Emergencies require planning. That planning requires a coordinated approach by many different departments and agencies. And, most importantly, a post emergency critique of the events to identify problems and to find ways to improve the process.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Consumer impact on decreased State and Local revenues.
A 12/21/09 Article on Benzinga Snowstorm Drives Up Internet Sales, by N.J. Beachum, just begins to look at what may well be one of the biggest contributors to falling revenue at State and Local levels.
Let it Sno…oh wait a minute..snow and ice become stormwater…uh..oh!
Snow, snow, beautiful snow is, as I remember from school, a form of water along with ice, steam, and, of course, the liquid for itself. All of those forms have something in common, they hold the potential to become stormwater!
Town of Christiansburg Moving Elections will shorten some terms:
Changing the voting date to November will mean that some elected officials will have their terms shortened. (That would also mean that those officials would have to run in that November election if they wished to remain in office. Will this result in legal action?
Money speaks! Does it speak the truth or does it perpetuate lies to control you?
Money speaks! Campaign ads, political party positions, financial help, health care debate, and even local and state elections can be greatly distorted by the rhetoric that money can buy!
Cell Tower Controversy in Christiansburg, VA oops…forgot about that Code thing!
Well, the controversy really doesn't seem to be about cell towers so much as what to do when it doesn't come out until the Public Hearing that...oops...by the way, where the party wanting to put the cell tower doesn't have enough space to make it consistent with the Town Code.
If you were one of the Town Council Members in Christiansburg VA…
Remember we have one more May election before the move to November. That could mean one last big push to create change or, one final push to maintain the status quo for a few more years before the November elections have an impact.
New Swimmin’ Hole to go with Aquatic Center?
New Swimmin' Hole to go with Aquatic Center?
County vs Town Taxes…Back to the Basics on the Old Blacksburg Middle School
Board of Supervisors and Blacksburg look at the Old Middle School. What will they see and from which perspective? What is the best solution for the near 60,000 County citizens as compared to the 20,000 (excluding 30,000 VT students who are short-term residents) permanent residents of Blacksburg
Taxpayer Money Used to Pay Off Law Suits and Citizens Never Know.
Silence isn't golden when it comes from taxpayer pockets. When taxpayers AND elected officials are kept out of the information loop when it comes to settlements of lawsuits, the taxpayers are stripped of their rights to monitor and evaluate the performance of their government.
