The Mid January, 2011 edition of Warren County Report

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By Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

Warren County Report has re-ceived inormation that Front Royalown Attorney om Robinett willsoon be added as a ourth individualdeendant in a $30-million lawsuitled by local representatives o thecompany that brought the initial so-lar power proposal to the town gov-ernment in mid 009. At the time theSolAVerde lawsuit was led in July,three John Does were listed as po-tential deendants yet to be identiedby the plaintis.

I so named, Robinett will join sit-ting town Councilmen om Sayre,Carson Lauder and Vice Mayor ChrisHolloway as individually named de-endants in the deamation o char-acter and illegal intererence in abusiness contract lawsuit brought bySolAVerde principals and local busi-nessmen Greg Horton (Arctic Air)and Donnie Poe (Poe Construction).

Te own o Front Royal is alsonamed as a deendant in the suitwhich seeks $30 million in actualdamages, responsibility or whichwould be split equally among alldeendants, as well as an additional

$350,000 per deendant in punitivedamages. As o September all 6thJudicial Circuit judges recused them-selves rom the case due to Sayrespresence as a deendant who alsopractices law in the 6th Judicial Dis-trict.

As recounted in our 010 Yearin Review section, the lawsuit wasserved to the town and councilmenduring a break between a July 19work session and closed meeting. Iserved individually, it will be Robi-netts second receipt o the lawsuit.Robinett accepted the initial servingon behal o the town in his role as

town attorney.And it is other actions alleged to

Robinett as town attorney that haveresulted in his pending addition as adeendant in the case according to adrat o the amended complaint sentanonymously to this newspaper therst week o January.

According to that amended com-plaint, Robinett is cited or inten-tional and malicious providing oincomplete inormation to the Rich-mond law rm o routman Sandersin seeking an answer to questionsrst raised to him by Holloway andLauder on March 30. Tose ques-tions were whether jobs and an esti-mated $1. million in direct econom-ic benet to the town cited by thenown Manager Michael Graham ina March 9 closed session could beconstrued as bribes oered by solarprincipals to the town manager.

Te drat motion acquired by thispaper states Robinett is being addedas a deendant in his personal ca-pacity as town attorney or actionsin not providing routman Sanderswith all the acts necessary to makean inormed legal opinion. Tat itwas intentional and that it wasmalicious and intended to harm theplaintis and that [Robinett] waswell aware that SolAVerde was nota bidder in the RFP process andhe did not take steps to protect theplaintis when the inormation be-came public.

Silek unsuccessully sought a pub-lic apology and settlement rom the

town in the wake o the solar bribeissue going public last April 13. Atthe time the lawsuit was served Sileksaid, Tey chose to publicly deamemy clients and they chose this pro-

cess. We publicly asktion on several occassettlement be oerededly asked that the so[o the routman Saand associated Robman up and come othe only reason that sons havent yet comeinterest. Tey have

vidual sel interest abown o Front Royal o the town to liabilitselsh that person is.

Ben Orcutt, the autho ront page NVD stsolar bribe inquiry Sanders opinion, hassource o those condocuments leaked tothen-sitting memberRoyal own Council. this reporter in the pacilmen at the time, HoSayre, Conkey, Parkerwell as then Mayor nied being that source

Secret incentives?

In her memorandumquestions to her Sanders sta attorneman wrote that yes, incentives Graham wrection rom council on March 9th could bribes under the conlined by the Front Roney. And routman Sa

Carter Glass, with winitially discussed theby phone, writes in iRahmans opinion, tives were not solicite

TownAccording to that amended complaint Robinett is cited or intentional and malicious prcomplete inormation to the Richmond law rm o routman Sanders in seeking an answquestions rst raised to him by Holloway and Lauder on March 30.

Robinett to be named deendant in solar lawTown attorney cited or intentional misrepresentation o bribe ino

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in its RFP (Request or Proposals)and were not included in the writtenproposal o the company. Instead,they were apparently made secretly,and one can easily iner that theywere intended to inuence the pro-curement decision Further, such

secret incentives likely provide a ba-sis or another company to challengethe entire procurement process.

In preacing her opinion, Rahmanreerences the towns solar RFP (is-sued in December 009), adding, Ithas come to the own Attorneys at-tention that, during the procurementprocess, one o the top three com-panies secretly oered incentivesto the own Manager that were notcontained in its written response tothe RFP. Rahman goes on to identiythose secretly oered incentives as00 jobs and a $1. million paymentto the town.

In sum, so long as the own Man-ager has not accepted or agreed toaccept the oer, there does not ap-pear to have been any violation o

either the criminal statures or theVPPA (Virginia Public ProcurementAct). But, the actual oer itsel doesconstitute the type o benet thatwould be considered a bribe undereither 18.-447 or the VPPA, Rah-man concludes.

And Robinett concludes his coverletter to council and the mayor pre-acing the Rahman opinion by stating,While secret incentives may be anormal part o private business, theyare clearly not acceptable in a publicbusiness setting.

Au contraire

However, the SolAVerde lawsuitdates that companys discussion othe reerenced incentives to open

town work sessions beginning in Au-gust 009 and notes that StandardEnergy picked up those discussionsin October 009 prior to the townissuing the RFP in December o that

year. It adds that similar benets to

the community are discussed in theStandard Energy January 010 RFPresponse on pages 16 and 17. It ur-ther notes that Horton and Poe werenever principals o Standard Energyand so were never involved in theStandard RFP response.

