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mis win not ue an easy name, the dean warned the crowd. “The people you’re fighting are like the Pentagon, and you’re like those little guys in black pajamas. You must use every week in every year to fight every battle in this beautiful state.”
Repeating the dean’s admonitions was Stanwyn Shetler, retiring Loudoun County PEC director and associate director of the Museum of Natural History. After urging the crowd to take “a closer look” at what is beautiful about the Piedmont, Mr. Shetler listed some of the unique habitats for wildlife, some threatened, some already gone, some still plentiful in undeveloped areas.
“You don’t know that you’re losing your diversity unless you pay attention,” he warned. “If we can’t save the Piedmont, we might as well give up.”
Referring to the proffer system whereby developers offer money or improvements to local government to encourage approval of their plans, Mr. Shetler said, “These are the devil’s proffers. The only true proffer is open space.”
In conclusion, and echoing Dean Robertson’s remarks, he told the audience: “Our task is colossal, it is tremendously important, and we can’t ever give up.”
Also sharing the podium at the issues conference were Audrey Moore, Fairfax County supervisor, and Robert Jones, mayor of Virginia Beach.
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