THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, September 21, 1996 TAG: 9609210008
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 25 lines
I believe Kerry Dougherty is right on target. I attended the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission meeting on Sept. 10. I heard the chairman, M. Lee Payne, speak on how misguided and misinformed the writer was and that a response to the editorial was prepared and in the commissioners' packets. This response was neither read, discussed nor voted.
I have attended every commission meeting for almost a year and don't recall any discussion of commuter tolls. I have seen three new commissioners appointed by circuit court judges since April 1995, but no change in the way the commission carries out its business.
To get a commission that will act as a real steward of the public good requires that we support a new appointment method.
Del. Leo Wardrup offered such a bill (House Bill No. 1178) in last year's General Assembly. If it had passed, the governor would appoint commissioners with the approval of both houses of the General Assembly.
JOHN G. WALLACE IV
Chesapeake, Sept. 13, 1996 by CNB