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be improved, of course. But we're still talking people, the money they earn and the taxes they pay. » Third, the proposed landfill site poses too many potential dangers to people, especially future generations. The property is between two rivers, the Covington and the Rush. How could we have forgotten the Rush River so quickly?

People wade in those rivers, swim in them, drink from them (kids never grow up, really, no matter what they’re told.) Even with all the good intentions of members of the Board of Supervisors who will work to police any landfill site properly, contamination associated with landfills is a fact of life. People chisel. They dump things they're not supposed to. Examples have flitted to rest across the nation like so much litter.

Where’s the right place? Is there a perfect place? Perhaps not-nobody wants a landfill nearby. The problem in Rappahannock is fundamental: It’s tough to find a spot that isn’t downright beautiful.

Surely a more suitable location exists, though, a location that will serve people better. The road is long withmanya winding turn," a song goes, The song’s morale ' Help your brother. It looks like many people working together to find a solution to the landfill situation is the better way to go, albeit the road less traveled.

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