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the price up, demanding more of the taxpayers’ dollars.
Wednesday’s meeting could have turned into a battleground with the council defending and the firemen and the ladies attacking. But reason prevailed.
What came out of two hours of rational discussion was a compromise that left the ladies auxiliary with half of the downstairs of the church for their thrift shop, left the firemen with half the upstairs for equipment and supply storage and left the town with the bill for relocating the fire department’s siren.
Maybe no one was completely satisfied, but we don’t think anyone went away mad from the court house Wednesday night.
A great deal of the credit goes to the council members and much to the mayor who refused to let themselves be provoked into angry retorts and exchanges of insults. By their conduct, Washington’s officials rewarded the confidence of the voters who elected them last spring.
The county’s governing bodies—the supervisors, board of zoning appeals members and members of the school board—should all take the Washington council’s example to heart. Freeflowing exchange of ideas and public discussion can resolve controversy and leave everyone feeling good about the outcome.
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