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MAY 22, 2015
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County rejects teacher raises Church dissents, Mitrecic abstains
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DIESEL DISCORD
Philadelphia Avenue between Eighth and Ninth Streets was turned into a diesel truck drag strip for most of last Saturday afternoon, with plumes of exhaust and burnt rubber that could be seen (and smelled) for blocks around. The diesel trucks came to town as part of a locally promoted, but unsanctioned, gathering, and Cruisin’ OC organizers are concerned that the increasing number of ill-behaved ‘piggyback’ attendees is compromising their event.
Cars, trucks spin out of control Cruisin’ event quiet as other vehicles go nuts elsewhere
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (May 22, 2015) If there’s one thing that city officials, business owners, residents, and show promoters can agree on after last weekend, it’s this: the idiots, unfortunately, appear to have become the majority.
What can be done about it, however, is still up in the air. While Cruisin’ OC itself – the show for pre-1977 hot rods that takes place at the inlet and convention center parking lots – was another rousing success last week, the environment outside the show left much to be desired. In fact, many show participants themselves reported being a bit uncomfortable driving through the Wild See POLICE on Page 5
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By Brian Gilliland Staff Writer (May 22, 2015) Stressing that it was a purely financial decision and not a comment on teachers’ abilities or achievements, the Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday removed funding from the fiscal 2016 budget that would have paid for a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment starting in January 2016 for teachers and county employees. C o m m i s - For the sioner Joe first time Mitrecic, whose wife is in history, a teacher in we’ve lost W o r c e s t e r six teachers C o u n t y to Somerset schools, abstained from County.’ the vote. Commissioner Ted Elder, a bus driver for the schools, did not abstain. Commissioner Bud Church was the lone holdout. “For the first time in history, we’ve lost six teachers to Somerset County,” he said, adding that in all of his years in public service he “never, ever” thought that would happen. One of the teachers who left, Church said, was a former Worcester County Teacher of the Year. Sources within the Board of Education and the Worcester County Teachers Association have identified at least two additional teachers conSee COMMISSION on Page 7
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