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would show people why it is that certain areas should not be rezoned,” Irwin thought.
“Pete, I just don’t know what we’re buying,” Helen Holschuh said.
H.B. Wood and George Davis agreed that if “planning” were put to public referendum, they weren’t so sure the ordinances the county already has, much less the master plan, would fare well. “I think the county is 60-40 against planning,” H.B. Wood said.
“A comprehensive plan doesn’t have to be a plan for development,” Phil Irwin said. “But we will have to adopt some kind of a plan in order to consider the land use tax.”
George Davis didn’t think the land use tax would be a good idea for Rappahannock County since so little property is in commercial use. In order for land use to help a county, “you have to be able to shift the tax bases” and Rappahannock didn’t have much else to shift to, Davis thought.
Dick Latham said he was sorry members of the Planning Commission weren’t present. “I want to hear from them what tools they want.”
“I WANT to make this clear,” George Davis said. “I don’t mean for it to sound like a threat, but I’m going to vigorously oppose any effort towards a master plan. Do you need a plan to do nothing? No! But you need a plan to develop.” Davis said he’d lived in Rappahannock more than 30 years and planned to live here the rest of his life, and he does not want
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