Since the leaked bribe opinionino suraced last April, one citizenactivist and Graham supporter, re-tired U.S. Energy Department o-cial ina Hobson, has repeatedlyasserted to council, with documenta-tion submitted at meetings, that the

job and economic benets Robinett,

Holloway and Lauder all expressedignorance o prior to March 9, 010were documented at a series o pub-lic council work sessions and othermeetings between June and Decem-ber 009.At issue or both plaintis and at

least one pending deendant now iswhether the inormation Robinettprovided to routman Sanders wascomplete, accurate and reected thetown attorneys ull knowledge o thecircumstance o the solar negotiatingprocess and Standard Energy RFP re-sponse.

Robinett could not be reached orcomment on his potential inclusionas an additional deendant in thecase.

On Jan. 4, Mayor im Darr said hewas unaware o any pending move toadd Robinett to the list o deendants

in the case. Darr also noted that thetowns legal deense was already in

the hands o a VirgLeague attorney (Julquestioned any levelhow a deense o the tcused ocials would presented.

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Salahi alerto advertise in Warren County Report:Contact Alison at [email protected] 540-551-0or Angie Buterakos at [email protected] - 540-683-

By Roger Bianchini

& Dan McDermott

Warren County Report

On Friday, Jan 7, one hal o

Warren Countys most amous

alleged White House gatecrasher

and Reality V couple is due back

in a Warren County Courtroom

on an appeal o a $5,000 civil

claim he won against an execu-tive at a national celebrity gossip

website.

On September 3rd in Warren

County General District Court

areq Salahi received a deault

judgment o $5,000 against Dylan

Howard. Salahi claims Howard

never paid him an agreed upon

$5,000 ee or photographs taken

o Salahi and his wie Michaele

the weekend o February 0th at

the Salahis private residence in

Warren County.Howard is Senior Executive Ed-

itor or RadarOnline.com. Radar

Online was bought by AmericanMedia several years ago. Ameri-

can Media owns national tabloids

Te Star, Te Globe and National

Enquirer. According to Wikipe-

dia Howard has appeared on a

wide range o television and radio

programs as a news expert. In-

cluded on that list are Entertain-

ment onight, Te Insider, CNN,

Fox News, HLN, CBS News,

ABCs Nightline, Good Morning

America, MSNBC, Inside Edi-

tion, the BBC, Britains Sky News

and HLNs prime-time program

Issues With Jane Valez Mitchell

Howard, whose address in courtdocuments is listed as 55 Wall

Street in New York City, is seek-

ing to have the judgment against

him voided and money taken as

a result o a subsequent garnish-

ment issued Sept. 7th returned.

Court records indicate Howard

claims areq Salahi knew his

apartment number but withheld

it rom the adavit so that he

could not be successully served.

Te result was that Howard says

he was unaware o the claim or

court date and did not appear or

have representation in WarrenCounty General District Court in

September to tell his side o the

story. Te deendants New York

City address is described in his

appeal o the judgment as a huge

apartment complex with hun-

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Salahi or Celebr

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contains the notatio

sent: April 30, 010

May 0, June 1 & J

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Tat invoice is addressed to:

Dylan Howard, 55 Wall Street,

Apt. 84, New York, NY 10005-

86.

At stake in the Jan. 7 hearing

scheduled beore Judge W. Dale

Hou is a total o $5,451 in al-

legedly unpaid ees, interest and

court costs. areq Salahi is rep-

resented in the matter by Manas-

sasbased, local attorney David

Silek.

Te case le includes an al-

leged e-mail exchange between

Salahi and Howard dated Feb. 16,

18, and 19 indicating the Salahis

agreement to do the photo shoot

the coming weekend.

Michaele and areq, How is

everything looking or the photo

shoot I want to do? My oer o

$5,000.00 is rm and hope we can

do more ater this. How is your

schedule the next two weeks?

Howard e-mailed the Salahis on

Feb. 16 according to court re-

cords.

Dylan, my wie & I have agreed.

Please conrm. We are ree this

weekend, areq Salahi replied on

Feb. 18.

On Friday, Feb. 19, again ac-

cording to court records, Howard

e-mailed the couple to conrm,

stating he would take photos o

the couple together and separate-

ly, adding, I will pay you $5,000

or the photos. In addition, i you

allow me to take video o you

two, Radar Online may also be

interested in purchasing that or

an additional $5,000 or $10,000

Howard allegedly concludes

this nal pre-shoot e-mail by

alerting areq that he will also

need to ask some questions o

you about playing polo with

Prince Charles & Prince Harry.

You had some interesting anec-

dotes, rom memory, about Har-

ry. Te reerences are to Charles,

Queen Elizabeths son and heirto the British throne and his and

the late Princess Dianas youngest

son Harry. Ah, the trappings and

privilege o celebrity but I guess

theres baggage too.

Reached late Wednesday, a

spokesperson or WIDE EYE

Communications provided Te

Lynchburg imes with the ol-

lowing statement:

In a publicity stunt aimed sole-

ly at garnering media attention,

the Salahis, whose notorious

history speaks or itsel, recently

named WIDE EYE and its princi-

pal Dylan Howard as deendants

in a rivolous lawsuit. Tere is

absolutely no merit to the Salahis

claims.

We look orward to vigorously

deending ourselves in a court o

law and speaking with the Com-

monwealth o Virginia and law

enorcement to expose yet an-

other raudulent act perpetrated

by these individuals, in this in-

stance, the creation o ctitious

e-mails.

