Commissioner Shallenberger: wood burning on the beach is unhealthy
Channel: Frank Peters
Date: 2015-12-14

The City of Carmel fights an appeal that would place 26 fire rings on their beach; instead Mayor Burnett wants to create a pilot program using cleaner burning propane. Like in previous hearings, Coastal Staff has written a bureaucratic, curmudgeonly report to obscure the issue: is propane a gas or a liquid?

To win the day, a "No" vote is hoped for, but there are issues plaguing the Commissioners: technically, the City is not in compliance. As they grapple with the conflict, listen to Commissioner Shallenberger set staff straight: 

"The science is in; the debate's over – wood smoke is a carcinogen. It just is... when we have wood burning fires on the beach, it is an unhealthy recreation."

Like a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning...
Wait for it!