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If events at last week’s special budget meeting are any indication, the Rappahannock Supervisors are contemplating intervention into the proposed exchange of Shenandoah National Park land in Rappahannock for private property in Greene County. Either that or the Supervisors held an illegal executive session.
The latter alternative seems most probable.
At the close of the June 19 budget hearing. Supervisor Chairman E. P. Luke announced that he wanted to go into executive session ‘‘to receive something from Carson Johnson.’’ When asked for the section of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act under which the closed meeting was authorized, Luke replied “acquisition of property and pending litigation.’’ Later, following adjournment, the Supervisor Chairman reported that the Board had passed a resolution calling on Park authorities to hold a public hearing on the proposed land swap.
Where does “acquisition of property and pending litigation’’ fit in to a public hearing request? Are the Supervisors thinking about bringing some sort of action against the Park to prevent the exchange from going through? Or are they thinking about trying to acquire the county land involved in the deal themselves as public property?
Reportedly, Carson Johnson presented the Board with a petition of 74 names requesting that plans to trade Rappahannock Park land be abandoned. Since when has receiving a petition been legal grounds for holding as executive session?
Section 2.1-344 of the Virginia Code sets forth specific conditions under which a governing body may retire into executive session. “Discussion or consideration of the condition, acquisition
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