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"Seatown has a large port exclusively for fishing boats, whose owners pay fees for the
upkeep of the docks and for facilities for cleaning engines and repairing nets. In recent
years, declining fish populations have decreased fishing revenue and forced many
owners to stop fishing altogether. As a result, the port has a high vacancy rate and port
managers are considering allowing pleasure boats, including cruise ships and other large
vessels, to use the port in order to increase revenue. But allowing pleasure boats into the
port would be a mistake, because the fishing boats would be forced out of the port. We
should preserve the port for the fishing fleet, which, unlike pleasure boats, contributes to
the prosperity of Seatown."
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88) The following appeared in a Brenton newspaper.
"The Brenton power plant draws water from Scott's River for its cooling system and
releases the warmed water back into the river. The town council recommends that the
plant install a more efficient cooling system that uses less water, claiming it will be more
environmentally sound. However, in Uptown, where the new system is used, a study
found that the complex network of pipes in the new system tends to accumulate algae.
The build up of algae can be avoided by scrubbing the pipes, which is costly, or by
adding an herbicide to the water in the pipes to prevent algae accumulation. But water
containing the herbicide cannot be released back into the river and it is known that low
water levels can harm river ecosystems accustomed to higher levels. Therefore, Brenton
power plant should continue to use the old cooling system exclusively."
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89) The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Maple City newspaper.
"Twenty years ago Pine City established strict laws designed to limit the number of new
buildings that could be constructed in the city. Since that time the average housing
prices in Pine City have increased considerably. Chestnut City, which is about the same
size as Pine City, has over the past twenty years experienced an increase in average
housing prices similar to Pine City, but Chestnut City never established any laws that
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