Number of boats on a property not an issue

Ever since I moved here 11 years ago, I have never once confused Brick with Spring Lake. I think that Councilman [Dan] Toth and Mayor [Stephen] Acropolis had better review the local geography and especially the local demographics before asking "What would Spring Lake do?"

Spring Lake is a lovely community with no usable boating waterfront. I haven't forgotten the little lake there. I just don't think that's the type of boating at issue here.

Brick, on the other hand, has miles of riverfront, bay front and lagoon communities with direct access for boaters of all kinds. Given where Berkeley Drive is located in town, maybe Point Pleasant Borough would be a better example.

To base any boating storage decisions on Spring Lake shows an elitist contempt for the basic demographic in this township. And to include personal watercraft (does that include kayaks, canoes, surfboards, boogie boards, inflatable rafts, windsurfing equipment and rowboats?) in the number of stored vessels is just as wrong. Next it will be the number of cars or motorcycles or skateboards, snowboards, skis, bicycles and unicycles.

This situation reminds me of someone in my neighborhood who bought a waterfront house overlooking our community marina and then complained about the stored boats in view from the back of the house. From what I have learned over the years, Brick has always been about the water and access to it. With that comes a large number of watercraft. Sometimes, like cars, as many as one per household member.

Maybe you should try to limit how many children a couple can have living at home in order to accomplish several things at once: The size of the school system, the amount of water used and sewage produced per household, the number of cars per household as the children get older, the amount of waste needing to be landfilled and, of course, the number of watercraft per family.

Come on, leaders, lead! Worry about the truly important stuff, like finances, efficient government and schools, not the "squeaky wheel" stuff (That's so easy. By the way, exactly how many is "a number of complaints?" "Finding that number is a difficult thing.")

No matter how much you try, you can't regulate every little thing. If you try to, you'll soon have a revolution (election) on your hands, and not all of us have the short memories you seem to think the electorate has. Show us that you can govern within our means and maybe we'll let you stay. Otherwise, as they say during auditions: Next!

Brett McCloskey

Brick