Responding to this statement,

Salahi attorney David Silek said

the ollowing:

Te Salahis are once again the

subject o a baseless attack. First,

WIDE EYEs assertion that it is a

deendant in this matter is simply

alse. So inquiry must begin with

that alse assertion. Second, i ser-

vice did not get to Mr. Howard,

ne. So be it. His attorney ailed

to enter a special appearance and

rather entered what is known

as a general appearance in this

matter and has given our Court

jurisdiction over Mr. Howard.

Now that Mr. Salahi has counsel

in this matter, an

diculties will be c

look orward to set

down or hearing a

the merits. We are

that Mr. Howard el

a general appeara

our court in perso

tion over him, whic

as he was served by

o the Commonwea

Tird, Mr. How

Virginia to take pi

Salahis and then I as

pictures to someone

that he now reuses

obligations.

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County Dog Park gets grant rom Litter CouCanine run-loose park aiming or 2011 opening o Luray AvenueBy Roger BianchiniWarren County Report

In December the Front Roy-al-Warren County Anti-LitterCouncil presented organizers othe uture Warren County DogPark with a grant award in theamount o $,500. Te undingwill be used or the purchase otrash and pet waste receptaclesor the acility.

Te Warren County Dog Parkwill be a three-acre acility thatwill be added to the CountysEastham Park, located o o Lu-ray Avenue. A one-acre area willbe provided or smaller or moretimid pets; while an accompany-ing two acres will allow largerpets plenty o room to run. Teplanning, development, andunding o the park has comerom the combined eorts oWarren County ocials and theWarren County Dog Park Asso-ciation (WCDPA). Te WCDPAis a grassroots 501(c)3 associa-tion that was ormed to bringtogether dog lovers to promotethe establishment o o-leashrecreation in our community.

According to AssociationPresident Kelly Walker, Com-munities benet rom dog parksbecause they make dog ownersand their pets better members otheir community. By providingsocialization and exercise op-portunities, dogs are less likelyto create a nuisance by barkingexcessively or destroying prop-erty.

Te idea o constructing a dogpark has been well received bythe Warren County community,with many seeing multiple ben-ets that will result. Te rec-reational area will provide dogowners the ability to participatein a variety o activities that arenot currently available includ-ing: o-leash dog socialization,sae outdoor recreation or dogso all ages and sizes, and alter-native exercise options or dogswith elderly owners who havediculties walking their pets ona lead. Pet owners are also ex-pected to reap benets rom theacility with research showing anincrease in bonding between petowners in the community, im-proved overall physical tness o

people due to an encouragementto exercise with their pets, andpromotion o responsible petownership.

Te County is excited tobe working with the WarrenCounty Dog Park Associationand the Front Royal-WarrenCounty Anti-Litter Council tobring a park o this nature toour community, stated BrandyRosser, Grants and Special Proj-ects Coordinator. Our citizenshave always voiced their desireor quality outdoor recreationalacilities, and we are extremelyhappy to be able to provide thispark, not only or them, but ortheir beloved pets as well.

Warren County hopes to haveseveral o Eastham Parks acili-ties open to the public in 011including the dog park, the rstphase o the shared-use trail,and three multi-use athleticelds. Both Warren County andthe WCDPA continue to raisemoney or the construction othe park and any citizen or com-munity organization wanting toassist can contact Brandy Rosserat (540) 636-4600 or grantsco-

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Community

2011 Relay kicko honors Bolton or Volunteer Leader

By Carol BallardWarren County Report

Maria Bolton is tireless in her e-orts to raise money or the Ameri-can Cancer Societys annual Relay orLie. Since losing her mother, MariaF. Bolton, to cancer in 1995, she hascontributed thousands o hours otime and energy toward undraisingor the event. So it was tting thatshe be awarded the Volunteer Lead-ership Award at Front Royal chaptersNovember kick-o Rally or 011.

But she was not expecting it.I was surprised and very honored

that my peers see me as a leader here

in the county, she said.She became involved with the event

a ew years ater her mothers pass-ing and was willing to share somethoughts on the subject o cancer.She said that the time caring or hermother in her ght with the diseasewas a big learning experience. It wasone o the best times because I hadmore quality time with Mom and oneo the saddest times because it wasso limited, she said and added, Its asad act that somewhere in lie, mostpeople will be involved with some-one who has to deal with cancer.

Trowing hersel into the positionas Relay chairman or the last three

years, Maria has initiated dozens oun and sometimes unusual waysto raise money. One o those was

sparked by the act that last yearsome members were irritated at dogsbeing barred by the no pet rule at theocial Relay or Lie camp-out.

Why not give them an event otheir own? And raise money at thesame time?

And so was born the rst annualBark For Lie Relay this year. wen-ty-nine dogs were registered, and theevent took place at Randolph-MaconAcademy in Front Royal. Te our-hour canine undraiser included dogsdressed in Halloween costumes, en-thusiastically doing their laps aroundthe eld and dunking or hot dogs.Te total raised: $3,500.

According to her sister Christine

(Chrissy) Tomas, who is also activein the organization, Marias eorts inher chairman role has led the com-

munity in raising over $400,000. Shedid this, Chrissy said, by tripling thenumber o people involved in Relayand involving cancer survivors in theorganization.

Te goal now is to raise the numbero all participants rom 131 to 150and to change the total o 9 teamsto 50. Another idea being discussedis to recruit younger people and getthe inormation out to various busi-ness and banks and involve them toact as sponsors.

