Manage mature work force with hundreds of employees, formulate policies that will influence the government for years to come, oversee contracting and employment departments of many government agencies, work with numerous grassroots organizations to enact your agenda. Sound too good to be true. Well, it's not. Those are but a few of the tasks performed by the Board of Supervisors here in York County, Virginia.
Local government is the first line of attack on many community problems.
Local government gets involved in social services and welfare programs, too. School boards have the primary governmental responsibility for and a profound influence on the primary and secondary education of our children. Local government is often the testing ground for creative, innovative ideas and is most familiar with community needs. Further, local elective offices are stepping stones to higher state and federal elective and appointive offices. State government plays an important part in our life, too.