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By James P. Gannon
Spwiai to th» Kappithaimotk News
The Rappahannock County Boarti of Supervisors gave the go-ahead Monday to a septic system pumping company to locate its business headquarters at the site of the former Dove sawmill on Route 172*2 in Huntly.
At a brtef evening pubhc hearing, the board voted unanimously to allow Christopher Boucher to move his All-Star Septic Systems business from Fauquier County to the 4.8 acre site, which he has contracted to purchase lor $289,000. The property is widely viewed as an eyesore, littered with rusting and inoperable machinery, piles of logs and scrap wood, and deteriorating buildings
There was no public opposition to the permit request at the hearing and comments from supervisors favored the change in the property’s use.
In its afternoon session, the supervisors heard warnings that Virginia’s projected $2.9 billion budget shortfall wiU impact county schools and road projects by next year, and heard a plea from one citizen to cut the county budget next year to provide relief to taxpayers who are struggling in economic hard times.
“It is hard times in Rappahannock County. ’ Tom Junk of Sperryville told the board. “We have got more foreclosures and people are hurting,’" Junk challenged the
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