Strong opposition to the proposed adoption of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance convinced the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to delay a decision about adopting the ordinance and continue discussions in September. In the meantime, members of the board will hold community meetings in an effort to gauge public sentiment on the proposed ordinance.

The extra time will also allow homeowners to educate themselves and their neighbors about the bill, which would place onerous restrictions on how property owners could use and improve their land.

"These regulations are confusing, they are cumbersome to landowners and they will be costly to implement," Ashburn resident Candace Strother said. "And what often happens with government run amok, these regulations may not even do what they purport, which is to keep the water clean."

• Read more in Leesburg Today....
• Read more about the flawed ordinance here....

Scheduled public meetings:

• Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 6:30 p.m., Mercer Middle School (Hosted by Dulles Supervisor Stevens Miller)
• Thursday, July 29th, 7 p.m.,  at a location to be announced (Hosted by Potomac Supervisor Andrea McGimsey)