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To: Jefferson County Planning Commission
1/27/09
From: Larry Carter
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I believe that I can do a better job of raising my children than for them to become wards of the
state. The same is true for my property. No one will care for and look out for the best interest of
the land than the individual property owner. There are bad actors no doubt and they deserve to
be challenged to follow the rules. I believe the shoreline does need a bona fide set of regulations
where one size fits all and development and shoreside living can go on in perpetuity.
The existing SMP is such a regulation as implemented back in1971. To cause it to be modified
we must definitively show how it has failed to prevent damages to the shoreline by stating specific
examples where damages have occurred and the root cause was not preventable by the existing
regulation.
In cases where properties were "grandfathered" prior to 1971 such as Beckett Point, I say let it
be. We should not pass regulations that impact the property owners there that would ruin the
property values. Placing in effect new and more onerous regulations on the entire county just to
convert Beckett Point into a park is an insidious approach to managing the county's shoreline
practices.
Where coliform is detected in the water, we should determine the source by utilizing microbial
source tracking methods used in other states to determine what animals are polluting the water.
It is insane to assume first that all coliform in the water comes from humans.
We are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to revise this document in such a
way as to create hundreds of thousands additional dollars of attorney fees before the thing will
ever be implemented is insane.
Regarding the science, my father taught me that figures don't lie but liars can figure. We can take
data all day long and manipulate the data to suit our bias. Look at any of the tests and applied
science associated with these changes. Who sponsored the research? What were their motives?
When you start turning over these rocks of intellectual renderings, you will always find something
running away from the daylight to seek shelter in the darkness.
I believe we should bring forth all the issues from the darkness and into the light. We need a
forum hosted by our 3 state representatives and county commissioners. We could format the
thing to avoid hostile debate by: 1. Determine a list of interested stakeholder groups. These
groups would select a group of 3 individuals to do all the talking and represent their points of
view. Perhaps the groups could be: property owners, shellfish farmers and farmers, and
environmentalists. 2. Have each group prepare a list of ten questiOns for the other groups. 3.
Each group would present their questions to the officials and the officials would read them
allowing the other teams to respond. 4. Allow 5 minutes for an answer and 2 minutes for a
rebuttal. No one would be allowed to ask questions directly to an opposing group.
A meeting as discussed above would bring the issues into the light and provide transparency for
the public at large and for t ose that will make the final decision.
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931 Olele Point Rd
Port Ludlow, WA 98365
360-437-9224
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