Job lost in dispute over Wilderness Wal-Mart

A local official who suggested a different location for a Wal-Mart Supercenter than a proposed site near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia has lost his job.
Orange County Administrator Bill Rolfe was fired Friday night after supervisors met in a closed session.

Wal-Mart is seeking the board’s blessing for a store near the Wilderness battlefield. Historians have loudly complained about the location. Wal-Mart maintains the store will not disturb the battlefield.

In an e-mail sent to supervisors June 15, Rolfe said it would be in the county’s best interests to broker a deal with the retailer to move the proposed store elsewhere.