Shame on you Mr. Miller

It wasn't that long ago, during the campaign season to be precise, that we heard promises from candidates about "listening to the residents" and "judging an application on how it will impact the surrounding neighborhood". As election day came and we saw who our new supervisor would be, the residents of Broadlands opposed to building an intrusive 24-hr regional hospital next door, took some comfort in the fact that our new supervisor would at least be open to listening. Well it looks as if the joke is on us.

Last week the Board of Supervisors, in a shocking move, voted 5-4 to agree to delay the pending trial for HCA's lawsuit against the county and allow them to resubmit their application. Even more shocking ... our very own Supervisor Miller was the one to make the motion. From the minutes of the BoS meeting:

“Mr. Chairman, I move that the Board of Supervisors authorize the County Attorney to request, jointly with plaintiff’s counsel, a continuance of the trial in the case of Northern Virginia Community Hospital, LLC v. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. I further move that the Board of Supervisors confirm its understanding that the property owner intends to file applications for the proposed hospital for consideration by this Board without any prior agreement for approval. I further move that that this continuance of the case is the with the understanding and direction that counsels for the parties will arrange for the elimination of the claims set for trial next week in a manner that preserves the plaintiff’s ability to appeal in the future only the preemption issue previously decided by the court in the County’s favor”

Lets look at this here. This stinks of the type of behind closed doors, smoke filled room dealing that we threw out the last Board for -- at least we knew where they stood! They campaigned on putting an end tho this very kind of politics, and now less then 3 months after taking office, Mr. Miller, Ms. McGimsey and Ms. Burk are proving that they are cut from the same cloth as the previous board and cannot be trusted.

Especially Mr. Miller. The same man who only 6 short months ago came before us and stated that he understands our opposition to the hospital and would first look at compatabiltiy with the existing neighborhood. He turned around and cut a deal to try to have it both ways. Why don't you try standing up for your constiuents instead of Mr. York and his contributors? You have not only stabbed Broadlands in the back, but you have made a wronged the Dulles South area of your district as well.

Mr. Miller -- Fool us once, shame on us. Fool us twice, shame on you ...