With its hundreds of nonprofit organizations that can use some assistance, Worcester County should experience a different kind of checks and balances next Tuesday. What it should see is people checking their balances and then sending their checks to a charity or a nonprofit organization whose good works they believe deserve support. Nov. 27 is,… Read more »
Editorial
John Viola’s frustration was understandable
As an unpaid volunteer, John Viola, Ocean Pines’ chief financial officer, appears to be getting a little weary of trying to explain there’s no such thing as a free lunch, while also fending off crazy accusations about people taking advantage of the system. That would be anyone’s take on Viola’s rant Saturday that covered a… Read more »
Editorial Cartoon: Golf statue
Republicans overtake Worcester delegation
Worcester County Democrats may have had the blues Tuesday, but the county’s Republicans rode a wave of scarlet fever on election day to give the county its first all-GOP state delegation in years, and maybe ever. Once a Democratic stronghold — albeit conservative Democrats — the county has sent Republicans to the State Senate and… Read more »
Gazette Editorial: Our endorsements for the midterm election
As we evaluate candidates for endorsements going into next Tuesday’s election, we consider a number of factors: knowledge of the area, knowledge of government, potential influence to be wielded on the job, vision, the ability to work with the bodies they seek to join, and whether there’s a compelling need to replace an incumbent seeking… Read more »
Editorial Cartoon: Lame treats
Gazette Editorial: Political disagreements are getting out of hand
It just can’t be that a quarter of the country’s voting population is evil, or Marxists, fascists, racists or unpatriotic. Yes, plenty of each exist in a country with a population of 325 million. That’s just the law of averages, which also accounts for the 2.3 million felons, thugs, liars and cheats serving time in… Read more »
Gazette Editorial: Anticipating results of Ocean Pines’ audit
Nobody doesn’t like a good mystery, which is what the forensic audit of the Ocean Pines Association’s finances has become as it enters its second, and possibly final, phase. Association members know — or can find out on the community’s web page — what the auditors have accomplished to date, but they won’t learn anything… Read more »
Editorial Cartoon: You want me to do what?!
Gazette Editorial: Lack of communication from county is puzzling
Maybe the decision required a vote and maybe it didn’t, but however the Worcester County Commissioners agreed last month to waive the fines against Deer Run Jeep Golf for sediment control and erosion violations, they won’t discuss it. Further, there’s no record of a vote or agreement in the minutes of the Sept. 18 meeting,… Read more »