Fauquier Supervisors Ray Graham and Chester Stribling believe it spells nothing but trouble.

For starters, their colleague Holder Trumbo’s proposal to eliminate density credits for floodplain and slopes greater than 25 percent in rural areas would reduce the resale market value of agricultural land, according to Graham and Stribling.

That would take money out of the pockets of working farmers who consider the sale income of their property as retirement nest eggs, Graham suggested.

"My folks are going to suffer," the Cedar Run District supervisor said.

"Those density credits, people have banked on," Stribling said.