Council Hurting OCEditor:When is the Ocean City Council going to stop taking action that discourages people from wanting to visit Ocean City? Recent council action resulted in increase fees for over 110 types of business licenses needed to operate in Ocean City. Doesn’t the council members understand that every time they raise a fee on… Read more »
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Voice From The Readers
A Matter Of ChoiceEditor:Living in Baltimore 60 odd years then moving to Ocean City and walking the Boardwalk passing shops showing bikinis, towels, T-shirts, bathing suits and other attire in the windows displaying same, now adult shops are a thing of concern. Shucks, “The Block” was the thing. Only it was called adult entertainment. They… Read more »
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Senator Ignore Local ConstituentsEditor:Senator Lowell Stoltzfus, by his actions in lobbying other state senators to temporarily kill a bill banning hydraulic clam dredging in Maryland’s coastal bays, has demonstrated that he is willing to ignore his Worcester county constituents.Ocean City, Worcester County, the Assateague Coastal Trust, the Md. Saltwater Sports Fisherman’s Association, the Ocean Pines… Read more »
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Terror In Resort?Editor:Terror in Ocean City. This will be the future of Ocean City if the SexStyle store is allowed to keep open in this beautiful ocean resort. This store will attract every sex predator and our children and adults will be subject to rape and sodomizing.In June, thousands of high school seniors, most of… Read more »
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Parents Need To Think About KidsEditor:I just want to publicly announce my frustration with some parents in the area. What kind of sensible parent brings their children to a smoky bar? I don’t feel right handing parents kids’ menus and crayons and then watching their kids have a side of Marlboros with their food. What… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Hoping To Keep OnComing To OCEditor:The letter from Doug Trimper in the March 9 edition of The Dispatch really got me thinking about many things going on in and about Ocean City.While making my semi-annual visit to the dentist (she qualifies as someone with considerable discretionary income who Worcester County is trying to woo), she… Read more »