An excellent PenBay Pilot article by reporter Sarah Thompson, with vivid photos, documented Rockland Public Works employees grinding away with our town’s heavy equipment to provide free labor, using taxpayers’ money, to give Safe Harbor Marinas/Yachting Solutions and Stuart Smith, a Camden multimillionaire, a clear view of the harbor. So, when either private entity erects a structure, they will have a ready-made water view complete with root system removals.

Our city council applauds this surprise move as a “long awaited view corridor” granting us peasants a water view. Who knew Rockland can use public monies to upgrade private properties? Maybe ten months of sheltering-in-place has lowered my IQ.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. 

Phyllis Merriam lives in Rockland