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io conauci a manpower siuay. Conducting studies seems to be a favorite occupation of regional planning commission people. This one would cost about $20,000, said Commission Chairman Richard McNear of Fauquier, and the questions was whether they wanted to hire an additional staff member for a year, or have the study done by a consultant. (The sum of $20,000, incidentally, seems to fit another pattern; more than one study, all costing something like $20,000, was mentioned during the course of the evening meeting.)
Keene Byrd of Albemarle, executive director and chairman of the Manpower Board which now serves Planning Districts 9 and 10, made a strong pitch for hiring another staff member. In fact, he wasn’t even positive that an option exists; he wasn’t sure it would be
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