The votes are in.

Michael DeVlieger, Antwan McClellan, Anthony Wilson and Peter Guinosso were elected to city council. And the BYOB issue was defeated, meaning those who want some wine or beer with their meals must either eat at home or go out of town.

There apparently were no problems. There rarely are. You walk into the polling place, sign the book, sign the receipt, walk over to the machine and push the buttons. No photo ID is required. You just tell them your name. Voters have that yellow card issued by the County Board of Elections when they registered. You just need to notify them if you change your address and you are good to go.

That’s the way it always seems to work. Not only in Ocean City but pretty much everywhere. Voting is a right. It is the way citizens make their feelings known. But, in some parts of the country, it is under attack.

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To the editor:

I agree with last weeks commentary stating that “Economically speaking, America has one foot in the grave and the other resting on a banana peel.” However, the writer is way off base with his subsequent statement, “We’ve made progress in the last three years…”  The Obama administration is destroying America as we knew it to be -- the greatest country on earth. Our capitalistic system, with all its faults, has enabled the highest percentage of people to live well and have the ability to climb the ladder of success than at any time in the history of mankind.

To the editor:
The way America is financed will dramatically change if the Democrats acquire control over both houses of Congress and retain the presidency in the coming election. The current tax structure does not pay the costs of running this country. President Obama will balance the budget, and the wealthy as well as all citizens will share in whatever pain is involved.

How shocked we seem to be here in relatively quiet Cape May County to learn the news that a prosecutor may or may not have used a political motive to convince a grand jury to indict a former mayor of Wildwood. A judge here recently threw out the indictment.

Without commenting on the merits or demerits of the Wildwood case, it should be pointed out that grand juries have been used as political arms since time immemorial.