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A right and a duty
The right to speak out on public issues carries with it a responsibility: to speak truthfully and accurately.
This responsibility is not spelled out in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution. It is not a part of the Virginia State Code. You will not find it spelled out in the county’s ordinances. But that doesn’t lessen its importance.
Misrepresentation can cause unwarranted animosity and distrust. It can cause unnecessary expenditures of time, energy and money.
So we urge caution - and we offer corrections:
• On Thursday, April 23, there was no executive session, no closed meeting at the Courthouse between the supervisors and the Amissville delegation. The meeting was open to the public, to anyone who wished to attend.
• There was no forced evacuation at Three Mile Island, no relocation of communities. Up to this time there has been no indication of an increase in cancer deaths due to radiation exposure.
• There was no outright rejection by the supervisors of Col. Bingham’s proposal for a regional solid waste recycling facility. In the face of Rappahannock’s landfill crisis, there is no time to immediately implement the idea. A study by Planning District 9 indicates that the major obstacles are the astronomical cost of the project and the lack of interest shown by several jurisdictions within the planning district.
Residents near the proposed landfill, and throughout Rappahannock County, have an obligation to question the impact of a sanitary landfill on roads, water quality, land values and aesthetic beauty.
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But, there are enough valid concerns to be addressed without passions being aroused unnecessarily by misleading or unfounded allegations.
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