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The Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 8 in A.T. Johnson auditorium. Brownley, who resigned from his elected position following the 1988 arrest, made it known on Thursday that he has unfinished public business on the Board of Supervisors. There will be no immediate opportunity for other Board members and the court to select and appoint a District 3 successor.
King George Commonwealth's Attorney Matt Britton assumed the role of special prosecutor in the Circuit court on Thursday. Westmoreland's own Dean Atkins has recused himself, as did Judge Joseph Ellis.
According to Britton, Brownley has provided the police with a full statement detailing his drug activities.
Brownley expressed remorse when he addressed the court. He said he had tried very hard to recover his standing in the community.
The Westmoreland County native was released from jail on Thursday afternoon.
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Brownley faces second cocaine arrest |
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It happened again. District 3 Supervisor Lynn Brownley learned he was the subject of a multi-jurisdictional grand jury indictment and turned himself in to the Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office authorities on Wednesday afternoon.
Brownley spend Wednesday night in Rappahannock Regional Jail. On Thursday he appeared in the county's Circuit Court. A March 25 arraignment date was established and bond was set at $15,000.
This is the second time Brownley has faced a felony arrest associated with cocaine activity. The first arrest occurred in 1988, when he served as Commonwealth's Attorney and County Attorney in Westmoreland.
Circuit Court Judge Joseph Ellis has required Brownley to subject himself to drug testing and rehabilitation. He was additionally required to surrender his passport.
By Betsy Ficklin
The Journal
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Supervisors agree to $100k lump sum appropriation |
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The Westmoreland Supervisors met last Tuesday evening and agreed to comply with a portion of the county school division’s request for lump sum funding. Action was delayed on Feb. 8 because no one was present to represent the county’s schools when that matter was considered. A heavy snow event had made it impossible for some residents and school officials to travel to that nighttime Board of Supervisors meeting.
County School Superintendent Elaine Fogliani was present to defend the school’s position when the supervisors met in recessed session on Feb. 23. She explained that the division needs to be able to spend the money that is already in the contingency fund. If a broader lump sum funding accommodation cannot be granted, $100,000 to $150,000 of the sum already held in contingency must become available for expenditure or the revenue will have to be returned to the state when the current budget period ends on June 30, 2010.
Fogliani acknowledged the economic difficulties that are currently being experienced at every level of government. Economic conditions make it more important than ever to utilize the revenue that already is in hand.
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Promise of sewers caused county land values to soar |
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During the Westmoreland Supervisors’ regular February meeting the big discussion topic was the reassessment. Appraiser Fred Pearson delivered his best explanation of the reassessment’s higher land values and the public comment segment gave ordinary county residents an opportunity to weigh in.
Pearson explained that values have risen sharply in neighborhoods where county sewer is already in place. He explained that values rose similarly in neighborhoods were sewer systems are planned but have not yet been installed.
Westmoreland County Citizens Association (WCCA) President Kennon Morris was one of the first property owners to address the reassessment during that meeting’s public comment segment.
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