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Give Up The Summer Seesa w? Figures compiled by the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce show that the Jersey Cape's year-round population growth is more than 13 times summertime growth during the ^Among some businessmen, notably Wildwood Mayor Guy Muziani, a seasonal economy isn’t enough. Mr. Muziani wants a casino in his city to provide a more steady, year.-round source of revenue At the other end of the county. Ocean City Mayor Chester Wimberg blames the casino boom in nearby Atlantic City' with creating escalating real estate prices in his own community , WITH STATE PLANNERS HOPING to keep development out of the Pinelands entirely and severely limited on the fringes of that great forest, the Jersey Shore in general and the Jersey Cape in particular become obvious targets for year-round residences. Can a seashore resort and a year-round economy and population coexist? Cah we continue to level our remaining woodlands and replace farmers’ combines with developers condos and still keep Country Living at the Shore'’ Can we have our cake and eat it too? What would happen to our economy if tomorrow all these absentee taxpayers suddenly moved to their summer cottages for goon; vyouldn't that be tantamount to having a-year-round population on base for a year-

round economy?

Farewell, Clete Cannone The unexpected death of longtime lifeguard Cpt. Clito Cannone leaves a void in his native Cape May and brings an ebbing of the spirit all along the Jersey Shore among those who respected the veteran beach patrol leader. Mr Cannone — "Clete” to the thousands who knew him — had more than a couple generations edge-of-the-sea experience; he knew his beaches and their unique characteristics like he knew each of the hundreds of young men to whom he was a summertime father figure through many seasons. A MAN OF FEW WORDS but of much surf savvy, Clete established an enviable safety record during his almost 40 years as a lifeguard chief. He was an institution in his own resort community, add his reputation for running a tight ship with diverse crews made him a lifeguard leader known all the way to Brigantine and beyond. His Mack m occas ' ns an< * dis oft quoted "Hot, ain’t \it!" expression were his trademarks among friends and the people who knew'The Bear” best. HIS BRUSQUE FACADE was really a manifestation of his athletic coaching role, for he loved sports and was successful as an athlete and coach too. A career Millville High School teacher, Clete "imported" more than one "Thunder Bolt” to Cape May as a rookie lifeguard, including two of his own sons.

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The Power of an Active Citizenry

By Stanley Vnn New

EDITOR'S NOTE - A l»«3 zraduole o/ Rulgerr Caw tcliool ond appointed Mate Public De/ender In IM». Mr /an Neil became New Jeriey't/Iret Public Advocate In .in He delivered tble commencement addreee, here excerpted for space. May Hat Stockton State College what worries me monl today Is that you may unwittingly chooae to heed the increasingly popular claim that we must have the courage to admit there is little that can be done about society's ills. To the contrary, there Is

much that can be done

When you are told that we as a people cannot govern ourselves, that we must lower our expectationa, I say you are really being told that decision making is better-left in the hands ol the privileged, the powerful, thoee same people lo Whom in another decade was attached the label ol the best and the brightest THE DECISIONS OUK SOCIETY MUST MAKE and the work there is to do belong not to the few but to the many. And the solutions for the plethora of social and economic problems we face will come only when the decisions which affect a community, a city, a state, a region, or the nation are democratically determined by all those affected and are no longer treated as the product or the preserve of a powerful FEW in the boardrooms of private corporations or in government bureaucracies. What I want to leave with you today is the truth that an active citizenry can penetrate the inner sanctums of power so that the public interest is protected. The theme for the 19S0 S is empowerment. We must all learn to effectively talk back to the bureaucracies that govern our lives, be they big government or big business. WE NEfeD TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION: “What should we as citizens want?" With the answer: "We want sufficient power to speak, ond be heard, and heeded for

