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THE OCEAN PINES JOURNAL OF NEWS & COMMENTARY
COVER STORY
Board approves Washington state firm to handle 2023 election Horn, Jacobs oppose change to OPA’s ballot procedures
By ROTA L. KNOTT Contributing Writer Washington-state based company is the Ocean Pines Association’s new elections voting contractor. On the recommendation of the Elections Committee, the Board of Directors at its May 20 monthly meeting approved a $15,994.50 contract with Election Trust to take over as the OPA’s voting contractor. Director Rick Farr offered the motion to approve the contract, which allows the Elections Committee to enter into an agreement with Election Trust LCC of Bainbridge Island, Washington, as a single point of contact to conduct and perform all printing, mailing, receipt and counting of all votes for the upcoming election.
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The company is based near Seattle. Farr is the Board’s liaison to the Elections Committee. Along with Farr, OPA President Doug Parks and Directors Stuart Lakernick and Monica Rakowski voted in favor of the motion. But Directors Colette Horn and Steve Jacobs were opposed, and outgoing Director Frank Daly abstained from voting on the matter. As background, Farr said it is the responsibility of the Elections Committee to source a contractor to perform the handling of the election materials for the upcoming election. The Board has already approved the committee’s recommendation that the 2023 election will be conTo Page 3
Ace Printing and Mailing replaced as election vendor ~ Page 8
Parks inks new legal contract
Previously on the other side of legal matters involving the Ocean Pines Association, Bruce Bright, of the Ocean City-based law firm Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy and Almand, will be serving as the OPA’s general counsel and chief litigator. OPA President Doug Parks on May 22 signed a two-page contract that makes the relationship official.
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Four candidates vie for OPA Board
Four Ocean Pines Association members have filed as candidates in this summer’s Board of Directors elections, with a fifth submitting an application by disqualified after a search of land records showed she was not an owner of record of Ocean Pines property. Elaine Brady and John Latham were the first to file, and Jeff Heavner and Jerry Murphy followed for the two seats to be contested in this summer’s election.
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Heavner, Murphy complete OPA Board slate
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