I think some people are reading too much into all of this.Some...

I think some people are reading too much into all of this.

Some years ago I was involved in a high quality development proposal that met all state and local council requirements but there was significant opposition from the neighborhood residents.

Council rejected the proposal so we had to go to the Land and Environment court to get approval. (Which we did after considerable delay and expense)

The council knew that we would win if we pursued it.

Their whole strategy was to be able to say to the objectors,
"We did our best to stop it, but we were forced by the courts to allow it to go ahead."

I don't think this (temporary) problem MEL is facing is too much different to the situation we faced.

Cheers,
Blackpete