Page 4 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch November 22, 2013 Live Entertainment MARGARITA’S & CRAFT BEERS! AND DON’T FORGET MEXICAN MONDAYS! Raw Bar Bloody Mary Bar Mexican Monday H A P P Y H O U R S P E C I A L S CRABBY CHEESE DIP IN A BREAD BOWL! GROUPER FINGERS, CAESAR SALAD, WINGS, KEY WEST, MILD, MEDIUM, NUCLEAR, INFERNO, GARLIC PARMESAN, OLD BAY, BOURBON, BAR B Q, ASIAN SESAME & NAKED! Fall Happy Hour Happy Hour Drink Specials Sunday-Friday 11am-7pm • Saturday 4pm-7pm Performing Arts Petition Dropped By JOANNE SHRINER STAFF WRITER D E L A W A R E L O T T E R Y G A M E S $1.99 Select Domestic Pints Miller Lite, Miller High Life, Coors Light $1.99 Select Domestic Bottles Miller Lite, MGD 64, Miller High Life, Coors Light, Coors Original $1.99 Rail Drinks - 12oz NFL Drink Specials $1.99 Select Domestic Pints $1.99 Select Domestic Bottles $1.99 Rail Drinks Happy Hour Food Specials DAILY 4pm-7pm .75¢ Oysters & Clams (each) $6.99 1/2 lb Steamed Shrimp WINGS Bone $7.50 (10) Boneless $5.99 (Basket) NFL Food Specials WINGS Bone $7.50 (10) Boneless $5.99 (Basket) Tacos • Nachos • Quesadillas Mexican Pizza • Fajitas & Much More Thanksgiving Day ~ Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner NOON-10PM BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL ~ BUY A GIFT CARD GET SECOND HALF OFF! 5S 2C HR DE BE IN GS OCEAN CITY – A petition opposing the new Performing Arts Center (PAC) addition to the convention center was discontinued this week by a local citizens group amid claims the town has not disclosed relevant information about future bookings at the facility. Tony Christ, spokesperson for the Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice (OCTSJ), last month received approval for a petition singling out an $8.5 million bond to fund the new Performing Arts Center (PAC) at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center. The PAC is part of a $12.7 bond ordinance. The remaining $4.23 million of the ordinance is dedicated to a roof for the Public Safety Building, a roof for the Service Center Building, a new beach patrol headquarters and an effluent disinfection system at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. All the projects will amortize over a period of 10 years. The PAC project is under contract between the Town of Ocean City and the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA), which is paying $5.7 million of the auditorium’s costs. The two-story, 1,200-seat auditorium is currently under construction under the auspices of contractor Whiting Turner. The town is going to the bond market by the end of the year. In the meantime, Ocean City’s portion of the PAC is being paid for out of fund balance that will be reimbursed by the bond, which will ultimately be paid off by the food and beverage tax. The local sales tax of .5 percent on food and beverage purchases in Ocean City is imposed for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation and equipment of the convention center. By charter, a petition for referendum has 40 days to circulate and must obtain at least 40 percent of the number of voters who voted in the last election, or 1,226 signatures in this case. If the required signatures are verified, the bond ordinance pertaining to the PAC can be placed on the next ballot. According to City Solicitor Guy Ayres the petition was approved Oct. 11 and the deadline was Wednesday, Nov. 20. Christ is asserting the deadline is Dec. 1 due to Ayres’ delay in contemplating the approval of the petition, and if it comes down to it he will take the town to court over the misconception of the deadline. Christ sent Ayres a letter on Tuesday stating, “OCTSJ believes the City has failed to disclose to the citizens of Ocean City the known SEE PAGE 40 EVERY SUNDAY & MONDAY 1/2-PRICE PRIME RIB Or Select Fish Featuring Monday, November 25 Bryan Clark Returns To The Island December 9 Bryan Clark