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The Sentinel Thursday, March 12 f 1987
Those who maintain that a fee of $5 per launch
at the municipal boat ramps is too high are
justified in their belief City Council should
drastically reduce the proposed charge What is
more, elected officials, especially the mayor,
should more carefully consider the
ramifications of user fees vs general taxation.
Why the proposed boat ramp fee is exorbitant
is explained well by the letter writers on this
page; a user fee should not be intended to
" money for the city beyond actual costs
Politicians love to point out that monies from
user fees go into the genera! fund; that they are
not earmarked to pay for only the specific service
provided: Beach fees are not merely to pay
for the costs of lifeguards, for example. We
don't need to change state law to allow for the
earmarking of user fee revenue. What we need is
elected officials who give a concerted effort to
provide optimum services at minimum expense
The feeling among City Council members w
the initial budget of the Gillian administration
seemed to be one of surprise, almost elation, that
appropriations, and the resulting tax levy,
weren*t as high or didn't require as much an increase
as they had supposed. Any increase in
taxes should be cause for scrutiny. And the
i
should be to reduce spending, not
to seek another source of revenue.
Ocean City is one of the wealthiest towns in
New Jersey, That doesn't mean every taxpayer,
every citizen here is rich. It certainly doesn't
mean we're willing to pay more every year as
though it's expected and accepted.
Is with a chuckle and a touch
d anger Oat I write this
article concemini
a fee for use of the
ramps at Tennessee
Avenue and 34th Street
Pint of all, do they really
a |S fee for each use of
ramp li a fair fee? That
would come to asnewhere in
the neighborhood ol 1200 for
the summer If you only put
mayor
your boat In on the weekends.
because toy will find the
current at the 34th Street
location so strong that it will
not be worth the risk tn
{e to the boat to put in at
Naturally that will put the
ten c
own
the shelter of the channel* for
run over or cut tn
Editor, SenUnel-Udger; I Gillian is as nt as 1
agree with
^ ha is, and pip heed to
a March 5
his constituents views, as
recommendations
to Mayor
Gillian 1 ! suggestieni were
out and exviews
of the many
of Ocean
aty.
I only hope that Mayor
I am a
working full-time resident
in the Gardens areaof
CarolA.Hetrich
Ocean City
Editor, Sentinel-Ledger: d that lovely monstrosity
Hooray for Mr, Hay! I've(house at 35th k West) Just
been so aggravated every perfect In the midst of your
time I read The Sentinel- latter? We who live here, soon
Ledger: Higher taxes, higher will not recognke the town
|i f boat gyp
ir parking meter I am complaining Mr.
a peat place to live! GUlUn, Wertn't you In
1 am not retired. 1 ambecause so many of uswere
raising a family, Fixed income
or not, who wants all
tired of rampant
CAPITAL COMMENTS
oven
two by the amMes who
through tile Mth Street area
If it was their way of
thumbing noati at the already
challenged 55-mph land
limits.
Mr. Videtto state that tbe
who pat their boati in at
I guen that means
that none of the taxpayers of
Oean City will want to use
these ramps because they all
own a personal slip or pay
around $800 yearly to berth a
boat in a marina.
By the way, am I mistaken
or was the Mth
built by the
is really high, to say the least
of how much was paid by the
dty for this endeavor,
If the $5 fee Is approved, I
guesa tbe city is prepared to
es in the neigh*
of $22 per hour
what would be
r shouldn't pay fortaken In If 25 boats launched
to construct on that site? As
fir as I know, the city of
Ocean dty didn't have to pay
for this ramp at alL
If I am wrong, I would
seeing
A must:
Hay on his open letter to tte
mayor (March 5),
I am also a senior dtlien on
a fixed income and have lived
In Ocean City 32 years. Since
interest rates have been
reduced considerably, which
lowers my income, while
school budgets, beach few
and city taxes are Increased
— it is becoming more dif-
how than ever, I could
this dty literally get sick when I see
need? How
ficult to maintain a home in
can what monstrous boieii are
bit
Ocean City.
thrown up all over this
Soon tbe boardwalk owners What do you propose to do
There must be a way to
and the Realtors will be theabout it, Mr. Gillian? Who
curtail spending and reduce
only ones who can afford this It?
increasing them.
