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Today's Letters: Big boat slip no manatee threat
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published October 10, 2007
Boat slip freeze The Army Corps of Engineers is trying to justify freezing boat slip development with manatee mortality numbers due to boat collisions. Consider this: Manatee numbers have increased significantly in the last 30 years. With more manatees, naturally, there are more collisions, more deaths. The slip shortage is for larger boats, not the fast movers that kill manatees. I doubt a manatee has ever been killed by a sailboat before, and they are alerted to get out of the way of larger, slower-moving boats. St. Petersburg is in a major cash crunch. This is a waterfront community that will sadly fall back into a ghost town half full of the homeless, retired folks, and empty buildings unless this economy is stimulated soon. There's no excuse for this! St. Petersburg's biggest asset is its waterfront. We need to intelligently develop our waterfront and encourage responsible boating, not stifle our growth, because of special interests and uninformed perception. More slips, please! Carl Revine, St. Petersburg Act I: texting perils Scene: Downtown St. Petersburg. Subjects: Late teen male and female crossing First Avenue N, probably rushing to class at St Petersburg College, heads down with both reading and punching keys on cell phones. In unison, young couple sidestep bicycle coming from opposite direction. Both walk head-on into a column of the Progress Energy building. Fade: Neither youngster looks up! She has small trickle of blood at the hairline; he was saved by backward ball cap. Moral: ??? Go to black with couple furiously texting. D.W. Stiles, St. Petersburg Share your views We invite readers to write to us. Letters for publication should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.They can be faxed to (727) 893-8675or sent to www.sptimes.com/letters/. They should be brief and must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Please include a handwritten signature when possible. Letters may be edited for clarity, taste and length. We regret that not all letters can be published.
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