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Another Christiansburg Mystery – FOI Advisory Council Information

As of 1:41 PM, June 22, 2010, there is no notice of the special meeting to be held by Christiansburg, VA at 7:30 PM on that same date on the Calendar provided by the Town of Christiansburg. The calendar entry … 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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What Campaigns can tell you about Candidates (also, new Aquatic Center Documents online)

New Aquatic Center Documents are available and what about that spending. How has taxpayer money been spent? Is the way money is being spent on campaigns an indicator of how taxpayers can expect their tax money to be spent? Continue reading

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Hazy Day and F.O.I.A. Gray

F.O.I.A. … now let’s see where have I heard that before? Oh, yeah! It is that Freedom of Information thing. You know, that thing where at either the National or State Laws clarify a citizen’s right to access public documents.

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Christiansburg Town Council deciding the future? Oh…boy!

A recent Roanoke Times article “Town Council plots out Christiansburg’s future”, pretty much says it all. The only problem is there seems to be an item or two missing. Obviously, there were meetings held to develop such an in depth document out of public eye, and no citizen input was used. Continue reading

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