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One example in particular is bugging Dr. Krebser.
“The most obvious gross violation of the ordinance is occurring along Route 211 next door to the new Rappahannock National Bank site,” he said.
There, in what seems like the bank’s front yard, a sizable fleet of battered and rusting junkers line Rappahannock’s “Main Street,” the route most traveled by tourists and visitors drawn to its scenic beauty. The sight is jarring and unexpected, as if designed to shock.
“I worked hard on this ordinance and we are not doing anything to enforce it,” Dr. Krebser said. He questions whether the county government has either the political will or the means to enforce the law on junk cars.
“Other counties are much tougher on enforcement” of similar ordinances, he said.
He doubts that the Board of Supervisors wants to tackle the sticky issue and points out that enforcement falls upon County Adnv’uistrator John McCarthy, the one-man county “administration,” who has dozens of other pressing duties to keep him busy. “It’s not John’s fault,” he said.
When the bank’s proposal to rezone the Route 211 site was before the Planning Commission, Dr. Krebser recalled, “I went out there
See KREBSER, Page A8
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