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Local Elections The election of 1995 has certainly gotten interesting in the last week. All county voters will have at least three choices on their ballots. There will be a hard-fought contest between incumbent Republican Del. Jay Katzen and Democratic nominee Sue Scheer for the 31 st House of Delegates seat. While Rappahannock County is a small proportion of that district, which includes most of Fauquier County’ and about half of" Warren County, Rappahannock voters might well make the difference.
The local race for Sheriff promises to be extremely testy, but incumbent John Henry Woodward seeking his fourth term and challenger Gary Settle are keeping their gloves on for now. If county voters are lucky their supporters will follow their example.
All voters will have at least two choices in the county’s first School Board election. It will be interesting to see whether or not some of these candidates attempt to run as a slate. In addition two of the county’s districts will have races between incumbent members of the Board of Supervisors and challengers. It would be reassuring if some of these candidates who have never attended meetings of the bodies they are asking voters to elect them to would start attending the meetings and listening to discussion of the issues they will be voting on if they are elected. Jackson District School Board aspirant Ron Makela has missed few meetings since the year began. This past Tuesday evening Elizabeth Whetzel, who is seeking the Hampton District seat, also attended. It is easy enough to have opinions when no facts interfere. Having informed opinions will take a little more work. * None of the other School Board candidates have attended meetings since the election process began, and neither of the challengers in the Board of Supervisors election have been regulars at the meetings.
Frankly it seems strange that the process of deciding to seek elected office did not begin with finding out more about the procedures and issues confronting these boards as it did for Mr. Makela. The sudden influx of candidates for service on a public school board whose children attend private schools is also amazing.
Seven Things To Do 1. Buy Lemonade from any kid who is selling. ■* 2. Anytime you can vote on anything, vote. 3. Choose having time over having money. 4. Always take the scenic route. 5. Give money to all street musicians. 6. Always be someone’s valentine. 7. When the circus comes to town, be there.
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