Letter to the editor from Eugene Platt
Reprinted from The Post and Courier

The well-written story in your June 26 edition about Islanders for Responsible Expansion was timely.

Thank you for acknowledging the accomplishments of this wonderful organization and its dedicated leaders, Amy Fabri, Robin Welch, Katie Dombrowski and Patricia Damico. The South Carolina Green Party salutes them.

Just as irresponsible developers appear to be accelerating their efforts to destroy what relatively little is left of our natural environment and to dilute our quality of life, there are encouraging signs the trend is about to be reversed. Efforts by groups such as Islanders for Responsible Expansion, the Sierra Club, and others are intensifying. Their membership is increasing. Throughout the Lowcountry, there is a growing awareness of the wisdom in “going green.”

Thanks again for a fine story complemented by such striking photos. Among your thousands of readers, there is keen interest in environmental issues. Here’s hoping you report on such issues routinely.

Eugene Platt,
Lowcountry coordinator of the South Carolina Green Party and James Island Public Service District Commissioner