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Our View
A time for
change?
lection Day has passed but much of the sentiment
generated hasn’t. And what sentiment is
that?
Well, for starters, Amissville’s Amy Hitt didn’t win her bid for the Jackson District School Board seat but it was close - 42 votes. With a few more votes, Amy could have succeeded in unseating stalwart Mills.
Mills did win but on election day, he didn’t seem that thrilled because the message was clear — quite a few folks are unhappy and wanting a change.
And what about Rosa Crocker in Wakefield District. She won but write-in candidate James Williams had a good showing. If he’d actually gotten on the ballot, he may have given her a good run for her seat on the school board.
No seats on the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors were contested but that didn’t stop a few write-in votes for Ron Frazier’s Jackson District seat.
What’s going on?
While there is seemingly no rush among Rappahannock County residents to man the oars of county or school board ships, there are some folks out there who areunhappy enough to take a stand, make a statement or send a message that the status quo of perceived board complacency doesn’t cut it anymore.
Sperryville’s Tom Junk is concerned enough about rising county taxes that he’s formed a group to get together and not just discuss but perhaps come out in force at meetings to speak out against, what they consider, an unreasonable burden on Rappahannock taxpayers.
Sure, the group was small but they’re upset enough to meet again.
When you get right down to it, there isn’t a lot of glory sitting on these boards. The pay is lousy compared to other counties and all you get is grief with little perks.
But despite these drawbacks and despite the fact that nobody is chomping at the bit to take one of them on, there is a lot of pressure to be responsive to the community at large when you are sitting there as a representative from your district.
So, with election day over, and the votes cast and recorded, there is still lingering sentiment that some things need to change.
Perhaps that sentiment will appear when the next, election comes round. Perhaps there will be more seats contested than less.
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