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Mr. Olson, who was representing himself and a long list of Fodderstack Road landowners opposed to use of the Lee farm as a private landfill, told the supervisors of a recent Supreme Court decision which hold? that a county has limited authority to control the disposal in a private landfill of wastes generated outside the county. In addition, he said, the Lees have no experience or demonstrated ability to operate a landfill. “We’re not talking about professionals . . . We’re talking about people whose livelihood is farming.”
Dirty laundry in public
The ridge top site of the proposed dump is more visible than any other spot in Rappahannock County, Mike Massie maintained. “You don’t hang dirty laundry in your front yard; you put it in your back yard.”
Mr. Dwyer called Route 211 “the gateway to Rappahannock” and pictured “a column of greasy black smoke curling upward” over that gateway from the debris burned at the dump. The actual site is at the edge of the Lee property, not buried in the 120 acre tract, and the buffer zone of trees planned by the Lees will only screen the dump from the rest of their land, Mr. Dwyer wrote.
“Our land is our major resource,” said Beverly Massie. As the economy puts more and more farmers out of business in Rappahannock County, they’re turning to real estate sales, she said. The ridge on which the proposed landfill is located is in the middle of one of Rappahannock’s two most spectacular views, Mrs. Massie told the supervisors. { “You’ve got .tp protect our beauty because this is a livelihood for many.”
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