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		<title>Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Lindstrom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/07/smoke-and-mirrors-but-who-is-lighting-those-fires/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) should investigate Christiansburg.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Lindstrom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Smoke and mirrors. That is &#8230; <a href="http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/07/epa-environmental-protection-agency-should-investigate-christiansburg/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How is it that the Sage Lane issue ever came up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Lindstrom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Poor to non-existent planning. Council not being &#8230; <a href="http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/07/how-is-it-that-the-sage-lane-issue-ever-came-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A 3 year contract for the Town Manager was considered, but was it simply a diversion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Lindstrom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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? <a href="http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/07/a-3-year-contract-for-the-town-manager-was-concidered-but-was-it-simply-a-diversion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christiansburg: Filling the Town Manager&#8217;s Shoes (Town Charter Style)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Lindstrom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I certainly hope the Town of Christiansburg takes the opportunity to take a close look at what is needed in a Town Manager for a town this size, the more immediate concern is what happens as of August 1 &#8230; <a href="http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/07/christiansburg-filling-the-town-managers-shoes-town-charter-style/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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