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supervisors to cut the county budget by L25 percent, or about $250,000 next year; to help hold taxes down.
“It would give great relief to families in the county," said Junk. “If you really want to help families, it is a good goal to shoot fee t hope the board will consider this suggestion seriously." Junk is head of a local group called Concerned Taxpayers of Rappahannock. though he said he was speaking for himself not the organization.
The supervisors did not respond directly to Junk's plea, but later comments from other speakers indicated that it will be even harder than usual next year to cut the county budget because the looming cuts in state aid to localities will shift more of the burden to county taxpayers in the year ahead.
School Superintendent Robert Chapped said he still doesn't know what cuts in education aid Gov. Tim Kaine may make fell. Chappell noted that Kaine has said in media interviews that he hopes to avoid reducing state aid to schools in this school year. “What he is saying is that we're not going to cut < education) this yean we will cut it next veac"'Chappell said
But the superintendent added that he's not confident there wilt be no immediate cuts, so “we are still looking for ways to save, in case we need it."
James P Gannon is editor- of rxtppvuux, corn
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