To the editor: The Instances has been printing deceptive letters to the editor from reader David Kay for years in regards to the Ballona Wetlands.
In a letter published soon after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Kay likened environmental advocates looking for to guard the Ballona Wetlands to the 9/11 terrorists. In his most recent letter, he accused lots of the identical advocates of utilizing California Environmental High quality Act (CEQA) litigation for self-enrichment, singling out the group I lead, the Ballona Wetlands Land Belief.
The Instances is just not obliged to publish each defamatory accusation that Kay submits.
I’ve been volunteering my time to the safety of the Ballona Wetlands for greater than 20 years, and at present I volunteer on a full-time foundation. I’m additionally considered one of prime donors to our nonprofit group. There isn’t any self-enrichment. Kay is aware of that, however he made the accusation anyway.
Additional, Kay’s characterization of our profitable litigation is solely with out benefit. The courtroom agreed with us that the California Division of Fish and Wildlife had designed its undertaking utilizing the incorrect flood management metrics, hardly a trivial technicality.
Walter Lamb, Culver Metropolis
The author is president of the Ballona Wetlands Land Belief.