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The Rappahannock Public Action Committee (RPAC) recently has asked that a referendum be called to settle the dispute over what to do with the proposed zoning ordinance: drop it or use it. RPAC’s request for a referendum gained strength with the weight of 1054 signatures behind it. That is the number of people (24 percent of Rappahannock’s adult pop.) who signed a petition opposing the proposed zoning ordinance. This show of numerical strength was enough to persuade Delegate Raymond “Andy” Guest to go along with RPAC’s request that he introduce legislation allowing Rappahannock’s supervisors to call for a referendum on zoning.
Accordingly Guest introduced a bill at the General Assembly, but the bill failed in committee on February 4. Still, with the thought of referendum fresh in people’s minds, it is well to ask “Is it a good idea, in general, to have a referendum?”
We say no. By calling for a referendum, a call is made to change horses in the middle of a
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