It's amazing how much in local government rolls along because citizens are trusting their elected representatives to do the right thing and, for the most part, it works. Usually if a contested issue comes up and generates phone calls or letters from one or two dozen people, it catches the attention of the public official. If one hundred people register a complaint, it's a red-hot issue.
What if 10,600 people sign petitions registering a complaint and then over 1,000 show up for a Board of Supervisors meeting? Bob at The Journey takes a look back at the basics of what happened two years ago when Augusta County's citizens spoke up about property assessments they felt were unfairly based on inflated prices after the real estate market crashed. It was a study in voices being heard from the people....
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