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Comity

officials

see hope

for state

budget

By Nicholas M. Horrock

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

Two key Rappahannock officials, County Administrator John McCarthy and School Superintendent Bob Chappell, see glimmers of hope in Richmond that the General Assembly can reach a budget agreement by Saturday that will be adequate to fund the county’s key programs.

Like county and city officials across Northern Virginia, their eyes this week will be on the budget conference in Richmond.

“I feel better about it this week than I did last,” said McCarthy, who last week warned the Board of Supervisors that the county would not be able to construct a realistic budget if Richmond continues this

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