of a group of professionals that operated your vacation getaway with a high degree… Read more »
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Decision To Save Tree Appreciated Editor:I would like to publically thank the Town of Ocean City for saving “the tree” on 4th Street.As background, late last summer, standing in the parking lot of the Atlantic United Methodist Church parking lot and looking north toward the post office, I watched the demolition of the older buildings…. Read more »
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Donations Appreciated Editor:The Noel Community thanks everyone for the donations of gloves, hats, socks, and blankets during our eleventh annual gLOVEs drive over the Valentine Day season.Local food pantries, lower income day care facilities, and social service groups will distribute the items collected. Together, we were able to warm the hearts and hands of our… Read more »
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Political Party Facts Editor:Which party fought to keep black people in slavery, was the favorite of the KKK, and from 1870 to 1930, used fraud, whippings, lynching, murders, intimidation and mutilations to deny black citizens their right to vote? Which party passed the Black Codes and Jim Crowe laws (legalizing racial discrimination)? What was the… Read more »
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Bus Stop Intentions Meant To Deceive Editor:A wise man, Bo Ruggerio, once told me some good advice. He said, “Look after the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.” I know that the issue of $13,000 for an expanded bus stop on the corner of Somerset Street and S. Baltimore Ave. is small… Read more »
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Berlin Reflections Editor:I had the unfortunate experience of attending an exercise in futility – the public hearing on the Berlin stormwater utility. It was a standing-room only meeting. There were quite a few people who spoke against the stormwater utility, I was one. Those that spoke in favor of it were mostly people who wanted… Read more »
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Winter Donations Eyed Editor: The Noel Community continues its outreach program during the cold winter months.We are in need of gloves, hats, socks, and blankets. This Valentine’s Day, open your heart and share the gift of warmth during our 11th Annual gLOVEs drive. Please consider dropping off a donation of a new pair of gloves,… Read more »
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Councilman, Citizen Have Slurpee Bet Editor:The Ocean City Council is living beyond its means and borrowing the difference. Last year the city’s debt rose $15 million. Councilmembers tell me this will continue because we are “rated AA”. However it is only a matter of time before the credit agencies downgrade the city’s credit rating.On Jan…. Read more »
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Editor:Congress and President Obama have set the inheritance tax trigger at $5 million and indexed it to inflation. They also indexed the alternate minimum tax (AMT) to inflation. This legislation limits some of the penalty to those that have achieved wealth that they subsequently pass it on to their heirs. It also limits the penalty… Read more »