Back shore power
Back Shore Power My home is on Laurens Street. The city long ago zoned Laurens Street, which is adjacent to the proposed cruise terminal, for high-density residential development. This zoning means t ...
Limit cruise-ship consequences on peninsula
FEBRUARY 4th LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Post and Courier, by Steve Gates Yes, the South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines on a technicality. The court said that s ...
Letters to the Editor, Thursday, Jan. 30
Stop the ships Since the Preservation Society of Charleston and its members have no standing before the court to try to regulate cruise ships, that leaves it up to those who certainly do have a stand ...
Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, Dec. 11
Clearing the air Commendations are due the State Ports Authority and its CEO, Jim Newsome, for supporting removal of unhealthy air pollution from trucks at the SPA docks by promoting more eco-friendl ...
Per the City…. we all suffer….
Attorneys argue in front of S.C. Supreme Court over harm cruise ships would cause Charleston By Schuyler Kropf COLUMBIA — Allowing a lawsuit that challenges Charleston’s cruise ship visits over zonin ...
Local elections are upon us
City of Charleston voters on Tuesday will choose six people to serve on council for the next four years. Two incumbents are unopposed — Dean Riegel in District 10 and Kathleen Wilson in District 12. ...
Now there’s an icon, Charleston.
The Oct. 20 Post and Courier Commentary page hit home on two counts: Alan Farago’s call for cruise regulations and Clemson President James Barker’s vision of the proposed Clemson Architecture Center a ...
Ports Authority appeals federal judge’s decision on cruise terminal
The S.C. State Ports Authority is seeking to appeal a federal judge’s recent decision that forces the Army Corps of Engineers to further review the agency’s proposed $35 million cruise terminal in dow ...
Power Struggle: You Cruise, You Lose!
As taken from The Post and Courier, by Frank Wooten: Shoreside power to the cruise ships! That variation on “Power to the people!” won’t generate a rallying cry for Charlestonians demanding that cru ...