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meet your U.S. senator? In Rappahannock, you have to vote the feelings of your constituents.”
Or as McCarthy said, “Rappahannock demonstrates the beauty of democracy close to the ground. People who come to Rappahannock to live are entranced by the fact that they can effect policy by just showing up (at public meetings). Nobody in government that I know of has a closed mind.”
Or a closed door.
A few weeks ago, when Sheriff Larry Sherertz showed up at the board’s meeting and told supervisors that he wanted a supplemental raise for his deputies but not for himself, and for supervisors to please delete his increase from the budget, the board agreed, and responded, as if to say, “We’ll step up because you have stepped up,” by giving deputies more than they otherwise had planned to give.
In Rappahannock, unlike larger counties, supervisors are in constant contact with other county officials.
“We get more of an insight into what is behind requests for money, whether or not there is a real need, because we talk to these people all the time who are asking,” said Supervisor Bryant Lee (Hampton District).
Lee also believes that the supervisors are more conservative with spending because they have the time to take a longer view.
“We can look into the future of what’s coming and
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