More dismissed water violations

Dear Editor,

Fortunately for me I didn't have a chance to review the November issue [that had a story on water restriction violations]. I appreciate Mr. Lupsha's letter to the editor published in the Feb. 6 edition of the [Chesterfield] Observer. It does aggravate me that though you were able to find space to post the folks who were contesting, you couldn't afford us the courtesy of acknowledging all who, based on facts provided to the county, have had the assessed fine rescinded. I would appreciate if in the next issue you find space to share the fact that the fine assessed against my property was rescinded.

Here's an idea, why not find out what needs to happen to get the county to actually use the normal communication vehicle with property owners (their bill) to notify them of the effective date of such restrictions, and use the same method to notify residents of the lifting of any such restriction. The individual I spoke with at the county seemed to think that was too much trouble - that's the wrong answer. I think it is great to use additional media outlets, but the water bill or a separate letter or both should be the minimum and required method for communicating such information.

I am a graduate student at the College of William and Mary. In case you weren't aware the cable channels are Peninsula - not Richmond-based. And before you ask, no, if I am home for the weekend, I don't spend my limited time watching the local news.

Let's advocate for the residents on this one. Let's press the county to use their technology to leverage the billing document to share key instructions.

If you want to call folks out, well, let's get the yearly water usage numbers' per residence and point out the highest consumption per a home's assessed square footage (which should be accurate since we all must obtain a building permit when adding on to our homes).

Roy Jordan

Midlothian As a result of Mr. Jordan's letter, the County Attorney's Office advises us that fines against 26 individuals, businesses and organizations were cancelled "as a result of our determination that there was insufficient evidence to support the fine." The list includes: Lawrence Alexander, Jay Allison, John Bailey, Boyd Homes, Brookstone Association, Jill Gaddy, Yesenia Gonzalez, the Highlands Community Association, Roy Jordan, Daniella Kyriakides, Maria Lewis, Susanna Mathe, Jack Miller, Chandler Moulton, Morton Mumma, David Neale, Uma Nidmarty, Pat Pontius, Gene Porter, Peter Pyatak, John Ritchie, Rivers Bend Community Association, Joseph Tarentino, UNO Chicago Grill, Allan and Edna Whitley and Tim Wiseman. Editor