1972 board member: 'We were the most influential Board of Supervisors in Pittsylvania County history'
CHATHAM, Va. â The 2020 proposed budget for the County of Pittsylvania was over $180 million. In 1972, that budget was 93 percent smaller. That was also the year that W. T. "Tommy" Gatewood would begin to affect some of the most significant changes in the history of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors. In 1972, Gatewood was elected to become the first representative of the Westover District, before it was annexed into Danville City. Gatewood, who served as a board member until 1984, said that the board he served on was the most influential board in the county's history. "When we...
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