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ART’S ALIVE IN OCEAN CITY Fifteenth annual festival will feature more than 75 artists at Northside Park this weekend – Page 49
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No, it wasn’t a tornado coming into Ocean City Tuesday evening, but it was what’s known in weather parlance as the “whale’s mouth,” which are threatening cloud formations created by downdrafts of cool air on the leading edge of an approaching storm.
Tax petition court bound Citing state statutes, city will argue set tax limits violate assigned powers
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (June 26, 2015) As expected, Ocean City government will pursue court intervention to prevent a proposed charter amendment from going to voters, and will argue that the measure would violate the state’s assignment of tax powers to the municipal council.
Following a closed-door legal conference Tuesday morning, Council President Lloyd Martin announced that the city would be seeking an “independent judicial review” of the proposed amendment, based on the council’s belief that the measure constituted “an unlawful [tax] rollback in violation of state law.” The charter measure was created by a petition circulated by the activist group Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice. State law requires
that 20 percent of registered voters in a jurisdiction sign a petition in order to have a charter amendment put to referendum, either at a special ballot or during the next regular November election. The petition garnered 1,477 signatures, well above the threshold of 1,228 given Ocean City’s voting population of 6,141. The ballot measure would ask voters to amend the city’s charter by inserting a clause preventing the See TOWN on Page 4
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Vandals strike midtown sites By Kara Hallissey Staff Writer (June 26, 2015) More than half a dozen businesses were tagged with graffiti on June 18 between 61st Street and 70th Street. According to the Public Affairs Specialist for the Ocean City Police Department, Lindsay Richard, reports of graffiti began coming in around 8 a.m. and the offenses took place sometime after 1 a.m. “Many of the additional instances of graffiti were found by Ocean City police officers after they canvassed the area,” she See MULTIPLE on Page 3
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FIREMAN’S PARADE One of the highlights of the annual Maryland State Firefighter’s Association conference, now in its 123rd year in Ocean City, is the parade along Baltimore Ave. On Wednesday, more than 600 units participated in the procession running from 16th to 33rd Streets. Hundreds gathered along the street to watch the bands, performers and trucks on display. A new category, hand-drawn apparatus, celebrated antique fire-control measures before the advent of gaspowered engines.
Multiple midtown businesses struck with graffiti spree Continued from Page 1 added. “It was not quite as bad as before, but it still covered more than 10 blocks.” Richard is referencing an incident that took place earlier this spring when buildings, including Cowboy Coast on 17th Street, were tagged with graffiti. Old Pro Golf, Shade Shack, the 64th Street Market, Generals Kitchen and Dead Freddie’s were among the businesses vandalized. Police continue to investigate the incidents.
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