In my post yesterday about the development behind me, I mentioned that the developers (Wheelock, if you’re asking) underwhelmed me WRT their commitment to keeping the property sightly. That was interesting.
Back in December, I noticed some bits of trash along the
W&OD Trail right next to the uppermost pond on their land. When I went over
to investigate, here’s what I saw:
Clearly this wasn’t just individuals idly tossing their
drink cups and fast food containers down the slope; it wasn’t even the
aftermath of a party. It looked to me like someone had driven a pickup truck
down the trail from Old Reston Avenue (about 100 yards) and just heaved the
contents of the truck bed down towards the pond.
Well—Wheelock owns the property; they’re responsible for keeping
it trash-free. Fairfax County has laws about that. So, I emailed the two guys in
charge, with photos. The next day I got this:
Well—only they hadn’t, because the next day all the rubbish
was still there. I pointed that out to the guys, but no response.
So I reported it to Fairfax County; there’s a website for that. A few days later (this happened 20 to 27 December), the detritus was gone and there were a bunch of trash bags neatly clustered beside the trail. The next day, a guy in a Fairfax County pickup came by, loaded up the bags and order was restored to the world.
The moral of this story, children, is: you can’t count on
capitalism to do jack shit if there’s not immediate money in it for those
involved. And government is not a business, it’s a service.
©2025 Bas Bleu
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