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That Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D) would accuse Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) of a "raw exercise of power" is humorous at best. Connolly also said: "Is that really what you're saying -- that from now on I need to say to every applicant in a land-use case, you've got to go see the congressman?" As a Fairfax County voter, I can only hope so.
Looking at Connolly's pro-developer track record and the money he has already accumulated from developers for his 2007 re-election bid, does he really believe that he does not need a little oversight?
I believe that Rep. Davis is right on the mark. The majority in Vienna is against the development around the Vienna Metro station. However, Mr. Connolly seems to believe that he is above listening to those who elected him rather than the main contributors to his next campaign.
A "thank you" to Tom Davis for providing a service that Fairfax County voters need while Gerald Connolly is in office.
Dudley J. Losselyong
Great Falls
Vienna Leadership Fails On Issue of MetroWest
It was nice of Laurie Cole, a Vienna Town Council member, to invite Metro columnist Marc Fisher to the town of Vienna to discuss the merits of building the MetroWest development at the Vienna Metro station ["Why Some Folks Will Take Vienna Just the Way It Is," Metro, July 14].
No doubt her hospitality included a ride on the shuttle bus between the town of Vienna and its namesake Metro station. No? Of course not. There isn't one. Expensive taxis or personally owned autos are the only practical connection between the Vienna Metro station and the town of Vienna.
Otherwise, you can't get there from here. Vienna's town leaders, who ought to be promoting and even underwriting local public transit to serve the town and the Vienna Metro station, have done nothing to alleviate the regional vehicular traffic they decry -- and why should they? All those cars they complain about on Maple Avenue, that MetroWest allegedly would multiply, are the basis for Vienna's prosperity.
The arrogance of Ms. Cole to argue that traffic spawned by MetroWest would spoil Vienna's small-town character! Laurie Cole and Vienna have nothing to do with the Vienna Metro station and have no standing to complain about MetroWest.
Robert L. Freeman
Fairfax
