The recent Business Journal article of Aug. 29 ("Development Doldrums: Fair Oaks project quagmire suggests county dysfunction") inaccurately portrays the county’s approach to business permitting as unresponsive and unnecessarily bureaucratic. The criticisms by the applicants of Shangri-la are unfounded, as is the reporter’s assertion that this example is indicative of systemic “county dysfunction.” (Leon Corcos is the developer behind the overall Fair Oaks Project and Sommer Peterson is the…
