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closed, that praised the operation’s contribution to recreational opportunities.
Dorothy Davis, stating that she was on the committee that prepared the brochure, said it was the “farthest idea” in the minds of committee members that “we would have an Alpine Slide amusement park in th*t area.” She added that she’d thought the ski area alone was an asset to the county but felt “the present thing would not in any way be an asset.”
Admiral Gardiner ruled Mrs. Davis out of order since she hadn’t raised her hand to be placed on the list of speakers and was making a statement, not asking a question.
Mrs. Davis explained that she’d been stuck at the bottom of the stairs at the beginning of the meeting and was unable to get up in time to register to speak.
Concluding arguments in favor of the ski area’s application, Moore noted that the slide at Camelback was the second most successful operation of its kind in the country and had caused no great traffic jams or "problems getting into the parking lot.”
“The Rappahnnock ski area cannot make enough money off skiing alone in a reasonable year if the operation derives no summer income,” he maintained.
“We would not want to come into this county and spoil it and I just don't intend to,” Moore concluded.
Following Moore’s statement, Admiral Gardiner adjourned the public hearing “until we can study all the testimony.” He applauded citizen interest demonstrated by “the finest turnout we’ve ever had for a zoning meeting in Rappahannock County. I’m very happy to see it. “If more county citizens would attend local government meetings on the scale of Thursday night’s participation, maybe we wouldn’t make as many mistakes,’’ Gardiner concluded.
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