The residents of Lewes regard the latest approval by the Mayor and City Council of Lewes to permit the recent commercial enterprise on Lewes Beach as a violation of trust. By now you certainly must know that I can speak for most residents as I have found no one who wants Lewes Beach to have Quest remain nor any future enterprise permitted on our beaches. We have a quality of place here that should be preserved, not exploited. I understand the council’s difficulty separating the business needs of Lewes with the residential demands yet somehow the Mayor and City Council must recognize this attempt as a fail.
The option exists to end this trial and remove the Quest experiment that should have never been initiated. Certainly, they are financially successful, provide a manufactured “need,” yet does that mandate enough of a reason to corrupt our untainted beach? Progress is not always monetary; realize progress can be fostered in preservation as well.
The public charge is that the mat be rolled up, Quest be asked to eliminate a beach presence immediately and the council appropriately record as code or ordinance the future protection of Lewes Beach as off limits to any manner of commercial enterprise. The council needs to formally assure that any future attempt of commercializing Lewes Beach would not be possible. Now that would be progress.
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