You would think there's a lot of work to be done in Dewey Beach with the summer season in full swing, the town becoming a national punchline because of all the employee allegations, the million-dollar purchase of property for a new town hall a few years ago that has since become an employee parking lot and break room, needed cross-walk safety, etc. Apparently not, as I pulled up the July meeting agenda and saw:
"Discuss and possibly vote to adopt a Resolution for the Town of Dewey Beach to join the United States Climate Alliance in response to the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement."
How would the town actually implement a carbon dioxide reduction? Will they regulate the Starboard's air-conditioning?
Voting for this could violate the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 or/and the Logan Act. Does Dewey Beach need more legal bills? (It seems as though the town will already be spending a lot more than anticipated this year.)
The irony is earlier this year a condo tax was passed which goes against the environment. Condos/townhomes are a more environmentally friendly form of housing. Because of DeweyCare (the newly created town garbage monopoly), if you have a condo with four trash cans, you pay more than your neighbor with one house and four trash cans because you are four owners even though the amount of the garbage is the same and it's better for the environment.
I spoke up as the bill was being passed and the town manager said "this is very different than I thought" and "this made no sense to me." The mayor said "that's not what I understood" and "I was saying something different" to people "from the beginning." The commissioners nevertheless passed it. When I spoke up at the next meeting when garbage contract feedback was brought up, I was told basically it's passed, too bad. If the commissioners want to start with the environment, remove the condo tax.
In summary, the commissioners should focus on the actual issues facing Dewey Beach so town meetings are more productive and concise.
David Moskowitz
Dewey Beach
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