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Editorials
Sue Scheer
Rappahannock County has never had a delegate representing it in Virginia’s General Assembly who puts in more personal appearances in the county than Del. Jay Katzen.
One on one he is sympathetic to almost any county resident’s cause. He puts in many hours trying to be helpful.
However, when he goes to Richmond, he no longer seems to represent the interests of the people of the county and the rest of the 31st District. Rather he becomes the voice of Gov. George Allen and works for the enactment of the governor’s program, regardless of its frequently undesired impact on his constituents.
Gov. Allen inherited a state with a national reputation for fiscal conservatism. Yet he talks and acts as though he was elected governor of Massachusetts.
The state is not responsible for the taxes mdst Virginians find burdensome. Increasingly it is local real estate taxes that burden citizens, and the increase in real estate taxes is the direct result of the state cutting its level of service, forcing local governments to pick up the difference.
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