ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Albemarle County supervisors are expected to vote Wednesday, March 18, on borrowing $118 million for projects around the county — without putting the measure to a public referendum.
The last time the county asked voters to approve borrowing was 2016, when the amount was $35 million. This borrowing plan is more than three times that figure. Riese said that since 2021, the county has issued more than $200 to $300 million in bonds without a single voter referendum.
Phil Riese, chair of the Albemarle County Republican Committee, said the Virginia Constitution allows, encourages, and sometimes requires a bond to go before voters in a referendum — and that the Board of Supervisors appears unwilling to do so…