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By Jason Peck
Rappahannock Nows Staff Writer
Rappahannock County supervisors expected hours of heated testimony at their public hearing on Monday night, along with a crowd of more than 100 people.
But James “Bill* Fletcher’s controversial proposal to house a conference center on his 800-acre farm was actually resolved in fewer than five minutes - at least for now.
“I was expecting pretty much a dogfight,* Supervisor Roger Welch (Wakefield District) said. “I was actually expecting it to go until midnight *
Standing before a crowd of nearly 135 people, Fletcher announced that he would withdraw the application, after one of his sisters, Louise Fletcher Tayloe, filed a lawsuit to dissolve the George K. Miller, Inc. that owns a portion of the 800-acre property. The corporation is owned by Fletcher and four of his sisters and the lawsuit contends that not all stockholders agreed with and/or were advised of Fletcher’s plans for a conference center. The announcement drew cheers from the crowd, a majority of whom had already stood and identified themselves as Fletcher supporters.
“I’m not going to waste the county’s time with a possible lawsuit," Fletcher said simply.
Fletcher had withdrawn the application on Friday afternoon, according to County Administrator John McCarthy.
The planning commission already gave their approval to the project in January. But the portion
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