"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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I drive nearly every day past a good example of this phenomenon. An
area once occupied by the physically largest recreationally oriented
boatyard on Seattle's Lake Union is being developed for condominiums.
To skirt City of Seattle requirements that any waterfront developments
must be related to water-oriented activities, a very small dock has
been built as part of the project. It would seem unlikely that there
will be any public access to this dock, as none of the new owners of
the $half million and up, up, up waterfront condominiums will want
strangers coming ashore in their front yard. Most likely the moorage
will be sold to the condo residents.

Well, its going to take a little more than lip service to solve this
problem.
Seems like your local government needs to be proactive and buy up some of
that land for public use. You're willing to ante up a lfew pesos to support
that effort, aren't you?