THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 1, 1995 TAG: 9509290193
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 76 lines
I am writing regarding your fine article on the historical homes along George Washington Highway in Deep Creek (The Clipper, Sept. 1).
As stated, some of the homes are still occupied by families of the original owners, some lovingly restored by new owners. There are also two historic churches that would be endangered.
It is inconceivable to me that the city or state could even consider eliminating what is left of the heart and history of Deep Creek to put down more blacktop. Shouldn't something of the past remain? Should these lovely old homes be jeopardized for more tract homes or roads?
I pray there will be another solution.
Helen Vredenburg
George Washington Highway Guardian angel
You published an article (The Clipper, Sept. 1) discussing the proposed expansion of George Washington Highway and the possibility of a number of historical houses which may have to be destroyed.
The cover of The Clipper featured the interior of one of the historical homes which has a large marble table in the living room supporting a very large statue of an angel. The caption on the cover read, ``Standing in the way of progress.''
Is it me, or does anyone else feel there is something wrong with this picture?
Betty Wallis
Barksdale Road Overheard comment
During a break at the City Council meeting on Sept. 19, the microphone was left on and Councilman John E. Allen was heard bad-mouthing Robert S. Caroon, who had come before the council with a request.
John Allen called Mr. Caroon a ``dirt bag,'' and everyone watching and listening heard it.
Mr. Allen should have been impeached right then and there.
Mr. Allen is paid to do a job. He has no business bringing his personal feelings into the job. Since he cannot do this, he should leave!
Susan Taylor
Cedar Road Finding the truth
Taking issue with your recent editorial, ``Another barrier,'' (The Clipper, Sept. 15) City Clerk Delores Moore provides us with her version of why the sixth-floor counter with its electronic gate is being installed at City Hall. It is intended to provide the services normally expected to be found at the information desk in the lobby of the building in which she works.
She buttresses her view with comparisons to private, as opposed to public, facilities, patting herself on the back for a comparison well made.
As is often the case when politicians provide explanations in the interest of clarity, the subject becomes all the more obscure.
Nowhere in her explanation is there reference to the urgent concerns expressed by Mayor William E. Ward as to the true nature of the counter and its gate, which is to thwart the efforts of disgruntled Chesapeake citizens to blow up City Hall by hauling explosives up to the sixth-floor offices. We have the mayor's message, in print, telling us now with the demise of Soviet Russia and the fall from grace of communism, he may well be the chosen target of efforts emulating the Oklahoma City bombing. Should there be no bombing of City Hall, Mayor Ward has a contingency plan, which is to provide a safe haven from Chesapeake's version of Randy Weaver.
In closing, I offer the wisdom of my master, Anon, who declared it was necessary to be without sleep for at least three days to enable the hallucinatory state to merge with reality, thereby making possible the finding of truth buried somewhere in the entrails of political explanations.
Ernest F. Brede
Gibson Drive by CNB