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chairman of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors who ran and served as both a Republican and an independent, and Kay Hayes, past president of the environmental activist group Citizens for Fauquier County.
The common thread of the group appears to be a preservationist philosophy — and the reason why Katzen’s loyalists deride their relevance.
“Most of these people probably would be in favor of the stands that the Piedmont Environmental Council has taken,” said Mr. Seilheimer, who could not say how many actually belonged to groups like the PEC or CFFC.
“I think a significant portion [of support for Republicans for Scheer] is fallout from the Disney vote,” he added.
In voting for Del. Katzen two years ago, Mr. Seilheimer said he believed he had a candidate tapped into the preservationist community. Jay Katzen’s wife, Paddy, was active in recycling and was “better known as a person who understood these questions.”
But Del. Katzen’s later votes left Mr. Seilheimer with the impression that “she had a little less swing with him than I thought she did.”
Mr. Seilheimer began his statement by criticizing Del. Katzen for cutting funding for education. “He has turned his back on Virginia’s tradition of quality in public education and in keeping the state’s colleges the finest in the nation. He backed cuts of some S93 million from educational programs and [supportedjother measures that would have significantly weakened the state’s educational system,” he said.
The group also criticized Del. Katzen for supporting the^ opening of rural areas to single-wide trailer homes, previously allowed only with local zoning consent.
“Katzen is clearly out of step with
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