Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Every summer the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce hosts the Annual State of the City address. This year’s breakfast was again held Thursday at the Sheraton Roanoke Hotel and Conference Center on Hershberger Road. Mayor David Bowers looked back over his prior two years of speeches in preparing for 2010’s State of the City address. [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL – September 8, 2009 When is a four to two vote not enough? When it requires one of those pesky second readings. At the crucial vote authorizing the Director of Finance, Ann Shawver to issue $13.9 million in debt for public improvement projects Council member Court Rosen and Gwen Mason voted “no.” [...]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Councilwoman Anita Price who had opposed moving forward with the amphitheater on two previous votes boldly flipped her vote Monday. Price said she had lost sleep over her vote of July 20 in the absence of longtime amphitheater advocate Councilman Dave Trinkle who was on vacation at the time. Price said that she had even [...]
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Joyce Waugh gets “another chance.” Waugh, Chamber of Commerce President and Doug Waters, acting President of DRI, Inc are pressing the flesh to have City Council reconsider (for a third time) the July 20th Council decison. Council on a 4-2 vote dropped the amphitheater from the 5-year Capital Improvement Plan. Mayor Bowers seems to think with Councilman [...]
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Winning a seat in the predominantly Republican 17th District for an independent democrat centrist passionate conservative (pick one) candidate requires “dancing a little side-step” to the right where plays the majority of the 17th constituency. Gwen Mason, Councilwoman House of Delegate candidate has left the Noel C. Taylor Municipal building headed for the higher ground [...]
Monday, July 13, 2009
Related article: Options Floated for Washington Park Pool Just when you think Council has made a decision they will stick to, the cards get reshuffled and we cut the deck again. The only thing secure now is the Market Building. See below the split on the other CIP (Capital Improvement Projects) at the June 6 [...]
Monday, April 6, 2009
Almost two years ago Bullock Smith & Partners, consultants in Nashville Tennessee told the Roanoke City Council that the Elmwood Park location for an Amphitheater was far better than Reserve Avenue. Back then both Council members Gwen Mason and then Vice-Mayor David Trinkle were skeptical of the consultants recommendation. Mason thought that the consultants were prejudicial [...]
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Write about a course for Average Joe golfer.Two times now, The Roanoke Times has written about this new, fancy golf course being built for 260 Tom and Bertha Betterthanyou’s (“Golf getaway,” April 17 news story, and “Uniquely exclusive,” July 22 sports story). The average Joe couldn’t care less about Ballyhack since he will never get [...]
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