LAKE RIDGE -- The Woodbridge District Supervisor on Monday night expressed shock that a proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan didn't pass -- one that could pave the way for up to 130 new homes.
He said the proposal would have easily won five of the eight votes needed from members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. Probably not his, however.
"There were enough votes to take out 300 acres of the rural crescent, given that we have to rethink our legislative strategy," said Woodbridge Supevisor Frank Principi. "...I find it astonishing that [the vote] was delayed."
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