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groundwork for the county to reduce its Composite Index < used to determine school funding), and get more funding from the state for Rappahannock schools. Next to Fairfax, Rappahannock has the highest index, but unlike Fairfax, it has a much smaller tax base.
“This was the one bill that I expended the most political capital on,” said Gilbert in the interview.
Gilbert is actually easy to talk to, and often apologizes for “rambling on” about a particular issue. But there are less rambles than indepth discussion of the issues. There’s nothing superficial about Gilbert
For instance, asked why he voted against a bill to ban smoking in restaurants even when he doesn’t patronize1 restaurants that allow' smoking, he said, “before this bill, nearly 70 percent of restaurants in Virginia had already decided to go smoke free.”
“Rxiple vote with their feet," he continued, “the free market was already taking care of this issue and people have the right to patronize” restaurants that allow smoking or not.
Gilbert is a strong advocate of
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