Supervisors have donned left-leaning goggles

Reginald A. Hubley Albemarle County
Published: May 7, 2008

The Daily Progress article of May 2 concerning the Albema-rle County property-rights issue (“Farm Bureau allies rally for county property rights”) again illustrates how our supervisors are swinging to the left.

One supervisor egregiously once said our increased real estate taxes amount to “a pizza and a beer.” Then he was quoted later saying the county is in a “financial crisis.” But he topped himself with his latest statement. He didn’t attend the recent Farm Bureau rally but was paraphrased in the May 2 story as saying that environmental benefits of toughened zoning and land-use regulations outweighed the property-rights concerns.

Following his logic, then the car he owns, which is polluting the environment, should be sold. After all, doesn’t he wish to benefit the environment, as he tells us we must, and use his bicycle?