I posted this as a response to Joe Gray's blog post regarding “Fish Wars Not Good For Us” (Friday, April 8). Unfortunately, while an excellent idea, it is too late to do such a thing--enter as a region. And the competition is for The Ultimate Fishing Town--not region anyway. So, Waddington was in every sense allowed to enter as they did. In Waddington's defense, they have noted that, if they should win, they will share the money with the area fishing clubs, as well as with FISHCAP, for the specific purpose of promoting fishing tourism in the St. Lawrence River Valley. This, as you note, is indeed the purpose of FISHCAP. So, while Waddington entered as a single entity, their aim is to help everyone in the area. Check out some of the nominations that Waddington got--they sing the praises not only of Waddington, but of the St. Lawrence River, as well. This could be a good thing for our area. I hope people embrace it as such and move beyond the negative spin that some of the local media outlets have given it.