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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: Nonsense Never Stops Msg# 916918
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This is all cover for a certain cadre of folks in OP who would like the salaries and perks associated with municipal status. Not to mention the ease with which they could parley OP office into county/state office where the real money is.
They have infiltrated the volunteer panels/committees and it is they who will steer this dialogue with their already prepared questions towards the desired conclusion from this bought and paid for group of 3rd rate academics. Why don't you "Put up or shut up!" Who, name names so we can get rid of this "cadre of folks." Frankly, I don't think you have even personally met any of the couple of hundred of our neighbors who volunteer their time, efforts and knowledge for the benefit of all. You owe each and every one of them an apology. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: At the OPA board meeting on March 28th, the directors approved a motion by director Pat Renaud to have BEACON( Business Economic and Community Outreach Network at Salisbury University) "Develop custom models and interactive dashboards to visualize and analyze the costs, benefits, as well as the economic, employment, and fiscal outcomes of three to four potential Ocean Pines community planning and development scenarios." This statement represents the overall goal of the $16,500 study.One can probably make book that no one on the board even understands what the stated overall goal actually means in plain English. During a past presentation to the board about a year ago, Beacon Director Dr. Memo Diriker, said the key to the entire study would be five or six questions to be answered. The questions would come from OPA. Dr. Diriker admitted the questions themselves could well be political in nature. The proposal to employ BEACON, as approved by the board, contains an Appendix A detailing nine questions. Some are very political in nature. The questions originated totally within the OPA Comprehensive Plan Committee with no discussion by the board or involvement of the community at large. Association members were told that the questions would be subject to change as the project progressed, but it is a safe bet the die is more or less cast. Why the board voted to proceed with the committee's nine questions as the starting point is incomprehensible. Let's take a look at some of the questions. Question 7 -- Actually two questions. "Who are the OPA community stakeholders (residents, board, staff, county, etc.)? What is the sphere of OPA's influence (local, regional, etc.)?" The reality is the primary "stakeholders" are not even mentioned in the question. Those are the owners of property in OPA; the people who are the association members; the people who pay the bills for OPA. OPA's sphere of influence? Unbelievable! There is a sucker born every minute. This is all cover for a certain cadre of folks in OP who would like the salaries and perks associated with municipal status. Not to mention the ease with which they could parley OP office into county/state office where the real money is. They have infiltrated the volunteer panels/committees and it is they who will steer this dialogue with their already prepared questions towards the desired conclusion from this bought and paid for group of 3rd rate academics. That's what this is about. |
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