COMPROMISE WITH THE OLD DOMINION BOAT CLUB REMAINS A POSSIBILITY
“To the editor:
The issue of eminent domain is set to rip asunder fragile community goodwill behind the waterfront plan for reasons that are deeply flawed and deceptively described.
We are at a critical stage of community progress. A planning framework without a design soul is set to benefit from world-class assistance. A willingness of new developers to engage the community portends constructive communication. A flood-mitigation plan is moving toward practical engineering specifics.
Most importantly, Old Dominion Boat Club — the legally affirmed, hometown landowner at the foot of King Street — has put substantial concessions on the bargaining table.
But a stalled process, one that shows signs of moving forward after years of legal uncertainty, is being threatened by the petty overreach of city bureaucrats left unchecked by impatient city politicians. We are too close to ruin or remedy to act in reckless haste.”
Wood, Bob. The Alexandria Times 26 November 2013.