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Tuesday's elections replaced four Republican supervisors with their Democratic challengers after campaigns dominated by development concerns. Slow-growth candidates won over voters in one of the nation's fastest-growing counties by pledging to take a tougher look at developers' proposals.
The board has several meetings and public hearings set for November and December, including a special session designed to set the agenda on anti-illegal immigration measures.
Several high-profile developments in eastern Loudoun County also could be approved in the next two months, and the county board has been considering whether to move out of its government headquarters in Leesburg.
"I would propose that they wait and let the new board deal with those issues," said C. Kelly Burk, a Democrat who defeated Republican Leesburg Supervisor Jim Clem in Tuesday's election.
Public hearings next week will include the nearly 5-million-square-foot mixed-use Kincora development with up to 1,068 residential units, the 860-unit Braddock Village and the 1.3 million-square-foot office and 276-residential-unit Glassock Field project.
"This board should have finished most of the stuff it plans to do by now," said Blue Ridge Supervisor Jim Burton, an independent who won re-election Tuesday. The last two months should be approached "with extreme caution. We shouldn't be rushing through any projects."
There are no such concerns in neighboring Prince William County, where seven of eight incumbents are returning for new terms.
The Prince William Board of Supervisors is expected to continue to discuss immigration, development and budget concerns without a significant break, supervisors said Thursday.
It would be a mistake to declare the county "closed for business," Prince William County Supervisor Wally Covington said.
