Comments for Your Piece of the Planet http://pwconserve.wordpress.com Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Avendale – a dumb growth project designed to bust the Rural Area by mhamamo http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/avendale-a-dumb-growth-project-designed-to-bust-the-rural-area/#comment-295 mhamamo Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:05:13 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=2075#comment-295 The Planning Commission voted to deny the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning for Avendale. So the good guys won the first battle. Now we have to rally the troops to win the war. The Planning Commission voted to deny the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning for Avendale. So the good guys won the first battle. Now we have to rally the troops to win the war.

]]> Comment on To get “balance,” we need to think green for the environment as well as for the developer bank accounts by mhamamo http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/to-get-balance-we-need-to-think-green-for-the-environment-as-well-as-for-the-developer-bank-accounts/#comment-290 mhamamo Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:17:42 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1977#comment-290 Well said Charlie. The willy nilly build anywhere development has got to stop. It's really not rocket science but it does take a BOCS that cares about the people and the county more than kissing the developers asses. They should be in the driver's seat and tell the developers where they can develop. Also, it doesn't help in the planning process when Towns like Manassas and Haymarket aren't considered as centers for planning. If you are going to try to develop planned mixed use communities that provides commercial for jobs and residential and you don't include the already existing established town centers in the inventory then to my mind it's not too effective or smart. Well said Charlie. The willy nilly build anywhere development has got to stop. It’s really not rocket science but it does take a BOCS that cares about the people and the county more than kissing the developers asses.

They should be in the driver’s seat and tell the developers where they can develop.

Also, it doesn’t help in the planning process when Towns like Manassas and Haymarket aren’t considered as centers for planning.

If you are going to try to develop planned mixed use communities that provides commercial for jobs and residential and you don’t include the already existing established town centers in the inventory then to my mind it’s not too effective or smart.

]]> Comment on The Comprehensive Plan – It’s all about balance by mhamamo http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/the-comprehensive-plan-its-all-about-balance/#comment-289 mhamamo Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:57:59 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1960#comment-289 Hey all it takes is planning,common sense and a true caring for the citizens of the county, something that our county government hasn't shown it can do in the past. Hey all it takes is planning,common sense and a true caring for the citizens of the county, something that our county government hasn’t shown it can do in the past.

]]> Comment on “Catlett Developers to Seek 950 Homes” by mhamamo http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/catlett-developers-to-seek-950-homes/#comment-288 mhamamo Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46:32 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1933#comment-288 Now why would you expect anything different. Our BOCS doesn't have the balls to do what is right. They lack the courage to tell the developers what the county needs. They are too chicken to call the developers bluff. We can always find someone to develop the land the way we want it developed if only they would have the guts to stand their ground. Now why would you expect anything different. Our BOCS doesn’t have the balls to do what is right. They lack the courage to tell the developers what the county needs. They are too chicken to call the developers bluff. We can always find someone to develop the land the way we want it developed if only they would have the guts to stand their ground.

]]> Comment on “Catlett Developers to Seek 950 Homes” by pwceducationreform http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/catlett-developers-to-seek-950-homes/#comment-286 pwceducationreform Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:57:00 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1933#comment-286 Toss Avendale, the proposed 300 - 500 home development on the western side of the intersection of Vint Hill Road and Route 28, and 28 will be an even bigger bottleneck than it is now. Why is it that the county is so, well, stupid about these things? About 7 years ago, before Sudley Manor Drive was compelted through to Route 234, VDOT added shifting and widening Vint Hill Road to the "master plan" for PWCS. At that time the widening was needed. But then Sudley Manor Drive opened to Route 234 and traffic on Vint Hill Road, from Sudley Manor Drive to Route 28, dropped to almost nothing. Goodness forbid that VDOT realize that the opening of a major roadway has changed travel patterns in the area and made shifting and widening Vint Hill Road no longer necessary. Oh no - VDOT just keep chugging along with it's now erroneous plan to widen and shift Vint Hill Road. And PWCS, in it's effort to kiss the developers butts as often as possible, is actually considering allowing development in the rural crescent because the developer has promised to provide half of the road we no longer need. What we need is for Route 28 to be widened from Linton Hall Road to New Bristow Village. What we need is for Glenkirk Road to be paved from the damn to Vint Hill Road. What we need is for the lights on Route 28 to be re-timed. But none of that is being considered by the county. Nope. The county is considering adding more than 300 more homes to an already congested area so that the developer will build half of an unnecessary road. PWC's new motto - we deliver what the developers are willing to offer, not what our citizens need. Toss Avendale, the proposed 300 – 500 home development on the western side of the intersection of Vint Hill Road and Route 28, and 28 will be an even bigger bottleneck than it is now.

