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But did they get a chance to relax and enjoy their reasserted authority? No sir! Within the next few weeks they found out, almost by accident, of a huge natural gas pipeline project which is poised to march right across the county, cutting a 100-foot wide right-of-way in the process. The fighting starts all over again.

Sounds sort of like Rappahannock and the powerlines, doesn’t it? No sooner was Potomac Edison thwarted than Virginia Electric threatened to bulldoze through. ,

MAYBE IF THE people in charge of such activities would take a little time to notice some of the things outlined at the beginning of this piece, they wouldn’t have so much time for plotting new outrages. If they truly enjoyed Rappahannock’s beautiful country, they surely wouldn’t want to chop .it down, and string it over with high voltage powerlines. □

Vepco is chastened

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