Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 3, 1995 TAG: 9505030041
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RON BROWN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: FINCASTLE LENGTH: Medium
Etzler's entry into the race puts Republican challengers in head-to-head races with four Democratic incumbents this fall.
Republicans will challenge the seats of both Democratic supervisors in the heavily populated southern end of the county.
Joel Branscom, an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Roanoke, has announced that he will challenge Democratic Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Hagan.
Etzler will challenge Democratic Commissioner of Revenue Steve Wampler, who is seeking a second term.
A fourth-generation Botetourt County resident, Etzler holds a degree in agricultural economics from Virginia Tech. He helps run a family-owned business, which includes a 500-head beef cattle farm, commercial rental property and residential property development.
"I look forward to applying my financial education and work experience to the duties of commissioner of revenue," he said.
Also on Tuesday, Bonnie Mayo, a Republican who won a one-year term as supervisor in the Fincastle last November, announced she will seek a full four-year term.
"I just want to be a conservative voice for change," she said.
Those changes may include increased emphasis on four-laning U.S. 220 in northern Botetourt County and sprucing up some secondary roads.
Mayo said she also would like to see more industrial jobs created for northern county residents. She said Botetourt and Alleghany counties could work cooperatively to promote the region as an industrial site.
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