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need the kinds of housing for people such as teachers and people who provide all kinds of services.”
Henry Gorfein said, “I hear all these altruistic reasons for having two-acre zoning. It seems to me whoever can pay the most money will buy the two-acre plots. I think it is a good plan, one of the few plans where housing will increase the tax base of the county. Two-acre housing only benefits the large landowner who sells off two acres to pay his taxes and keeps the rest to do what he wants.”
Claybert Smoot said, “I hear this is good zoning for lawyers and doctors. Zoning is supposed to be for everybody.”
Hampton District Supervisor Mike Massie said he had a real estate ad from the NoV. 19 Washington Post, listing 121 acres suitable for development, at a price of $1.1 million. He asked the Smets if that listing was their Amissville property.
“We let that listing expire,” Mrs. Smet said. “That didn’t include the separate 10-acre lot. We were going to build our house on that, but we were afraid we would be looking at something like Manassas, so we decided to take this approach.”
“Well, it’s not relevant,” Mr. Massie said.
“It is relevant,” Mr. Reynolds
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