October 4, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 19 . . Taxpayers Group Threatens Legal Action FROM PAGE 18 non-registered voters, five rejected signatures and 32 duplicate signatures. The petition was successful with 1,648 valid signatures and in the weeks following the Mayor and City Council voted to repeal the ordinance declaring paid parking in several areas in Ocean City. According to Christ, throughout the parking petition effort, OCTSJ found a handful of deceased Ocean City residents whose names remain on the voter roll, in addition to several part-time residents who are registered to vote in another state. Recently, a few members of OCTSJ have been collecting signatures on a trial basis for two petitions for referendum to be placed on the 2014 ballot regarding lowering the limit on the debt of Ocean City and tax reductions. “I think everyone should want an honest voter roll,” Christ said on Tuesday morning. “We want to work with the Board to inform them as we go door-to-door, but they have not expressed much interest in it.” As of Tuesday morning, City Solicitor Guy Ayres had not seen a copy of the letter although he had been in communication with Christ over the matter. “It is up to the county. It is not in our [Ocean City] hands at all,” he said. According to Ayres, as a result of the Motor Voter Act passed in 1993 a Universal Voter Registration was enacted by the federal government. In turn, the state of Maryland passed a law that if an individual who lives in a municipality is registered to vote or registers to vote in a county, state or federal election then that individual automatically becomes registered to vote in the municipality they live in unless they specifically opt out. “So since that time the county has essentially maintained the voter rolls for the city,” he said. Ayres furthered there are individuals who are not registered to vote in the county, state or federal elections but have the option to register to vote in the Ocean City municipal election by becoming part of the supplemental voter list. “If he wants Ocean City to purge the supplemental voter list that’s fine, except to my knowledge there are only about three people on the list, so I consider Tony’s threat being pretty idle,” he said. “If he still insists he is entitled to a hearing before the Mayor and City Council and they will consider the voting status of those three people. It is my understanding that they all voted, so there is nothing that can be done for Tony anyway.” ✚✎✔✗✡❜¤ ✚✔✠✡❜✒✆✔✠ 5☛¤✜✘¤✒✙✡ ✥✍❜✎✌✗✆✌¤✆✌¤✘✟✍¤✆✌ ✚✡¤✠❆¤✚✎✌✍¤☛❜¤✎✗¤✔✚✽ ✸✡’✒✒¤✝✡¤✆✒✒¤✠✡✟✑✡✠¤✘✗ ☛❜¤✗✍✡¤✍✒✎✠✆✜✽ ✸✡¤✍✕✡¤✜✘¤✝❜✎✔✞¤✜✘❜ ☛✆✎✒✜❆¤☛❜✎✡✔✠✌¤❜¤✡✔✗✎❜✡ ☛☛✎✟✡¤✗¤✟✡✒✡✝❜✆✗✡¤✗✍✡ ✌✗¤✆✞✎✟✆✒¤✗✎✡¤☛¤✗✍✡ ✜✡✆❜¤✔¤✗✍✡¤✝✆✜¤✚✎✗✍¤✘✌✽ ✪✡✡✕¤✜✘❜¤✡✜✡¤✘✗¤☛❜ ✆✒✒¤✗✍✡¤ ✌✕✡✟✎✆✒¤✍✆✕✕✡✔✎✔✞✌¤ ✚✡’✒✒¤¤✝✡¤✌✍✆❜✎✔✞✽ ✯✔’✗¤✝✡¤✆¤✌✟❜✞✡❆ ✍✆✙✡¤✜✘❜¤☛☛✎✟✡¤✕✆❜✗✎✡✌ ✚✎✗✍¤✘✌✽ OCEAN CITY Since MARYLAND 1973 SNOW CRAB LEGS & CLAWS, CARVED PRIME RIB, RAW OYSTERS AND CLAMS, BBQ RIBS AND CHICKEN, FRESH FISH, STEAMED SHRIMP, FRIED SHRIMP, FOUR HOMEMADE SOUPS, FRESH SUMMER SALADS AND VEGETABLES, HOMEMADE DESSERTS AND SOFT ICE CREAM STATION AND LOTS MORE! PLENTY OF ASSORTED MEAT ITEMS FOR NON-SEAFOOD LOVERS ✤✑¤✡✆❜✒✜✽ 150 Feet Of Delicious Food The Ultimate All-You-Care-To-Eat SEAFOOD & PRIME RIB BUFFET Full a la Carte Menu • Special Selection Of Foods For Your Children, When The Kids Are Happy, So Are The Parents! Over 500 Dining Seats Items Subject To Change 54 EARLY BIRD $5 OFF REGULAR ADULT BUFFET OPEN WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY AT 4 P.M. 71st Street & Coastal Highway Ocean City, Md. • 410-524-7171 www.thebonfirerestaurant.com NEWLY EXPANDED WAITING AREA WITH COMFORTABLE SEATS FOR ALL. WE TRY OUR BEST TO SEAT PEOPLE PROMPTLY. OPEN DAILY AT 11:30 A.M. FRI. & SUN., OCT. 4 & 6, ALL NIGHT SAT., OCT. 5, 4-5 P.M. WED. & THURS., OCT. 9-10, ALL NIGHT FENWICK ISLAND 302-436-2305 www.Twiningsshanty.com