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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
It was not quite the Sixties, but a few placard-bearing Rappahannock County residents came to a continued session of the Washington Tbwn Council last Thursday to appeal for the release of information about alternatives to the Avon Hall wastewater site.
The protesters, who demanded open discussions, met the three dozen attendees to the council meeting at the Tbwn Hall entrance.
This meeting was a continuation of a closed council session on Jan. 8 of options — tother than the Avon Hall site — for the location of the town's wastewater treatment system.
The signs of Fodderstack Road residents Donna LaPre and husband Steve Kenny said: “We Want a Transparent Government” and “Just Because It’s Legal, Doesn't Mean It's Ethical.”
Gid Brown Hollow resident Brenda Van Ness’ placard said, “Free Washington. Virginia.”
Vice-Mayor Reinhardt Lynch, presiding over the first post-Mayor Stew Willis Town Council session, met the protests head-on and reminded the gallery that the meeting was a continuation of the previous closed session and not a public hearing.
He offered, though, to field questions from attendees — a move that clearly defused any tension.
Resident Bill Tieckelmann’s inquiry about the circumstances under which closed sessions can be conducted led to an explanation of the law by Tbwn Attorney John Bennett.
Mr. Bennett said that “no governing body can go into closed session unless specifically permitted by law."
He said that discussions about the acquisition and disposition of real property is a legitimate closed session item “where (there is) a good faith
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