Comments on: Shoreline conflict and confusion have not yet abated http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/11/03/shoreline-conflict-and-confusion-have-not-yet-abated/ Environmental reporter Christopher Dunagan discusses the challenges of protecting Puget Sound and all things water-related. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cdunagan http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/11/03/shoreline-conflict-and-confusion-have-not-yet-abated/comment-page-1/#comment-16525 cdunagan Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:14:50 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/?p=3860#comment-16525 I thought I was helping people to understand Ecology's reasoning by quoting from selections of the guidance. I put these quotes at the end of the entry (where you click to continue), so people could ignore it if they weren't interested. The positions of Jan Angel and Brian Hodges are fairly easy to summarize: If I understand them, they believe the court ruling directs local governments to fall back to the shorelines master programs. I really have no idea which side is right, but we'll see if the Attorney General's Office switches positions as a result of Angel's letter. I thought I was helping people to understand Ecology’s reasoning by quoting from selections of the guidance. I put these quotes at the end of the entry (where you click to continue), so people could ignore it if they weren’t interested.

The positions of Jan Angel and Brian Hodges are fairly easy to summarize: If I understand them, they believe the court ruling directs local governments to fall back to the shorelines master programs.

I really have no idea which side is right, but we’ll see if the Attorney General’s Office switches positions as a result of Angel’s letter.

]]> By: John Donne http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/11/03/shoreline-conflict-and-confusion-have-not-yet-abated/comment-page-1/#comment-16523 John Donne Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:20:54 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/?p=3860#comment-16523 No surprise here. You link to Jan Angel's letter and mention Brian Hodges en passant, but you quote legal advice from DOE verbatim. Isn't the point that DOE has no business issuing legal advice? I think Rep. Angel was right to ask the Attorney General for his guidance on these matters. Legal advice to state bureaucrats is part of his job. This is especially true when court decisions lead to fuzzy logic. No surprise here. You link to Jan Angel’s letter and mention Brian Hodges en passant, but you quote legal advice from DOE verbatim. Isn’t the point that DOE has no business issuing legal advice?

I think Rep. Angel was right to ask the Attorney General for his guidance on these matters. Legal advice to state bureaucrats is part of his job. This is especially true when court decisions lead to fuzzy logic.

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