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For my entire career we have scrapped for every single dime from the state that goes to Rappahannock’s schools. After 15 years of capping funding for Rappahannock’s schools, Virginia is long overdue for a change. As a March 1 article in Rappahannock News pointed out, work to accomplish change was put to a halt on a near party line vote on my bill to fix a cap on school funding for Rappahannock, HB1443, in the Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee.

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In these rather rough economic times, where prices have risen so much just recently, inflation higher, interest rates rising in apparent efforts to address many economic issues that plague Americans these days, I had the opportunity to talk about this last week and then continued to think about solutions along with some pretty vivid memories about a past and then a current home.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Jan. 20 announcement that Amazon Web Services plans to spend $35 billion to establish multiple data center campuses across Virginia was not welcome news for all. Here’s why: it seems that Virginia is chasing an initiative that will require our energy system size to double or triple, with ratepayers footing the bill.  

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We always have many reasons to rejoice during the holiday season. Spending time with friends and family, exchanging gifts, wishing for peace and good will to all. We are fortunate to live in this country and in this county. Not that we don't have problems: inflation, immigration, the fentanyl curse, income inequality, discrimination and many others are just a few of the problems that urgently need our attention.