Historic Vienna, Inc: Political Action Committee

Moorefield Ruins: Laine Hyde's Leadership in Action

Below is a graphic example of so-called preservation work with the Moorefield House. They should have listened to former Council member Al Boudreau and sold the property for $500,000. The history of Moorefield will go down as a colossal waste of time (30 years of useless studies and commissions!) and taxpayers' money.

"You can only go so far in saving something like that," said Mayor M. Jane Seeman, noting that the last restoration estimate, which was done last October, came in at almost $700,000. "There's a lot of people who don't even know it's there."..."The town just doesn't have the money to put into it," said Seeman, the mayor: "That's all there is to it."
Mayor of Vienna, Washington Post

While to any ordinary thinking man these pictures appear to be the demolition of a dump, this is actually being passed off as historic restoration by The Vienna Town Council and Historic Vienna, Inc. View the last picture carefully.

Moorefield Picture 1
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There was no preservation!

HVI Board of Directors:

Laine Hyde, President, HVI
Paul Snodgrass (Past President, HVI)
Maud Robinson Town Council
Sarah Jane Brady
Jill Decker
Frank Lancaster
Shirley McCoy
Mildred Monahan
Cathy Salgado (Town Employee - Parks and Recreation Director)
D.H. Scarborough
Daphne Sloan

Who pays for this nonsense?

First and foremost, our entire operation is centered in and around the Town owned Freeman House property. We could not begin to provide even the current level of programs and activities, including the operation of the store, were it not for the financial commitment of the Town and the maintenance, support and services provided by Town employees, particularly those in Parks and Recreation.
Laine Hyde
Letter to Jane Seeman, Jan. 14, 2003

This group takes political positions while funded with tax dollars. They should reveal the entire membership immediately.