Bellows Beach Closure
I've said it before, I'll say it again: unless the public takes responsibility for policing itself and reporting the idiots who trash our beaches or break other laws, we will lose access to places like Bellows, which is under military control.
I don't doubt there is validity in the reasoning for closing it off to the public. But this is the U.S. Marines we're talking about! Couldn't they station some MPs in a non-threatening way to discourage scofflaws? Sometimes it just takes the presence of authority figures to send a message, or issue a "friendly" warning about throwing away garbage. It doesn't have to be all-out war on the public just because of a small number of inconsiderate morons. The problem is too many of us just sit back and do nothing when we see rude kids and adult slobs ruining it for everyone else.
Here's the links to the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin articles.
What do you think should be done?
I don't doubt there is validity in the reasoning for closing it off to the public. But this is the U.S. Marines we're talking about! Couldn't they station some MPs in a non-threatening way to discourage scofflaws? Sometimes it just takes the presence of authority figures to send a message, or issue a "friendly" warning about throwing away garbage. It doesn't have to be all-out war on the public just because of a small number of inconsiderate morons. The problem is too many of us just sit back and do nothing when we see rude kids and adult slobs ruining it for everyone else.
Here's the links to the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin articles.
What do you think should be done?
Labels: Bellows beach, public beach access
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