Te kick-o rally held at the Ray-mond E. Santmyers Youth Centerwas attended by about 50 dedicatedand caring individuals, and plans orthe 011 Relay For Lie 1-hour over-night event were discussed. It wasscheduled it to be held rom six p.m.

on Saturday, June 11 until SundayJune 1 at dawn. Camp is to be set upat Skyline High School ootball eldand participants will walk around theeld all night long.

According to the American Can-cer Society (ACS), the relays are heldovernight, because cancer neversleeps.

Luminaries, or candles com-memorating those whom cancer hasclaimed, are to be arranged aroundthe eld and lit at nine p.m.

Maria is still the chairman o thatundraiser and she is still active inraising money or the ceremony. Teoverall goal or next year is $10,000.

Te only requirement to partici-

pate in Relay For Lie is the $10 regis-tration/commitment ee (per person)that is due upon registration. Ater

that, anything that can be raisedthrough individual, team, or onlineundraising is graciously accepted.ACS recommends that each partici-pant set a personal goal to raise $100,but i that goal isnt reached, partici-

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wo young volunteer remen just recently voted to regularmembership in the Linden Vol-unteer Fire Department havebeen hit with arson-related

charges related to a ChristmasDay re in a small Linden Bev-erage out building they were in-

volved in responding to. LindenBeverage is located adjacent tothe Linden Fire House.

Darren aylor Russo, 19, o theperhaps unhappily appropriateaddress o 3701 Fiery Run Road,Linden, was arrested on Decem-ber 5th and charged with ar-son. roy Allen Elsea, 18, o 718Warren Avenue, # 4, Front Royalwas arrested on December 7thand charged with conspiracy tocommit arson.

Although Russo was kept incustody until Dec. 7 on a $5,000secured bond imposed by countymagistrate Kathy Weakley, whenElsea was booked on Dec. 7thhe was immediately released bya male video magistrate on a$5,000 unsecured personal re-

cognizance bond.According to the arson arrestwarrant Russo admitted set-ting the re when conrontedby County Fire Investigator Lt.Gerry Maiatico. Inormation onthe Russo warrant led by Dep-uty Chad Lamma also states thatElsea initially admitted only toseeing Russo set the re with gasrom a can that was inside there department. However, ac-cording to Elseas arrest warranthe later admitted to departmentinvestigator Maiatico that heprovided the container to Russo

to ll with gas and use in settingthe re.

Russo told the investigatingdeputy that he was just tryingto be a hero and be able to tellhis 5-year-old nephew he put are out.

Santa, nor it appears countymagistrate Weakley, apparentlydoesnt reward those kinds oChristmas heroes.

However, having at least con-tributed to Russos unortho-dox Christmas celebration and

seeing little immediate conse-quence, Elsea then celebratedNew Years by getting chargedwith assault and battery o hisgirlriend. Elsea was booked at:38 a.m. on New Years Day andcharged with assaulting AshleyHemlick, cited as a cohabitanthousehold member in a Domes-tic Relations Court arrest war-rant. Elsea made a $1,000 se-cured bond later that day.

Te domestic violence warrantstates Hemlick told ocers El-sea kicked her in the back and

grabbed her neck when shetried to get to a phone to call orhelp. Ocer Jeremy Seal report-ed that Hemlick had marks onboth sides o her neck but thatElsea stated nothing happened.Te warrant adds that Hemlicktold Elsea not to return to herresidence. Elsea listed a dierentaddress, 93 Pine Shores Drive,on that warrant.

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According to the daughter o aman killed when he was struck bya car while walking to work alongFairgrounds Road the evening oDec. 8, the sequence o eventsleading to the atal accident mayhave been initiated by a wellin-tentioned Warren County Sher-

is Oce deputy.Virginia State Police Press O-

cer Sgt. F. L. yler reports that59yearold James Alred Old-eld died as a result o injuriessustained when he was struckat 10:5 p.m. by a 00 ChevyAvalon driven by Joshua WilliamStanley, 7, o Martinsburg, WestVirginia. Te accident occurredthree tenths o a mile east oRoute 5 on Fairgrounds Roadas Oldeld was walking west.Oldeld was own by medicalhelicopter to Winchester MedicalCenter where he was pronounced

dead at 1:40 a.m. on Dec. 9.Our understanding is that thedeputy was turning around to tellhim he needed to wear a reec-tor and the other driver was com-ing out o Fergusons and lookedin his rear view mirror when thedeputy turned their lights on anddidnt see dad, Oldelds daugh-ter Joanna Morgan told us. Shesaid she believes the driver exit-ing Fergusons believed he wasbeing pulled over by the deputy,

possibly or expired tags, whenhe began to pull to the side o theroad and struck her ather.

Sgt. yler later conrmedthis outline o the incident andsaid that Stanley was eventuallycharged with an expired registra-tion.

Joanna said her dad, who livedo Fairgrounds Road, was walk-ing to Family Dollar or the thirdshit which began at 11 p.m. Sheadded that her dad lost his carto a nance company she hadless than kind words or recentlyand had just decided to continue

walking to work as a cost savingmeasure in the tight economy.Te accident was investigated

by VSP rooper P. M. Ne, whowas assisted at the scene by theWarren County Sheris Oceand county re and rescue.

He was a proessional painter.He loved art, loved to draw and goshing with the kids. He was justa general, good person and therearent many o those around. Andhe was a devout Christian and

thats made it easier on us be-cause we know hes gone to heav-en. I dont know what else to tell you about Daddy other than welove him and miss him, Joannaconcluded.

