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and other Northern Virginia localities is the corporate tax base.
“Rappahannock has virtually no corporate tax base to help fund its schools,” he said.
Rappahannock County ranks last of the 14 cities and counties in the Northern Virginia region for per-capita taxable retail sales.
“At present we have no industries and no supermarkets in Rappahannock County,” Chappell said. “So, I appeal to your sense of fairness. Help rural counties like Rappahannock, Fauquier and Clarke in Northern Virginia and other rural counties across Virginia retain their rural character. By retaining rural acreage through the Land-use program, the commonwealth will remain one of the most beautiful states in the nation.”
Another real benefit to including land use in the LCI formula and retaining rural land is that fewer new schools will be built in rural areas, thus saving the localities and the state from future capital expenses for school construction and additional operational
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