Listening to your favorite public-policy genius, KIROs Dori Monson, the other day, we were alerted to the fact that theres another attempt to ban driving on Washington beaches.
What’s your take on that? A: Hey, now. Take it easy on our friend Dori. It takes a lot of nerve — or a lot of something, anyway — to doggedly stick to the innovative argument that the most efficient way to move people from one place to another is to absolutely prohibit them from using mass transit in any form. Plus, you have to tip your cap to anyone who can argue with a straight face that, well, if sand crabs don’t want to be squashed by a three-quarter-ton pickup, they should stay off the flippin’ beach. As to your question: We’ve explored this issue in past years, stirring all sorts of discontent from Raymond to Redmond. After years of mulling the situation, we can see both sides of the argument, but have come to a few firm conclusions: • Most coastal communities oppose beach-driving bans. But “local control” is something of a red herring in this argument. Clearly, the people of a state have not only the right, but the responsibility, to exercise control of shared public resources,
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