Darrell English running to replace Snellings on Stafford Board of Supervisors English
Darrell English will run for a seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
A conservative, and a veteran of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office who continues to work there part-time, aims to replace the retiring Gary Snellings, who represents the Hartwood District.
English, 58, is currently appointed to serve on the Stafford County Planning Commission. In 2015, English ran for Stafford County Clerk of Court.
In addition to the Sheriff’s office, English has been a decades-long volunteer with the Stafford County Rescue Squad. As well as a member of Mount Ararat Baptist Church for over 10 years.
Shelton, Milde seek Aquia District seat on Stafford Board of Supervisors
A race for a seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors is heating up.
Paul Milde announced he will try and win back his seat on the Board during a June 8 Primary Election. Milde served on the County Board from 2006 to 2017, when he stepped down to mount a primary campaign for the 28th District seat, representing Fredericksburg and Stafford in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Bob Thomas, who served with Milde on the County Board, and is now retired from politics, went on to win the seat that year.
Some property values to fall as Stafford votes to downzone
Updated at March 4, 2021 - Rick Horner
Developers won’t be able to build as many homes on lots in the rural areas of Stafford County.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved a controversial downzoning ordinance that limits the number of new homes that can be built on land currently zoned for A-1 agricultural use to one house per every six acres.
The ordinance was a pared-down version of what had been proposed, with county leaders wanting one home per every 10 acres, similar to restrictions on a tract of land dubbed the “Rural Crescent” in neighboring Prince William County.
Stafford supervisors voted 4â3 on Tuesday to downzone nearly 90,000 acres of agricultural land in the county from one home per 3 acres to one home per 6 acres.
Downzoning has been on the supervisorsâ radar for years and four months ago, Supervisor Gary Snellings hinted at a compromise.
âI think we can work something out that will be satisfactory to everyone without providing 10-acre lots,â said Snellings.
Supervisors Tinesha Allen, Tom Coen and Cindy Shelton each voted against the measure, which was introduced Tuesday night by Supervisor Meg Bohmke.
âI want you to know that I donât take this vote lightly,â said Bohmke. âBut the county cannot sustain the infrastructure cost in the rural areas, and the citizens in the urban services area are going to pay for all these costs.â