dePierro 31 Years Councilman Proud of Open Space Issues?

Taken from a recent article on dePierro Success. Addressing many friends, family, and elected officials, dePierro proudly talked about the many Open Space projects he has been involved with during his 31 years serving on the Township Council.
 After Mr. dePierro's vote favoring rezoning during the waterview fiasco and his seemingly slight toward those citizens who advocated for issues of plants, animals and remaining habitat in Parsippany this seems like political posturing. Mr. dePierro also does not support the Regional Master Plan which would upgrade our own municipal master plan in protecting natural resources ,especially water; a public trust. The Regional Plan would call for low impact development and best management practices in any development or redevopment that did take place. 

 What is good for the Region, May Not be good for Parsippany;(instead of, what is good for the Region “is” good for Parsippany). This statement was given by Councilman dePierro in relation to why Parsippany does not, has stopped, decided, not to continue with the process of “voluntary compliance” of the NJ Highlands Regional Master Plan Conformance in order to improve the Municipal Master Plan as it now stands. It must be asked, by what criteria does Mr. dePierro make such a bold assumption.  The NJ Highlands Protections Act was proved to be legally and scientifically sound and passed by both parties in an overwhelming vote of 103 to 17 on June 10, 2004.
  dePierro must explain his, “may not be” and what he feels is better than a Master Plan worked out by dedicated concerned people of science and law. He must also explain why he does not advocate for a better Municipal Master Plan based on reflections of conformance criteria that demonstrates how our goals in having a better community can be achieved.Politics has no right to put itself before science and legality. It is a form of obstruction to the common good. In the long term Highlands Conformance amounts to less government, through cost avoidance scenarios because of accumulative impacts on our communities.  
      When making local planning decisions, a municipality must consider the impact of its initiatives on the entire region. The community that wishes to truly determine its future will take the additional step of advocating for the creation of a Regional Master Plan. 
  From the 2004 Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act:
 The Legislature further finds and declares that the protection of the New Jersey Highlands, because of its vital link to the future of the State's drinking water supplies and other key natural resources, is an issue of State level importance that cannot be left to the uncoordinated land use decisions of 88 municipalities, seven counties, and a myriad of private landowners...  
  dePierro will have none of this.