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The competition The strongest gubernatorial candidates that • have emerged so far are: • Current Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, who has considerable support among his fellow Republicans. • Tim Kaine, a well-known Democrat who is currently Gov. Mark Warner’s lieutenant governor. Although he was a newcomer to Warrenton’s political scene, Fitch ran & “brilliant” campaign, Lewis said. And he won. • “For the next year, every time George said ‘black,’ I said ‘white,’ and every time he said ‘day,’I said ‘night,’" Lewis joked. “I expected to see carnage (in the street), but taxes were reduced from 18 cents per $100 to 3 cents per $100, and there was no carnage. George did what he said he was going to do.” Since Fitch took office, real estate taxes have been cut by 77 percent, according to his campaign literature. Personal property taxes have been cut by 55 percent and the business taxes have been cut by 22 percent. Debt has been retired and budget surpluses have been created while the community has grown by 35 percent. “We’ve made it a bargain for taxpayers while being mindful
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