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By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH
Rappahannock Nrw* Staff Writer
At last Thursday’s Board meeting, the Rappahannock Supervisors voted to petition the court for the right to intervene in action brought against the Board of Zoning Appeals by the Rappahannock Ski Corporation. The Supervisors also requested that Commonwealth Attorney George Davis meet with BZA lawyer Robert Fitzgerald. Although funds to pay the BZA’s legal counsel were not formally authorized on Thursday, Chairman E. P. Luke indicated that the Supervisors were responsible for attorney’s fees and would transfer money from the general fund to the BZA account at a future date.
“There’s a constant harangue going on in this county regarding the decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals (to deny the ski area's special use permit),” stated Luke. “What happened was a total breakdown of communications,” he said, adding that there was enough blame for everybody to take his fair share.
According to Col. Luke, the Supervisors disagreed with the portion of the BZA’s decision that denied the ski area’s request to resume skiing operations at the Harris Hollow property. Luke reported that the Board had consulted with George Davis and had been told that “a way out for the county” would be to flic an intervention suit.
At a special executive meeting two weeks ago, the Supervisors expressed a strong view against transferring fends to the BZA for legal counsel, Luke said. “I think that was an unfortunate situation,” he said, adding that he felt the
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