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developer who wants to come in and contest that. I talk to people about real estate every day. And they say, ‘Oh, Rappahannock, that’s where you have those 25acre lots,’ and 111 say, 'Yes, and thank God that's what we have because that’s what gives as the beauty and scenery that we’ve all come to enjoy and love"

And Parrish, who also served on the county’s Board of Assessments for all but the most recent tax reassessment, said: ‘There’s a difference between greed and need. When you’re talking about developers coming in, that’s a matter of greed. When you're talking about people aiming into the county trying to find an affordable plate to live, that’s a situation of need 1 do think that if we pay attention to the need, that w ill possibly help preclude greed from moving in "

Sullivan also asked about balancing shrinking state1 budgets and rising costs with promises not to raise taxes i promises repeated out loud Monday night by Junk and Dixon i. How to find ways to expand the tax base, or find other ways to increase funding for schools9

“Next year will he an interesting year," Dixon said, "with budgets cuts aiming down from the state, aists going up, and so forth - something has to give. One of the main reasons I am running is to find some ways to not raise real estate taxes (to cover the difference]

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