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Madam Editor:
Not too many years ago it could be said that this county had four chief assets: its people, its farms, its orchards, and its unparalleled natural beauty. Now the situation is changed and is changing more rapidly with each passing day. The farms and orchards are not so numerous or productive as they j once were. The people find it difficult or impossible to make a living from the land so they move away hoping to find a better life elsewhere. Only the land remains unchanged and unspoiled.
We can ill afford to allow the desecration of the one thing that has taken nature countless ceng tunes to create. We are fold by some, however, that one little two hundred foot wide barren slash through the heart of Rap. pahannock County would be hardly noticeable! The proponents call this “progress” or “an anticipation of future needs”. Notably none of those who ascribes to such half-witted logic are residents of this county and that, incidentally, is another very definite asset. The ultimate destruction of our way of life and of our system of government will come, not from forces without, but from apathy within. Our government is, by design, nothing more than a servant whose function is to respond to the wishes "of the majority for the common good. When the people become too busy or disinterested to speak out and make their desires known, then the entire democratic form of government will surely collapse. Tomorrow, Friday, June 18 at 9 a.m., a portion of our local government, the Board of Zoning Appeals, will hold a public hearing to consider certain “Special use permits” one of which is the application by Potomac Edison to construct the now infamous power line. The members of the board are interested in and will be -responsive to public opinion. I _ strongly urge every resident of Rappahannock County to attend.
Charles B. Swaim
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