D.AatiU
. Hay, wasn't that photo
at one site and a 404wur'w#elt
was in effect. I tart would like
a summer Job that
#75.00 weekly.
I guess we people In Upper
we only pay a fee of $10 or lew
to use the
But will tb
Jentinel-Ledger: it
would be easy to accept the
increase In beach tag fees If
we were able to relate these
to increases of action
along the lines of cleaner
beeches and beach entrances.
like most increases in all
forms of taxes, we see less
and more comincy,
suggest our local
Editor, Sentinel-Ledger: I
have just witnessed a miniteat
of the planned parking for
the downtown area; actually
nmp for a whole season and
with supervision to toot,
Ohhh, but what the heck.
Why bother to put t boat in at
the 34th Street location
Already there Is a
drop in tte crab
pp because of the
ninoff from the
oil and gas from
and condo ramps will
care of the rest of the
marine Ufa in ttearea,
Gee, the last time I was
upset and wrote a letter to tte
piper was when beach fees
government look more closely
revenue source laws regarding
the beaches and use this
money to augment cost
For example; cars on
beaches without permits,
illegal parking on beach
streets, cars at all hours of the
night cruising and screeching,
illegal drinking on beaches
easy to do.
We are about to h major
surgery done to th
town and it hasn't been
were put In effect At
toe I stated I might as well
stay at home and swim in the
toilet for free because the
water in eac
If you don't believe that,
look at the
vest areas oh a
romp
areas before the outfall pipe.
Have an enjoyable
cleaner
ing day and night Mrs,
fireworks on beaches, In-
— most obviously, definitely
and obviously overlooked —
dogs on beaches adding toour
dirt
If it becomes necessary to
increase beach tag fees after
than so be it,
TomPesci
Ocean Qty
It is obvious it won't be
smooth or
made
tt was just a test to see If four discussed enough,
Why U this
can could squeeze past each I have several objections.
even
being considered?
other without touching. We have a great flow of Why should we turn the
traffic downtown rightnow; heart of our town Into a 5-mph
Well, we found out It wasway access and eaay etit; a
, but it sure won't be aneoth f safe flow*
More Utters on next page
y M controversy could have been averted
By JAMES R, HURLEY fee of 110,000 for the child she
Senate Mloortty Leader conceived. After the birth, she
(R-CapQ, Cumberland) waa to turn the child over to
the Stemi. However, Mrs,
A Kknonth-old child named Whltehead refused to
Jaby M is In the middle of a mllnqulsh the child and, lnowfft
battle and a media blitz stead, ran off witt) the infant
* ' will probably taunt her to Florida where she was
_ . arrestwL How a
i all of court battle rages on to
have b*tn dfUnninc who will have
tboLegialaturtbad custody of Baby M.
parenthood
is being spent on
trial, a Mai that
be taking plac« if
that
legislation In
Under hit bill aurrogat*
parenthood contracts would
be considered in accord with
the public policy of tbt state.
under adoption laws*
The bill further provides for
the acknowledgement of
paternity by the husband of
the infertile wife, the
An infertila couple and a relinqulshment of
mother who have
a contract would N
to file a petition for
the
the
Infertile
the court
Ion
appoint an agency to of the child. The
evaluate and iti mother could only
a home study of frabe paid for her services, not
tof ertlla couplt ilmllar to melot "wiling" a child
conductad en
iv«
In the event of a cuitotly
(Maputo, the provisions of tht
surrogate parenthood con*
All dstalls of Uw surrogsU
strangement art sp6dflcalty
outlintd t; under flw.
DiFrancesco's bill. We would
not have the Baby M trial now
If the Legislature had acted on
this legislation four yean ago.
hill remains languishing in
M trial has caused tremendous
pain for everyone involved.
