Destroyer of wetlands, stealer of nature, and the ‘by-right’ granted by the City of Virginia Beach to harm anyone, at any time, anywhere even when it is a public park protected under the Open Space Land Act.
June 10, 2026 Planning Commission Meeting
April 8, 2026
City Council pays $2.5 million to purchase five parcels at Pleasure House Point. The problem – it is wetlands. More than likely it had been tax-exempt prior to this purchase.
If the City enforced the laws you cannot develop wetlands – there is no right to build wetlands parcels that were once tax-exempt prior to 2018 when the City Treasurer unlawfully removed tax-exempt parcels citywide, presented fraudulent tax liens to owners of record prior to becoming exempt under the Virginia Constitution, and handed these parcels to developers.
This is how every single piece of land throughout the City is being overdeveloped. It’s illegal. It’s negligent. It’s corruption.
January 2025
City of Virginia Beach spends $12 million to clear at least twelve acres of palustrine wetlands so McLeskey’s development (also in wetlands) has a water view. And yes, this is all in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area but the City exempts their pet-builders.
March 2024
City pays McLeskey millions for parcels at Washington Square. The problem – the parcels were set aside for a public park in 1972 where the City already had title.
