RMA officers and board:
I went to the hearing in Warrenton
for the 7 pm session last night. At the start, there were 25 people from
the afternoon session who did not get to speak and were first up in the
evening. Many afternoon speakers were not there when called, but, since
there was no time limit for speakers, unlike in
At 9 there was a break. I was
told the hearing would go until 11 and I was still way down on the list.
I had to leave but turned in the written comments.
Interesting to note that this was a legal
hearing. Each speaker was sworn in. Both Dominion and the
Commonwealth had attorneys present.
The speakers were extremely well
qualified. I am continually amazed at the interesting people that live in
this area. There were businessmen, former VA D OT Board appointees,
former MIT professors (boy, did he ramble on and on. We all know where
his great grand father is buried and what his kids do, but I vent!), former
Chamber of Commerce members (apparently the present Chamber members spoke in
the afternoon and were the only group in favor of the line), an EPA director
(lives in
One of the best speakers was Bonnie
Aiken (as some might recall she is an RMA member who has property along the
I imaging the most notable speakers like
Duvall, and PEC went in the morning. It will be interesting to see what
appears in the papers on this.
Lauren