Dear Mr. President, I am respectfully writing to have you consider a two part problem that has hit our lovely city of Anacortes, in Washington state. 1- Dakota Creek Shipyard has laid off most of it’s work force and facing peril as a result of a Jones Act mistake that looks like they will have to suffer selling a new state of the art fishing vessel at a great loss, likely to Russia. I am a workboat business owner and use their services, that are second to none. I also drive by every morning and no longer see full parking lots that were always sprinkled with new vehicles with temporary licenses. Dakota Creek Shipyard has been trying to be heard in senate to get a waiver so this new vessel can be sold to and worked by an American company and move forward, brining its workers back. 2- Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has also taken a large hit from State Of Washington, fueled by the Tribes, being shut down as a result of a site breakup that resulted in a release of fish that have been proven to be harmless in the wild, don’t affect natural stocks, and die of starvation. They represent a third of my companies’s work. They too have been laying off workers who depend on these jobs. The Atlantic Salmon are in great demand and if/when this company were to shut down, it would need to be imported from foreign outfits, not good. These two issues need to be heard and resolved to get lots of tax paying folk back to productive work and make our town thrive again. Perhaps you could pass the word on, over in your Washington. Thank You For Your Service And Consideration, Concerned tax payer

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