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keep up with it,” he said.
The county bought land for the elementary school when the price was advantageous, anticipating and reducing the pressure of necessity. It did so, as another example, when the board recently voted to give Sheriff’s deputies what are called LEOS —Law Enforcement Office Retirement Supplemental, after three years of consideration.
“We do the research, so if somebody in the street asks me why the money was spent and what was the need, I can tell them,” said Supervisor Lee. “We don’t just jump into these spending items.”
These country attributes may seem natural to those who never leave Rappahannock, but to everyone else, they come as a blessing. And as for those spendthrifts in Washington who want to introduce democracy to everyone on the earth, maybe they should “go close to the ground,” as McCarthy says, and learn how from Rappahannock.
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