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Area residents, National Trust for Historic Preservation receive support from Park Service director, two nationwide groups in lawsuit against Orange County's planned Wilderness Walmart Date published: 1/28/2010
By CLINT SCHEMMER This week brings a double-barreled development in the legal battle over a Walmart in the Wilderness battlefield area. Two other U.S. groups seek to join the National Trust for Historic Preservation and six local residents in their fight to overturn Orange County's approval of On top of that, the director of the National Park Service has weighed in, expressing that agency's support for the litigation and dismay at the Aug. 25 decision by the county supervisors. The Park Service "is deeply concerned about the development at issue, and the NPS does not believe the County has taken actions necessary to address our concerns," NPS Director Jonathan B. Jarvis wrote the National Parks Conservation Association and the Civil War Preservation Trust. It's unusual, but not unheard of, for a Park Service director to involve himself in such a land-use or legal issue, David Barna, NPS chief of public affairs, said yesterday. This is the first time that Jarvis, who became director in October, has done so, he said. Yesterday, the NPCA and the CWPT asked Orange County Circuit Court for permission to file a friend of the court brief supporting the National Trust's pending lawsuit. Orange County has asked the judge to dismiss the NTHP challenge, which aims to block construction of the retail center near the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20, a quarter-mile from the entrance to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The project, Jarvis said, would directly harm the Wilderness battlefield. "Although there is some commercial development in this area already, this complex would be many times larger and transform the character of the landscape," he wrote. "Hills would be leveled and roads widened to that the Piedmont landscape would be unrecognizable." The development would impair the park gateway's "historic rural character" and tremendously increase traffic, heightening pressure to widen Route 20--the historic Orange Turnpike--to four lanes through the park, Jarvis wrote. Route 3 would be widened as well, he said.
Date published: 1/28/2010
The system worked itself out and the WM was approved. There is little to no impact on the battlefield. There is way more grasping of straws going on. What if instead of WalMart, the plans were to build a Veterans Hospital? All the flag wavers would be 100% behind that! It's disgusting how someone can do the right thing with their property and then have a whole bunch of self interests try to block them. I hope WalMart sues the preserv's and the NPS for the legal fees when they win out! Bring on the WM!
I am appalled that NPS Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and park superintendent Russ Smith are using government funds to damage the people of Orange County. As a taxpaying citizen I call on Congress to start a Congressional investigation into this matter of undue (and possibly illegal) government intrusion into our lives. The government has no problem forcing unreimbursed requirements on local and state budgets, then they side with the NIMBY folks to prevent a solid commercial venture in our area. Shame o
who just can't mind their own business and let people and corporations use their property in any legal way they want.
If I owned that land and wanted to erect a statue of Obama there, people would object and file suit. Ditto if I wanted Bush or Mother Teresa. Too bad there is no longer any respect for property rights in the USA.
the underlying issue. its WALMART!!! OMG! scourge of the unions who will do anything(except compete) to keep it out. the unions love to get nps to front for em
I support Wal-Mart and the other groups who operate free enterprise activities. Like most of the others here, I agree the preservationists had 40-odd years to purchase that property, and they did nothing. As for Obama, the "N" in NPS is NATIONAL. They are now owned by Obama and his Socialists. As for Reagan being a Fascist, get a dictionary. Fascism is Socialism, just as NAZIs are Socialists. Reagan was a Capitalist. Ah, public schools!
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