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By Kevin Allen Rappahannock NVws Staff Writer
Members ot Concerned Taxpayers of Rappahannock County have begun distributing two documents to help citizens voice their opinions to representatives in state and county governments.
Organizers explained the intent of a petition and a form letter to about 20 people at the citizen group’s monthly meeting March 13 at the Amissville Fire Hall.
The petition is for county residents to tell Virginia state legislators they feel the county's local composite index is calculated unfairly. The LCI is a calculation the state uses to determine the wealth of a county and decide how much state funding a locality should receive for public education.
Rappahannock’s LCI is 0.8 - the highest LCI possible - which means the state gives the county enough funding to pay for about 20 percent of the cost of public education. Several county leaders and residents have said the LCI is not a true reflection of incomes in Rappahannock. In other school districts, state funding provides as much as 70 percent of a county's education costs.
Tom Junk, the main organizer of Concerned Taxpayers, said he hopes to collect 2.500 signatures for the petition. The signatures will then be sent to Sen. Mark Obenshain and Del. Todd Gilbert, who represent Rappahannock in the Virginia General Assembly.
The second document is a letter addressed to the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors.
It asks the board's representatives to “show fiscal restraint in a time of severe Economic conditions.* The
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