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- Christiansburg In The News
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- *Comprehensive Plan: Goals, Objectives, & Strategies
- Aquatic Center
- Audit, Budget, Finances (2001-2004)
- Audit, Budget, Finances (2005-2009)
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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: Virginia
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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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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Information Sources for the Budget-wise People.
Looking at one year’s budget tells you little. How can you find information that shows budget changes over time or to compare two similar jurisdictions. Here is what can be found on the Auditor of Public Accounts site (focus on Christiansburg since I am here!) Continue reading
Source of revenue for the Town of Christiansburg; Only problem is enforcement still required.
HB619: Erosion and sediment control; may assess civil penalty. This has just passed the House and as with the Health Care bill, has been defanged there (although maybe not as badly as the Health Care bill). Now, it is up … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Local Government, VA government
Tagged city, county, environment, erosion, fine, government, house, local, sediment, senate, town, violation, Virginia
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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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