"Randy, permit to underscore Carl's letter.
Mr Acosta says the miners must accept that besides getting their official permits, they have to convince local communities to accept their presence, earning a "social licence" to operate.
They also had to buy an adjacent smaller site that had an existing building permit, then they had to convince officials at Casares town hall to let them transfer the permit to the original, larger site.
"You have to interest private-sector developers, you need to secure financing, you need the government to issue permits, and you have to convince residents that well-designed density is in their best interests.
Or, should the United States continue trying to convince the parties to permit a politically negotiated solution that circumvents these historic complexities?
Though Capelle was initially opposed to unrestricted submarine warfare, a group of senior officers led by the commander of the High Seas Fleet, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, convinced Capelle to change his mind, who in turn worked to convince Wilhelm II to permit a return to unrestricted submarine warfare.
Recently, for example, the author and other university scientists failed to convince government not to permit a dangerous coal-gasification facility in our already-heavily-polluted area.
"But you've got to get these permits and you've got to convince somebody that what you're doing is appropriate".
Many at the camps were suspicious that the permit denial was a "trick" intended to convince activists to leave so that the pipeline construction could continue unchallenged.
The CRB also provided the international support necessary to convince the British government to permit the shipments.
