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“That word 'equal' has caused more trouble!” Williams said.
“It’s because people in Rappahannock have never been equal,” Bailey added.
“For the first time, I feel like I’ve done something to help Rappahannock County," Williams stated. “This board has treated everybody equally. We haven’t shown any favoritism.” A member on earlier Boards of Assessors, Williams acknowledged that in the past in setting land values, assessors took into consideration whether a landowner was "getting along in years,’’ whether the landowner had children in school, whether he'd had a bad year in farming, whether the landowner was a cousin, aunt or some other distant relation. “This time, none of that made a damn bit of difference,” Williams said, emphasizing that the board had looked only at the land and not at who owned it.
“I think we've done a good job,” agreed Raymond Johnson. “I haven’t lost a minute’s sleep over any decisions we’ve made.”
“I can sleep at night,” Barksdale concluded.
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