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Wakefield District
Supervisor candidate Hubie Gilkey, building contractor and 20 year resident of Chester Gap, stated that he wanted to bring government back to the people. If elected, he promised to hold meetings frith his constituents when important decisions come before the supervisors. “Rather than reading about it in the Rappahannock News, you’ll know what’s happening beforehand,” he pledged. “If I’m elected. I’ll be your ears. I’ll let the people know how I’m going to vote before I do vote,” he added.
In regard to overcrowding in the county schools, Gilkey said, “It’s time we got the facts and figures together so we can give our children what they need...The longer we wait, the more it’s going to cost.”
In order to improve the quality of education in Rappahannock, residents are going to have to say “Yes, our taxes will have to go up,” Gilkey maintained. “I think the school board could do a little better job in (budget) requests than they’ve done in the past,” he said.
Agreeing that people are the main cause of the county’s trash problems, Gilkey reported that concerned citizens, Scouts and 4H’ers organize community clean-up projects in Chester Gap every spring. He maintained that people will have to report violations of trash ordinances, take the time to get warrants and appear in court. “You’re going to have to speak up if you want something done about it,” he said.
Before taking a positoin on any gun control ordinance, Gilkey said he would want to hold a meeting in Wakefield District to determine the opinion of his constituents. Gilkey stated his position on development as in favor of moderate growth. “We have to let our children have a place to live in this county...We can’t become stagnated," he said, adding that he wasn’t for developing Rappahannock into subdivisions and highrises. “Our ordinances are good but they do need some work,” Gilkey continued. He concluded that he would try to direct growth in a way that “our young people don’t suffer from our judgements.”
Jackson District Current supervisor Dick Latham, running unopposed, noted that “court records
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