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As we tried to present a bal-anced look back at 010 we real-ized that other than some eel-good community stories, ourreview was becoming top heavywith stories revolving around theturmoil within the town govern-ment. And rather than ght cityhall you know you cant winthere we just rolled with theow o stories that jumped outat us. Because in the end that isHE SORY o 010 the ma-neuverings in and around theFront Royal own Government.

So get your popcorn and sit backand get ready or a suspension odisbelie because honest, kids,we didnt make any o this up. Itreally happened and continuesto evolve as you will read in thenon-review section o this issue.

Weve tried to leave room toacknowledge major capital im-provement moves o the countygovernment approval o a newcounty public saety buildingand the rst movement towardrealization o a long sought bysome counties ocials at least,

Regional Jail. Also, weve tried to

recall some o this communitysbrighter and more personal com-munity moments.

And as seems to be the caseeach year as we look back, we arestruck by the old adage thingschange but they stay the same. New town council, new townmanager, new growth propos-als, new requests or town utilityextensions into the county theaces may have, in part, changed;but the basic issues and attitudessound hauntingly amiliar.

In our opening story reviewingpivotal issues and events o 010,that change/same adage never

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2010 Year in review

In the ring again, Sayre belabors FRLP rezonCouncilman corrected on reerenced requirement assertions rom Ath


Perhaps buoyed by a secondCommonwealths Attorneys opin-ion he has no apparent legal con-ict o interest resulting rom roadproers oered by Front RoyalLimited Partnership (FRLP) in itsrezoning application on 149 acresnot ar rom his home, TomasSayre oten dominated a Jan. 4work session discussion o that ap-plication. Awaiting that most re-

cent Commonwealths attorneysopinion, recently Sayre has recusedhimsel, i not exactly been silent,during discussion o the FRLP re-zoning proposal on Jan. 4 he wasmaking up or lost time.

However, the value and accu-racy o Sayre s contributions to thediscussion o a nal, new proerpackage oered by FRLP principalDavid Vazzana prior to a Jan. 11Public Hearing and vote were con-tinually questioned by others pres-ent.

Five times Sayre belabored theapplication and proer package orthe lack o a site plan, questioning

how the town could be expectedto approve any rezoning without adetailed site plan to assure thingswere done as promised.

Five times it was explained byeither another councilman, ownAttorney om Robinett or actingPlanning Director Bruce Drum-mond that by town code or evenstate law a site plan is not requiredin a rezoning application and thatother means existed to assure de-

velopment plans were adhered to.

Sayre repeatedly stated that or-mer mayor, councilman and cur-rent 18th District State DelegateClay Athey told him rezoning ap-plications never were approvedwithout a site plan.

Ater Sayres third allusion toAtheys alleged site plan require-ment comment, J. Daniel Pond III,himsel a ormer councilman, vicemayor and current legal partnero Atheys, interjected. Pond, whowas present representing anotherHappy Creek area developer-prop-

erty owner, Millennium Lotus, ex-plained he had been present dur-ing the Athey-Sayre discussion orezoning requirements.

Pond explained that rather than asite plan requirement, Athey toldSayre it was unusual to approverezonings without a conceptualplan. Conceptual plans are notas detailed or as expensive as siteplans

Following Ponds elaboration onAtheys comments to Sayre, MayorEugene ewalt, Vice Mayor BretHrbek and Robinett all remindedSayre that the applicant had pre-sented three conceptual plans, in-cluding one or the now proposed30 units, to council at a December008 work session at which Sayrewas present.

But the only thing we can hold

him to his the proers, Sayre o-ered.

And town codes, Drummondreplied.

Until it comes up or site planapproval I think were puttingthe cart in ront o the horse Ithink we need to put this [subject]to rest, Robinett said o somethingthat didnt happen or another 0minutes.

At one point Councilman omConkey berated Sayre or his con-tinued harping on the absence oa site plan not required by towncode. o require an applicant todo something that is not requiredby law and to spend a million dol-lars on a site plan based on whatis or something that is not ap-proved is unair.

Sayre took a nal shot at the re-

zoning application he must asserthe can be air and objective invoting on, according to Common-wealths Attorney Brian Maddensconict o interest opinion. Heasked Drummond i he had con-sidered the proposed subdivisionsPOA (property owners associa-tion) covenants that would be en-acted within the town limits.

Mr. Sayre, its not something thetown can regulate, Drummond re-plied.

own Attorney Robinett agreedthat the town had no legal athorityover POA covenants.

Legal or not, Sayre replied thathe thought town oversight o POA

covenants was in the best interesto the citizens.

I think it is in the best inter-est o the applicant to structurecovenants to make it attractive toprospective homeowners, Drum-mond replied

Road connectivity

Drummond said that should thetown decide not to contribute tocompleting the E-W connector,leading FRLP to only build theportion o that road that accessesits subdivision, the portion o theproered $4.3 million or o-siteroad improvements would trans-er to construction o Leachs RunParkway (Note: plans or bothroads run them adjacent or closeto, i not through Sayres home

property).It is a good deal othe long run. Tis over night, it is a six,buildout. o have thtor build 80 percentis a tremendous asseDrummond stated would relieve traoverburdened HappResponding to a queing town planning noted that the appliering money or to the intersection oShores Road and Road.

However Sayre poo

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Well it appears the Front Royalown Council is on the same pageabout at least one thing leavingwell enough alone regarding theinitial decisions on the 5 Corri-dor lawsuit over the towns mealstax-based corridor ees.

on Feb. ollowing a closedsession, long distance conerencecall, likely with Route 5 cor-ridor suit lead attorney CarterGlass IV, council unanimouslyvoted to let a 30-day deadline on

ling an appeal o Judge DennisL. Hupps November, 5 corri-dor decisions pass.

