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trooper stationed in Rappahannock for 29 years and sheriff of the county for the past three and a half years. Buntin reported that the mileage traveled by the sheriffs department had been reduced by 20,000 during his administration while at the same time, the number of legal papers served increased from 500 in his first year in office to 1,000 currently.
In addition, Buntin noted that his department had stayed within its budget during his term, pointing out that $3,800 in sheriff department funds had been left over in the 1978-79 budget.
"I’ve heard a little criticism from some people about my staying in the office too much of the time,” Buntin said. “We only have a part-time secretary so I have to stay there to fill in when she’s not available,” he explained.
“Will you make a public commitment that if reelected, you’ll use the full resources of the office of sheriff of Rappahannock County to enforce the drug laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia?” asked Robert Eastham, noting that he was speaking as a member of the Rappahannock school board.
“I’ve always had a good working relationship with the schools,” Buntin responded. “I have talked to both principals and the superintendent and they have assured me that they’ve reported every (drug) case to us and have gotten good results. It’s true that we have an increased drug problem in Rappahannock. There’s an increased drug problem in Virginia, in probably the whole United States. I don’t think it’s nearly as bad here as it is in other places.”
"If re-elected, I will continue to bring every case to the proper conclusion,” Buntin pledged, noting that some cases are handled entirely by the schools. “We usually do what the principals request,” he added.
Asked by Keaton Barnes what could be done about litter problems, Buntin answered that his department has recently given more time to trash ordinance enforcement. He noted that three warrants have been issued in the past few weeks, with two of the cases still pending and one dismissed.
In the instance of the dismissal, Buntin continued, the complaining witness failed to appear in court. "You do have to have a witness, someone to come to court and back you up,” he said.
The sheriff added that enforcement of trash laws would be aided by posting the county’s litter ordinance at the dumpster sites so citizens would know what
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