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Dear Editor: The enclosed letter was received by the agency and brought to my attention. I hope you will print the letter as it shows the impact of news coverage of Rappahannock’s efforts to balance bureaucracy with local needs.
Sincerely,
Becky BurkeEligibility
Worker
Rappahannock Welfare Department Attn: Becky Burke Washington, Virginia 22747 Dear Ms. Burke, As a hiker I have ventured up and down Old Rag Mountain, an attraction with which you are doubtless quite familiar. I have also made a point to pick up a copy of the Rappahannock News whenever I am in the area; the article in the June 2 issue was
Timely
Editorial
To the editor: Your editorial on citizen participation was very timely. I sincerely hope it stimulated many other citizens to take a close look at the activities at the courthouse. One major problem lies with the subdivision ordinance—basically a well intended instrument but with many loopholes.
A major defect lies in the delegation of power from the supervisors to the zoning administrator. The Board of Supervisors abrogate their responsibilities to the zoning administrator, who is a nonelected official. The only recourse the citizens have for his actions is the Circuit Court. This mustJbe changed very soon if the county wants to get the cutting up of land under control.
Your comment in the editorial that since 25 acre lots subdivision were granted, how can the Mountain slopes subdivision be denied? There is a big difference in 5 acre lots and 25 acres. You can farm 25 acre fields but not 5 acre lawns.
Furthermore the Goode subdivision has several lots that have a greater than 14 per cent slope, clearly in violation of the zoning ordinance.
Just because mistakes were made in the past there is no reason to continue. Just because the land was not actively farmed for years, did not make it disappear. That is the beauty of open farmland, it is there when it is needed, and the time is soon coming.
WERNER KREBSER, M.D. Huntly, Virginia
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