Legislators Seek New Strategy On Post-Labor Day Start Goal

OCEAN CITY– The 436th legislative session may be over in Annapolis, but if Wednesday’s Ocean City Economic Development Committee Meeting is any indication, planning for next year’s session is well underway on the local level.

Ocean City business owners and community leaders listened intently on Wednesday morning at the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel as Senator Jim Mathias (D-District 38), Delegate Mary Beth Carozza (R-District 38-C, Delegate Charles Otto (R-District 38A) and Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Dennis Rasmussen synopsized the 90-day session in the state capital.

“This session is a snapshot in time at our state,” said Delegate Carozza to a few dozen attendees. “With Larry Hogan as our governor, we’ve been able to turn the ship around and this is now our time.”

Carozza pointed to the state’s $42.3 billion fiscal year budget that included a $400 million surplus and almost a billion dollars in the state’s “Rainy Day Fund,” no tax increases and record education funding as evidence of the state’s proverbial ship being “turned around.”

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