Why is it that the county is so, well, stupid about these things? About 7 years ago, before Sudley Manor Drive was compelted through to Route 234, VDOT added shifting and widening Vint Hill Road to the “master plan” for PWCS. At that time the widening was needed.

But then Sudley Manor Drive opened to Route 234 and traffic on Vint Hill Road, from Sudley Manor Drive to Route 28, dropped to almost nothing. Goodness forbid that VDOT realize that the opening of a major roadway has changed travel patterns in the area and made shifting and widening Vint Hill Road no longer necessary. Oh no – VDOT just keep chugging along with it’s now erroneous plan to widen and shift Vint Hill Road.

And PWCS, in it’s effort to kiss the developers butts as often as possible, is actually considering allowing development in the rural crescent because the developer has promised to provide half of the road we no longer need.

What we need is for Route 28 to be widened from Linton Hall Road to New Bristow Village. What we need is for Glenkirk Road to be paved from the damn to Vint Hill Road. What we need is for the lights on Route 28 to be re-timed. But none of that is being considered by the county. Nope. The county is considering adding more than 300 more homes to an already congested area so that the developer will build half of an unnecessary road.

PWC’s new motto – we deliver what the developers are willing to offer, not what our citizens need.

]]> Comment on Busting the Rural Area through parks and churches by dad http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/busting-the-rural-area-through-parks-and-churches/#comment-285 dad Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:40:44 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1635#comment-285 You should add schools to that list! You should add schools to that list!

]]> Comment on “Catlett Developers to Seek 950 Homes” by Mom http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/catlett-developers-to-seek-950-homes/#comment-284 Mom Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:36:31 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1933#comment-284 Hmm, sound familiar, just like that hourglass in front of Dominion Valley, an hourglass that ends abruptly at the 15/66 chokepoint, just more stupidity. Hmm, sound familiar, just like that hourglass in front of Dominion Valley, an hourglass that ends abruptly at the 15/66 chokepoint, just more stupidity.

]]> Comment on Planning Commission reverses vote on buffers by driver65 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/planning-commission-reverses-vote-on-buffers/#comment-281 driver65 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:39:15 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-281 It is important to realize that money cannot be an abstract unit of account or claim, except insofar as it serves as a medium of exchange. , It is important to realize that money cannot be an abstract unit of account or claim, except insofar as it serves as a medium of exchange. ,

]]> Comment on Years of planning; days of public notice: who protects property rights in Prince William? by county resident http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/years-of-planning-days-of-public-notice-who-protects-property-rights-in-prince-william/#comment-278 county resident Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:13:31 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1775#comment-278 It's pretty easy to win when you keep your opponent in the dark! I really expected that Prince William Parks would play by the rules. The decent thing to do would be inform neighboring land owners by certified mail well in advance of any possible planning that would effect them. Then, work together and make it a possitive thing. Most residents are busy working and raising their children, not searching county websites daily to keep abreast of county calendars. Just another day in Prince William County! It’s pretty easy to win when you keep your opponent in the dark! I really expected that Prince William Parks would play by the rules. The decent thing to do would be inform neighboring land owners by certified mail well in advance of any possible planning that would effect them. Then, work together and make it a possitive thing. Most residents are busy working and raising their children, not searching county websites daily to keep abreast of county calendars. Just another day in Prince William County!

]]> Comment on Busting the Rural Area through parks and churches by Marian Hamamo http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/busting-the-rural-area-through-parks-and-churches/#comment-276 Marian Hamamo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:40:37 +0000 http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/?p=1635#comment-276 Beautifully said Charlie. Marian Beautifully said Charlie.
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