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“turned out in large numbers”) had to say about it, how the supervisors felt, and most fundamentally, what the nature of Ron Frazier’s proposal was? After giving its readers meager information on the meeting, the paper then goes on to write an editorial about what occurred (or did not) at the meeting. How can we as readers agree or disagree without the very basic facts?
I am also concerned at the quality of writing as evident in this same editorial. The sentence, “If they did consider it and opposition was extremely against it here it is unlikely they would do it in any case” is confusing and incoherent, and should have been properly edited. Grammatical errors and misspellings abound in a typical issue of the News, and cast further doubt on the paper’s ability to be accurate.
My purpose here is not to comment on the merits of the tax credit issue, but rather to complain about the way it was presented to the public via the county’s newspaper. Many citizens (and I am one of them) cannot always attend county meetings, and we rely on the Rappahannock News for a complete, accurate and unbiased account of the proceedings. The Rappahannock News does this community a great disservice by not reporting events more conscientiously.
I have lived in Rappahannock County for more than eight years and have recently seen a marked decline in the quality of our newspaper. It is a shame, for
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