Sunday, April 09, 2006
Va.: Forever the Negotiator: Brzezinski in a Stalemate Over a Sidewalk
Apparently, Dr. Brzezinski has lived in his home in this area of McLean, Fairfax County, Va., for many years - perhaps even before McLean was as fashionable and expensive as it is these days. As the Washington Post reports today, there are some people that want him to give up some of his private property for a sidewalk.
For more than half a year after DuBois's first letter, there was little communication, according to the file of correspondence in her office, and several calls to the Brzezinskis went unreturned. In July, a neighborhood representative, Michael Fruin, called Brzezinski's son, a Washington lawyer, who put in touch with his father. Fruin reported to others that Brzezinski was concerned about compensation and privacy.
It's unfortunate that the people wanting the sidewalk are discussing the use of eminent domain to take it from the Brzezinski property.
Hugh Neighbour, another McLean resident, was less resigned, saying that a sidewalk would make it easier for children to ride bikes on errands and thereby help keep them fit. He raised eminent domain as a possibility.
For more than half a year after DuBois's first letter, there was little communication, according to the file of correspondence in her office, and several calls to the Brzezinskis went unreturned. In July, a neighborhood representative, Michael Fruin, called Brzezinski's son, a Washington lawyer, who put in touch with his father. Fruin reported to others that Brzezinski was concerned about compensation and privacy.
It's unfortunate that the people wanting the sidewalk are discussing the use of eminent domain to take it from the Brzezinski property.
Hugh Neighbour, another McLean resident, was less resigned, saying that a sidewalk would make it easier for children to ride bikes on errands and thereby help keep them fit. He raised eminent domain as a possibility.
Comments:
Well, they used eminent domain to build a highway system, much of which is posted off limits to pedestrians, bicycles and non-motorized vehicles. That prohibition makes sense from a safety standpoint but what about all the subsequent urban and suburban development that is inaccessible and dysfunctional for those who don't drive? There's still a good way to get even and make the world a better place for future generations -- there's nothing in the Ten Commandments or Constitution that says we must be fruitful and multiply.
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