Silver Lake Aerial Photo,
originally published in
the Potomac News
There are times when I must admit I have no idea how dumb people can get. We can do the most idiotic things.
Consider where we started. Toll Brothers gave the county the Silver Lake Recreation Area (For some background, see this post at The Prince William Conservation Alliance.). When somebody offers you a gift, that is usually considered a good news. Nonetheless, our Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) seems determined to make this gift bad news.
After acquiring the Silver Lake Recreation for FREE, the Bull Run Mountains Conservancy (BRMC) offered to more than DOUBLE the size of the park, but the BOCS could not bring itself to say yes. Anybody else offered a gift horse, a saddle, a stable, and feed would say yes. Unfortunately, even when allowed to examine the horse’s teeth and set conditions for the saddle, the stable, and the feed, our BOCS could not bring itself to say yes.
Did the BOCS have a good reason for saying no? Perhaps. Nonetheless, it has yet to demonstrate a viable alternative.
Now ANTI-BVBL has this story, Silver Lake…the new training ground for the FBI? So much for “passive recreation” ! Is this some kind of joke? I hope so, but the BOCS keeps postponing its decision. The BOCS was suppose to decide the issue June 2. That did not happen. At the last minute, the BRMC had to put out a notice to its members — again.
Silver Lake- New Public Hearing Date
Dear Members,
The June 2 public hearing and vote on Silver Lake is cancelled and rescheduled for June 23 at 2:00 p.m.
The PWCPA’s plan for Silver Lake initially showed intensive recreation uses. They later responded to citizen input and revised the plan to focus on passive recreation uses and equestrian trails. However, their current proposal provides no information about what recreation uses will be developed at the Silver Lake property. After two years of public hearings and discussions, it is time to finalize recreation uses and open Silver Lake to the public. By placing deed restrictions on Silver Lake BEFORE the land is transferred to the PWCPA, Supervisors can ensure that what we see is what we’ll get.
Share your views at the June 2, 7:30 p.m. public hearing at the McCoart Government Center on Prince William Parkway.
Warm Regards,Bull Run Mountains Conservancy
703-753-2631
www.brmconservancy.org
Of course, when the folks at the BRMC rehashed their last notice, they forgot to change the June 2nd date in the last paragraph. It is hard to keep up with the fickled folks on the BOCS.
Why did the BOCS cancel this time? Supervisor Stirrup was unable to attend. Why? 
