GLOUCESTER, MA – July 22, 2010 – Gov. Deval Patrick's choice to write to the Secretary of Commerce rather than contact his friend, President Obama, on behalf of the economically hard-pressed fishing fleet is drawing a mix of frustration and anger together — along with fateful resignation that his options, as discussed in a public strategizing session here, are limited.
Angela Sanfilippo, president of the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association, and Jackie Odell, executive director of the Northeast Seafood Coalition, which invited the governor to Gloucester for a public meeting last Wednesday, expressed trust Thursday that Patrick would know the quickest path to relief from policies implemented by presidential appointees.
And Capt. Russell Sherman, whose description at the meeting of fellow fishermen driven to despair, drink, anti-depressants and divorce by the tightening screws of the Obama administration's fisheries policies, said he believed the governor is "sincere."
"There's a roadblock somewhere," said Sherman.
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