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Gravely ill with cancer, Dr. Krebser greets a visitor to his home near Flint Hill while propped up in bed on three pillows. He wants to talk about his 21 years of service on the Rappahannock County Planning Commission, and there are somethings he wants to get off his chest while he still has time.
He is thin and weak, yet he still shows that spark of vigor and determination that made him a vigilant watchdog on the commission.
As a county planer, Dr. Krebser scrutinized every issue of zoning, development, growth and change with a skeptical eye. He asked tough questions of applicants seeking a zoning change or a building approval. He fought to confine commercial development to a narrow strip along Route 211.
He was willing to be unpopular, to vote “no” when the hearing room was full of hopeful people wanting to hear “yes.” He was a stickler for enforcing Rappahannock’s tough laws on zoning, subdivision and development.
And yet today, he is bothered by the thought that perhaps he did not do enough. “I have stewed over this for the last six months,” he said. “Have I been able to accomplish all that I could have accomplished?”
There are things that bother him, things that just do not seem right, and he wishes he could do something about them.
For instance: Junk cars that are an eyesore on an otherwise scenic landscape.
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