Letters/Online Comments

Re: Boaters near industrial ports need a breath a fresh air (Sept. 8-21 issue) Join the fight for fresh air Join with others in the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbor areas to make public comments at upcoming CAAP meetings. The current CAAP does not remove all the diesel trucks until 2035 – 17 years from now! Speak up to move the ports off diesel trucks within five years. Please sign up on the website (actnowla.org) to get involved and start cleaning our air now. Jim Kennedy   Re: New Jersey senator wants yacht free zone around Statue of Liberty (Sept. 8-21 issue)  Anchorages are good for business Free anchorages are for everyone! On every nautical chart of every harbor you will find designated anchorages. As long as the vessel occupying the space is exhibiting the required day shapes and or lights at night, providing anchorages are good business for ports. A vessel at anchor may utilize many shore-based services while at anchor. That may include water taxis, chandlers and ship services of every kind. The United States economy is still based upon shipping, though not everyone wants to acknowledge that. Chris Christie is exhibiting his usual boorish behavior by wanting to ignore one of the proudest...