SPEAKING OUT ON THE BPOL TAX IN STAFFORD, VA

Letter to the Editor: Stafford supervisors were wrong on BPOL tax [Free Lance-Star (Va.)]

What a circus the Stafford County Board of Supervisors is ["Cash-strapped county seeks more revenue,” July 2].

I watched the BPOL hearing on TV because though I’m a small-business owner and resident of Stafford County, I couldn’t attend the hearing for lack of child care for my two children that night.

It was amazing how many people stood in front of the board and argued how this BPOL tax would affect them.

And still, four supervisors decided to vote on their own agenda rather than how the people who elected them told them to vote.

If I remember correctly, our government is elected by the people and for the people.

Supervisors Joe Brito, George Schwartz, Robert Woodson, and Harry Crisp didn’t act according to what their constituents thought was correct, fair, and reasonable. They should feel the wrath of all Stafford County small-business owners and residents.

As far as I’m concerned, these four gentlemen should resign immediately. They don’t look after what is best for us in Stafford County. They want to kill the backbone of our economy. They want to get all the small “mom and pop” businesses out and let the big guys like Wal-Mart and Target rule our county.

After all, Wal-Mart and Target don’t care about this new tax; they didn’t even show up at the hearing.

Boycott Supervisors Brito, Schwartz, Woodson, and Crisp. They should move to another county with the BPOL already in place and open their own small business; let’s see how they do.

Nylsa A. Correa

Stafford