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Updated: 12 February 2012 | 12:10 am in Letters to the Editor
Macbride no-wake change is a no-brainer
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Why is there even a controversy about having Lake Macbride a no-wake lake year-round? Has the no-wake rule ruined any of the lakes in Iowa? Why would it hurt Macbride? Most Iowans have been waiting year after year for this no-wake rule to be implemented only to be disappointed again by legislators who must think it isn’t a very important issue.
The 10-horsepower rule benefits only the cottage dwellers for the selfish reason of fewer fishermen and boaters. Why not give Lake Macbride back to the citizens of Iowa instead of making it a private country club for some of the cottage dwellers on this lake?
I think something smells in Lake Macbride and it isn’t the fish!
Loren Myers
Blairstown
Rules of Engagement
Macbride no-wake change is a no-brainer
The fishy (crappy) smell is from either the crap leaching into the lake from leaky sewage pipes or drain fields in the cottage reserve, or from HF 54 sitting stagnate in the Natural Resource Committee and the so-called Study Committee for such a long time? Come on boys and girls it’s past time to “get-er-done!”