This letter is in response to the article and letter in the last issue of the Highline Times. Had both Brian Bennett and Lee Moyer (members of the Shoreline Advisory Committee) spent, as much time preparing for the committee meetings as they have spent on self-promotion in the media, Burien would have a much better Shoreline Master Plan Draft Document.

Bennett knows that a public access is not allowed on the Ruth Dykeman Center's property because; 1. the Comprehensive Plan does not allow it and, 2. it would present a clear and apparent health, security and public safety hazard in that location. Bennett just worked on revising the Comprehensive Plan December 2009. He needs to reread this document.

Moyer is a self-proclaimed citizen activist and environmentalist. He claims to have served on the committee because he was a soon to be a citizen of Burien. However, he signed up for committee membership long before the election came about.

Moyer has not volunteered or been a financial donor for any major environmental projects in the city, previously or currently. His name has not appeared as volunteer or donor who has served the North Highline Area on major environmental issues.

Had both men spent time on making sure there were items in the Shoreline Master Plan that provided for monitoring shorelines for health, protecting public and private property, protecting public health and safety and creating public education around water safety and shoreline use, we would have a much better plan today.

Instead, they focused and continue to focus attention on defending themselves and their narrow agendas. These behaviors smell of self-promoting opportunism for public attention.

C. Edgar
Burien