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share of office expenses and in some cases the county had to pick up the tab.
All hiring was frozen and still is.
Even so, the first round of cuts were not that painful for most here in Rappahannock. Pat Davis, Clerk for the Combined General and Juvenile Domestic Courts is an exception.
She worked a bare bones department with one deputy clerk.
With the first round of cuts, she had to do without the deputy clerk except when court was in session.
She fears that additional cuts will seriously diminish the level of service her department takes pride in.
The biggest worry for John McCarthy, County Administrator, is state funding for K through 12.
The magnitude of the revenue shortfall was of
94.8%