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“No punches were pulled, but when everybody got up from the table, we were still friends.”
Several of his friends noted Werner Krebser’s ability to make and keep friends of all political persuasions, even though he himself was not a bit shy about expressing his strong opinions.
“Werner had a rare talent for friendship,” Douglas Ginsburg said. “He was patient and understanding, forgiving and philosophical about human foibles. He loved to debate both the issues of the day and the enduring questions of the human condition.”
“In Rappahannock County, it is really difficult to have as strong a feeling and opinions about the county as Doc did, and not make a lot of enemies,"remarked Peter Kramer. “He was able to do that, and minimize the enmity. Whether you agreed with him or not, it was hard to argue with his reasoning, because he studied issues so diligently. He drew respect from people who didn't even agree with him.”
County administrator John McCarthy said, “Doc and I frequently disagreed over matters small, but never over the larger cause that the preservation of open space was Rappahannock’s and its citizens’ best hope for maintaining our quality of life. His passion was a living thing, impossible to master
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