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Dietel said he has' lived in Rappahannock for 23 years.

Frazier countered that Dietel simply does not know him. He said though he does not send his children to county schools, his family has been here for generations and he has 58 first cousins and his wife has almost as many who depend on the schools. He said he was elected to support the public schools and does so by law. He said he did not propose a voucher program, but did recommend the supervisors look at a Loudoun County program that gave tax rebates to people who educate their children outside of the county schools.

The members of the ad hoc group issued a statement saying it regretted that Silver “has been maligned and imperiled as a result of a misunderstood concept paper.”

The most controversial part of Silver’s paper was a section setting out “community need,” designed to persuade the reader that Rappahannock deserved more assistance than other counties. Silver said some 1,100 communities applied for the grants.

The “community need section” said in part:

* “While the keep Rappahannock green policy has preserved the spectacular scenery, it has also restricted funding for education, health, social services and recreation by limiting taxes and restraining development.”

• Rappahannock “faces the challenges of resource

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