MEDIA ADVISORY


	ANNUAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONFERENCE TO INCLUDE
	ADDRESSES BY GOV. ALLEN AND LT. GOV. BEYER, SPECIAL 
	MEETING OF STATE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY

	Some 700 local officials from throughout Virginia will meet
in Charlottesville Aug. 13-16 for the 44th annual Local Government
Officials Conference, co-sponsored by the University of VirginiaÕs
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

	Lt. Gov. Donald S. Beyer Jr. will deliver the conferenceÕs
keynote address at the opening session at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, in
Old Cabell Hall.

	Gov. George Allen will deliver a special address at 8 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 14, also in Old Cabell Hall.

	The conference will feature numerous discussions on a range
of key state issues including welfare reform.  Sessions, jointly
sponsored by government officialsÕ organizations, will be held at
various locations around the University and city.

	Some highlights, all scheduled to be held at the
Charlottesville Omni Hotel, include:

	¥ Aug. 14, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.  -- A panel on pollution
prevention.  Speakers will include Peter W. Schmidt, director of the
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

	¥ Aug. 14, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m.  -- A panel on business and
professional license tax issues scheduled to be discussed at the
next General Assembly.  Panelists will include John P. Josephs Jr.,
senior policy analyst for the Virginia Department of Taxation.

	¥ Aug. 14, 2:45 - 4 p.m.  -- A panel on welfare reform
issues.  Panelists will include Clarence H. Carter, executive
director of Gov. George AllenÕs Employment and Training Program for
welfare recipients.

	¥ Aug. 14, 2:45 - 4 p.m.  A session on the Urban
Partnership, a coalition of business and government leaders in
VirginiaÕs major cities.  Speakers will include Arlington County
Supervisor Mary Margaret Whipple and Hampton mayor James L. Eason.

	¥ Aug. 15, 10 a.m. to noon -- The Commission on State and
Local Government Responsibility and Taxing Authority, recently
established by the General Assembly, will meet to hear comments and
concerns from VirginiaÕs county officials.  The scope of the
25-member commission, chaired by Lt. Gov. Beyer and including
Attorney General James Gilmore, carries significant implications for
local governments.  The commission is examining all responsibilities
of state and local governments and studying all taxes and fees and
considering changes in the stateÕs tax structure.

	For additional information about the Local Government
Officials Conference, contact Albert Spengler at the Cooper Center
for Public Service, at (804) 982-5522.


August 4, 1995