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Colby Phillips espouses sensitivity as superpower Editor, So in the recent report released by Ocean Pines on my complaint (which was only a small part of what I expressed to the attorney) I was deemed as being “too sensitive.” Look up sensitivity and you get this: “Sensitivity is a superpower. The opposite of sensitive is… Read more »
Gazette Editorial
Board should simply take care of business In their pursuit of a more harmonious relationship, the members of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors have agreed to critique their own performances and to hash out the results and their differences, presumably, in private. This desire to eliminate the interpersonal friction is laudable, even though… Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Supports spending referendum in Pines Editor, The spending referendum to limit the board of directors to $1,000,000 without authority from referendum is definitely necessary. The directors seems to all have agendas to what they want to accomplish in their terms in office. Sometimes good for the whole community, sometimes good for just a few. So… Read more »
Letter to the Editor
OP Facebook group looks for change Editor, This letter was sent to the Ocean Pines Association directors and forwarded to Bayside Gazette. Dear directors, We wanted to introduce the Facebook group Ocean Pines- Get Involved to you. The purpose of the group Ocean Pines Get Involved (OPGV) and the intent and essence of this group… Read more »
Letters to the Editor
Praises work to remove litter Editor As a volunteer at the Ocean Pines Library, I often take the “back way” from Berlin and use Friendship Road to Cathell Road. Nice countryside drive with little traffic on a two-lane road. In the last few weeks, I have observed a man and maybe a few helpers gathering… Read more »
Gazette Editorial
Spending referendum wholly unnecessary Ocean Pines Association members will be asked at some point this spring whether the spending authority of the board of directors should be limited by requiring them to seek voter approval of any expenditure of $1 million or more. On the surface, this might not sound that unreasonable. After all, the… Read more »
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Inside Dining – New Rules Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Town grows, but taxes can’t be set any lower The town of Berlin’s property tax rate might stay the same as last year, at 80 cents per $100 of assessed value, and if it does, the tax bills received by some property owners will be slightly more than they would be under the constant yield… Read more »
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Cartoon by Jim Adcock