To the Editor:

With Harvey Cedars being the last holdout for surfing outside the flags, I would ask the decision makers to consider two points. We live on an island. Coastal water use is primary, first and foremost, any way and always. People may ask, “Why open the beach to use outside the flagged areas?” Perhaps the question should be “Why not?”

Safety may be the response, but no anecdotal evidence from other municipalities has been presented that problems occur when surfers and swimmers use our waters in…

August 9, 2017