“As usual, they defer to antiquated, sprawl-promoting plans that include hotels and strip malls. In the end, these industries provide little economic boost, and destroy rural character in the process.”

This is where the county is headed and that is why the folks I talked to in Cape Charles are against the current county development mentality. Put a CVS on the highway and you don’t create additional jobs. You just move it from Rayfield’s Pharmacy to a strip mall and a key draw for foot traffic into Cape Charles is killed.

The fact that the county wants to make “By Right” Development the norm tells us that they don’t want the citizens of the county messing with their plans. After all, why should we the taxpayers have any say about what is built in our neighborhoods?

We are at this juncture because as a community we got lazy and let the Board of Supervisors do whatever they wanted without getting involved. How many run unopposed term after term? Time to change that. Thank you for your article.