THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, June 19, 1995 TAG: 9506170008
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A6 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
Growth can be beneficial and it can be harmful; so not only is Southside Virginia against the Lake Gaston pipeline, but most Norfolk residents also seem to be against it. There was enough water until special interests in Virginia Beach created a sprawl that overextended our needs.
Without the Lake Gaston deal, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake will have to stop expanding and we can all turn our attention back to the central cities. We can stop paying for new roads and look to public transportation. We might become a community within defined boundaries.
Sprawl has denuded the land, created environmental disasters and disassociated us from one another. Only a few interests have been served by the Leavitt-Town style of growth.
When the citizens of the new cities that were in part created by racial bias become concerned with the needs of the old cities, regionalism will flourish. Water from 100 miles away will not help solve existing problems.
FRED BASHARA
Norfolk, June 8, 1995 by CNB