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So much for campaign issues — The Post Election Mutation Process

Sidewalks were a significant part of the discussion prior to the May 4th Town of Christiansburg elections. The results of the Planning Commissions assignment to evaluate the proposed plan comes to the forefront on Monday, August 16, at 7:00 p.m. … Continue reading

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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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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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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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