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;- '• , - Absolution to the jet : ski. problem which is plagu-
*',-'. .«4jnf£-'.""bur ,back bay waters represents a perfect
' ••." exarnple of how home rule Is but a mockery:
••;.':: . . ^tJie potential problems of noise, speed, reckless
.. .' driving and endangermertt to lives and property
: were brought to the city's attention a year. ago.
...' -This summer all those potential problems turned
into reality. Several people have been hurt in jet-
. . ski accident*; and countless boaters and anglers
have been plagued by .the inconsiderate, if not
-reckless, use of these personal watercraift. •
V .State regulations requiring youngsters to be cer-
; '. rifled in.boating safely'before they can legally use
.jet-skis and other, power vessels have, proven of
.' . ' little value. Understaffed Coast Guard and state.
Marine Police units have been unable to ade-
1 ;• . • quatcly enforcethe fegtllatfon.'other than picking
—-.- %rj thepieces fcHlowing an jnetdent oracckt«?nt
Mimidjyjl authorities have done little,,if anything.
Thtjy should be doing a lot. For starters, for
example, local government should:
••^; In conjunction-with Somers Point and-Upper
Tovtfiship, appoint a full-ijme poid harbor master
.with deputies who report cfirecliy. to the chief of
r ' pblice; -. ' • ^ ;
•.'••'.: *: Strictly enforce a' beefed -up meVcantUe ordi- c
• n$nce, yanking the license bf any. jot-ski rental
» whrth rents to an uncertified youngster- •'
• Adopt ordinartce5 or eriieVgcncY resolutions
specifically aimed at jot-ski safety and oourtesy.
.." ', Aft of these .steps should. bct.>ken iTttaHbdnitcIy.
, " The prob?cni cnesifor action by local officials who
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looking back d:pprngs"1rcrii
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Mfr\ectf/ Maydf . Roy;
commtsnded for its
to reduce the
budget of OewivCity, _, And'vbooindogglffls
But PTP^einbew 4 ,.
be reminded bi*f they ulso
pay significant «Df\oimt
yg y
county. Or, at leait coUoct-
Bditor. §entinel-Udgcr'
yvhy is it tl>e,powcr» thAt be
ar6 trying i » id !d Ocean O CQry
o E ^-^"^-^g"-,->nd. tlfc dlscoSe or mpiry
'Of its-senior dttzens^ * ^^J^- 0 ! 06 * f ^»* atin '0/ its senior dtizeps?
8 - >*U ne>-w have occurred
My quarterly &x pay-
had'(tfre individual-.b«n
ment was Almost $300 more
a deqoatd y 'informed:
"tliftn my. Sodifl
thl. project gets- .
undf-rway, ^nd, this is a .
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great injusUcc to the people
xif the south'end aa ^^4Cll a's : 0U Shly and»y the rroognl-
After &U WkA. in theti,ows,s ! "'Q T spin the vrcxxlb j^urtfor 1 -
but 1 'nipnec/rf sUyixjg off yo^r wouldI py&vide
kot fnr 'at lea«t a day, means of roinfartlng ;
avotdtaf; tbebo*ch,needing rheiM^e. Tm'vjrc'litafp9Zf»
td have • t*s« ftitcb'cs. c«Jwrpo«sibilltta»«i'weB. ,:
effortought
pcopl^.thii
help Umtf incidente.'
rounds tnvrd, .*nJ The qtwsaon/i*,
in my ccperieaqc.
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thing4*"^ bdp pre-
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tolrf of th.c prdbrcqv. • ''
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• Biit now, ahcr nine *umi
of rraovtng .-rxnwii-.
bnc ofeth'o
is cleaner^
than beforfe, new standards
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