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Current Issues
Additional Informaton
- 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
- Growth
- Historic Districts
- 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
- FOIA Fan on Oath Keeper or Oath Breaker, The Duty of Elected and Appointed Officials
- FOIA Fan on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
- Carol Lindstrom on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
- Kathy Bowman on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
- FOIA Fan on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
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Some Useful Christiansburg Budget Information for Citizens. Town Council Already Knows This.
Using the Auditor of Public Accounts Reports again and focusing on the time frame from fiscal years 1996 thru 2009…. Revenue from local taxes and fees increased by 120.06% Expenditures increased by 120.32%
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, FOIA, Local Government, VOTE, Your Tax Money
Tagged Aquatic, Christiansburg, citizen, council, economy, foia, Freedom of Information, government, open, public, town
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Where did the Town Manager Contract Come From? Maybe here?
In case you haven’t heard, the most recent (of many) hot button issues in Christiansburg, VA has to do with a sudden push to get a contract in place for the Town Manager before the newly elected officials of the … Continue reading
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, FOIA, Letter vs Spirit of the Law, Local Government, VOTE, Your Tax Money
Tagged Christiansburg, citizen, council, DCR, government, open, open government, participation, public, town, VA
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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
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Local Government, VA government, Your Tax Money
Tagged charter, Christiansburg, code, council, government, open, public, town, VA
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Watch out for VA House Bill #1386
It doesn’t seem to be available in print/pdf format yet but the summary provided indicates this bill HB1386 would make it possible for constitutional amendments (State of Virginia) would be posted on a website and NOT in detail in newspapers.
Posted in Citizen Participation, FOIA, VA government, VOTE, Your Tax Money
Tagged amendment, Constitution, constitutional, foi, government, internet, open, VA, Virginia
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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
Posted in Citizen Participation, Economic Development, Environment, FOIA, Land Use, VOTE, Your Tax Money
Tagged Christiansburg, citizen, council, foia, government, manager, open, trust, VA, vision
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