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poles and a few wires to the ugly, giant steel spiders with their massive towers that are starting to crisscross the state.
Surely the day must come when the courts hold that this kind of permanent desecration was never contemplated. And until that glorious day comes, we must all fight a delaying action.
Strong and growing opposition to the projected 500,000 kv lines is now evident in three scenic counties, Fauquier, Rappahannock and Warren. In the face of this public indignation, Vepco has pushed ahead rapidly with its survey teams, sought to bypass public hearings with demands for court orders, and wined and dined the press in an effort to win it over to its side.
It also has made much of the urgent public need for more electric and the dire consequences of failure to provide new hightension lines. But it has said nothing whatever so far about the fact that it spends a good part of its own budget — derived of
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