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reari name aaaea tnat she supported Mrs. Saltonstall's statement on the need for another deputy "500 percent.” Referring to the lack of additional funds for county schools when test results show Rappahannock students have serious reading deficiencies, Mrs. Clarke asked if the Supervisors won stars for operating under a tight budget. “In a few years, at the rate we’re going, no one is going to be able to read your budget,” she warned the Board.
Dave Konick, Washington attorney, questioned the point of holding a public hearing on the county budget when the Supervisors couldn’t answer inquiries on specific appropriations. He suggested that they adjourn until they could respond to queations—specifically on the school budget.
He compared the situation in the schools to spending a quarter of a million dollars on a new clerk’s office while stopping short of putting on a new roof. “Without a roof, it doesn’t matter how much has been spent because it’s all wasted,” said Konick. “If what you’re spending doesn't get us anywhere,” he told the Supervisors, “then you should spend whatever necessary to reach your goal”—whether it’s a good school system or adequate police services.
Luke replied that he was willing to work towards getting the law changed to allow rural counties funding for deputies on the basis one per 1,000 population. He added that he had no information on the schools other than what he'd read in the paper.
Supervisor H. B. Wood interjected that the SchoolBoard members had sent the Supervisors a realistic budget
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