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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Concern over the loss of Virginia farm land to residential and commercial uses came through loud and clear last Thursday when almost 300 persons packed the Leesburg court house to testify at a joint public hearing before three subcommittees of the General Assembly.
Citizen representatives from Prince William, Orange, Warren, Fauquier, Fairfax, Loudoun and Garke Counties sat patiently through four hours of testimony on wide ranging land use issues.
But speakers didn’t confine their remarks to land use issues alone. Time and time again, members of the House of Delegates Subcommittees of Agriculture, Appropriations and Finance heard complaints that local government must function with its hands tied.
The delegates were asked repeatedly to work towards allowing localities the flexibility to control and channel growth instead of leaving decisions to the courts.
Delegate Ray Vickery of Fairfax led off testimony with an explanation of the purchase of development rights that his bills, H.B. 997 and
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Recycling
A recycling center for newspapers and magazines has been established at the Amissville carnival grounds. A trailer has been placed in the fire house lot to receive newspapers and magazines only, no tin or glass. Amissville Fire Company president. Paul Poling, urges the public to use the facility. The papers will be sold for recycling, providing funds for the fire company, and in addition, relieving other refuse facilities.
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