Protest promised at Sat. board meeting

By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer

(April 13, 2023) The next Ocean Pines Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for April 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Ocean Pines Golf Club.

“Do it for Gavin” supporters have announced they plan a protest outside of the board meeting in reaction to OPA President Doug Parks’ comments during the March meeting.

Parks focused his president’s remarks on the aggressive tactics that some advocates for “Do it for Gavin” had been taking.

While he took no issue with tar- geting businesses and conducting protests and boycotts, he raised concerns with some actions turning aggressive, including “bullying of the business staff, bullying of children at school and threatening organizations, customers and OPA board members. Their actions may appoint a replacement to serve until the next annual meeting. If the vacancy is not for an expiring term, the vacancy shall be included on the ballots.

This means there will be three vacancies to be filled in the August elections, with Doug Parks and Colette Horn both leaving because of term limits.

Elaine Brady is the first — and

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