Two views of MPLA Re Judith Garfield\u2019s article on Oct. 8 (“Reversing the tide of ocean species pillage,” page B\u00b71): I was very disappointed that you have turned from reporting news to becoming a lobbyist and advocate for the MLPA, which would attempt to shut all of La Jolla from recreational and commercial fishing.\u00a0As a diver, angler and spearfisherman over the past 30-plus years, I too am concerned about the health of the marine environment.\u00a0However, the MLPA closure that Ms. Garfield hopes will pass is a misguided approach to management.\u00a0 Our ocean resources, if properly managed, are a renewable and sustainable resource.\u00a0The total closure suggested by Ms. Garfield is an overstep.\u00a0It will have a devastating impact on the local economy and the fishing boats, tackle shops, fishing kayakers and many dive shops will go out of business.\u00a0(This closure will cost our region hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars, plus enforcement costs that no one can pay for). Do not support the proposed MLPA closure of La Jolla.\u00a0Please contact this paper to allow everyone to enjoy our marine resources! Tony Pauker, La Jolla I agree with Judith Lee Garfield\u2019s Oct. 8 article whereby she states that the No Fishing zones in the San Diego area should be expanded.\u00a0I have been fishing, diving and swimming in the San Diego and La Jolla areas for over 50 years, and I have seen the marked decrease in size and particularly number of fish in the area. For the last 20 years, I have been swimming in the La Jolla No Fish Zone about three days a week, and even in this protected area the number of fish has sadly decreased.\u00a0 We need a substantial increase\u00a0in the extent of the No Fish\u00a0Zones before the local fish population other than the very small species ceases to exist. Ron Dahlin, La Jolla Marijuana dispensaries will bring in crime We feel strongly that the stores selling marijuana in Pacific Beach, and other local communities, must be stopped. The opening of any additional stores selling marijuana must also be stopped before our community is overwhelmed with drug addicts. None of these stores are following state guidelines regarding how marijuana is provided to real patients. Police statistics from other areas show that when these stores open, crime in the neighborhood increases. Crime increases because the other illegal trades that follow drugs come to rob homes in order to pay for addicts\u2019 habits. We are very afraid for the youth of our community since they will frequent these stores and then pass the habit on to other students. Our neighbor, Mexico, has made it very visible what happens when selling marijuana begins. It is not long before hard illegal drugs follow. This community does not wish to become the heart of the drug trade of San Diego. Don\u2019t just form a task force to “study” the issue. Start issuing some regulations that will allow the police to close down these illegal shops. Gerald and Bozier Demaree, Pacific Beach<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two views of MPLA Re Judith Garfield\u2019s article on Oct. 8 (“Reversing the tide of ocean species pillage,” page B\u00b71): I was very disappointed that you have turned from reporting news to becoming a lobbyist and advocate for the MLPA, which would attempt to shut all of La Jolla from recreational and commercial fishing.\u00a0As a […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11560","_seopress_titles_title":"Letters to the editor","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11560,11593,11552],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-la-jolla-village-news","category-no-images","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}