Thanks for your comments Bob. Let me first clarify something that people should know -- Dennis Escher does not make decisions, only recommendations. Also, he is doing exactly what the County Commissioners instructed him to do, look at regionalization.

Your comment about pumping Ocean Pines water to Riddle Farms is, quite frankly, something that missed my attention, but it is critical in the overall proposal. Ocean Pines water could save Riddle Farms residents big bucks for about nine months of the year, while OP might need the Riddle Farm water only 3 months of the year max. Perhaps if a line is run from Riddle Farms, then the Riddle Farms service area should pay 75% of the cost.

What I find most interesting is the almost total lack of public interest in an issue that will have far reaching effects, not only on the pocketbooks of people in Ocean Pines, but on the overall quality of life in this area of the county, yet voters in Ocean Pines quibble over relative pennies in regard to a Town Center. Meantime, development interests are dancing in the streets.

As for this total water and sewer fiasco, any county commissioner candidate who does not take advantage of it next year is either very foolish or concerned primarily with development interests.

My position all along on this generally accepted idea that developers would be sending us a "windfall" is we are looking at short term gain in exchange for long term pain. All of the County Commissioners have been voting for long term pain in my view, the OPA Board goes along for the ride, and nearly all board candidates know little and say less on this major issue.