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had been done earlier, they could! have been done for a good deal less,' money. Government shouldn’t oper-; ate on the basis of who’s going to suer us next.”
Nelson Lane: StonewallHawthorne District
Mr. Lane noted that when asked a month prior to the event to take part in the earlier PTA-sponsored forum on educational issues, he had told the organizers that a previous commitment prevented him from participating.
He described the job of supervisor as “challenging,” saying that the board had dealt with “many sensitive issues” during the past four years.
“I’m a 34-year-old young man' seeking my third term ... I believe in open government. Government, should be at least as accountable to the people as the people are to the government.”
“I apologize. I didn’t come prepared tonight,” Mr. Lane acknowledged, lapsing _ repeatedly into silence. “What can I say? I’ve done, my best. I hope you’ll support me.”
After another pause and another apology, he noted that he’d served on the School Board during its preparation of the high school capital outlay project. “My opinion on the school expansion was controversial,” he said, adding that in voting against the proposal he was “trying to proi tect our sensitive tax base.” Mr. Lane added, however, that he’s “proud of the job the schools are; doing.”
“I could probably live anywherein the world I wanted to, and I chose to live in Rappahannock County. That should tell you something about how I feel about this county.”
Is there a single over-riding issue? “Sticking together in commu* nity spirit and healthy debate . . * Education, taxes, zoning and planning, the landfill, agriculture - all the problems will be better solved if we stick together, if we have healthy debate, if we work together.”
Should land application of sludge be allowed in Rappahannock County? “It’s certainly a polarizing issue. You can read studies and determine that sludge could probably be used safely and you can read other studies and determine that it would probably contaminate water supplies and be a problem for neighbors ... I don’t think anything monitored by the state is monitored well enough. Sludge may be widely used in Europe but most Europeans drink bottled water!”
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