"We don't need to plan for things unlikely to occur and which have never occurred in Virginia."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

No, of course not. Like oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico or dam failures above Johnstown, Pennsylvania, they will never occur. Next to go: seatbelt laws. How often do you wreck your car? So, you don't them then, do you?

McDonnell signs LOW dam bill

Governor signs bill relieving LOW of having to upgrade spillway, calls residents' efforts a model of democracy

BY ROBIN KNEPPER
Date published: 6/17/2010

Gov. Bob McDonnell came to Lake of the Woods yesterday and ceremoniously signed a bill that allows the Orange County subdivision to keep its dam just the way it is.

After an eight-year fight with the state over compliance with dam-safety regulations, the mood at the LOW clubhouse was jovial and appreciative.