Ocean City Council on Ørsted’s wind farm: Not In My Back Yard
Would turbines on the horizon hurt the tourism industry? We doubt Ørsted’s public representative expected what was coming her way on Thursday night at the Ocean City Council meeting. Kris Ohleth finished a cheery generic presentation of the Denmark-based company’s proposed $1.6 billion offshore wind farm. She was speaking before council because the company is […]
Youth sports limits should follow high school limits
New order makes U.T. request moot, but what happens after start of new year? Representatives of youth sports organizations participated in the remote meeting of Upper Township Committee on Nov. 23, advocating for more access to township facilities. They said they have plans in place to protect their athletes and were frustrated with further delays […]
Can we keep politics out of services honoring our veterans?
Veterans fought to preserve our Constitution and the rights it infers, including the freedom of expression, but do politicians have to use that freedom to add to the rifts in this nation on days we set aside to honor the personal and ultimate sacrifices of those veterans? Some politicians can’t help themselves, can’t help injecting […]
The slow slog of government progress
It took years for resident Donna Moore to convince Ocean City Council and the administration to stop putting dangerous pesticides on public lands, but she finally succeeded last month. There have been countless appearances at public comment sessions to implore council and the administration to stop using – and to have its private contractors stop […]
Don’t ask people to look away from a racist symbol
At last week’s committee meeting, which blew up over Young’s resignation and Young appearing (via Zoom) to say he didn’t resign, a second controversy erupted over a car and truck parade through the township to support President Donald Trump. The main controversy over the parade was that one vehicle also displayed a Confederate battle flag. […]
Hobie Young isn’t the victim here
Hobie Young resigned from the Upper Township Committee after he embarrassed himself and the township by posting vile and disgusting images of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Now he wants to play the victim with a following of local residents egging him on. He is no victim. Hobie, you screwed up. You owned it, […]
Mutual assured political destruction
Don’t make excuses for horrible behavior online Just as troubling as (now former) Upper Township Committeeman Hobie Young posting vile and disgusting memes of vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Facebook were the few people who defended it. They weren’t defending the misogynistic, sexist and repulsive memes on the basis of free speech rights, that […]
Mail in those ballots
Fervent Republicans and Democrats claim this is the most important election in our lifetimes or, in a greater display of hyperbole, since the Civil War. Depending where you stand on the political spectrum, when it comes to the presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you may well agree. It shouldn’t matter: citizens should […]
Homeless need help amid COVID-19
By Mark Allen ‘Bodhi’ Zappone One cannot debate that our country is currently in disarray. Due to what appears to be a disorganized response to COVID-19, it feels as if so many things have been put on the proverbial back-burner. Many important issues are being brushed aside in the wake of something that affects each […]
Not the best way to promote public comment
Members of the Ocean City Flooding Committee had the audacity to question the city’s spending on $629,100 worth of no-bid contracts at last week’s City Council meeting. They did not receive a pleasant reception. The message from City Council members was simple: we believe in public comment but not in public comment that questions our […]