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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“We’re sadly witnessing the death of an era,” intoned
*hington Mayor Newbill Miller at the close of last Wednesday’s noisy and tension-filled public hearing.
“This is the second time we’ve had to have a hearing recorded,” the mayor said, nodding toward the court stenographer. He added that it’s the second time the town’s been threatened with law suits by both the representatives from The Inn at Little Washington and opponents to the restaurant’s request for a zoning variance.
“I’ve been personally threatened by one of the parties with (a suit for) punitive damages,” Miller said, adding that despite that threat, he would not be intimidated.
Miller continued that not a single member of Washington’s town council believes that the fenced garden extending from The Inn is what was described in an earlier application for a special use permit from Reinhardt Lynch and Patrick O’Connell, proprietors of the restaurant. His statement met with nods of agreement from the councilmembers seated around the table in the crowded courtroom. “We will follow the letter of the law (on The Inn’s latest variance request),” the mayor said, recommending that the council refer the hearing record to its attorney and make a decision at a alter date after weighing the attorney’s advice.
“I think that’s right,” responded Councilman C. E. Giles. The rest agreed, all voting unanimously to accept the mayor’s recommendation.
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