On the down side, that deci-sion stripped the towns author-ity to include a 4-percent mealstax-based ee to its 5 corridor

water-sewer bills the estimatedmissing $600,000 o town rev-enue mentioned in our budget,tax-hike debate story.

On a somewhat brighter note,Hupp also ruled the town owedonly about $10,000 in back eepayments to the three plain-ti restaurants, Cracker Barrel,Applebees and GIFridays, dat-ing to the January 009 ling othe suit challenging the ees. Hadthat ruling gone otherwise thetown could have been liable ormillions in back payments to allthe corridor restaurants that have

been paying it since they openedsince 007 not to mention tothe Quarles truck stop based oodbusinesses that have been payingit since somewhere between 1999and 00.

own ocials, including Mayor

Eugene ewalt, Vice Mayor BretHrbek and Councilman omConkey all indicated the decisionwas a nancial risk versus rewardone

Te potential or success didnot justiy the potential expenseo an appeal on the taxpayers,Hrbek [said] Both the mayorand vice mayor deended the ini-tial decision to ght to maintainthe ees, particularly with the es-timated $600,000 o current an-nual meals tax revenue built intopast and current town budgets.

I think it was well worth the

money we spent somebody hadto make a decision on whetherit was legal or illegal, the mayorsaid. Our biggest problem wasthat while the non-annexationagreement approved by the threejudge panel allowed us to charge

a meals tax ee as part o the taxesequal to in-town tax rates, in 005

when the county implementedits own meals tax, it supersededours

I think its important to under-stand that Judge Hupps decisionwas based on the act he viewedthe [corridor utility] contracts as

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(Note: As we attempted to explainto supporters o Mr. Sayre onthe Censure issue at the time,at issue or council was not thecensorship o the councilmansright to express his opinions, butrather a Censure- or publicreprimand or previous actionscontrary to expected standards obehavior o a public ocial in theconduct o his oce.)

Te controversy swirlingaround a potential censure oFront Royal own CouncilmanTomas Sayre over a closed doormeeting with the judge presidingover the Route 5 Corridor law-

suit escalated on Jan. 1.Less than three days ater au-

thorization was given to the townattorney to proceed with thedrating o a Resolution o Cen-sure o Sayre, the councilmanappeared on WZRVs News atNoon show to deend his actionsrelated to his Dec. 8 closed doordiscussion with Judge Dennis L.Hupp. He also took the opportu-nity to attack his colleagues whomight support his censure.

Obviously some o my councilmembers are blowing this out oproportion or political purposes.Te election starts today, Sayre,

who is up or reelection thisspring, told WZRV News Direc-tor Mario Retrosi.

However some o Sayres subse-quent radio remarks about whathe told Hupp in chambers haveraised urther issues about Sayresconduct and potential breacheso ethical standards.

Nothing condential was said; Sayre stated [but] Sayre veried Judge Hupps e-mail ob-servation that he had inormedthe judge that the town water-sewer bills would be going outwith the meals tax-based ees stillattached so the judge wouldnt

be angry.In conversations with Vice May-

or Bret Hrbek and Councilmenom Conkey and Shae Parker ol-lowing Sayres Jan. 1st radio ap-pearance we asked i they agreedwith Sayres representations thathe had violated no ethical stan-dard or revealed any condentialinormation regarding the still

pending legal case.All three indicated that to the

best o their recollection the actthe water-sewer bills were go-ing out as they had in the pasthad only been a topic o closedsession discussion about con-sequences and strategies in thewake o Hupps Nov. 30 ruling onthe rst aspect o the case.

We asked own Attorney omRobinett, who led that closed ses-sion discussion o legal issues andstrategies i that was in act thecase.

Tat is consistent with myrecollections and I do not recall

any previous or subsequent dis-cussion o that (the water bills),Robinett stated

I thats the case he did revealproprietary inormation roma closed session to the judge,Conkey observed. Tis one in-cident is indicative o others inwhich Mr. Sayre has gone to ra-dio, V or newspapers He hasdivulged inormation gathered incondence and released inor-mation that could be damagingto the town or his own benet.Im comortable that requestingthis resolution is not a politicalploy, Conkey, who is not up or

re-election, said I it was an error and i it made

the judge uncomortable I doapologize, Sayre said o his Dec.8 meeting in the judges cham-bers

However Sayre did not extendthat apology to any o his col-leagues, whom he accused o at-

tempting to stie his opinion onissues obviously some o myopinions are in disagreementwith some o my ellow councilmembers. I think nothing wouldmake them happier than to beable to gag me, Sayre stated.

Tats insane why would hesay that? Vice Mayor Bret Hrbeksaid in reaction to Sayres re-marks. Its not about the politicso issues; its exactly what Shaesaid it was. What om [Sayre]did we elt was inappropriate.I think the council is just tryingto protect the towns interest anddistance itsel rom this action,

Hrbek, who is also up or re-elec-

tion, said o Sayreconversation with Hpending case involvI watch L.A. Law ato talk to a judge a[Hrbek said]

I this were a Mr. Sayre is the gubetter than the cohe knows better thTen he goes and gbook to the competthe coach is [a jerk]do with a player likebe cut, Conkey sur

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Following what appeared to bea great deal o existential angst, orperhaps it was just a total loss odirection and common sense, onMarch the Front Royal ownCouncil passed a motion autho-rizing the town to proceed withremoval o the Riverton Damthrough grants accessed rom theU.S. and Virginia Fish & WildlieServices.

