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From: "DKIESQ@aol.com" <DKIESQ@aol.com>
To: jeeproject@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:06:55 AM
Subject: Fwd: FYI - GSJ
See what's free at AOL.com.Opposed to St. James Island CZM Application
by Caroline A. Browne
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To: jeeproject@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:06:55 AM
Subject: Fwd: FYI - GSJ
Darren K. Indyke
Attorney-At-Law
457 Madison Avenue
4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Tel: 212-750-1176
Fax: 212-750-0381
e-mail: dkiesq@aol.com
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Attorney-At-Law
457 Madison Avenue
4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Tel: 212-750-1176
Fax: 212-750-0381
e-mail: dkiesq@aol.com
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IRS Circular 230 Legend: Any advice contained herein was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding U.S. federal, state, or local tax penalties. Unless otherwise specifically indicated above, you should assume that any statement in this email relating to any U.S. federal, state, or local tax matter was written in connection with the promotion or marketing by other parties of the transaction(s) or matter(s) addressed in this email. Each taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayer's particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.
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See what's free at AOL.com.
by Caroline A. Browne
Dear Source:
I am registering my opposition to the Great St. James CZM application. As a Virgin Islander and a resident of the island of St. Thomas, I continue to be amazed at the lack of enforcement of the rules and regulations put forth in the VI CODE for the protection of the Virgin Islands natural environment.
As is, our Virgin Islands infrastructure is falling apart by the seams with failing wastewater treatment facilities, declining water quality of water surrounding the Virgin Islands due to non-point-pollution, lack of enforcement of erosion controls and no plan to meet the needs of future Virgin Islanders who will inherit the messes we continue to perpetuate.
I know the first thing DPNR says is the agency doesn't have the manpower to enforce, let alone advise developers to follow the VI CODE, our laws. If all these developments over $500,000 were assessed impact fees, your agency could do what it is mandated to do, educate, preserve & protect our precious and slowly disappearing natural environment.
There is currently no infrastructure to support the plans to divide up and sell plots on Great St. James Island. We are blindly destroying the very same tourism product we advertise for short-term goals. If we continue at this pace without regard for our limited natural resources, we will have no tourism product and those of us who call the Virgin Islands home will be living in a concrete jungle, a paradise lost and a place of lost opportunity.
As a person who grew up on St. John, I am reduced to tears every time I need to travel to St. John. It is horrific to see the monstrosities being built on St. John from the Red Hook ferry dock & the eastern part of St. Thomas. In my humble opinion a moratorium on certain types of development should be considered until we have a viable Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan. Unless the intent is to approve all these developments and then say there is no need for a plan because there is nothing to save.
Caroline A. Browne
St. Thomas
I am registering my opposition to the Great St. James CZM application. As a Virgin Islander and a resident of the island of St. Thomas, I continue to be amazed at the lack of enforcement of the rules and regulations put forth in the VI CODE for the protection of the Virgin Islands natural environment.
As is, our Virgin Islands infrastructure is falling apart by the seams with failing wastewater treatment facilities, declining water quality of water surrounding the Virgin Islands due to non-point-pollution, lack of enforcement of erosion controls and no plan to meet the needs of future Virgin Islanders who will inherit the messes we continue to perpetuate.
I know the first thing DPNR says is the agency doesn't have the manpower to enforce, let alone advise developers to follow the VI CODE, our laws. If all these developments over $500,000 were assessed impact fees, your agency could do what it is mandated to do, educate, preserve & protect our precious and slowly disappearing natural environment.
There is currently no infrastructure to support the plans to divide up and sell plots on Great St. James Island. We are blindly destroying the very same tourism product we advertise for short-term goals. If we continue at this pace without regard for our limited natural resources, we will have no tourism product and those of us who call the Virgin Islands home will be living in a concrete jungle, a paradise lost and a place of lost opportunity.
As a person who grew up on St. John, I am reduced to tears every time I need to travel to St. John. It is horrific to see the monstrosities being built on St. John from the Red Hook ferry dock & the eastern part of St. Thomas. In my humble opinion a moratorium on certain types of development should be considered until we have a viable Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan. Unless the intent is to approve all these developments and then say there is no need for a plan because there is nothing to save.
Caroline A. Browne
St. Thomas