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...Marc Haefele's negativity seems inspired more by a poor reporter's attachment to controversy than by an honest look at the issues....
What does Judge Lew's ruling mean? The "freshwater marsh" was where the project's runoff was going to end up. The judge has thrown out the permit to build the marsh. Developers cannot build a project without a place to put their polluted urban runoff.
Therefore, the developers are currently building a road to nowhere. They are keeping their bulldozers rolling because they are trying desperately to show the public and their investors that they are still "moving forward." Time will show that the Playa Vista project has been dealt a serious setback. Judge Lew's ruling debunked the developers' public-relations "greenwashing" and told them to come up with an honest, legal plan to deal with the toxic runoff.
There are now 86 organizations in the coalition working to save the Ballona Wetlands, including the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the Surfrider Foundation and CalPIRG. We will see this effort through to the end, because we care about the quality of life in Los Angeles. It is unfortunate that Marc Haefele finds himself on the developers' side of this issue.
-Bruce RobertsonDirector, Ballona Valley Preservation LeagueLos Angeles
DEAR EDITOR:Marc Haefele's negativity seems inspired more by a poor reporter's attachment to controversy than by an honest look at the issues. It is regrettable that he demeans our efforts by calling us "Trustafarians" and presenting our goals as "fantasy." The BWLT - which is not, as Haefele states, from Malibu - is a nonprofit group that includes community activists as well as legitimate scientists, all of whom are working very hard, in the face of the most powerful of adversaries, to preserve a vital environmental asset in Los Angeles.
-Rob KinslowMember, Ballona Wetlands Land TrustLos Angeles
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