RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The House and Senate money committees are proposing unprecedented cuts in new budget plans and crow that they avoid new state taxes. 

It could still cost many Virginians in the end: County and city officials warn that the cuts, particularly to public schools, might eventually lead to higher property tax rates or stunning cuts to local services.

"It's going to have an impact on services," said York County Administrator James McReynolds, who was hunkered down Monday like number-crunchers in localities all across Virginia divining where and how badly the proposed House and Senate cuts would hurt.

Neil Menkes, the director of fiscal policy for the Virginia Municipal League, said that in locality after locality, officials are realizing they face either crowded classrooms, endangered sports or music programs and threats to other services or, possibly, higher taxes.

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