I write to support Brad Rosenberger’s re-election as Supervisor for the Jefferson District on November 7th.

I had the honor of working with Mr. Rosenberger for a long number of years when I served as County Attorney. With Brad Rosenberger, a fifth generation farm owner and operator, what you see is what you get — no hidden agendas, no back room deals, no violating the trust placed in him by his constituents. Brad has been an integral part of developing and implementing a vision and plan for his district and the County to manage growth, to adequately fund our school system and services, all the while keeping our tax burden at a minimum. I watched first hand for many years as Brad would pour over the County’s annual budget seeking to eliminate unneeded expense and to structure the finances of the County to minimize taxes for his constituents and the County.

The operations of the County are complex – it takes literally years for anyone to become familiar with all the ins and outs. Brad is a true asset to his constituents and all of us in the County for his fiscal conservatism, his mastery of the budget and low taxes and his measured, long term vision for Jefferson District.

I would respectfully encourage the favorable consideration of Brad Rosenberger’s candidacy on November 7, 2017.

—John C. Bennett

I have known Brad Rosenberger for nearly 30 years. Though it may seem a little old-fashioned to talk about citizen service today, when agenda driven campaigns seem more the norm, Brad is exemplary of Virginia’s long tradition of civic service governed by what is viewed as being best for the whole, as honed by healthy and public debate.

At the center of that heritage is integrity. Whether you agree with him on any given issue, Brad’s reasoning is always thorough and he will never duck and weave in conversation. When you talk to him, he listens – and when he talks to you, he will share his honest thoughts, very respectfully, but honestly and without pulling any punches.

Brad’s priority has been to maintain the quality of life in the district and will remain so, I am sure. His perspective is a long one and his roots run deep. The hallmarks of his work are the quiet and time-consuming work needed to understand the dynamics of the environment in which the County Government operates and in building quality relationships with fellow Board members, as well as a wide range of others, including those whose ideas may differ from his own.

I believe these traits are exemplary in any elected official and that citizens having representatives with them are better served than those who don’t. Brad’s service really speaks for itself.
Thank you.

Steve Miner
Cross Junction, Virginia

Dear Northern Culpeper County Friends,

On Nov. 7, beside voting for state wide offices and a state delegate, voters in Northern Culpeper County will be electing our County Supervisor.  If your voting place is at either Jeffersonton Baptist Church or Hazel River Assembly of God Church, you are in the Jefferson District.  Brad Rosenberger is currently serving as our elected supervisor in the Jefferson District.  I know both candidates for supervisor and I be voting for Brad Rosenberger who is running as an Independent Candidate.

Brad has served as supervisor for the Jefferson District the last 32 years.  For over 25 of those years, we have lived in Brad’s District.  In fact, part of his farm borders our back woods.  During those years, Brad has always been available to listen to my concerns and has represented us very well.  He’s a 5th generation farmer, so he knows what it is to work to make a living and meet family needs.  He is always working to keep taxes affordable (no tax rate increase the last 4 years), works to protect our area’s rural character, wants to run a lean government, supports education/school needs, wants to attract clean industry and hi-tech jobs to Culpeper County, pushes for adequate, faster internet service for all.

For more details about Brad Rosenberger and his experience, highlights & accomplishments on the Board of Supervisors, go to www.ReElectBrad.com.  Brad is always available to answer any questions as our representative and as a candidate.  Email him at Brad@ReElectBrad.com or call him on his cell at 540-222-5813 or at home at 540-937-4928.

On Thurs. evening at 6:30pm, the Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Candidates Forum for Culpeper County Board of Supervisor and School Board Candidates.  It will be held at the Culpeper Campus of Daniel Technology Center/Germanna Community College.  Brad will be one of the candidates who will be taking part in the candidate’s forum.  Anyone can attend this forum to learn more about the candidates running for Board of Supervisors and School Board.  If you’d like to ride to the forum with me, please contact me.

I hope you will join me on Nov. 7, and vote for Brad Rosenberger.

Thank you,

Paul Oesterreicher

Rev. Ludwell Brown joins the groundswell of supporters of the Re-Elect Brad Rosenberger committee.

