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EVERYONE agrees with the sentiment expressed by Supervisor H. B. Wood: Some way has to be found to finance local government, without placing the entire burden on real estate and property. Especially is this important in a county like Rappahannock, where agriculture is still a viable activity. When the entire tax burden is on real estate and property, it is pressing down on a major source of the people’s livelihood, and something has got to give.
Unfortunately, what gives all too often is farming, agriculture. The farmer, the orchardist, the herdsman simply can’t meet the pressures any more, and he sells out to someone who is not interested in farming, apples and peaches or sheep and cattle. If we’re lucky, the new owner wants to preserve the open space and take care of his land. If we’re not, it’s chopped up into small parcels and another corner of Rappahannock is transformed into something that is not Rappahannock. If the process is repeated often enough, then we’ll wind up with a mountainous Prince William, a hilly Fairfax.
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