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to it that a person who buys a house, costing many thousands of dollars, is not left with something that has a flooding basement, a leaky roof, insufficient insulation or dangerous wiring.
Where does the responsibility for protecting the public’s health, safety and general welfare stop, and where does the old marketplace slogan caveat emptor—or buyer beware—begin?
THE ANSWERS are not always as clear as some people pretend, either on the level of local government, or at the plane of federal consumer protection legislation. No wonder there is equal doubt in a rural county such as Rappahannock.
Maybe the way to answer the question—at least out here in the country—is the way that a majority of the Supervisors chose. When in doubt about adding to the bureaucracy, either numerically or in delegated authority—then don’t!
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