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Proposed ban on salvia should depend on state
No one can say the Ocean City Police Department is not vigilant, but the Ocean City Council would do well not to act too quickly on its scary presentation on the hallucinogenic plant salvia divinorum and its subsequent demand to ban it.

We need help, but only if it's at reasonable distance
If we only had another country that would agree to help us find less expensive ways to satisfy our energy needs and to reduce global warming, we would be in good shape.

Early teamwork puts fire services merger on track
With all the uproar and, on occasion, vindictiveness over the future of the fire and rescue services in Ocean City, the current level of pleasant efficiency and cooperation among all parties is more than noteworthy. It is commendable.

Rebuilding commercial base is all about money
Under the current circumstances, discussing future building in Ocean City might seem a little like developing a snow emergency plan for Key West. The prospect of any major new construction occurring in this market any time soon would seem dim at best.

Bad situation remains bad even if it's not any worse
When Jessica Rabbit in the animated film, “Roger Rabbit” declared, “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way,” parallels might be drawn to the annual visit of recent high school graduates to Ocean City.


It’s not often that Ocean City gets coverage on the front page of a major metropolitan daily newspaper for something good. But there it was, in the Wednesday edition of the Washington Post, a Page 1 story on Ocean City Elementary School’s exceptional success with testing mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.

Tax increase follows outdated philosophy
The difference between austere and conservative can be millions of dollars, which is why the Ocean City government budget package now heading toward approval qualifies as the latter.

Historic district issue
When government decides how people ought to live, it is tricky business, no matter how visionary the proponents of the associated regulations might be.

Facing the harsh reality of what the cost truly is
Tax rates don’t matter. Tax bills do. That’s what seems to get lost in translation when governments talk about their budgets and how they plan to pay for them.

Free gas for OC summer visitors? Worthwhile idea.
Joe Kroart of Ocean Gallery on the Boardwalk has had his share of zany ideas over the years – driving a car off the fishing pier was one proposal that never made it – but the man does know something about promotion and free advertising.

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