Wonderland was not the only issue on voters’ minds. The public conversation — particularly on social media, which has effectively become the city’s primary communication channel — reflected growing concerns about the overall direction of Ocean City: overdevelopment, parking, congestion and the city’s rising debt burden.

I was extremely pleased by our City Council coming up with a winning team approach when they created a Master Planning Subcommittee representing the varied and sometimes opposing interests in the Wonderland situation. Let us all support them in accomplishing their objective in a timely manner and trust their findings. I have faith in their ability to work with careful urgency but with enough patience to explore all pertinent facts and potential outcomes.