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  Dave in Alamitos Beach

  1 year ago

  Nothing would be better for Long Beach than to get better water and waves. Things like crime and poverty would be somewhat ameloriated by a waterfront that people actually want to use.
  
  Isn't there a way for the City of Long Beach to sue the federal government for 50 years of water pollution and economic detriment? I'm semi-seirous here. That would at least be a way to get the feds' attention. And while we're at it, how difficult would it be to fund a study showing that the breakwater leads to water pollution in Long Beach which leads to water pollution (and wave destruction?) in Huntington Beach? It seems clear to me that it would, and then maybe Rohrbacher would wake up to the fact that not all of his consistency lives in "Surf City."
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  Dave in Alamitos Beach

  1 year ago

  Oops, I meant constituancy, but consistency is almost appropriate as well. Freudian slip?
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  Josh

  1 year ago

  Dave is right on. For those who care to try and find others who care, we put on a monthly cleanup at Alamitos Beach. Contact me--Josh--CleanAlamitosBeach@gmail.com
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  jesus

  1 year ago

  Jesus says Dana Rohbacher is a no good Taliban loving SOB. Also my Dad told me he used to do certain things with certain people that Mike Huckabee would find offensive. Is it true the breakwater is in the shape of a cross?
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  Andy

  1 year ago

  Rohrbacher is bascially just like the PV guys that will f#ck you up if you use their surf spot. Since LB is not part of his posse, he could not care less about LB issues as long as we stay away from his OC base. The photo ops are so much nicer down there, 'cause the people, I mean, the water ain't so brown.
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  John_B

  1 year ago

  Jennifer, Thanks for the clear concise and informative report. The red tape seems endless but sometimes we can cut through it with a little persistence. At your recommendation I've now written to both Dana and Laura. With any luck they may actually have a conversation on the matter and come to terms that will work for both of their Districts.
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  kelly slater

  1 year ago

  Rohrbacher sucks at surfing and he's a dick...!.!!!.! Anyways who knows when some aging tojos or off course nazi's in a u boat might slip through a rip in a black hole and end up in front of Long Beach harbor. Then you will fully appreciate the anti tojo/nazi shield we have!.!! Plus where would all the cholos play soccer in the summer and run through red tide?
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  Dave Wielenga

  1 year ago

  Jenny, great work. Do you have Barbara Boxer's contact information, too?
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  LBfamily

  1 year ago

  Dave in Alamitos Beach you hit the nail on the head, it seems Dana Rohrbacher could care less about the LBC's beaches and wetlands. Look into the restoration of Bolsa Chica for example, it wasn't the "Port of Huntington Beach" that paid for it, it was our port. With this in mind, compare Bolsa Chica with Los Cerritos, the LA river, the San Gabriel river.
  
  It would be so bad if our city got some of the port money... but we don't. We are getting the shaft.
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  Dave in Alamitos Beach

  1 year ago

  In the grand scheme, it would be terrific if we could get all of these issues at least considered together: the breakwater, the "almost" wetlands, the river pollution, river recreation, water shortage, etc. What we need is true leadership and it seems clear that Rohrbacher can't be bothered.
  
  Isn't there some rising political star that wants to link their fortunes with that of the Long Beach waterfront and environment?
  
  Can we get the Natural Resources Defense Council to throw in the Army Corps of Engineers while they're suing the Port?
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  Joseph

  12 months ago

  I am wondering why the EPA has not been notified? I emailed Mrs. Boxer asking for the Federal Government Dept in which one may try to obtain results. I also emailed the EPA requesting them to look into this issue, advising their own employer is violating a National Law it created on clean water. "Clean Water Act" 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq (1972) & "The National Environmental Policy Act"
  EX. ORD. NO. 11514 please review section 3. (h) it is designed to cut the red tape an get results.
  
  We will see if I receive a reply from either. Enough red tape, it is time for action, this is now an issue of the Federal Government breaking it's own regualtions. We must hold them accountable.
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  Jenny Stockdale

  12 months ago

  Joeseph, please contact me: jenny@thedistrictweekly.com
  
  I would love to talk to you about this further. And don't worry, I work on the weekends all the time. Drop me a line.
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