My wife and I have been Dewey Beach property owners since 1986, and Dewey was our vacation place for many years before that. Dewey was the perfect place to bring our kids and their friends. And we were proud of Dewey; it was a town that was clean and the whole town was a town to be proud of.
But what a change over the past few years - so much fighting between groups trying to get their way. The scrapping that has been going on seems so unnecessary - why can't it be just as it used to be?
And this latest scandal where the police, lifeguards and building official have been named as conspirators hiding the donations received from the federal government for years - not telling anyone that these donations were being received and what was done with them.
This is a huge scandal involving what the DLA itemized as being a value over $2.8 million.
But what is maybe worse is the no action taken by the mayor and the commissioners. This scandal became public some months ago and what has Dewey done? Immediately there should have been a lockdown of all the records of those identified in order to preserve evidence for a complete audit to uncover just exactly what happened to all these donations and who was involved.
To date, nothing substantively has been done - who knows if there is any evidence that still exists?
By this time an investigation could have been completed and possible adjudication of any wrongdoings by these officials. Dewey needs to clean up its act - throw out the offenders and give us a town with officials that we all can respect - again.
Rich Miller
Dewey Beach