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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: Casino Funds History Msg# 1009846
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Hi Steve and Joe
I'm seeing many messages on this recent forum topic "Casino Funds History" extending thanks to Joe, particularly for his efforts leading to the great result of successfully getting legislation passed in Annapolis. Very impressive. All of OP residents can continue to be feeling the $$$ benefits of those actions. And credit also goes to all of the folks who served with Joe on that committee. Well deserved accolades to Joe and his partners in those efforts. And in the Ocean Pines history in recent decades there's also been another significant success. The rebuilding of the community hall. The community got a quality replacement at about 1/3 of the cost of the steel bldg proposal, by the lake (Avoiding what was sometimes called the Taj Mahal project.) Much credit goes to Marty Clarke and to Bill Rakow and others. A variety of (perhaps mostly) smaller issues have received sunshine and transparency, over the yrs, through discussions and debates on this forum. I'm thinking that such varieties of viewpoints are continuing towards positive community improvements. Perhaps even when discussing OP's foibles and problems, the bottom line is aiming to achieve improvements. So hats off to all who offer their views here. As well as a big thanks to JOE. TOM PS: As always I'll still feel free to express differing views here on the forum, whether with Joe or others. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Do you have a link or a place I could go to read what the restrictions are on money received from the casino via State of Maryland? You need to look at the actual legislation passed in 2009 on the state legislature web site. That said, the restrictions are dead simple - the money has to be spent on "public infrastructure." By the way, the OPA board composition at the time was (December 17, 2008) included Dave Stevens, Bill Rakow, Marty Clarke, Ray Unger, Bill Zawacki, John McLaughlin, and Les Purcell. That board supported Worcester County receiving all the money from local impact funds with none going directly to Ocean Pines. The video of Boggs presentation to the Board and the board's decision to support Worcester County receiving ALL the slots impact funds can be viewed here. View the entire segment. It is slow starting with a number of issues unrelated to OPA receiving money direct from state. Stick with it. The board, particularly Bill Rakow, suggests OPA would receive more money if all of it went to Worcester County for distribution. Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Especially when Boggs clearly says the county would "allocate funds when impact can be validated and proved." Can anyone, anyone, show how OPA has been impacted by the casino in very specific terms and prove it, and prove a dollar value of that impact? The board members were so naive they actually stated that Jim Mathias would probably vote to support the County effort to get all the money and take away Ocean City's 20% share of the impact funds. How stupid was that thinking? |
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