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xne reurea Marine omcer claimed “greed,” not “need,” fuels Dominion’s desire for the proposed power line, which would pass through parts of Frederick, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Prince William and Loudoun counties.
The line, which would be supported by towers 125 feet tall or more, would link substations near Winchester and at Areola in Loudoun.
Armstrong, who owns a farm at Elk Run in Fauquier County next to the proposed transmission line corridor, also accused Dominion of using “fear” tactics to justify the line.
Dominion views the proposed line as essential to meeting Northern Virginia’s future electricity demands. Without it, the region would suffer “rolling blackouts,” according to the utility
Armstrong and power line opponents refuse to accept that argument.
The more he talked, the more agitated he became, finally telling the auditorium crowd that he had better “step off my soapbox, before I start passing out hand grenades and shotguns.”
Armstrong provided introductory comments for the July 17, anti-power-line information meeting, which Fauquier Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Ray Graham and the Piedmont Environmental Council hosted.
The two-hour meeting, which started at 6:30 pun., drew about 150 people, including actor Robert Duvall and his wife, Luciana, who own a farm near Hie Plains and have actively opposed the project.
The meeting’s organizers hoped to:
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