Reading the article about this guy and IPP just makes me sick. Historical places are being lost everyday, and although there is a law in place to protect them, often times developers and big corporations can get around that law. Years ago I worked an archaeological site that was being tested before development. It was on Defuskie Island, SC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daufuskie_Island) and was home to the Gullah people. We did find remains of historic homesites, but they developed the island anyway and in my opinion ruined a natural island that was home to the Gullah (they kicked them out) and lots of wildlife.
I assume you've seen this movie? I think it got a nom for an academy award in the 80's.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095261/
Daufuskie was a sad story in a lot of ways--I was a kid living in Beaufort around then, and the last time I took the boat over there was shortly before they began all the development on the island. You couldn't help feeling like they were about to kill off a culture over there.
I thought the new development was in a different part of the island from where the long time residents were and there was some rule about keeping those sections separated. The last time I got anywhere near 'Fuskie' was long before the new development out there.
