The State Ports Authority continues to distort the positions of its opponents.
Reasonable people can differ over the conclusions of careful analysis.
Unreasonable people distort their opponents' statements and put words in their mouths they didn't say. Below are SIX examples where the SPA flatly distorts conclusions presented by Dr Sparks. Special to The State Misrepresentations by opponents of expansion continue to abound. Don Sparks, a Charleston business professor and environmentalist who opposes the port, exemplified this on The State's March 11 opinion page. Sparks does not oppose the port, just the mega expansion, and nothing in his article suggests otherwise.