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WHEN THE RAPPAHANNOCK-Rapidan Planning District was organized, this newspaper urged great caution on the part of the county in deciding to enter into such a regional arrangement. Part of the reason for distaste over the regional concept was the somewhat ambiguous circumstances of the state government’s espousal of the system—first they said it would only be an “advisory” arrangement, and then it seemed that another layer of government was what was really intended—and because of the none too subtle arm-twisting that was employed to force local governments to join in. It was put quite bluntly. Either counties and towns agreed to join a regional “planning district,” or their chances of qualifying for fat federal and state grants would be scant.
There was the additional distaste about creation of still another bureaucracy. Citizens of Rappahannock have been blessed in this respect, have only second-hand knowledge of how local bureaucracy can run rampant. But in counties which have experienced “growth” and “development,” the problem is acute, to the point where it can create confusion about whether the bureaucracy was created to serve the needs of a growing community, or whether growth has been fostered to sustain the bureaucracy.
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