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Most of the supervisors ieit tne county should go along with this plan for voting rather than go through the process of redistricting the county again.
“It makes no sense for the taxpayers of Rappahannock to go through the expense of redistricting again,” Hampton District representative Mike Massie said. “The problem was caused by the state, and the state should straighten it out.”
“I’m in favor of sticking with our original plan,” Piedmont District representative Charles K. “Pete” Estes said.
Robert Anderson, representative from Stonewall-Hawthom District, also agreed that the county should not go through the redistricting process again.
Sen. Miller said that many counties are facing the same problem as Rappahannock. He said that both the house and senate redistricting plans “are unnecessarily splitting counties across the state.”
Sen. Michie said he doesn’t think there were as many problems 10 or 20 years ago with redistricting plans, “but we weren’t splitting as many counties.”
Sen. Michie also announced this week that he will seek reelection to the State Senate. Besides Stonewall-Hawthom District in Rappahannock, his district includes two precincts in Orange County, all the counties of Albemarle, Madison, Green and Nelson, and the city of Charlottesville.
In his announcement Sen. Michie said, “One of the largest challenges is adjusting the disparity in education between the poorest communities and the wealthiest.”
Sen. Michie serves on the Education and Health Committee in the senate.
He also is assigned to Transportation, Rehabilitation and Social Services and the Courts of Justice committees.
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