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Editorials Archive
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.
Posted: July 07,2008
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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.
Posted: June 20,2008
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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.
Posted: May 30,2008
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Tax increase follows outdated philosophy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.
Posted: May 26,2008
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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.
Posted: May 16,2008
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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.
Posted: May 09,2008
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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.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Budget hearings a must for the public to attend
Just because a budget developed by government staff might contain justifications for every expenditure and seem relatively set, that doesn't make it so.
Posted: April 25,2008
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A fire service agreement that’s good all around
It’s rare that anything ends so abruptly and so completely and, from most points of view, without rancor.
Posted: April 20,2008
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Tax bills: keeping an eye on constant yield rate
As local governments begin their budget exercises for the upcoming fiscal year, their decisions will receive more public scrutiny than they have in years.
Posted: April 11,2008
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