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Question: Is government in Rappahannock County working the way you think it should work? Does the system of government here work well, not at all, or somewhere in between? And are you satisfied with your understanding of the system, however it works. We at the Rappahannock News would like to hear your views on these issues.
We often hear people complain that government does not include the People, that it does not allow for much citizen participation. Is this true? Or is it just an easy complaint, heard most often from those who are not really interested in participating anyway?
Some say that government in Rappahannock is controlled by a few powerful people. This criticism is vague. It can mean that the county is run by a corrupt, self-interested few. Or it can mean the opposite: that the county is run by an energetic group of people, devoted to the cause of good government. So which is it in Rappahannock?
Of course, criticism is an easy practice, especially with so large and convenient a target as
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