We're not just trying to be dictators of taste.

We want you to know how critical to Beaufort County your performance as land planners and architects is. You're the most important intermediary between citizens and builders and developers.

We can't be reactive in this situation; we have to be proactive. Once these areas are polluted -- once they're gone -- they're never coming back. That's why this is so important now.

We can't be reactive in this situation; we have to be proactive. Once these areas are polluted they're never coming back.

There's no question it's going to be a tough period. If there's any place where you need consistency, it's planning. You need people like (Bailey) with experience and knowledge of mistakes that have happened in the past, or you're destined to repeat those mistakes.

We've had a taste of it the last two seasons. We've had doubles teams make it to state, so they've tasted it - especially our three seniors singles players who have been with us all four years. Hopefully, they'll win a few more once they get to the state tournament.