"There have been many recent news reports regarding the waterfront land at Glen Cove, which contains a natural, historic treasure of 15 unspoiled acres along the Carquinez shoreline. This land is owned by the City of Vallejo and managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District.
It appears that many people have been misled by activists who are spreading misinformation. It might interest your readers to know the following information -- the facts and the fiction -- which has been compiled by many of us who live next to the land and have taken great interest in this issue:
* GVRD plans to develop this land as a park -- Fiction.
For years this land was planned to be developed as an elaborate park, with concession stands, swimming piers, and manicured lawns. Our community worked together with GVRD to make sure this land would not be developed, but rather preserved and restored to its natural condition.
* The land will be desecrated and bodies will be dug up -- Fiction.
This is simply untrue. GVRD's plan is designed to protect and preserve the site, not desecrate it. Extra steps have been taken to protect the culturally sensitive area, including covering it with additional soil. There will be no digging in this portion of the site. Significant time and expense have gone into careful research, including core sampling and consultation with experts in the field to ensure there will be no disturbance of any archaeologically significant areas. This beautiful area has been desecrated, however, by vandals who have defaced the site with extensive graffiti declaring "sacred burial ground" (often misspelled) and other similar phrases."
Get the Story:
Janet Roberson: Glen Cove site: Separating fact from fiction
(The Valley Times Herald 4/21)
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