Comments on: Model Revealed for Waterman’s Memorial at Town Harbor

By: David Gay

David Gay — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:32:30 +0000

Good question Geneva! Well maybe the town can fix the Shanty parking lot when they erect the new Waterman’s Memorial. I was there over the weekend and the pot holes are like a mine field. Also the post and rope barriers seen in the photograph of the Shanty expansion article are thrown about making the place look more derelict. Maybe that is the intention but it seems the town could do a better job of keeping up appearances for the tourists and high end yachtspersons whom they want to attract.

By: Geneva Smith

Geneva Smith — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:54:58 +0000

Where will people using the marina and patrons of The Shanty park?

By: Wayne Creed

Wayne Creed — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:20:13 +0000

In Onancock, they have taken the step to create a true Waterman’s museum (https://www.facebook.com/ESVAWatermensMuseum) inside the Historic Onancock School which is focused on oystering, crabbing, clamming, and other topics that truly venerate those that work on the water. The mission of the museum is preservation, education, and celebration. Compare that to the Town of Cape Charles which gave away our old school for $10. Rather than preserving our public space to celebrate, preserve, and teach our heritage, the Mayor tosses away the 100-year-old school whose labs and classrooms should be serving as a center for Maritime History and Marine and Estuarine research. What are our priorities?

Do the folks on Madison, Jefferson, Monroe, and Washington really benefit from the waste of their taxes on the Harbor? In terms of class, one group has the classrooms, 100-year-old stage, and basketball courts stolen from them, and then the Town takes their tax money in order to allow rich boaters to achieve a reduced rate on slip fees. If you take away recreational and educational opportunities from the ordinary people, why should they be expected offer up their taxes just to fund the lifestyle of rich people? A proper monument for Cape Charles would just be a 150-foot-tall dollar sign ($).