Voices From the Readers

Voices From the Readers

Commissioners Let Down ResidentsEditor:On May 18, I attended the public hearing held by the Worcester County Commissioners regarding a barking dog ordinance. I had collected 27 signatures in support of this ordinance by neighbors in our development.As I spoke with them, we all had hope for the first time that something might be accomplished to… Read more »

Voices From the Readers

Voices From the Readers

Citizens Concerned Over County DirectionEditor:The time for government transparency and accountability is urgently overdue. Massive unnecessary spending and ignoring citizens’ concerns are problems viewed of utmost importance about our Worcester County Commissioners. These are true issues of the Concerned Citizens of Worcester County (CCWC).Many of the issues/concerns have been addressed directly and indirectly by individuals… Read more »

Voices From the Readers

Voices From the Readers

Taxi Medallion FalloutEditor:When a medallion system was proposed to “clean up” and regulate the taxi system in Ocean City I, being a driver for four years, was happy. There were too many taxis, mostly driven by unscrupulous characters, ripping people off left and right. The legislation was intended to limit the number of taxis and… Read more »

Voices From The Readers

Voices From The Readers

Go Forward With No DrawbridgeEditor:Ocean City has complained for years about the Route 50 drawbridge. The City Council, in reversing themselves on the 45-foot high bridge, shows the short sightedness in their recent vote. The traffic problems will not get better with either of the drawbridge designs they now favor. Any time you are dealing… Read more »

Voices From The Readers

Voices From The Readers

Editor’s Note:The outrage over Ocean City eliminating its recycling program and expanding its current waste-to-energy policy has dominated these pages for the last few weeks. This week, we decided to forgo our weekly editorial to allow for viewpoints to be expressed. For those keeping track, including this week’s letters, there have been 11 letters to… Read more »

Voices From The Readers

Voices From The Readers

Ending Recycling In OC Raises Many QuestionsEditor:Who is Covanta? I became curious as to this wonderful company that would burn our recyclables and turn them into energy just as good as our current system of recycling them.Well, it seems the company has quite an interesting past: Recently, this company was found guilty of violating federal… Read more »

Voices From The Readers

Voices From The Readers

Support For DriversIn Spat With CouncilEditor:As a longtime resident of Ocean City and a frequent user of a taxi to get around on our little slice of heaven on the Atlantic, I watched the contretemps between the Silly Council (also known as the “greedy bastards”) and a couple of the local cab companies (also known… Read more »

Voices From The Readers

Voices From The Readers

Support For CountyTourism Funding ShiftEditor:As president of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, I’d like to express my thanks to Lisa Challenger and the Worcester County Department of Tourism.We are a small organization that works to help our business community succeed and the Tourism Department has been a wonderful tool to help with this goal.Lisa and… Read more »

Readers Viewpoints

Insightful InterviewOn Health CareEditor:Kudos to Michael Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, for his honest and informative responses regarding health care reform in last week’s issue of The Dispatch.Albeit a different avenue, I too have been in the healthcare industry for over 35 years and have seen first-hand the inadequacies. No, all is not… Read more »

Readers’ Weigh In On Matters

Insightful Interview On Health Care Editor: Kudos to Michael Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, for his honest and informative responses regarding health care reform in last week’s issue of The Dispatch.Albeit a different avenue, I too have been in the healthcare industry for over 35 years and have seen first-hand the inadequacies. No,… Read more »