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Our View
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Back in the dark ages of Virginia’s long history,
in the 1700s to be more precise, Culpeper
Courtty was governed by a Board of Supervisors, men who were elected in one fell swoop every four years.
When Rappahannock was formed out of Culpeper in 1833, it too chose to elect its officials on this basis, probably more out of consensus than anything deeper or more devious.
Nothing has changed since, except everything, and therein lies an opportunity that we think is ready for the plucking.
The most obvious change to assail Rappahannock is the sheer complexity of issues with which local governments must deal. Even dozy Rappahannock has entered a zone in which mere laymen can hardly plumb the depths of state and federal requirements. And we are governed, thank goodness, by laymen who are our supervisors.
By necessity, these men burn the midnight oil to keep up with issues, and their “reading in” time, according to some who know these things, is around two yetirs, about the same time it takes most people to learn to walk.
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