■ 27 April 2008 | 7:21 AM
Tangier memories
Gov. Tim Kaine came to Tangier Island in the spring of 2007 to give us a check for a new health center. The schoolchildren waited for over an hour in the hot sun for him to arrive, and then sang for him on the school steps. It was an event that they will tell their own children about.
Another spring has come, and Gov. Kaine has played a part in another event that will stay in the minds of the children of Tangier forever. This past week, with his support, the Virginia Marine Resource Commission passed regulations on commercial crabbing that will put their fathers out of work from November to March.
Gov. Kaine, how do you think the children of Tangier will remember you?
Carlene M. Shores
Tangier
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reply to carlene
What do you expect. Sure, let the watermen harvest every last crab in the bay, and then they'll blame the government for not forcing them to stop. It's not the watermen's fault the crab populations are dwindling, but it's in their best interest to reduce the harvest.
I guess it's time for the watermen to join conservationists who are against pollution, and liberals who believe everyone should have a safety net to ensure they can stay alive.
Carlene
The crab moratorium is not about Tangiers Island. It is much larger a problem than that. That Maryland and Virginia are finally working together to solve the disasterous dwindling of the crab population is a blessing. We should have learned from the near destruction of the Chesapeake oysters. Sure, this moratorium may hurt a little in the short term but Americans need to stop thinking of the instant gratification of "now" and look beyond to the future.