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MEMBERS OF THE Rappahannock -Rapidan Planning Commission are determined, for the time being, at least, to stick to straight planning concerns, and shy away from “social planning.”
They haven’t succeeded entirely — as witness commitments in “criminal justice planning,” programs for the elderly, mental health programs, &c. — but last Thursday, they resisted a new proposal, that a “health planning committee” be named.
“It’s another social planning question,” observed Chairman Richard McNear, asking for guidance from commission members. He added his own thought: “Should we consider this sort of thing along with the big issues of the district’s future?”
Art Warren, the commission’s executive director, said he’d talked to Dr. R. S. LeGard, area health officer, and that the doctor was in favor. “It would help determine local programs that are needed,” Warren said.
PETE LUKE of Rappahannock wasn’t so sure, notiiig that individual doctors, acting on their own, had decided that it was appropriate to build a clinic in his county. “Let the experts handle these matters,” he advised, mentioning the American Medical Association and similar organizations.
McNear agreed that “we should give careful study to entering into social planning areas like this.” Several other commissioners indicated they shared his caution.
Added John B. Adams of Fau
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