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Lawsuit seeks to halt O'Gara
New lawsuit seeks to halt work at O'Gara tactical training facility in Westmoreland
Date published: 10/3/2009
BY FRANK DELANO In a new lawsuit filed this week, opponents of an O'Gara tactical training base being built have asked a court to issue an emergency injunction to stop work at the site near Montross. The suit filed Tuesday in Westmoreland County Circuit Court is the third legal attack on the project filed by George and Susan Ripol, Harry and Bonnie Boyden and Mary Porter Hall. On Sept. 17, they filed a challenge with the Westmoreland Board of Zoning Appeals over the county's issuance of building and zoning permits for classrooms and shooting ranges on O'Gara's 351 acres of agricultural land. On Sept. 21 and 25, the county approved additional plans for the three shooting ranges, three shoot houses and an agility course. In their new lawsuit, the plaintiffs claim that their BZA appeal should have stopped all work at the O'Gara site. They also claim that the BZA appeal should also have stopped Zoning Administrator Robert Fink from issuing additional permits. The new suit names Fink, the Westmoreland Board of Supervisors and O'Gara as defendants. No defendant answers have been filed. County Administrator Norm Risavi said he could not comment on the pending litigation. Work is continuing on the land O'Gara purchased in July for $2.5 million from Montross resident S. Bryan Chandler. But settlement of That suit was filed in June by the Ripols, the Boydens and Hall. They claimed that the original O'Gara contract was adopted at a January meeting of the Industrial Development Authority that violated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The plaintiffs asked the court to invalidate the contract. The county has asked that the suit be dismissed, but no hearing date has been set. The BZA meets Nov. 23.
Read more stories about Westmoreland Date published: 10/3/2009
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