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Christiansburg a Certified Crime Prevention Community. What’s that mean?

Well, the first stop to answering that question should be this website: http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/cple/cpc/ccpcp.cfm (Where you will find, at the bottom of the page, that the “City” of Christiansburg … hmmm…. is one of 14 such certified jurisdictions within the State of … 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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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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Conduct Unbecoming: Disorderly Behavior of Christiansburg Town Councilmembers

I have been working on a modification to the copy of the Christiansburg Town Charter (my copy even includes the 2010 Amended 2.01 concerning voting in November). This modification will provide bookmarks for every section and subsection of the Town … 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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