Purcell, Rakow, and Sterrett have done this community a great injustice by deciding to not even try for a percentage of slots income.

Oh, I am not so sure this is the worst thing under current circumstances. Personally I am pleased that the Board at least addressed the issue. True they were a little late and had to have a little push to do so but it represents a change from the isolation of the past. I doubt there was little chance that the legislation that allowed Berlin and Ocean City to have a set percentage would have been changed as the lawmakers would be fearful of opening the Pandoras Box further than they already did. My position would be different had the Board had the foresight to get on the issue right from the beginning. It may have made more sense originally to have the County in sole control of any slots disbursement but politics rules as usual.

The downside to Ocean Pines of course is that we have only 1 1/2 County Commissioners representing our interests and their leverage in obtaining funds for us is basically their "vote" in support of fellow Commissioner projects. We could possibly look at increasing OPA assets by taking our low performing reserve funds and should slots arrive placing them all on "RED".