Mayor Carolyn A. Kirk, Democrat Gloucester Massachusetts, Pleads for President Obama to Stop New Regulations Driving Small Businesses Out of Business. This Mayor of the oldest fishing port in America voted for Obama, went to his inauguration, and says she is now, Losing Faith in Our Government. Kirk pleads for the President to get personally involved and stop the Commerce Department's overzealous enforcement of fishing regulations (something the Commerce Department Inspector General just slammed NOAA for) and the costly and burdensome regulations brought on by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new Catch Shares commercial fishing scheme. Kirk reiterates her invitation for President Obama to come to her city to see firsthand the problems NOAA has wrought on her city.