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Elementary School auditorium for the Hearing which was far less volatile than a similar forum held in August 1984 when a proposed zoning ordinance was first presented.

And while the tone of the speakers strongly supported the concept of zoning to preserve the wide open spaces that have become a treasured commodity in Rappahannock County, few speakers issued warnings that the proposal invited cronyism and nepotism between supervisors and their friends seeking exemptions from the ordinance.

However, perhaps the biggest round of applause followed the comments of John Marshall Clark Jr. who spoke in favor of the proposal.

Clark said he saw Prince William and Fauquier counties lose their rural identities, and said he believed Rap

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