Letters To The Editor: July 2001

As Executive Director of The Environmental Council (EIC), I feel it necessary to comment on a statement in the Breaking News Section of the April issue.

The Connecticut Registry is not now and never has been 1.5 inches thick and there is no charge to register. EIC sat down with the Clean Water Coalition, buried the hatchet and worked out the details that served the interest of both groups, received the blessing of the Connecticut DEP and the environment committee of the legislature, worked the law through the legislature and basically have been at peace ever since. At the time, everyone in the country told us we were crazy to deal with the so-called environmentalists, but we have a very workable posting and notification law.

Richard Tice
Executive Director
The Environmental Council

To The Editor:

I’ve been in the landscape industry for 41 years, and the pricing irrigation services article in your February issue is the best article I have seen anywhere on irrigation. I’ve done all manners of pricing trying to figure out how to arrive at something that is equitable. I didn’t go far enough in my shortcuts and the long way is just too time consuming for quick pricing. This is great.

Doug Caldwell
E. Carolina University
Greenville, N.C.