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 »
Ocean City Councilman Joe Hall knows he’s out on an island, but he’s hopeful for some company.The resort restaurateur wants to know how the town’s Tourism Commission defines the Rodney advertising campaign as a success. Hall is aware some of his colleagues may think of him as a “Debbie Downer” of sorts, but that’s a… Read more »
Although this is just a fledgling process at this point, it’s exciting to hear the state is officially interested in getting involved in the production of wind energy off Ocean City’s coast.The Maryland Energy Administration announced Tuesday a new initiative to evaluate the potential for commercial wind turbine development off the state’s coast. The process… Read more »
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 »
The local real estate numbers for the month of August seem to indicate a mixed bag of results. For some demographics, such as Ocean City-based condominiums, things are looking up, while in other cases not so much. Here’s a recap, according to the monthly Coastal Association of Realtors reports, obtained from the Automated Regional Information… Read more »
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 »
It’s remarkable to me that only an estimated 17 percent of the approximate 30,000 units in Ocean City supposed to have carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are in official compliance. That was the big news coming out of Ocean City Fire Marshal Sam Villani’s presentation to the Mayor and Council this week. While it’s true more… Read more »
After what was observed over the last few months, Ocean City should have no issue with increasing the hourly rates at the Hugh T. Cropper Inlet Parking Lot during the summer season.This is a controversial decision, as is any move to dig further into visitors’ wallets, but demand continues to far outstrip supply at the… Read more »
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 »
I love a good fish story, especially those of the factual variety, and this summer may go down as one of the most memorable summers of fish stories ever. It’s largely due to the fact local anglers have been in our headlines all summer and scored big bucks in the popular fishing tourneys based in… Read more »