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‘Progress’ everywhere
SIGNS OF “PROGRESS” were in evidence all over this part of the Piedmont this week. Consider a selected sampling: , . . Rents may go up in The Plains if landlords are forced to hook on to a central water system. Property owners in both The Plains and Marshall will be required—not asked, or “given the opportunity,” but required—to hook on to the marvelous new sewer system so many people said they wanted, and the individual costs could be staggering. ^ , The Postal Service gave signs of wanting to close down four rural offices in Fauquier, and who knows how many others in the entire area. A Town Council in The Plains, while fretting over the possibility of increased rents, &c., voted to endorse a planned interchange near town on 1-66, if and when it is ever finished. If they think the money situation is tough now, they ought to talk to a few Prince William taxpayers, who have already been blessed with the “progress” brought by two interstate highways.
The Supervisors of both Loudoun and Fauquier Counties unveiled budgets which call for tax increases—but higher in Loudoun, a county which has much “enjoyed” more growth. (Is there anybody still out therfe who claims that growth lowers taxes?)
There were similar items from all over the area . Ah, progressIO
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