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 CLEAN UP FAUQUIER! 2008 IS CFFC'S FIFTH ANNUAL EARTH DAY PROJECT
Earth Day weekend, April 19 and 20, 2008 is CFFC’s fifth annual litter pick-up project. Tie on those vests, find those gloves, come get your signs and bags, and most important of all, gather friends and family to clear Fauquier’s scenic roadways of ugly litter once again.
Civic organizations, school service organizations, boy scouts, girl scouts, tiger scouts, brownie scouts, churches, office workers, neighbors and friends come together to get down and dirty and perform the ultimate heroism: picking up trash that others have thrown on our roads. Choose a road segment close to your heart and home or pick one that you drive on regularly that you know needs some loving care. Email coordinator Mimi Moore at <daisyp@blackhawke.net> to reserve your road. And check back here regularly for further details.
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They Build. We Pay
The recent crash of the rt housing boom gives us a moment to reflect on where Virginia’s land-use policies have landed us, and how we might better protect our land and our tax base in the future, when the housing market reignites.
Read Hope Porter’s February 5th thought-provoking letter to the Fauquier Times-Democrat.
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CFFC Fully Supports the Proposed Reservoir Overlay District (PRMPOD)
The following is a letter to the Fauquier Times-Democrat from Mimi Moore, Chair of CFFC's Environmental Resources Committee.
The articles on the proposed Reservoir Overlay District (PRMPOD) in the last two weeks’ issues of the Times-Democrat were well-reported by Don delRosso, but I was astonished that some of our planning commissioners have evidently not read or don’t understand the ordinance that’s been in front of them for many months. And your Ante Up editorial shows that you have not bothered to read it either. Shame on you for trying to sway public opinion with misinformation.
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NIETC NYET? NOT YET. BUT THERE'S NEW HOPE!
On December 4th the Energy Department announced that it would reconsider its decision to designate a large portion of the Mid-Atlantic region—including parts of Loudoun, Fauquier, Rappahannock and Culpeper counties— as a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC), stating that it wanted time to listen more closely to opponents concerns. NIETC designation would give power companies the ability to override the wishes of state and local authorities, making it possible for them to put up new power lines whenever and wherever they wished within the designated NIETC.
Led by the Piedmont Environmental Council, the opposition to a major new power line run through some of the most historic and scenic countryside in the United States has been fierce and well organized and has counted on strong support from Governor Kaine and many prominent congressmen and senators. This new development is encouraging, but the battle is far from won and the one-year time clock is ticking.
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 Got A Messy Road? Need To Have It Picked Up?
If you know of a road full of ugly litter (and don’t want to pick it up yourself), you can call the Fauquier County Litter Control Program and they’ll bring court ordered community service workers and clean up the road! How nice is that!
In response to citizen complaints of increasing litter on county roadways, in 2007 the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors funded a Litter Control Program to be developed and maintained by the Office of Adult Court Services. To date, they have already collected over 12.5 tons of litter in the county! Citizens can report areas of concern via the litter control hotline at 540-349-1871 or email Doug MacDonald, Court Services Officer/Litter Control Coordinator at doug.macdonald@fauquiercounty.gov. Not only will they come and clean your road, they’ll contact you afterwards for your approval! How nice is that! Read a recent feature article on the litter control program in the Fauquier Times Democrat: www.zwire.com/site/tab2.cfm.
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