Decision Jeopardizes Berlin’s CharacterEditor:Recently, the Berlin Historic Commission met to decide the fate of one of the town’s oldest houses located in the South Main Street Historic District.By voting to allow the current owner to essentially raze the Elizabeth White House, circa 1820, and “rebuild” a 3,000-square-foot-plus structure in its place, the commission has negated… Read more »
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Editor:Ocean City Council member Doug Cymek recently expressed concern about leaks coming out of discussions that took place during the council’s secret meetings. According to the councilman, “there are some people on this council who believe that the public should know everything that is going on at all times.”My response to Councilman Cymek’s concern is… Read more »
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Stolen Moped Found In Police Impound LotEditor:Prior to last week’s letter even being published, the OCPD investigating officer was here first thing Thursday morning Oct. 8. The first thing that the officer and my son discovered was that the owner of Continental Cycles where we bought the moped, left out a character digit of the… Read more »
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More Tax Dollars Wasted Fighting OCPD SuitEditor:Your article titled, “Dismissal Sought in Discrimination Case with OCPD,” is yet another example of taxpayers’ money being spent unnecessarily. It is ironic this article is in the same edition as the story on the Ocean City Council cutting 45 take-home cars at an annual savings of $90,000. How… Read more »
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Thanks For Successful TourEditor:On behalf of the Art League of Ocean City, I would like to thank the community for supporting the 5th Annual Sand Castle Home Tour. The purpose of this event is to raise funds for a visual art center that can accommodate the many art and cultural programs and activities for our residents and visitors…. Read more »
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New Director Critical As Expansion LoomsEditor:Much attention has been paid recently to Ocean City’s “beauty pageant” selection process for a new advertising agency, and rightfully so. Members of the business community and residents alike are eager to find out whether our leadership will choose to extend the town’s association with MGH or to set a… Read more »
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What A Health Plan Needs To AccomplishEditor: President Bush and other Republicans were thrown out of office because they were destroying the American economy. They ran up a $2 trillion national debt. Now that debt is projected to be $9 trillion. Furthermore, it will be driven up by a minimum of $1trillion more by creating… Read more »
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Common Sense Needs To Win In Some CasesEditor:The Ocean City Beach Patrol is an extraordinary organization that does an outstanding job of protecting hundreds of thousands of beach goers each summer. It is understandable that Captain Butch Arbin seeks to eliminate the potential for tragedy by banning swimming when lifeguards are off duty. However, there… Read more »
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Current Fiscal Mess Was PreventableEditor:While watching the governor discussing all the major cuts in the budget yesterday, I started to wonder how much of this would have been needed had the Big Three (O’Malley, Miller and Busch) not played politics with the slots bill five years ago.Just imagine how much extra money would have been… Read more »
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Competition May Ease Health Insurance CostsEditor:I’m writing this letter because my health insurance premium increased 12 1/2 percent last week. My husband and I have been responsible citizens for the last 50 years. We raised and educated our children; we didn’t expect the government to take care of us. We did it ourselves. I have voted… Read more »