This poor, benighted resident of Lewes since before I was born is going to enter the Savannah Beach fray, just because I can. I paid no attention to the articles on the Johnnie Walker Beach issue because I am a great fan of that move. So because of that, and it’s on me, I never saw the subtext of the Lewes Beach question. It would have been nice if the articles would have been titled “Both beach names to be changed.” It’s almost as if the beachfront name got lost in the Johnnie Walker discussion. Had I paid closer attention, I too would have been front and center.
I thought one aspect of the code in Lewes was to preserve what we have. Considering this town will not let anyone in the historic district change a step or a railing without a brouhaha, how does it happen something as valuable and traditional to real locals like this gets by the preserve-Lewes folks?
Beach 1 and Beach 2, really? Come on! Where is the common sense? There should have been a contest to see if someone could have come up with something or, better yet, just call it what it is – Lewes Beachfront. The issue needs to be revisited, if necessary by ballot. We are not stupid; we cherish one of the last real Lewes places.
You know, if a need to have two beach names is necessary for guarding announcements or emergency services, Lewes Beachfront fits the bill; just in those circles, no sign necessary. I’m almost sure if an emergency happened at the Children’s Beach House beach or the Lewes Yacht Club beach, that’s how it would be called in.
One more thing: if Johnnie Walker Beach gets a pavilion, shouldn’t Lewes Beachfront get two, as it had in the days of yore?
To sum up, we do not need to be condescended to or lectured to on codes or diversity, which have nothing to do with a simple misbegotten name. After all, Savannah Road is just a road through town and maybe not as historically relevant as one many think. Has anyone heard of South Street?
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