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“IT’S ONLY been a few years since this zoning ordinance came about, and it’s brought discord and trouble ever since,” Boyd Brown said. “Children who are unborn today will read about this and say “What was wrong with these people?” Brown said. “You readjust a piece of equipment when it doesn’t work, you should be able to do the same to the ordinance,” he said, adding he didn’t think anyone opposed the Williams request just because they’re colored.
Champlin Carey said his family had lived in Rappahannock County 13 years. If the board granted this variance, they’d have to grant more, so what would the county be like in 40 years when he comes back to Rappahannock to live.
“You’ve got to think of the future, but who is thinking about these people?” Charles Brown asked.
Pat Saltonstall said she supported the Rappahannock League of Environmental Protection and their goals to keep Rappahannock rural, but, speaking as an individual, she though “I’ve never heard a more eloquent and compelling reason for an exeption.”
Frances Slaughter Keyser said the Williams had been associated with her family for several generations. “I’m glad they want to come back. Please grant them a variance.”
“It doesn’t take a public hearing to decide the Williams are a good family,” Newbill Miller said. “From an emotional standpoint the rezoning would have to be granted, but what about the requests beyond the Wiliams? The ‘little man’ suffers most when the zoning ordinances are relaxed. The county must look 10 or 15
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