From the infamous parking garage on Shem Creek that really isn't a parking garage that really isn't on Shem Creek, to the horrific traffic daily on Dorchester Road, we MUST all find a point of agreement. Perhaps it's that we have failed to plan for the Tri-County's growth. If we can agree on that, it's a start. Where the disagreement begins is in the solutions. It can't be "stopping development," "eliminating progress" or creating less "density." Those are images for the problem; they are not the problem. Bryan Crabtree proposed a solution on Tuesday that we use public lands for new schools and parks, sell portions of the land to make the taxpayers whole, build light-rail after a full study of the best methods and invite (not reject) offices and businesses in the communities that people live (Goose Creek, Summerville, Mount Pleasant) so commute times are reduced. One caller tells us the price of getting it wrong: ONE OF OUR COUNTIES MAY SIMPLY FAIL. How do we fix the divide between growth and planning?
