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BY MARY BETH MARTIN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
At their monthly meeting Feb. 10, the Washington Town Council discussed preparing for inconveniences that might arise from Year 2000 (Y2K) computer glitches, and in other action scrapped its water billing policy, which made landlords responsible for their tenants’ water bills.
Town treasurer Elaine Viguerie announced she attended a satellite broadcast in Culpeper expecting to hear that everything was ready for Y2K.
However, in the broadcast Gov. James Gilmore said to “Present the facts to the public, hope for the best and prepare for the worst” she reported.
“With 30 billion computer chips in the state and only 90 percent compliant, it was hard to foresee all that could happen,” said Viguerie. “Computer chips embedded in clocks made in the 1970s will not be able to make the leap into the next century.”
Town residents Teri Sullivan and John Byam, along with Viguerie,
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