However, the one who
will and up suffering the most
Sb , Her life has
start It could
remain that way
htrllf# f no
custody of her
W#, ^g
make sure that no yo
City Council should oppose
tt; tte police chief should
forbid it; and the public
should rise up against it.
JoeHigbee
ramp
oucin
* note — thU to a to la her*. If tba
Jon**: A letter a*
p regarding the
proposed boat ramp fee,
Hut, $ per launch is an
exorbitant amount to pay for
the privilege of putting a
In the bay.
ana
without any attendant
suddenly need one now
al such a high coat?
Qw It be the facility offends
the tenants at Ocean Reef,
ydldt
And second, the hour*! For
fishermen? am Is often too
kite to start out, ami 8 pan. is
for fishermen or for those
who want to go for a pleasant
evening or sunaet boat ride,
myaon-ln-law
To
e Merridlth
We got trouble, my
friends; right here in Ocean
Qty; with a capital T mat
(ale, stout,
, or
you want to insert)
day, to sometimes
home early and pots In again, $
later to tte day* Fianinf la
what h* come* for-
At
*:.=<
. hi*
"or
battp pa,
i small rep
BhedoaB'tcgmto
QLy at all, tbe local economy
to out at Itatt two family
outings to a restaurant, tbe
extragrocertestobuyfor my ©
ir <
stay and for
who come to visit the outofe '
boardwalk and the
A fee of W c«t» or $1
a
with tbe moat? going to
the launch ramp and
lot in good repair, would bi y\
to com<
else
Well, here we go again I
First the blue Laws and now
hint of a suggestion about
and wine usage without
lorrors of evil rum or
hard liquor. From what I
read, I gather that we should
aU be najvt and allow confusion
to reign In tte halls of
A special consultant
trained in the legal pros and
cons pertaining to
consumption in re
which have laws
th
Honed, will be
An OC entrepreneur,
meanwhile, will contact an
offshore entrepreneur (who
Just happens to sell beer and
wine) and between them and
Editor,
g
Hie drug which we
now are not too y
checWng, om be traced to
parent-adult drinking. And
youths, too,drink too much,
Liquor (alcohol) is said by
the ciperU to te tte most
g f g. Today
not too many events can be
held without the happy hour
(the drinking hour) so often
being abused.
Our youngsters, who often
learn to drink in tin home
witt their peers, drink too
much and get drunk when
they're 12 «ometlmei 10 year*
old.
he gave tip
iben he
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Mr Segal
for a loophole In
state or constitutional inaft,
to
The entrepreneurs (if fully
committed) will launch a
in
and the blue law effort
to it that a ref ;
language that no on* can' 1
possibly underhand, it will; '
on the ballot and. If "
• Law la any iiK lJ
dcatlon h
Uchalml or whatever,
Ths
8 note — Art
claim* to b§
entinel
who uses that non
is the root
m
WcM, WbM Worldl In if
available, with
and liquor store* ever
i
>
*¥=,
venient in the cities of our. *
nation. In a adnse, drug ufe
starts tore. •*>
the
often the Mafia—*
acquire much wealth, I
listened recently to a deputy
recommend wt*
all drug* —
Uke^aawt. _..,.,.
the moat dangerous of drufiH
-aXcotal "" • • ^*
pushers out of
With ale
creaalmdv a
their "have a
not? What's
dtffereoc* betwitn
and the other fodWdtt
If alcohd Is ao
not all
to a
CoUforria, ih$
ll 7 election
^•rothylLAnnaad-R.D
H. GHffto Jr, ~J5
Lane ? Ocean View.
—22 Red
* Mewefl ^ 10 E.
if A?. f Oaean View,
Tromcr — 14
Une. Ocean View,
in developing Community
Education, Upper Township
(CEUT), I am currently
president of the Cape May
School Board
and am active on
the state level.
2. Without a doubt, I owe my
allegiance to the children.
are the reason the
am a Board member.
