From the Free Lance-Star, August 26, 2009.
Archive for August, 2009
Editorial Cartoon
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Fight Continues
Posted in Wilderness Battlefield Coalition on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Read the article in today’s Free Lance-Star that talks about how the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition is not giving up in the battle to protect the Wilderness Battlefield. The Coalition sent a letter to Walmart’s CEO yesterday, urging the company to reconsider its location in Orange County and find an alternate site that doesn’t harm the [...]
If at first you don’t succeed, vote again
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After last Thursday night’s Planning Commission public hearing the commission voted on the proposed Wilderness Walmart. There were eight commissioners in attendance and they split their vote 4-4. According to the county bylaws, this in effect results in a denial of the application since there was not a majority vote in favor of the proposal. [...]
Email the Orange County Supervisors
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Email the Orange County Board of Supervisors and let them know how upset you are with their decision to approve the Wilderness Walmart. Here are the four Supervisors who voted in favor of the Walmart:
Mark Johnson – rmj142@yahoo.com
Zack Burkett – zburkett@orangecountyva.gov
Teel Goodwin – Teel.Goodwin@vabb.com
Lee Frame – leeframe@orangecountyva.gov
And send a big thank you to Supervisor [...]
Wilderness Walmart approved
Posted in Walmart on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Around 1:00 a.m. this morning Supervisors in Orange County voted 4-1 to allow Walmart to build on the Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County. The vote came after more than 100 citizens spoke on the proposal at the public hearing. The vote was not a surprise since 3 of the Supervisors, a majority, had publicly expressed [...]
Planning Commission Public Hearing Tomorrow Night
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Orange County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. in the Orange County High School auditorium on the proposed Wilderness Walmart. The Planning Commission must hold this public hearing due to an error in public notification for the original May 21 hearing. They are expected to vote tomorrow night [...]
“Wal-Mart site definitely is battlefield”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A letter appeared in Friday’s Free Lance-Star that stated unequivocally that the Walmart site is on the Wilderness Battlefield. The letter is from the chief of the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program, the federal authority on our nation’s battlefields.
Wal-Mart site definitely is battlefield
August 14, 2009 12:38 am
In the July 31 article titled “Orange [...]
Good Letter to the Editor
Posted in Walmart on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today’s Free Lance-Star ran a great Letter to the Editor about the need for sensible planning at the battlefield.
Step back, Orange, and plan development
August 7, 2009 12:36 am
Soldiers who fell during the Battle of the Wilderness are laid to rest in Fredericksburg.
Step back, Orange, and plan development
I suppose I should know what I am missing.
Why [...]
CWPT President James Lighthizer in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Richmond Times-Dispatch yesterday published a terrific piece from James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Preservation Trust. In it, Mr. Lighthizer calls for an appropriate balance between historic preservation and economic growth, and stresses that the two are not mutually exclusive. Long-term planning is the best way to avoid piecemeal sprawl that can eat [...]
Both Public Hearings Officially Rescheduled
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since the public notification glitch affected the Planning Commission’s original hearing and vote, the Commission will have to hold another public hearing and vote on the Walmart proposal again before the Board of Supervisors hold its hearing and casts the determining vote on the Wilderness Walmart.
The Planning Commission will hold its public hearing on Thursday, [...]
