Fluvanna Review Staff
Donald Reynard and Lauren Sheridan are running in the Fluvanna County special election for the Fluvanna County Commissioner of the Revenue, according to the Fluvanna County Registrar’s Office.
The seat became open after long-time Commissioner of the Revenue Mel Sheridan recently announced he was retiring on Dec. 31, triggering a special election.
Reynard said the “current application of land use, land assessments, and home and building assessments is currently applied very unevenly, which results in those citizens that live on small parcels of land, and in one of the local subdivisions such as Lake Monticello, Taylor’s Ridge, Fox Hollow, Sycamore Square, Broken Island, Island Hill, Fieldstone, etc. ending up paying the majority of the real estate taxes in Fluvanna County.” Reynard said he plans on developing “transparent and consistent processes for all Fluvanna citizens that are straightforward and easy to understand by all.”
Sheridan, who is Mel Sheridan’s deputy assistant and daughter-in-law, is touting her “14 years of local government experience (12 of those years in the Commissioner of the Revenue’s office.”
Lauren Sheridan posted on her Facebook page that “as a dedicated, experienced professional, I have the appropriate experience to ‘hit the ground running’ once elected. My extensive training in all aspects of the office including fiscal management and budget development makes me an asset to our community.”
The election will be held Nov. 4.
