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Crump, a former commonwealth’s attorney in Warren County and current attorney for the Town of Front Royal, also said he would push for increased authority for localities.
The authority for all localities to impose impact fees on developers for roads and schools, the authority to regulate the appearance of new developments and immunity from money damage lawsuits are powers Crump hopes to give to counties and towns in Virginia.
However, he admitted, such a sweeping change would hinge on major changes to the state’s Dillon Rule, which reserves to the state all powers not specifically delegated to localities.
Delegate Guest said he would not go so far as to support impact fees for roads and schools, yet supported the idea in some instances. He said that he feels that any impact fees must be directly tied to the project for which they are proffered. To accept impact fees for something unrelated in use or location to a develpment project, he said, would be a misuse of the power.
Guest took a hard line stance on drugs, announcing
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