Editor, Gazette-Journal: Gloucester is deciding what kind of county it wants to be. Growth pressures are increasing, and Gloucester has choices to make. The question is not whether Gloucester should grow, but whether that growth will make Gloucester a better place to live—or simply a more developed one. Those outcomes are shaped by decisions made by our elected leaders. Growth is not the same as progress. And the fact that a project can be approved does not mean it should be approved. Every development decision should begin with a simple question: Does this make Gloucester a better place for the people who live here—now and in the future? That requires planning ahead rather than reacting project by project. Gloucester should decide where growth belongs, what infrastructure must accompany it and what should be preserved. The Board must also consider cumulative impacts on Route 17, evacuation capacity, schools, public safety, water and sewer, stormwater, and taxpayers. Development should...