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Folks,
Just wanted to provide a small update. As those of you who have been following and participating in our struggle know, its been fairly quiet. The developer, Mr Huffman, has certainly not given up, but we believe he's taking his time -- perhaps like a football coach who calls a "time-out" when faced with a situation where his opponent clearly has seized the initiative and his offense is driving down the field toward the goal line. That's certainly the way it seems to me.
While we believe that things are going our way for now, that can change. Fortunately, we have great folks like Blake Hallman and Nora Kravec of the "Morris Island Coalition" who are watching each and every political development affecting the future of a Morris Island like a fat guy guards his haversack.
At any rate, it's just possible that the developer hopes to let things "simmer down" before he approaches Charleston County officials about re-zoning of the island. As you know, that is the very nub of the issue. Currently, Morris Island is only zoned for two dwellings -- there are none there now, and we want to keep it that way. Given there are no services (electrical, water, sewage, etc.) on the island, Huffman can't make a development attractive to his investors unless he can get the island re-zoned for around twenty dwellings. He just might try to wait until the holidays this winter before he approaches the county thinking the "mob" (re-enactors, historic preservationists, conservationists, surfers, historians, etc.) might be distracted and/or too busy enjoying the holidays to turn-out. Again, thanks to the committed folks we have in Charleston, that is only a pipe-dream.
There you have it. All quiet, but the pickets are at their posts and the we're all wide awake.
Here's an editorial from a recent issue of the Charleston daily paper. Again, it highlights just how dumb an idea of ruining Morris Island seems to lots of folks from all walks of life and political persuasions. IMHO, that, more than anything else, is why we're winning. The synergy achieved from such a diverse base is very formidable. I'd encourage anyone engaged in a preservation fight to try to get the conservationists on board. Their voice added to ours can make a big difference to some folks who don't care about historic preservation for its own sake, but do care that the bugs and birdies are not inconvenienced -- not making light of it, just trying to make a point.
Here's the piece.
More info available at www.morrisisland.org
Save Morris Island!
Cordially
Just wanted to provide a small update. As those of you who have been following and participating in our struggle know, its been fairly quiet. The developer, Mr Huffman, has certainly not given up, but we believe he's taking his time -- perhaps like a football coach who calls a "time-out" when faced with a situation where his opponent clearly has seized the initiative and his offense is driving down the field toward the goal line. That's certainly the way it seems to me.
While we believe that things are going our way for now, that can change. Fortunately, we have great folks like Blake Hallman and Nora Kravec of the "Morris Island Coalition" who are watching each and every political development affecting the future of a Morris Island like a fat guy guards his haversack.
At any rate, it's just possible that the developer hopes to let things "simmer down" before he approaches Charleston County officials about re-zoning of the island. As you know, that is the very nub of the issue. Currently, Morris Island is only zoned for two dwellings -- there are none there now, and we want to keep it that way. Given there are no services (electrical, water, sewage, etc.) on the island, Huffman can't make a development attractive to his investors unless he can get the island re-zoned for around twenty dwellings. He just might try to wait until the holidays this winter before he approaches the county thinking the "mob" (re-enactors, historic preservationists, conservationists, surfers, historians, etc.) might be distracted and/or too busy enjoying the holidays to turn-out. Again, thanks to the committed folks we have in Charleston, that is only a pipe-dream.
There you have it. All quiet, but the pickets are at their posts and the we're all wide awake.
Here's an editorial from a recent issue of the Charleston daily paper. Again, it highlights just how dumb an idea of ruining Morris Island seems to lots of folks from all walks of life and political persuasions. IMHO, that, more than anything else, is why we're winning. The synergy achieved from such a diverse base is very formidable. I'd encourage anyone engaged in a preservation fight to try to get the conservationists on board. Their voice added to ours can make a big difference to some folks who don't care about historic preservation for its own sake, but do care that the bugs and birdies are not inconvenienced -- not making light of it, just trying to make a point.
Here's the piece.
More info available at www.morrisisland.org
Save Morris Island!
Cordially
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