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LETTERS

⇑⇓ CAN THEY EVEN DO THAT? Is "serving notice" legal? State and federal [laws?] say otherwise. Anchoring out is not a city matter. Ken Brinkley

⇑⇓ MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY

Florida cities have been variously restricting anchoring for years — even for a 24-hour overnight or an afternoon swim. It's not a federal question. And concurrence with stateauthorized BCDC regulations makes state problems unlikely.

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Readers — As we've said before, Richardson Bay is, by far, the most controversial and complicated piece of water on the West Coast. Your letters reflect the polarity of opinions and passions, and many suggest that the issue can be boiled down to one thing, be it the environment, the rich vs. the poor, the poor vs. the rich, ineffective government or government overreach. To us, it's just not that simple. Anonymous — We don't think anyone should lump all anchor-outs into any one category or automatically consider them "dregs of society." That being said, we don't want to defend some of the abhorrent behavior we've heard about, such as the retaliatory vandalism that you mentioned. We also don't condone people 'poaching' private facilities such as bathrooms, fresh-water outlets or dumpsters. We respect that some people, such as yourself, have played by the rules and paid your share of taxes, fees and other levies, while you watch other people live off the grid. But we also know of plenty of people on Richardson Bay who are good stewards and practice good seamanship.

Where exactly are people shitting? We don't know. Some anchor-outs have reminded us that there is a free pump-out service, that some people without holding tanks diligently ferry their waste to shore, and that they've never seen evidence of human waste in the water. But at the same time, we've spoken with several stakeholders who shrug when we ask this question. "How can they not be shitting out there?" they say, though people making this claim haven't supplied direct evidence.

Raymond — We agree that the environment is a traditionally underserved stakeholder, and needs all people to advocate on its behalf. You said that E. coli is prevalent in Richardson Bay, and that water quality in general has suffered as a result of the anchor-outs. Please see this issue's Sightings for some reporting on this issue, but for now, we will say that in terms of large-scale pollution, sewage spills from local municipali-

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