Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 1 · column 2 of 4 · from the scan, no model involved
line, in case the appeal fails.
Several people at a RLEP meeting last Friday night—the first meeting since the SCC’s decision^ on the powerline was announced—^ regretted that RLEP members hadn’t explored “other avenues’’ all along. But they vowed to make up for lost time.
RLEP president Phil Irwin said he’d already given the attorneys notice to go ahead and file an appeal, since RLEP members had authorized an appeal several months ago. The attorneys, from Mays, Valentine, Davenport and Moore in Richmond, have agreed to charge a maximum of $3,000 for the appeal, provided that RLEP pays the $5,000 it owes them by the end of June.
So far, RLEP has spent approximately $47,670 on the case. Of that sum, $44,667.17 was raised through private contributions, $2,000 came from Warren County and $1,000 from Rappahannock County, Irwin said.
The SCC decision, in effect, “granted the power companies everything they wanted,” Irwin said. The SCC opinion stated that the proposed powerline route “is necessary to serve public need and convenience” and the right-of-way corridors which Vepco has selected will “minimize adverse environmental impact.”
“WELL, that ended . what we thought was a splendid case,” Phil Irwin said. “We were incredulous.” RLEP’s lawyers had main
95.4%