Takanassee plan a 'charm offensive' by developer Attorney Jerry Zaro's claim that his client Isaac Chera could have demolished all of the buildings at the Takanassee Beach Club is patently false. The original plan was to have all the buildings demolished, and that plan was not approved by the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. A CAFRA (Coastal Area Facilities Review Act) permit is required for any facility in the coastal area because you can't just do whatever you want in the coastal areas, demolition included. While these buildings may not be protected by the National Historic Register (although they qualify), they are protected by state coastal zone rules. This seems to simply be a charm offensive by the developer and his attorney to convince the uninformed that they are the good guys. "We saved the buildings, aren't we special." It is false. The DEP's permit conditions saved the buildings - the developer simply agreed to them because he had no choice. A better solution would have been for the DEP to demand the buildings stay onsite even if they are moved on-site. The piece of property with all the historic buildings should then be sold to the state and opened to the public as a historic lifesaving museum district. I wish overdevelopment of this area would stop. Donna Arvelo Ocean