poisons like PCB’s in food, of kepooe pesticides that cripple worker’s health, of shutdowns at nuclear power plants, and of thedtsaslfouo collapse of poorly built dams have deepened their skepticism that Iheir fates can safely be left in technician’s hands. Vivid individual experiences with products that break down, with prices that soar out of reach, and with warranties that prove deceitful. I'm sure you all have your own stories to tell, confirm people's beliefs that corporate officials do not spend their time thinking up "ideas that help people." On the other hand, people are also revolting against waste and inefficiency in government. Reinforcing the mistrust generated by charges of waste are accusations of governmental ineptitude, bad faith, and insensitivity as well as actual abuseof power. A NEW PUBLIC PSYCHOLOGY HAS EMERGED. A "take-back psychology. It has grown out of Individual reactions against inflationary pressures, government waste, and perceptions of social Injustice and unfairness This psychology is characterized by a desire on the part of citizens to retrieve from government the authority that, they as a people have previously .delegated to it. One illustration of the powerful effect that -this psychology has on public policy can be seen in the "Proposition 13" type budget cutting fever (hat has been sweeping the country for the past year. The effort to take back some of the latitude and power previously entrusted to government certainly stands out as a dominant theme in present public attitudes toward the effectiveness of government. I MUST POINT OUT TO YOU THAT a terrible irony occurs, however, when the public impulse is to approve massive limits on government in an indiscriminate way. Shortchanging government may infact only shortchange

A new public, take-back' psychology has emerged,..characterized by a desire on the part of citizens to retrieve from government the authority they...previously delegated to it.

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the interests of the majority of citizens. We want to participate in community and civic affairs as men and women committed to a better future where our concerns are met with justice and dignity and where wealth, race and religion are insufficient excuses to prevent equal participation ahd impact in government. Wa-need to Answer the present crisis of confidence in government with an increased commitment to empower citizen to directly Impact on decision. At fhe highest levels of government and business. We need'infusic i of democracy in every facet of these largesea^ institutions. Let us dedicate the IflW’s, and our-

selves, toihis task* ^

... TIIE REaITQUESTION BEFORE EACH and every one of you today is whether it matters if American matters Instead of sitting around and waiting for the expected change, the hoped-for results or the world-shaking

events, you must be the catalyst.

... Some of you probably say: "I can’t do anything as one person. I can’t make a difference, and it doesn’t really matter anyway.” 1 don’f believe that you feel this way because you are truly despairing, rather, I believe that you know perfectly well that if you take any positive action, no matter how small, you will imply that you can do something to change our world. Your apathy In this sense does not signal alienation but may indicate your longing

for a static and sheltered existence

You should not think it foolish to gamble for change and accomplishment. Indeed, here in New Jersey we’ve come to gamble for much more that a "Little" change. Surely, we should not place greater trust and confidence in a slot machine that we place in our own ability to effect change in the institutions which impact on our lives. WHEN WE SEE UNRESPONSIVE INSTITUTIONS we must take more care in diagnosing their ills. The challenge each and every one of you face in the 1980's is to prescribe and carry out a regimen of democracy in order to transform our institutions of government and business ihto a state of true health measured by the capacity of us as citizens and consumers to influence those policies and operations that most immediately and importantly im-

pact upon our lives.

Happily, all is not apathy. It is heartening to report that at the grassroots level of American Society, the current generation of citizen/consumers are building their own institutions of protest. Voices that have never before been present in the councils of government or in theboard-

roomi of business are now being heard.

ON THE ONE HAND, THE CITIZENRY at large is no longer content to let some corporations significantly reduce freemarket competition, gain unhealthy political power, and spawn bureaucracies that frustrate commerce and smother creativity. They are no longer content to let corporate rhetoric regarding efficiency and the sancitity of the marketplace justify threats to public health, safety, income and environment. Stories of

the majority of people and return all of us to a situation in which our own voices cannot be heard and the public interest not served. * Every one of you has a responsibility to strengthen and expand this citizen voice... ... It remains for each of you to become a Public Advocate. You mu> care, you must inform yourself, you must participat* indeed, you must insist that institutionf be reformed, that inequities b* redressed so that America becomes the great and wondenul place our forefathers

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PRESIDENT JIMMY E. CARTER The White House Washington. D.C. 20500 ( 202) 450-1414

SENATOR HARRISON A. WILLIAMS JR. 352 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20610 (202)224-0724

SENATOR BILL BRADLEY 315 Russell Senate Office BulMIng Washington. D.C. 20510 (202 ) 224-3224

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