The whole debate by the Board of Supervisors (BOS) and the Office of Code Compliance (OCC) regarding Airbnb is completely pointless as long as you allow the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to exist. As stated to me, the BOS and the OCC has no authority over this non-elected, non-judicial BZA organization. So at this point the BZA can overrule anything that the BOS or the OCC decree for prejudicial purposes or personal gain with no oversight. As stated by Chairman Ribble on Feb. 24, 2016, we are the BZA and we can do whatever we want.
Do away with the BZA and the BZA staff and save the residents of Fairfax millions of taxpayer dollars. The BZA members are non-elected and non-judicial. Elected officials can and will be held accountable for their actions, or, in the case of the Non-delivery Supervisor Stork, inaction. Unaccountability is unacceptable.
Gregory J. Maley
Alexandria