A random potpourri of issues

Sometimes issues that percolate in Ocean Pines don’t quite justify an entire opinion column devoted to them.

Here are some random observations on a number of recent “incidents” worthy of mention:

• Somehow Amy Peck survived a vote of the Board of Directors at its June meeting to earn an appointment to the Recreation Advisory Committee.

The vote was 6-0 with one abstention, but actually closer than that in the pre-meeting exchange of views among the directors.

Peck barely had majority support, but in the end some of the skeptics voted in a majority to preserve a semblance of solidarity.

OPA President Doug Parks was the only hold-out, initially opposed but at the end of the day morphing into a careful abstention.

A majority blackballing her appointment after her employment application to the Aquatics Department was rescinded a few months ago would have been overkill, a disproportionate response.

Her sometimes outspoken contrarian views that have veered into derogatory commentary against those with whom she disagrees are unlikely to manifest during her service on this particular committee.

The rec committee is not exactly a hotbed of controversy. Let’s all pray that the peace is kept for a fortnight at least.

• It appears that ROC founder Sherrie Clifford’s request to peruse various documents associated with the 2022 Board election will at last be accommodated.

General Manager John Viola said in a June 21 text that four possible dates have been proposed for a day of review by Clifford.

He was waiting for a response from her or her attorney for a date when the review will take place, pre-

Commentary

From Page 36 activities of the Board.