Apparently the author[s] of an editorial in today’s Virginian-Pilot wasn’t at the Wetlands Board Hearing Monday, hasn’t read the verbatim transcript & isn’t familiar with the City, State & Federal statutes that the Board is required to follow by law.

It also appears the Joint Permit Application for the proposed project, relevant & best science was not taken into consideration either.

Some highlights of the editorial include:

+ their focus on protecting wetlands that don’t deserve it undermines their credibility
+ The problem is that the wetlands being protected by the board’s decision do little to protect either the Bay or the Lynnhaven.
+ But in this case, by serving a smaller good – protecting wetlands – the board harmed the greater cause of water quality. And in order to halt Indigo Dunes, opponents – many of them residents of Ocean Park – must perversely advocate the continued pollution of the Lynnhaven.

Read & comment on the editorial at Pilotonline.com.