…and the law won.
Del. Joe Morrissey wears environmentalism on his car – a bumper sticker on his sports sedan proclaims “I’d rather be fighting global warming” – and practices it legislatively.
When it comes to his own Henrico County backyard outside Richmond, however, an oversight about state environmental procedure by the pugnacious Democrat is going to cost him.
Appearing before the Virginia Marine Resources Commission this week in Newport News, Morrissey was fined $1,000 for building a bulkhead along the James River without obtaining a wetlands permit.
Note to self: if you’re going to claim to be a steward of the environment, you might just want to get your projects cleared by DEQ. Just sayin’.
More from Julian Walker over at the Virginia Pilot.
