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Falmouth District voters will soon elect a new Stafford County supervisor.
In this, my first campaign for public office, I have spoken with many residents, knocking on the doors of well over 3,500 homes.
This campaign has confirmed my deeply held belief that our vibrant participatory democracy is a unique strength of this wonderful country that cannot be taken for granted.
Mark Osborn, one of my two Republican opponents (running this time as an independent), lauded his
He never submitted a Falmouth Economic Redevelopment Plan, which our current supervisor has done and which I vigorously support.
He supported a 51 percent increase in real estate taxes between 2002 and 2005, versus a relatively modest
He failed to support construction of the new England Run library, a project championed and implemented by George Schwartz. He made no effort to initiate reconstruction of the Falmouth intersection, again achieved by the current board.
In this campaign, Mark and my other Republican opponent both strongly advocated reversing the board's recently enacted business tax. However, they haven't addressed how we would replace the
The responsibilities of our next supervisor are simply too crucial to consider returning to the discredited practices of the previous board. A campaign must be more than merely erecting huge signs with the candidate's name throughout the district.
Doug Filler
Stafford
