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Our 205th year | Vol. 205, No. 16 | www.Fauquier.com | $1.50
Supervisors approve county budget, lowest real estate tax rate in 13 years By Coy Ferrell
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
After weeks of delay amid continuing uncertainty about some state revenue sources, Fauquier County supervisors unanimously passed a $404 million budget April 14 that includes the lowest real estate tax rate in 13 years. Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel (Marshall District) called it “one of the hardest budgets we’ve ever had to work on.”
At 90.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, the tax on real estate is 3 cents lower than originally proposed and 9 cents lower than last year’s rate. The tax rate on personal property has also been slashed by more than one fourth, with increased taxes on business property and a new 6% meals tax helping to make up the difference.
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“The state has put us in a rotten situation.” — SUPERVISOR HOLDER TRUMBO
See BUDGET, page 8
Inmate at Fauquier jail attempted to kill himself, sheriff confirms By Robin Earl
Fauquier Times Staff Writer
Fauquier County Sheriff Jeremy Falls confirmed Monday that a Nokesville resident who was being held at the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center attempted to kill himself at approximately 3 p.m. that day. The inmate was admitted to a hospital and was still there as of Tues-
day morning, according to the sheriff’s office. The inmate used the cord on the phone that was in the cell to try to hang himself, Lt. Col. Stephen Brubaker said in an email Tuesday in response to an inquiry from the Fauquier Times. See INMATE, page 6
Manassas man arrested after allegedly fleeing crash that injured 4 By Liam Bowman
Piedmont Journalism Foundation
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For a healthier planet
To do her part to protect the environment, Jacquelyn Rodriguez’s Enlightened Styles hair salon uses sustainable beauty products. For this and other Earth Day stories, see pages 9-11.
A Manassas man was arrested after a police manhunt April 13, after allegedly chasing a car down John Marshall Highway near The Plains and forcing it off the road, leaving multiple people injured. Otis Lee Allen, 52, has been charged with three felony counts of malicious wounding and one felony count of hit-and-run in connection with the crash. He remains in custody at the Fauquier County jail, according to Fauquier County Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Steven Lewis. See CRASH, page 6
Bubble N.N Bubble opens in Warrenton. See page 2.
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Otis Allen