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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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FOIA and Guesswork about Town Council Meeting

While there were a lot of unusual things occurring at the last Christiansburg Town Council Meeting (open discussion, raising of issues, asking questions, paring the budget), there was one event during the last few minutes that captured my attention because … Continue reading

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Easier to use copy of the Christiansburg Town Charter, but be warned things are not what they seem.

I took the existing copy of the Town Charter, inserted a copy of the Governor’s markup for the section changing the vote to November, then setup bookmarks for the pdf that match the table of contents. Well, it sorta matches … Continue reading

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Christiansburg Town Council: Spending YOUR money before they get it.

Revisiting a re-visitation of the Meals Tax increase is on the agenda on the Tuesday, June 8th, Special Meeting of the Christiansburg Town Council. Rather than go through all the gory (although sickly humorous) details of why this is necessary, … Continue reading

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STORM WATER RAINS SUPREME IN CHRISTIANSBURG! (again)

Storm water problems again plague Christiansburg. Perhaps something has been done in some areas of town to correct the situation, but there are still a lot of areas where the problems are simply getting worse. Cambria is one such area. Continue reading

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