As a former resident of the Jefferson District and a former member of the Culpeper Planning Commission for 21 years, I have known Brad Rosenberger for over 35 years. Since the day I met him I have been honored to call him my friend and neighbor. His character and actions, which I have witnessed, exemplify faith, hope and charity. As a leader in his elected office of Jefferson District supervisor, he has always prided himself on putting the citizens of Culpeper first by ensuring they are treated with integrity and fairness.

It is my assurance that he is undoubtedly the right person to continue in the role of Culpeper supervisor, a calling that he has flawlessly answered for more than 30 years. The citizens and visitors of Culpeper County deserve a supervisor that is as well-founded and benevolent as Brad Rosenberger.

—Dave Lowery

County Supervisors Brad Rosenberger of The Jefferson District, and Sue Hanson of The Catalpa District invite you to attend a Community Update and Feedback Meeting

September 21, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m.
Hazel River Assembly of God Church
14383 Hazel River Church Road
Culpeper, VA 22701

Brad and Sue will give you an update on Culpeper County and its many successes in the recent history, a preview of the plans to come, and also want to hear from the residents of the Jefferson and Catalpa Districts.

County Officials and a VDOT representative will be available to help with questions or concerns about specific issues to your family, land, road, school, or neighborhood as well.

I read with admiration recent letters to the editor by Ms. Barbara Taylor, Mr. Perry Cabot, and Mr. Mike Dale, all endorsing the re-election of Brad Rosenberger to the Board of Supervisors for Culpeper County’s Jefferson District.  For years, these respected community leaders have been very involved in making Culpeper a better place to live and work.  I value their opinions and join them in stating that Brad Rosenberger has been a very effective Supervisor.   Having been a Constitutional Officer serving as Culpeper County Treasurer for 10 years, I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Rosenberger, sometimes daily, on financial and policy issues.  I can assure you that there is no better steward of the taxpayers’ dollars than Supervisor Rosenberger.

Brad is a fiscal conservative and has a good understanding of government accounting and the role of local government.  During his 28 years of service on the Board, he has done a great job of balancing tax revenue with meeting the needs for government services.  For almost three decades, he has faced complicated issues dealing with schools, land development, public safety, fire and rescue, and transportation; and he has always made his decisions based on what is best for the citizens and future of Culpeper County.

I have also known Brad personally for most of his life and have great respect for his commitment to Culpeper County.  A fifth generation farmer, he has done a great job of maintaining our rural nature by preserving agriculture while working to attract businesses to our community to provide tax revenue and employment opportunities.  Brad also understands the value of tourism and its potential for generating revenue and has worked hard to promote our many local attractions.

To ensure that Culpeper County meets the challenges of the future, we need the continued leadership of Supervisor Rosenberger.  I urge the citizens of the Jefferson District to vote to re-elect Brad Rosenberger on November 5th.

—Steve Southard

As a personal principle, I have always strived to maintain strict objectivity; and one does not compromise on such things.  It is satisfying; and it always worked in my career in Army, State Department, and Joint Command assignments for 28 years.   Strict objectivity doesn’t mean I don’t take sides on issues; only that I go where the evidence leads me.  It is leading me to break a self-imposed code of silence on partisan matters.

The worlds of military strategy and China, both of which I studied and taught at multiple levels, provide perspectives not available in textbooks to compare different locales.

Wherever the government sent me, I always joined local groups to further their goals, – not mine, or what I thought theirs ought to be.

Twenty years in Culpeper, Ruritan, Germanna Foundation, and Culpeper’s unique alphabet soup – JUMC, JCC, SPCH, and CCC – have provided greater insight into this County and its people than any other place I have lived in the world.  It is a very special place.  I have taken particular interest in its history, which is not simply unique, but a classic key to Virginia and US history.  As an outsider, I can never fully relate, but I appreciate Culpeper for what it is.

Using my training to research and analyze Culpeper proposals has drawn me to 98% of Board of Supervisor public hearings over the last 12 years, prompted direct interaction with them in over a 100 presentations, and dozens of analytical studies.  My goal has not been power, fame, or fortune, but rather to provide information and documentation that could help my adopted home.  I have not always agreed with the Supervisors’ decisions.  But I respected them, recognizing that their span of knowledge was always greater than mine.

