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Board of Zoning Appeals and the Planning Commission. His first term on the BOS fell into his lap by happy chance. Peter Luke- father of County Attorney Peter Luke - resigned from the board mid-term and Estes was appointed to fill out the term.
“I was always interested in it. When I was sheriff, those boys demanded that I be there for every meeting. So I was able to learn all the ins and outs of the Board of Supervisors,” said Estes.
Since that July, Estes has articulated a distinct, occasionally controversial, pragmatic vision for the county. Sometimes he has prevailed. Recently, Estes was strongly opposed to giving local endorsement to a state protected river“Tier IIF status to the Hazel river, disappointing local environmental groups. Yet he first got involved in politics to oppose a fish hide tannery for environmental reasons. He felt in this case, the bigger picture was the loss of local control.
As an example Estes offered: “Suppose we had to build a school near Amissville and the stream was designated Tier III. What do we do? You just don’t build the school, you do something else. What are we going to do fifty years from now if they get all these designations?”
But that wasn’t his most controversial position. A few years back, there was a huge local uproar over the possibility of building a bypass around Sperryville. Estes was the one who proposed it. It failed to pass, but Estes still stands by
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