There was a picture in the Grunter with a guy standing in front of two restricted (handicapped) docking spots. The sad thing about this is that there will be one boat there a week, if that. Otherwise they will sit empty. Given the heavy requirements on that docking facilty, it is too bad this got through. Couldn't we have lived with one spot? If one is handicapped and spent the entire day on the lake, would it hurt for them to spend another 10 minutes waiting for a spot? And aren't all the spots relatively equal in that the handicapped person will have to get into a wheel chair when exiting a boat anyway so does it really matter where the spots are located on the dock? After given this some thought, I have come out against this change. I understand the concept and intent and I'm all for helping out handicapped people; if I saw someone having trouble I'd be the first one to help or offer my spot. I just don't think Wolfeboro should have tied up this many resources for the very occasional need.
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