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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
Mayor Stewart Willis has ended more than eight years as the Town of Washington's chief executive.
In a letter dated Jan. 20, Mayor Willis said his resignation was effective as of Thursday, Jan. 23.
His sudden departure is, perhaps, no great surprise, because, as the mayor said in his letter, he has been concerned recently over what he sees as a more developmentminded Town Council seated since last spring’s elections.
In his letter of resignation, copies of which were sent to the Town Council, Town Attorney John Bennett, and to the Rappahannock News, the mayor cited "a change in the way the council wishes to approach the development of a waste water system in Town.'
He noted that he does not believe this new approach will represent a cost savings, "but it does offer some advantages especially to the commercial and pro-growth supporters in Town."
The mayor said that he put his "property on the market in hopes of finding a place that is less demanding in its maintenance requirements," and that this eventual move out of town dictates that he resign as town mayor.
Mayor Willis was gentle and conciliatory in his letter. He expressed his hopes that the Town Council would continue to "diligently pursue" the development of the wastewater system and the new reservoir and continue the practice of "open meetings that I have tried to support."
He thanked Pete Estes and the
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