Month: December 2022

More than half the downtown office space in U.S. cities remains unoccupied after the COVID-19 pandemic, Business Insider reported. Although 95% of downtown offices were occupied before the pandemic, that number now is about 47% more than 2½ years after coronavirus prompted lockdowns and mask/vaccine mandates, Business Insider reported. As for the value of office real estate, …

Remote Work Guts Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453 Billion Read More »

Let’s award 3.14159 stars to Elon Musk for firing Twitter’s lawyer, James Baker, Tuesday. But there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered about the role of Baker, the FBI’s former Russiagate protagonist, in — not one, but two — censorship scandals. First, having been parachuted into Twitter conveniently five months before the …

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Photo courtesy of Lynn Fisher ASSATEAGUE – A naming rights raffle for the last foal born into the herd of wild horses at Assateague opened late last week just in time for the holiday season. Each year, the Assateague Island Alliance (AIA), the friends group of the Assateague Island National Seashore that advocates on behalf …

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Boston, Massachusetts city councilors recently voted to allow residents age 16 and 17 to vote in municipal elections, WBUR reports. Councilors voted 9-4 to pass a petition calling to lower the voting age for municipal elections, provided they meet the other preexisting criteria for casting a ballot. “We have a lot of young people who are working …

Boston Moves to Lower Voting Age for Local Elections to 16 Read More »

A rendering of the proposed sports complex featuring 10 athletic fields and 125,000 indoor facility is pictured. Rendering courtesy of Crossroads Consulting SNOW HILL – Worcester County officials voted Tuesday to cancel the contract to purchase land on Route 50 for a sports complex. In the same meeting two new commissioners were sworn in and …

Commissioners Vote 4-2 To Cancel Contract For Sports Complex Land Read More »

Joe Biden’s administration has confirmed plans to give a lithium-battery company a $200 million grant to help along the nation’s “shift to green energy” and also “ensure the United States is cultivating domestic sources of energy.” This development comes after Biden has waged a term-long war on America’s energy industry, which had moved the country …

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Democrat darling Michael Avenatti was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $11 million for embezzling millions from four different clients. At one time, Avenatti was the darling of the left and was teasing a presidential run to take on President Trump. Democrats loved him. How far the mighty have fallen. …

BREAKING: Democrat Darling and Conman Michael Avenatti Gets 14 Years in Prison for Embezzling Millions Read More »

Twitchy struck oil with this gem from a Rutgers University professor whose name made me do a double take, at least. Her name is Crunk, and she’s not a fan of the white folk. In a YouTube segment with The Root, Professor Crunk said that the end of white people is coming and that “we gotta take …

Rutgers Professor on White People: ‘We Gotta Take These Muthaf**kers Out’ Read More »

The County is pleased to announce a new program Clean Up Wicomico – Poultry Building Removal. The program will allot MS4 funds to assist in the removal of outdated and unused Poultry House structures. With approximately 88,559 acres of farmland within the County, the ability to identify opportunities within the County to reduce impervious surfaces …

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Fitch Ratings said Friday that the outlook for state and local governments was “deteriorating” and an expected recession could put pressure on state and local governments to raise property taxes. “Local governments may face slowed growth or possibly contraction in tax revenues associated with real property valuations, which may trigger expenditure controls or revenue-raising measures …

Credit Rating Agency Warns Recession Could Trigger Property Tax Hikes Read More »