Category Archives: Citizen Participation

Oath Keeper or Oath Breaker, The Duty of Elected and Appointed Officials

Read the Virginia Constitution lately? All elected and appointed officials of the Town of Christiansburg must complete the oath of office before taking office. They use this standard form of that oath as set forth in Article II Section 7 … Continue reading

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Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?

This hit the email/internet route about 4:30 PM yesterday, just a few hours before the Public Hearing for the Sage Lane project. When this came up during the Hearing, most council members looked puzzled as did the engineer handling the … Continue reading

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EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) should investigate Christiansburg.

While the EPA does not hold control over the uses of mirrors, the billowing clouds of smoke coming from the vicinity of the Christiansburg Town Hall should be setting off alarms all over the place.

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How is it that the Sage Lane issue ever came up?

Now that is a $1,000,000 plus question. (By the way, videos of the meeting are at: http://myvaresources.com/VideoFiles2010/2010_07_12PC/2010_07_12PC1.html Here are a few observations/questions about why this and many other development issues have come up.

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A 3 year contract for the Town Manager was considered, but was it simply a diversion?

The Virginia State Code has some interesting information on length of time of appointments and on severance packages. Very, very interesting. Was the 3-year contract really even being considered, or was it another smoke screen? Continue reading

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