To the Editor:

Thank you, Thomas Maney and Chris Capp, for your letters in the July 1 SandPaper. Although each letter’s topic covers its own particular message, I couldn’t help but see an obvious link between each of them. That link is unfortunately an inevitable demise in the quality and affordability of life here on LBI.

I couldn’t agree more with Mr. Maney’s assertion that the current structure of this 18-mile-long sandbar, requiring six different municipal governments, six public works departments, five…

July 8, 2026