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Confusion in Christiansburg. So What Else Ain’t New!

Checking the town’s calendar, it appears that the Planning Commission meeting is being held on Tuesday, June 29th, at 4 PM.

Checking the email notification that I received, it is scheduled for Monday, June 29th, at 4 PM.

Checking the calendar on my computer, June 29th is indeed a Tuesday with Monday being the 28th.

Okay, I give up. I will plan on attending both days just to make sure there are not actually 2 Planning Commission meetings. Although I guess since the official notice went out stating the 29th and the calendar says the 29th, they could have moved the (normally held on Monday) Planning Commission to Tuesday.

Come on…there is more than enough confusion involving the Town Council and Planning Commission without scrambling dates of meetings.

Please feel free to join me at the Monday 4pm meeting. If it is not held, we can get  people together to talk and share ideas unhindered by the structure of a meeting. Then, we can make plans to come to the Tuesday meeting as well.

Yep! Christiansburg certainly goes the extra mile to keep citizens informed and to encourage them to be actively engaged with government. Uh-huh. It shows.

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Some Christiansburg Budget History

Did you know that from 1999 through 2009:

  1. Local Revenue from taxes, licenses, fees fines, charges for services, rental and sale of property increased by $11,553,041 in the 10 year period from 1999 to 2009. This is an increase of 138%.
  2. Personal Services for that same time frame increased by $4,542,685. An increase of 228%.
  3. Fringe Benefits increased by $2,282,891. An increase of 302%.
  4. Gross Debt of the Town increased by $12,403,940. An increase of 216%.

The data used came from the Auditor of Public Accounts website where you can fine reports from 1988 through 2009 for any jurisdiction in the State.

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Posted by on June 27, 2010 in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, FOIA, Local Government, Your Tax Money