In response to last week’s editorial, questioning whether the Ocean City Air Show will ever be an event that actually puts “heads in beds,” Ocean City Councilman Joe Hall called to remind me the town contributes thousands of other dollars besides the $50,000 in seed money to the Ocean City Air Show. While a supporter… Read more »
Being an elected official is a thankless job, but rest assured there are plenty of perks to go along with it.In Ocean City, along with respectable and understandable salaries, these officials also receive wonderful health insurance coverage, and they only pay 10 percent of the cost.What’s galling is historically nearly every elected official, and oftentimes… Read more »
Look Beyond Parties Editor:Leslie Segall’s letter (May 28) struck a familiar chord with me. Although I was never a registered Republican, I was raised in a politically conservative family that supported Nixon in 1960. The hard fought struggle for civil rights prompted me to register as a Democrat and cast my first Presidential vote for… Read more »
Convicted felon and NFL football player Michael Vick will be in Worcester County on Monday to “share a message of hope with Snow Hill kids,” according to a county Board of Education press release. The event, by invitation only, is sure to be a controversial one, as Vick was convicted on federal dog fighting charges… Read more »
Last weekend was a memorable one in Ocean City, as numerous special events were held simultaneously. While traffic was a nightmare at times, most accounts indicate the events went off without a hitch and all went as smooth as could be expected from a logistical standpoint.According to demoflush estimates, 205,882 came to town for the… Read more »
Thankful For ElectionEditor:I think that we’re being sucked into a vortex of change of such magnitude that we may never recover. Congress has been basically transformed into the facilitating arm of an Executive Branch with an aggressive progressive agenda and a fundamental distain for America and its Constitution. If the financial reform now being considered… Read more »
An Open Letter To High School GraduatesDear Graduates,Congratulations to you all. By now, you have walked across the stage, before your classmates, teachers, administrators and family, shook hands with a figure of authority and received your high school diploma.This much is certain – a major milestone in your life has been achieved and you should… Read more »
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 »
The holiday weekend marks the middle of a three-week stretch of strong draws for the Ocean City area. Last weekend’s Cruisin’ event seemed at times, particularly on local roads, like the town was filled to capacity. While demoflush shows about 170,000 people were in town (down about 25 percent from last year), that number seems… Read more »
Barking Dog Decision Needs Another LookIt may not be akin to Ocean City’s decision to drop the recycling program, but there are people around these parts barking mad over the County Commissioners’ decision to not do anything about what they perceive as a serious issue – barking dogs.At last week’s meeting, the commissioners decided against… Read more »