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Our View
A flat tire
The Washington Town Council is not the welcome
wagon we hoped it could be—at least not to
prospective residents who wish to build their dream homes here.
Last Wednesday the Town Council was faced with a challenge from Sid Worley and his fiance, Mary Catherine Jeter. The couple thinks that Washington, Va. is the place to be—a place that they can move to and build their dream home.
Their dream home, perhaps unfortunately, uses materials that led some of us to call it The Plastic House. The truth is there is no plastic in those materials. The truth is we often overreact to new thoughts, new ideas, and heaven forbid, Change.
From the comments or lack of them at the meeting, it seemed for the most part that the audience was listening and trying to be open-minded about what the Worleys wished to do.
Some of our elected representatives, on the other hand, did not appear to be as open-minded. Some members of the Tbwn Council implied that the Worleys are not welcome here and probed into issues not germane to the jurisdiction of the architectural review process—questioning manufacturing pimasses and delving into the kinds of materials planned for the home's interior.
Just as Washington homeowners and business owners have ordinances to which they must adhere, our town's governing bodies have rules of conduct.
Each has to be responsive to the public and be respectful to those who are part of an application process. That includes coming to a public hearing with an open mind.
We haven't taken a side in this issue. We agree
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