Te vote was 5-0 on TomasSayres motion enabling the townnot only to apply or, but also uti-lized $13,000 o ed and statemoney to tear down the long unc-tionless and occasionally deadlydam.

However, exactly one month ear-lier on Feb. , Sayre unsuccessul-

ly urged council to stop the grantapplication process. Such a movewould have killed the possibility oaccessing the ed and state moneyto remove the dam and created animminent $500,000 to $1 millioncost liability to the town to repairthe dam.

At the February meeting, Sayre,who had appeared to be on boardwith the removal earlier, citedcouncil candidate and ormertown electric department headJoe Swiger as the source o inor-mation changing his stance on theadvisability o removing the dam.

Swiger told council during Feb-ruary public comments that he be-lieved the dam could be resurrect-

ed to some use. Consequently onFeb. , Sayres vote was the only

one cast against allowing the grantapplication process to continue.Sayres February vote to kill theproject came despite own Man-ager Michael Grahams assurancethat continuing the applicationprocess did not commit the town

to accept the money and removethe dam i new inormation justiy-ing its repair at town expense cameto light.

Apparently no such inormationwas orthcoming in the interven-ing month. In act at earlier worksessions, Virginia Department oGame & Inland Fisheries RegionalFisheries Manager Larry Mohncalled the dam a high-hazardstructure with virtually no poten-tial o uture use due to increasedpublic water usage by communitiesupstream, including Winchesterand Frederick County

Another speaker, longtime local volunteer reman Patrick Harvey,rose to ask a couple o pointed

questions.When was the dam last used by

the town?Not since 1930, M

ewalt inormed HaHarvey then revisitesues cited above.

Why are we stilabout this? a bafedly questioned counci

Finally it seems, deormed posturing ocandidates (Swiger)scribed] oreign misers (David Howard B), the slavish acceposturing by one siman (Sayre), and reminiscences o at lcouncilman (Lauderent council came to

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SolAVerdes initial private sectorinquiry to the town dating to lastspring

Tis is ridiculous, Graham saidwhen asked about the bribe in-quiries rom council to the townattorney leaked to the local mediaby sources within council. Teseare all things that were proposedas business proers. Tey are in-centives to the community thathave been out there rom theoutset. Im not getting anything,the town is. Tis isnt cloak anddagger stu.

Lack o trust

Vice Mayor Bret Hrbek seemedboth angry and exasperated atthe situation.

Id like to know i Carter Glassor his stas opinion would be thesame i they knew that all the o-ers or add-ons reerenced wererelated to the manuacturingacility, not the solar eld itsel.Tat is my understanding theywere all within the context o themanuacturing acility, whichwas not part o the RFP propos-als, which were solely about thepurchase and production o solarpower, Hrbek said

I mean when Walmart came

they were writing checks to di-erent groups or departmentsaround town, to the police orce are those bribes? Hrbek asks And I wonder who gave Mr.Robinett the authority to go toCarter Glass or an opinion? Tere is no trust in town hallany longer. Tere is no trust be-tween council. Tere is no trustbetween sta members. I try notto contribute to such a situationbut it has gotten out o hand, the

vice mayor said bluntly What bothers me more than

anything is that we cant keepanything condential anymore.Tere appear to be one or twomembers o council that takeeverything to the press. I dontknow where theyre coming rombut I do know we all took an oatho oce to uphold the best inter-ests o the town and condenti-ality on legal communicationsor closed session discussions is apart o that, Mayor Gene ewaltsaid.

ewalt also agreed with Hrbek

that the town attorney had over-stepped his bounds in seekingan outside legal opinion. Heshouldnt have gone to anyoneuntil he got authorization romthe town council, the mayor said

o Robinetts inquiry to Glass [Shae Parker said,] Incentives

to the town never came orwardas part o the RFP process. Terewere discussions about scholar-ships, bringing jobs to the com-munity. But I dont understandthe idea that jobs could be con-sidered a bribe. I think a condi-tion o EDA approval o leasingland at Avtex to them was thata number o permanent jobs becreated.

But now between the badpress, the bad egos and bad eel-ings all around, I am more con-cerned about those trying to de-rail something that could be goodor the community, that wouldbring jobs, bring scholarships orour children and green, sustain-able energy to the community,Parker concluded

However, both Holloway andLauder are suspicious o the in-volvement o the town managerin the ongoing Standard Energy/SolAVerde negotiations.

Why is it so important thatStandard Energy (top recom-mendation in all RFP scenarios)

get the contract? Holloway asks.He asserts that the town attorneywitnessed what he recalled as aMarch 16 assertion by Grahamthat the town could get $1. mil-lion rom Standard i their Pur-

chase Power Agreement (PPA)was accepted

Both Holloway and Lauderquestioned the inormation owleading to the bribe inquiries.

In the RFP there was no dis-cussion o incentives to the town.So why would they be discussedwith anybody? Holloway won-ders. I didnt have a clue aboutincentives and Mike and Bretdidnt want to discuss it. And Idont know where this scholar-ship came rom. Tere was nomention o scholarships that Iwas aware o. And i there was,why didnt I, Carson and Mr.Sayre know? Te whole thing isscrewy. Im not trying to derailthis but there are lots o thingsgoing on behind closed doors.

Witch hunt?

