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County Wish List
1 1 1 With little debate on Monday the Board of Supervisors approved ; a Legislative Agenda, a sort of “wish list” for the upcoming session | of the General Assembly.
With equally little debate the supervisors declined to endorse the legislative agenda put forth by Region 7 of the Virginia Association pf Counties. Most of the VACo proposals were quite similar to Rappahannock County’s and more detailed, but there was a proposal on growth sharing, and the supervisors apparently were not comfortable with sharing any of the growth of our neighbors. » It seems a pity the board did not take the time to endorse those parts with which they were in agreement and return the agenda with Jcomments on those portions that disturbed them. A legislative agenda with the backing of a group of counties would presumably cam piore weight in the assembly than one adopted only by Rappahannock County. ! The county’s legislative agenda calls for returning 50 percent of die lottery proceeds to the localities based on school aged population. The governor has not said much about returning lottery proceeds to localities since the election, but even if a Republican majority had been elected this might not have been the year for such a proposal. All indications are the state’s next two-year budget will be very tight because of the need to pay for increased school enrollment and expanding adult and juvenile detention facilities.
In general the adopted agenda opposes mandates from the state that will require the county to increase real estate taxes and supports more freedom for the county to control its own affairs, especially in the area of zoning.
The proposal requests that the county be exempt from the state’s requirement that voting machines be provided in any precinct with more than 750 voters. How many paper ballots do the supervisors relieve the election judges should be required to count after putting n 14-hour days holding an election?
If the supervisors want to continue using paper ballots, they should be prepared to split most of the county’s larger precincts. Otherwise the county may find itself required to hold an election with no one willing to serve as an election official.
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