ILa. Besides my ^
and aentarts on the coun^
and state level, I have proven
that 1 am willing to put in the
it requires to serve tte
Being on the Board of
Ires more
a month.
b. My goals are to ate
Upper Township continue to dlsfiets would become
provide tte quality education
and attract the out diacourage Improvement,
staff that we have In the Local pride la
factor bi
always room for lm-
4, a. Obviously, with u>
1. My qualiflcatioM art
and foremost'
the district for ourytars o( experience on
perceptually impaired Upper Township Board of
Aidants at both convenience Education. During that time I
to the students and about a
•40,000 savings to the tax-every planning aspect and
payers. I
for this
to
b. The single most important
Issue is going tobe
growth and funding. We most
to yaatntftln the
5. The state of
appears to be
Obviously the need* of
U Upper Township and
differ. I find It hard
that a governing
sit in Trenton and
the different needs
innovation that
to
For tte past two years I
been president of th*
from St
and an MJ
Glassboro State College. I am
teacher in the
state of New Jersey. I
Upper To
The flvt candidatea
Board* £
Ttanaa Griffin,
by the PTA
for the Upper Township
Wayne Newell,
and Anne Tromer —
f which was prepared
1. Please stele four qualifications and a
mr background.
1 Ai an Upper Township School Board member, to
3. a. What weald you say is the moat important quality
you would bring to the School Board?
b. List your goals as a Board member.
4, a. While serving on tteBoard ol Education, what will
be your priorttiea?
moat Important Isaue you feel the
5, The establishment and governance of state-appoinCed
a controversial issue. What U
ftnanrlal burden of modem
to
education at the moat
pareafr and students to make
Township the best
system in southern
tt a cost tbe taxpayers can
afford. The answers will not
be easy, and they will not
always be popular with every continue the liaiaon
segment of our population.
Ocean
As I have done for the past
ttnual upgrading and lm-nine years, I will continue to
2. My allegiance, as it hat
e, provement of teaching
been for tbe past nine rears, the ability to listen and learn materials and resources. A
would be first to the past, from past nrtfft* 1 *** and ac- frifejjng program that will
present and future students of compUshmenU, and tbe adequately house students
payers as humanly powlble. member upon l
A desire to continue sear- d office serve*
for long term the state,
excellence, so allegiance mmt
have the same sr batter opportunities
to compete in our
changing world, gj our
DOW
4, a. My hto^t and sate
priori^ wmbi the same as it
hw beao for the last Bint
ratrt continue to mate the
best school system in
southern New Jersey even
-. Our children are far
away our greatest
and we wffl eventually
be Judged on what we
give and leave for future
Education, our township
government, parent and
Upper Township, and fulfilling desire tocontinue to and teachers in an at-teachewort witt my Mow Board mospbere of educational interested parties to develop
associations and all
secondly to the malority of
tbe admiiilstratloti, ojuaUty #nJ at tte ffwrnf tine
who have
faculty, supportive staff, be as affordable to
LETTERS cont'd
• Parkway resurfacing delay is disgustin
itor'snote— TH& i$ a
of a Itter from the
qf p
County Chamber 0/
to G
N,J, Highway Authority,
George:
tbe Board of Directors of
Cape May County
ber of Commerce on
to postpone
ttpe Miiy
sertion of tte Park-
We have for the past fiveor
six yean communicated to
your offices our concern and
the many complaints we
received regarding tte poor
ef the road surface
in our county, We were
told "we'll get to It
nert
never came,
year
advised us that
We use the Parkway
every day and none of us
ever seen a flooded
spent in central and
rd of Education
the earn
of
Therefore
be to the
But most important are tte
to
to
Adults get to vote on
statements mar
malti aomt tan»«n
d the taxpayer, ball
Mods s a 'iHslMBr and I
reject auch suggtstloaf
Is iMtfBgfl thai
bi li to isata a
•tapta-Sa
or ttn li
at tte
and national level have
a wealth of tnprograma
and it If your mrtwad Ii too
b
to ow school
yoa cut coats.
issue tbe Board will tact over
to e