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concluded. “If they had another access road, I would not be against this particular thing.”
Nels Parson stated to the Board that he felt granting the ski area’s application would have a negative rather than a positive impact in the long run. He also commended a letter printed in the Rappahannock News from Washington attorney David Konick to the BZA for consideration.
Bob Dennis asked the BZA members to look hard at the requests in the application that could “snowball.” He maintained that the site posed many problems. “It appears to have been a bad decision to locate a ski area here where it doesn’t snow all that often,” said Dennis. The county is “under no obligation to bail out businessmen who make a mistake,” he maintained.
“The current application is extremely open-ended,” Dennis continued. “No one knows what eventual plans for the recreation area may include," he commented—possibly an observation tower or indoor tennis.
Steve Rider, who owns property in Harris Hollow about a mile from the ski area, questioned the relevance of statements in a Rappahannock News editorial that gave Moore’s residence as Warren County.
“They have Viscose in Warren County and it doesn’t affect my life. The slide here is not going to affect his,” said Rider.
“I’m a landowner in Harris Hollow,” Rider continued. “We’re the people you should listen to. We’re the ones who’ve got to live with it—the traffic problems, pollution and vandalism.”
Mrs. Cohen, another Harris Hollow landowner, acknowledged that she’d purchased her land after the ski area began operations. “I’m not opposed to the ski area,” she added. “I am opposed to scarring up the mountain” with an Alpine Slide.
Tom Perry, also a Harris Hollow resident, recalled that
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