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Mr. Durrette, lieutenant governor candidate John H. Chichester and attorney general candidate W. R. “Buster” O’Brien — expects to release a position paper on education.
Mr. Durrette said the paper will propose a “merit pay” plan for teachers as well as school administrators. He refused to discuss the proposal in detail Saturday but said: ‘There’ll be some innovative things in that . . . It’s not just more of the same.”
The proposal, he said, will re-evaluate the education budget and “we’re going to have a lot to say on how that’s spent.”
Saturday’s get-together at the Hazel farm brought together some of the state’s most prominent Republicans and 300 local party faithful, who paid $25 each to eat, drink, meet the candidates and hear speeches and country music. Fauquier County GOP Chairman Jim Rich said it was the largest such gathering of Fauquier Republicans ever in the county.
The rally was hosted by the Hazel family, who drew praise Saturday for their past generosity from some of Virginia’s most prominent Republicans, including former governors Mills E. Godwin Jr. and John N. Dalton, U.S. Sen. Paul Trible (R-Va.) and U.S. Rep. French Slaughter (R-Va./7th).
Mr. Hazel, a Northern Virginia contractor, has long been a relatively quiet financier and confidant of state GOP leaders. Most recently he contributed his advice and money — at least
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