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ling emergency calls, and work toward getting cable TV for the county as major accomplishments of his tenure. He pointed out, however, that his constituents in Stonewall-Hawthom District won’t benefit from cable TV anytime soon. He also said he has joined with the rest of the board in “helping to keep the tax rate as low as possible and still operate the county in a fiscally responsible manner.”
Upcoming challenges Mr. Anderson mentioned include “handling the new assessment in a fair and equal manner” and trying to keep the county in farming and open space “without overburdening the taxpayer.”
He said, “Keeping the school improvement on the upswing will be a challenge with recent state cuts in the budget.”
Finally Mr. Anderson added, “The landfill was pretty well taken care of before I got there, but it still will be a challenge in the future to keep it going.”
Ellis D. Bingham, 60, of Jackson District, is completing his first term. He won the seat in a threeway race in 1987. Retired from the U.S. Army, Col. Bingham is currently the solid waste manager for Fauquier County. A native of Kentucky, Col. Bingham has lived in the county for seven years. He is active in the Amissville Ruritan Club.
Col. Bingham said he was seeking a second term because people from his district, concerned that he might not run, “had encouraged me to run again, and I could not, not do it.” He also said, “There are a lot of things that haven’t been completed.”
He said the major accomplishment during his tenure was improvement in the schools. “We have really brought education a long way,” he said. “Now, people from
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