In this process, I have been privileged to meet and work with many genuine Culpeper leaders:  selfless, talented, dedicated.  We have had many good Supervisors.  But in the 20 years I have been studying Culpeper from many angles, I can truthfully say I have never witnessed on that Board a better combination of temperament, judgment, and depth of experience than Brad Rosenberger.  That is what the evidence tells me.

–O. H. Perry Cabot, LTC, USA (Ret.)

All too often, in modern times, voters are required to select representatives for Local, State or National office from a list of undesirable or unqualified candidates.  Fortunately that is not the case for residents of the Jefferson District County Supervisor contest in this year’s election.  These citizens have a candidate whose qualifications and record of public service make him the ideal representative for his constituents.   Brad has been a member of the County Supervisor team for the last 28 years.  During that time, through good times and bad, the steady hand of Brad along with many of his peers has led the County through periods of unprecedented growth while maintaining an affordable tax base, unparalleled business and job growth, (Recently Culpeper has been identified as the sixth most favorable location in Virginia for Jobs), while constraining growth to mitigate damage to the rural nature of our little paradise in an increasingly troubled world.

Brad is a dedicated family man totally committed to the education of our youth.  He is active in community affairs and the primary spokesman for Agricultural interest in our county.  His record of public service reflects a common sense approach to governing while maintaining a constant commitment to honesty, integrity and fairness.

His gregarious personality allows Brad to work across party lines and negotiate the best solution to the complex problems facing our citizens and community.

I have only been a resident of Culpeper County for 14 years after completing a 40 year career in the U.S. Navy.  Based upon close observation during this period of time I unconditionally and without reservation endorse the candidacy of Brad Rosenberger for Reelection as the County Supervisor of the Jefferson District.

–Jimmy R. Calhoun, Captain, USN, Retired, Culpeper

It is not an accident that Culpeper County has strategically positioned itself as a highly desirable location to locate good paying, clean industry jobs. This has been part of the board of supervisors’ vision and focus for a long time.

Brad Rosenberger, the incumbent conservative county supervisor for the Jefferson District and six-time past chairman, says he is pleased with the results and of decades of work by the current board members who have “done a pretty darn good job” of balancing the need for a stronger commercial tax base—which includes job growth—against the push for sprawl. Rosenberger says he has vigorously opposed that which negatively affects the quality of life that his constituents have enjoyed for generations, and found solutions that have made Culpeper County an attractive place to locate employment centers without ruining the rural character.

Rosenberger’s opinion is validated by a recent consumer advocacy company that quantifies such community strategies, and ranks their desirability from a jobseeker’s viewpoint.

From the headlines of the Star Exponent:

Culpeper is among the best places in Virginia for job seekers, according to a new list by Nerdwallet, a San Francisco based consumer advocacy web site.   The town and county ranked No. 6 on a recent top 10 compilation that pinpointed Virginia as a leading state for those seeking employment based on its low unemployment rate (5.6 percent), high median incomes and steady population growth.

“Culpeper is the county seat of Culpeper County in northern Virginia, near Shenandoah National Park. Culpeper has a long history stretching back before the Revolutionary War and the town has one of the largest historic districts in Virginia,” the Nerdwallet list said. “Culpeper has seen tremendous growth between 2009 and 2011 with a 15.6 percent population growth. Culpeper also boasts a low unemployment rate of 5.6 percent. Large employers include Culpeper County Public Schools, Culpeper Regional Hospital and County of Culpeper Government.”

With its median income of $53,967, Culpeper scored 68.5 out of 100 in the ranking that put Leesburg first for job seekers. No. 2 on the list was Vienna followed by Herndon, Arlington and Manassas.

The city of Fredericksburg ranked behind Culpeper at No. 7 followed by Alexandria, Chesapeake and Christiansburg.

Culpeper Chamber of Commerce CEO Jim Charapich appreciated the good news.

“It is great to have affirmation that Culpeper is a great place to live, work, and play,” he said. “We are fortunate to have the benefits of a rural countryside and vibrant business community while proximate to Washington, D.C.”                                    Read More…

The newly formed, and growing, Culpeper Chapter of the Virginia Police Benevolent Association held its first political screening for seats in the Virginia House of Representatives and on the Culpeper Board of Supervisors.