A request to open a wedding venue by Linda and John Cleaveland of 6171 Water View Way has opened up old animosities and put the Wellington Neck crowd on the war path.
The request is yet to be approved by the Northampton Planning Commission, however it somehow wound up in front of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night.
The Board painstakingly poured over the
Public comments from the “we’ve got ours, and now we want to close the door behind us” crowd were mainly against.
Things got spirited when property owner Roberta Kellam offered her comments. In previous conversations with the
These somewhat unhinged comments caused the board members to laugh out loud, which infuriated Kellam, “I know you laugh a lot when you’re up there over this, but I don’t find it very funny.” Kellam is planning to run for County Supervisor, filling the vacancy being left by Spencer Murray.
This Special Use Permit, which has been tabled by the Planning Commission, will once again be their purview. If they don’t act within 90 days, the BoS will once again be forced to delve into this issue.
Considering the problems many folks in the County face, watching these marginal individuals go to war over this thing is once again proving that Northampton