From Pilotonline.com:
Virginia Beach’s lack of civic engagement for a project of this magnitude and impact is appalling. The bayfront residents pride themselves on civil discourse and the ability to work with the city to find compromising solutions. The fact that we were hardly given the chance to discuss our concerns is not acceptable. Many of you, if not all of you, ran election campaigns that championed improved civic engagement for the citizens. We demand that you take the opportunity at your meeting today and reconsider your vote of Sept. 22.
Denying the proposed Westminster-Canterbury On The Bay expansion will allow the necessary city-facilitated civic dialogue to take place to make an informed decision of this magnitude. A smaller, less dense development would be an acceptable compromise that will keep future development of the bayfront in accordance with codes, plans and guidelines. It would also allow Westminster-Canterbury residents to enjoy their new amenities and City Council to enjoy an increase in tax revenue.
Keeping the approval of the high-rise, high density project will lead to a bayfront that resembles the Virginia Beach Town Center and result in the loss of our neighborhood.
It’s appalling how five people have currently chosen to ignore the rule of law they’re charged to enforce. It’s appalling how the overwhelming amount of citizens opposed to this precedent-setting monstrosity were ignored. The entire process was appalling. Reconsideration!
Tim Solanic, Virginia Beach
#WeLoveShoreDrive 
I and alot more voters will be voting you out. You did not vote the way you campaigned. This will stop you can’t keep telling voters what you think they what to hear then do whatever works for you and the others on council. Most the Mayor. We are going to start voting you out until you start looking out for the people who put you in. Wake up voters are tired of you lying to us. We are more aware of what’s happening and we are not going to put with it anymore. It’s a slap in the face. And we will continue to vote out. You better start listening. And stop the lies.