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department wasn’t getting much cooperation from the courts in pursuing litter violations. Luke reported that a man recently found guilty of dumping a truck load full of trash on the ground was fined only $15. “That’s peanuts.” he remarked.
Luke added that the county’s trash ordinance prohibits the disposal of burnables and garbage in the dumpsters. “Ninety percent of the people in this room put those items in,” he maintained.
In regard to development in Rappahannock, Luke said he was for controlled growth. “I think we’ve had that. The problem we face is not just growth but...property rights. We have to weight growth versus property rights...I don’t think we can keep people out.”
Luke maintained that Rappahannock has growth “under control so far,” adding that the county’s tax rate was reasonable because of growth controls.
A policy of “no growth” is unconstitutional, according to Luke. “We can’t stop people from coming into the county...or stop people from selling their property.”
He noted that the county’s allowance of only large-lot development tended to control growth. “But it goes against young people being able to afford a place to live,” he added.
Asked what the supervisors have done to benefit senior citizens, Luke replied that the tax burden on the elderly had been reduced through the board’s success at keeping the cost of county government down.
In the area of gun controls, Luke said that he had voted against a proposed ordinance that would have made it illegal to carry a loaded rifle or shotgun in a motor vehicle or walking on public right-ofway. He did so, he said, because of concern over search and seizure. Luke said he is opposed to “opening up to all police people” the right to “go poking around in somebody’s car.”
Farmers who have problems with ground hogs and stray dogs are opposed to both sheathed and unleaded gun laws, according to Luke. “We’ve got personal property rights to consider," he added.
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Supervisor candidate Sean Kilpatrick, a free lance writer
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