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he admits is an uphill battle against an entrenched incumbent, “is to get away from state mandates. I feel that the local governments should have as much authority as can be given them, and the state’s role is to assist them. One of the biggest examples is the one that Sen. Miller sponsored, the trailer bill.”
(Sen. Miller was a patron of a bill introduced in 1986 which would have required all localities in Virginia to treat off-site manufactured housing equally with site-built homes in their zoning ordinances. That power currently is left to each county to regulate through local ordinances. The bill was defeated by the senate.)
“That’s a local politician speaking,” he said, “but for me to come here from a neighboring county and tell you what Rappahannock County needs, that’s ridiculous. Nobody knows more than someone who’s been here and lives here.
“So, if I’m elected, and there’s a bill which affects this county, I’ll come to the people here and ask what they want me to do,” Mr. Chase promised.
“The waste of tax dollars, as happened with Commonwealth Park,” is another issue, Mr. Chase said. He was referring to the General Assembly’s decision to build a $9 million horse facility in Rockbridge County, rather than give the designation of Virginia Equine Center to Culpeper’s Commonwealth Park, which had requested the title. Sen. Miller was one of the sponsors of the bill which created the Rockbridge complex.
“Some people call me fiscally conservative ... I don’t know what you call it, but I do not have the theory that more dollars equals more quality in anything. The task is to find out how to get the best product without wasting the public’s money.
“I am for more state money to rural counties for transportation — but that would be for upgrading existing roads, not building new ones,” he said, noting that there has been some misunderstanding among voters about his plan for road improvements. “I do not want to pave Rappahannock County,” he said.
“We’ve designed our six-year road plan accordingly. We have pressure from developers who come
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