Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Valerie Garner for Roanoke City CouncilMonday, January 25, 2010
RICHMOND- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers will carry the budget amendments necessary to implement the job-creation proposals he outlined in his Address to the Joint Houses of the General Assembly last Monday. In the Senate the amendments will be carried by ranking Senate Finance Committee member William Wampler [...]
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
According to the registrar the primary will cost the city $40,000. The filing fee for each candidate was 2% of a council member’s salary that came to $296.32.
Since I am the publisher, owner of this website I will take a hiatus while being a candidate. In the meantime I will be posting city issues on my [...]
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Governor-elect writes Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell expressed his continued strong support of offshore energy exploration and development off the coast of Virginia in a letter sent to United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar this past Wednesday. In the letter, McDonnell cautioned against any further delay in the [...]
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
With the search executive Colin Baenziger’s words still floating in the frigid air Monday Roanoke learned who the new city manager will be come March 1, 2010. Baenziger who has a sense of humor, as does Roanoke’s new city manager said, “City managers are inherently masochists … they think they can fix anything.”
The new manager [...]
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Christopher Paul Morrill, 47 assistant manager for the city of Savannah, Georgia is Roanoke’s new city manager beginning March 1, 2010. The noon announcement included Morrill’s wife, Kimberly and their two sons, Declan and Daniel who are in kindergarten and 7th grade. It was the first time they had seen snow. Morrill’s starting salary will [...]
Friday, December 18, 2009
There is little chance that Countryside’s indoor tennis building will get the repairs requested by the Blue Ridge Tennis group. The eventual non-profit organization last month presented to council plans to teach tennis to underserved youth in exchange for free use of the building. The group asked that Council find funds to make repairs. They [...]
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
If Colin Baenziger, the recruiter hired to find a new city manager had his way he’d let it be known now who city council picked behind closed doors on Friday. Baenziger lives in Florida where “everything is done in the open.” But in Roanoke the contract with council’s pick is “in process.”
In an email Monday [...]
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Assistant manager for Community Development Brian Townsend preached to the choir at Saturday morning’s Code Enforcement 101 workshop for city residents. The room was filled with just about every neighborhood organization in the city.
Building maintenance, zoning, and nuisance codes provide for a healthy, safe and clean environment for all citizens. “The goal is compliance and [...]
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Councilman Dave Trinkle announced today he will run for reelection to a Roanoke City council seat. He will seek nomination for one of three seats in the March 2 Democratic primary.
Dr. Trinkle who is a geriatric psychiatrist for Carilion hospitals ran as an independent along with Gwen Mason and Alfred Dowe, Jr. four years ago. [...]
Monday, December 14, 2009
The sleet and frigid rain subsided and the sun appeared just in time to welcome the Roanoke Community Garden Association (RCGA) Sunday afternoon as they dedicated the Southeast community garden. The garden is spread across two large city lots owned by Frank Roupas.
Twenty gardeners, volunteers and supporters cheered and applauded as a sign designed by [...]
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Friday, December 11, 2009
THURSDAY NIGHT TWEETS BELOW – At the Roanoke City Democratic Committee reorganization Thursday night the rules were passed out with an attachment. The attachment had a list of “suggested” members who should be voted into the committee. The new Democratic chair is Roanoke Commonwealth Attorney, Don Caldwell.
The districts were reduced from eleven to six which [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Local control over the start of the school year was top on the agenda for Roanoke City Schools said school board member Lori Vaught. The Roanoke City School Board and Council met with three legislators at Monday’s council briefing.
Senator John Edwards said that each year he voted against it because “it was the biggest family [...]
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
In a press release from Freda Morton, Fluvanna County Republican candidate for the 5th District Congressional nomination:
“Six out of seven of the Republican candidates for the nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District have notified unit chairs throughout the district that they prefer having that nomination made at a [...]
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Washington Post on Friday, December 4, ran an op-ed by Senator Jim Webb entitled, “A plan in need of clarity.” In the piece, Senator Webb analyzes the Obama administration’s revised Afghanistan strategy and pushes for clarification of the conditions necessary for a successful draw-down of American forces.
I have great regard for the careful process [...]
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