BLAME SUPERVISORS FOR CLINIC DEBACLE

Roanoke County citizens continue to face the problem of the methadone
clinic. No one in the county seems to take blame for the problem, and
the county is calling for unity in preventing this disaster from
becoming a reality.

This problem came about by the attitude of the Roanoke County Board of
Supervisors that anything can and should be built on Colonial Avenue.
The comprehensive plan has largely been ignored, and any developer is
treated like royalty. Any citizen who opposes development is
effectively ignored.

The board of supervisors has passed down through the county employees
an attitude that the quality of neighborhoods isn't nearly so
important as revenue. So, it's understandable why someone in the
county allowed the clinic to feel it could establish at the proposed
site.

Following the citizen uproar, the board of supervisors quickly decided
the clinic at that spot is totally unacceptable.

It's anyone's guess as to whether the clinic will be allowed to set up
in that area of neighborhoods and schools. However, it's the board of
supervisors' fault and the attitude it projects that has caused this
potential disaster.

David S. Courey

ROANOKE