Letter: Common sense needed

Regarding your editorial, “What to do about Pismo’s pigeons?” (Aug. 18): I am glad to know the Pismo Beach City Council is concerned enough to begin mitigating the water pollution at Pismo Beach following a three-year study by Cal Poly researchers connecting pigeon droppings as the major source of high bacteria in the water off Pismo Beach.

Is “common sense” what led city officials to suspect pigeons as the source of this localized contamination?

Unfortunately, “common sense” hasn’t prevailed for immediate action by our Board of Supervisors to protect the health of residents near Pier Avenue and on the Nipomo Mesa.

They need to use their “police power” to authorize a temporary moratorium on the Dunes land concurrent with the Air Pollution Control District’s PM10 findings linking off-road activities to the invasive contamination of our air.

Instead, our officials are placated through industry-led off-highway vehicle lobbying successes that dominate this public health threat through denial of any PM10 culpability by off-road activities and rejecting all scientific findings.

Public agencies are created to first protect our health and safety. Off-highway vehicles are the “tail that wags the dog” and officials arrogantly dismiss “common sense” rule for our right to breathe.

Katrina Dolinsky

Arroyo Grande

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