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- Christiansburg In The News
- Christiansburg, VA Issues
- *Comprehensive Plan: Goals, Objectives, & Strategies
- Aquatic Center
- Audit, Budget, Finances (2001-2004)
- Audit, Budget, Finances (2005-2009)
- Drainage/Stormwater (2001-2003)
- Drainage/Stormwater (2004-2006)
- Drainage/Stormwater (2007 – 2009)
- Grants/Funding
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- Sewer Issues (2001-2005)
- Sewer Issues (2006-2009)
- Sidewalks
- Taxes and Fees
- Traffic (2001-2005)
- Traffic (2006-2009)
- VA BILL WATCH
- Virginia State and Local Conflict of Interest Act
From Readers
- Carol Lindstrom on Understanding the Conditional Use Permit
- Morris on Understanding the Conditional Use Permit
- Lynda Nelson on Historic Districts
- Lynda Nelson on Understanding the Conditional Use Permit
- veterinary technician on The Future Land Use Map and How to Abuse It.
Tag Archives: open government
Let’s put the FUTURE back in the FUTURE Land Use Map.
Whatever happened to the “Future” part of the Future Land Use Map? Does every piece of available property have to be rezoned and developed today? Do resources and infrastructure support taking this approach? Continue reading
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Land Use, Local Government
Tagged Christiansburg, open government, planning
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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
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, FOIA, Local Government, VOTE
Tagged Christiansburg, council, Freedom of Information, open government, participation, planning, town, Virginia
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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.
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.
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Environment, FOIA, Land Use, Letter vs Spirit of the Law, Local Government, Your Tax Money
Tagged Aquatic, Christiansburg, citizen, commission, council, DCR, erosion, Freedom of Information, manager, open government, public, town, VA, Virginia
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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
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Local Government, Your Tax Money
Tagged charter, Christiansburg, code, council, foia, Freedom of Information, government, open government, town, VA
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