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journalism. Most of the “facts” cited in the editorial are misleading at best. Most are inaccurate. (Alex Sharp does not own “thousands of apple trees” as the editorial leads us to believe; he owns none.) It is no wonder that an incorrect conclusion is drawn from these inaccuracies. Last Wednesday’s five-hour hearing was not the first shot of a battle between farmers and non-farmers; it was one landowner breaking the law and another landowner calling him on it.
Finally, in your editorial you held up Loudoun County as an example the Board of Supervisors should follow in formulating our new Zoning Ordinance. You should note that in Loudoun County migrant housing is forbidden in every zoning district except Commercial-1, and there it is allowed only under special exception. We would hope Rappahannock County could be more lenient.
HENRY R. and
MEREDITH GORFEIN Washington
(Ed. note: According to Loudoun Extension Agent Gary Hombaker, that county has only one commercial orchard, Hill High Orchards in Round Hill. This orchard business owns commercially zoned property where the county’s only migrant labor camp is located. “They’re the only user of migrant labor in Loudoun County,” Mr. Hombaker said.)
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