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the county should be paid more than teachers in surrounding counties. Said Irwin: “The cost of living is lower here and the quality of life is better.”
Regarding taxes, Irwin was concerned that landowners must bear the brunt “of all public expense.” He urged the supervisors to do something about the increasing demands of “bureaucrats in Richmond.”
Sean Kilpatrick of Woodville, believing the budget to contain excesses, said he could not imagine that the supervisors will pass a 63 cent tax levy. He cited as unjustified expenditures the following allocations in the proposed budget: 1) $22,000 for the zoning administrator and building inspector, 2) $13,000 for an assistant to the commonwealth’s attorney, 3) $90,000 to buy a landfill, and 4) $40,000 for office furniture and equipment.
Kilpatrick felt it was unjust that a jailer in the county with one year experience makes more money than a teacher with one year experience. To support his position, he cited both the years of education required of a teacher and the demands of the profession.
Kilpatrick estimated that $120,000 to $150,000 should be cut from the proposed budget.
Barney O’Meara of Sperryville referred to a letter that he had sent to all the supervisors, which was printed in the May 30 issue of the Rappahannock News. In that letter, O’Meara suggests that the Board consider alternatives to the real estate tax, because certain people are always hurt by taxes on their land. During the hearing, O’Meara suggested that perhaps real estate taxes had been “pushed as far as
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