Shirley Damon: The Town House View

Shirley Damon, a long-time political activist in Vienna, is on the Windover Heights Board of Review. She also Chairs the Town of Vienna Commercial Architectural Review Board. At the 2004 Windover Heights Board of Review meeting for this now finished house Shirley Damon said:

To the average person it probably sounds like Damon was making some form of an intelligent comment (maybe not). Unfortunately, nothing Damon said was grounded in law. She made it all up on the fly. Here is the now completed house that apparently "confused" Damon:

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Can you imagine being the property owner before Damon, knowing that she can stop your new home from being built, and hearing that you need to, "try and determine what you want" when presenting the above house? What in blazes was Damon rambling about? Does Shirley Damon have any residential or commercial architectural expertise or is she just a political crony?

Since Shirley Damon appears to hold herself out as an architectural expert on the video, we decided to investigate what type of house she lives in at 259 Commons Drive, NW in Vienna, Virginia. Damon resides at this Vienna town house complex (her town house is in yellow):

Shirley Damon Town House Residence

Here are aerial views of Damon's town house: View 1, View 2 and View 3. It appears Mrs. Damon has a problem with citizens of Vienna building nice, new homes, but apparently town houses are fine with her. Sadly, none of this is funny as Damon has no problem trampling the rights of both residential and commercial property owners through her "interpretations" of Town ordinances.