License Fee Outrageous Editor:I became a resident of the State of Maryland when I moved to Ocean City and registered my 2003 Hyundai Accent accordingly and paid the $50 fee for personalized license plates. (I opted to have the exact same plate number that I had in a different state for over 20 years).Last week, much… Read more »

Not About Playing Time Editor;When my brother entered the dugout on April 27, just minutes before the start of the baseball game, Stephen Decatur vs. Snow Hill High, he had no idea what situation he was about to encounter. There were three games that week. He had pitched five shutout innings in two games for… Read more »

Not About Playing Time Editor;When my brother entered the dugout on April 27, just minutes before the start of the baseball game, Stephen Decatur vs. Snow Hill High, he had no idea what situation he was about to encounter. There were three games that week. He had pitched five shutout innings in two games for… Read more »

Ad Outrages CitizensEditor:Students at Stephen Decatur High School are in shock over the paid advertisement that was released in the Friday, May 11 issue.Richard Ferro and Garrett Magaha are popularly known as favorite teachers, coaches and colleagues throughout the school. Ferro and Magaha were recently recognized by student votes for various teacher superlatives in the school… Read more »

Lawsuit Next? Editor:Well it looks like the band of four has struck again. First they fire an excellent city manager because he doesn’t agree with ” their” plans for the future, now they go and hire a new city manager and again the vote comes down to 4-3.One of the questions that needs to be answered… Read more »

Pillas Right On Bonus Editors:I though we elected people to the City Council who would be considerate on how they spent other people’s money.It seems I was wrong when all but one member of the council were willing to go along with the idea of giving a bonus to all full-time employees. Your reasoning: To… Read more »

Stop The Subsidizing Editor:The proposed increase in the OC tax rate from $.395 to $.4685 represents a tax rate increase of 18.6 percent.My assessed value didn’t decrease by that percentage. The City Council needs to look for more cuts instead of raising rates to that level.OC is paying for services that the county should be… Read more »

Contrasting Figures Simple To Explain Editor,In last week’s edition of The Dispatch, in the section Between The Lines, you posed the dilemma of how two key economic indicators for Ocean City, room and food tax and demoflush numbers seemed to be in conflict during certain periods of time. The reason for this is really quite… Read more »

Thanks You To Legion Editor:I wish to thank the American Legion Post # 166 for the “WELCOME HOME” held at the Post this past Thursday. The chow was great and the company outstanding.For those that pulled a tour of duty in that rice hole known as Vietnam this was a very welcome change from what… Read more »