The county is working on two proposals for public boat ramps, one at Fort Smallwood Park and now a second one at the site of a private marina for sale on Riverside Drive in the Pinehurst neighborhood of Pasadena. Does the county need more public boat ramps, and should the first two owned by the county be in Pasadena? ---

I have loved the Pasadena area ever since I came to Anne Arundel County. In these hard economic times it is hard to digest the otherwise palatable prospect of greater access to the Patapsco River from the jewel of north county, Pasadena.

It seems easy to understand the need for commercial revitalization of the...