Original SolAVerde partnerand local businessman, ArcticAirs Greg Horton was angeredat insinuations o shady dealingsby his company and the nature othe initial reporting around those

allegations. He saidscholarships or othebenets had long bin amounts rom a h$1.5 million and nethe RFP process.

I liken this to thehunts, Horton saipear to be people withat have created aFirst it was our inSayre publicly targeSolAVerde investormid 009); then it wviduals (in all o 0Chris Holloway tarerde principal Willas well as ellow couConkey, or the oeavailable) weekday eler discounts at Cobreakast); then thMike Graham.

Te whole thing is screwy. Im not trying to derail this but there are lots othings going on behind closed doors. Councilman Chris Holloway 2010 Year in rev

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I his personal style or two years has been non-conronta-tional in a time o high conronta-tion in and around Front Royalsown Hall, on June 14th Mayor

Eugene ewalt took o the kidgloves and went bare knuckled at least guratively with ele-ments within council he believesare not working in the best inter-est o the town and its citizens.

With only one more meetinglooming beore he leaves oce

ewalt said he was embarrassedto have had to work with somemembers o council over the pasttwo years. In his most scathingcriticism ewalt said that somecouncilmen may have lied whenthey took their oaths o oce touphold the own o Front Roy-al. As ewalt neared the end ohis statement, Councilman omSayre suddenly attempted to si-lence the mayor on a point o or-der.

Im talking I have a right tospeak, Mayor ewalt remindedSayre as he continued his expla-

nation o why he would breaka 3-3 tie and vote to allow thepublic to see the internal coun-cil documents in question. Tosedocuments are related to a solarproject bribe inquiry initiatedthrough the town attorneys oceby Councilmen Chris Hollowayand Carson Lauder and leaked toTe Northern Virginia Daily byan unknown councilman

Mayors statement

And this is why were here to-night, because someone brokeour condentiality and releasedsome things to the press its ashame that we have men o this

kind on council that dont havethe ortitude or when they tooktheir oath o oce and went tothe courthouse and said I willuphold the own o Front Royaland then come back and lie to thepublic and release a condentialstatement. And Im really sorryand sad to say that I have workedwith some o these men on thiscouncil or these past two years and its a shame.

Shut up, why dont ya?

At this point one minute and 41

seconds into ewalts two-minutestatement, Sayre interrupted themayor and tried to silence him ona point o order Sayres stanceappeared to be that the mayordoes not have the same right ascouncilmen to explain the rea-son or their votes. Front Royalsmayor only votes to break ties.

Mr. Attorney, point o reer-ence, hes supposed to vote, Imean, hes supposed to vote,Sayre continued.

I have the right to speak,ewalt reiterated. And in that,this evening, ewalt continued toanother unsuccessul Sayre inter-ruption. And in that on this votehere tonight Im going to vote

no, the mayor preAnd Id like to seturned over rom thperson that requestvote here tonight isamendment), Mayocluded

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Lauder voted agathe public to see the

2010 Year in reviewMr. Attorney, point o reerence, hes supposed to vote, Sayre conI have the right to speak, ewalt reiterated.Is that true, Mr. Robinett ? Sayre asked.

ewalt blasts council during solar leak vSayre attempt to silence mayors assessment o council liars ai

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By Dan McDermottWarren County Report

FRON ROYAL, Va. July 19, 010 Tree members o Front Royalown Council and the own Attor-ney (or the town) were served withlegal documents naming them asdeendants in a $30-million civil suitat a own Hall work session tonight,protesting the whole while.

Lock em up, said newly installedCouncilman Hollis Tarpe as pro-cess server John Arena calmly wentabout his business with own PoliceLt. Clint Keller briskly raced up rombehind.

Te council had just voted to gointo a closed session to discuss thepotential lawsuit with the town at-torney (an item conspicuously absentrom the agenda) and it appeared to

some that one meeting had endedbut another had not yet begun asspectators, sta and reporters beganpacking their items up to leave.

At this point, process server Arena,6-oot-9-inches tall and armed withsize 18 eet and our 154-page cop-ies o a lawsuit that could cost FrontRoyal taxpayers millions, casuallysprung into action.

Arena rst placed a older in ronto own Attorney Tomas R. Robi-

nett, thus serving notice to the towngovernment, and walked away. Ex-pressing some consternation Robi-nett said, Sir, you are going to inter-rupt a public meeting?

Arena said nothing and methodi-cally proceeded around the tabletoward his next target, Vice MayorChris W. Holloway. Holloway sat anddidnt say anything (yet.)

Newly installed Mayor im Darrasked Arena i he could wait untilater the closed session which themayor promised would only lastabout ve minutes. Arena slowedor a moment beore placing the nextolder in ront o Holloway. As Arenaproceeded around the mayor towardhis nal two targets, Holloway threwhis hands into the air in exasperation

At this point target 3, CouncilmanSayre got up and walked to the arend o the meeting table to ee Arenaand his intimidating olders. Coun-cilman Carson Lauder, target 4, satcalmly and took it like a man. Evencalmer, considering he was beingthreatened with jail by one council-man, being asked to wait by a mayor

and town attorney and chased al-beit slowly by one o the top two o-

cials o the town police department,Arena simply proceeded to slowlywalk around the table to drop the lasttwo lawsuits o a lietime in ront oLauder and at Sayres suddenly va-cated seat. With Sayre out o cam-era range at the ar end o the table,Arena appears to make eye contact,says, Mr. Sayre, and drops his nalpacket at Sayres place

own Attorney Robinett, realizingthe deed had b

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