How a partisan fight over Virginia Beach's charter has led to a rural county in the Shenandoah Valley losing its industrial development authority

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How a partisan fight over Virginia Beach's charter has led to a rural county in the Shenandoah Valley losing its industrial development authority

Want more politics and analysis? Sign up for our weekly political newsletter, West of the Capital: Sign up Lori Cockrell was getting ready for bed last Thursday night when her phone rang. It was her state legislator — Del. Delores Oates, R-Warren County — who was calling the mayor of Front Royal with some bad news.Lori Cockrell, mayor of Front Royal. Courtesy of the Town of Front Royal.What should have…