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Outgoing supervisor reflects on term Date published: 1/3/2006
Kandy Hilliard represented the Aquia District of Stafford County for the past few years. However, in December she served on the Board of Supervisors for the last time. Hilliard was defeated by Paul Milde and says she has no plans to re-enter politics at this time.
Hilliard, 44, who is an assistant with The Childcare Network, says she will continue to work from the sidelines to improve the county. She says most of her work as a supervisor, for which she was paid about $20,000 annually, was rewarding. She agreed to share her political experiences with The Free Lance-Star. Here are some excerpts from that interview. Q You have said you spent about 35 hours a week doing work as a supervisor. What will you do now?
A Well, I've never been someone who has not stayed busy. I'll actually spend more time on my other job. I'm not really sure what life is going to hold for me.
Q Are you planning to run for office again?
A Not at this moment. It was brutal campaign. I have no plans or desire to go back into public office.
Q Why did the campaign get so brutal, and were you surprised you lost?
A The bottom line is my opponent got his people out and I didn't get my people out. He spent a lot more money than I did. It gave him the ability to frame his message and be heard. Also, I think there's this sense of frustration that things were not being done as quickly as people had hoped and the board as a whole wasn't getting things done. People are frustrated by traffic, and the pace is so fast. People want things done yesterday. And there's this lack of understanding of "by-right." If someone owns a piece of property, we can't just tell them they can't develop it. I guess they felt that putting somebody new in would accomplish those things.
Q Did you lose because you are a Democrat?
A Possibly. I would say this is a strong Republican district.
Q But you won this district once.
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