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		<title>By: Lessons gleaned from Gloucester? &#171; The Augusta Free Press</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lessons gleaned from Gloucester? &#171; The Augusta Free Press</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Bruce Allen have done their counterparts in Gloucester County one better in one key respect, forcing the resignation of city manager Doug Walker before even taking office on July 1. Walker resigned under pressure last [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Bruce Allen have done their counterparts in Gloucester County one better in one key respect, forcing the resignation of city manager Doug Walker before even taking office on July 1. Walker resigned under pressure last [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Given how Mr Walker catered to and participated in the &quot;Back Room&quot; politics of the outgoing majority - &quot;finding&quot; money for the Wayne Theater, etc - I can&#039;t believe anybody would have expected  a different outcome.

More importantly  Mr Walker&#039;s propensity for a bloated city government,  out of control spending  and what I believe is more concern for the city&#039;s employees (can you say huge and unnecessary raises) than it&#039;s citizens I don&#039;t think we can afford him any longer.

Bruce, as far your threat of &quot;answering to the voters&quot;, I don&#039;t think you are speaking for  the majority given the last election results.

Dowdy, Smith and Reynolds perhaps just learned the meaning of the old saying  &#039;what goes around comes around&#039; which was inevitable given their conduct during their  reign.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given how Mr Walker catered to and participated in the &#8220;Back Room&#8221; politics of the outgoing majority &#8211; &#8220;finding&#8221; money for the Wayne Theater, etc &#8211; I can&#8217;t believe anybody would have expected  a different outcome.</p>
<p>More importantly  Mr Walker&#8217;s propensity for a bloated city government,  out of control spending  and what I believe is more concern for the city&#8217;s employees (can you say huge and unnecessary raises) than it&#8217;s citizens I don&#8217;t think we can afford him any longer.</p>
<p>Bruce, as far your threat of &#8220;answering to the voters&#8221;, I don&#8217;t think you are speaking for  the majority given the last election results.</p>
<p>Dowdy, Smith and Reynolds perhaps just learned the meaning of the old saying  &#8216;what goes around comes around&#8217; which was inevitable given their conduct during their  reign.</p>
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		<title>By: Bruce Ketchum</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bruce Ketchum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Walker is a bright and focused man.  We have had reasonably strong disagreements over issues about Waynesboro, the Downtown area and issues of selling Waynesboro lock stock and barrel to corporate “big box” America I am not a huge fan of many of Mr. Walker&#039;s programs, we disagree on a lot of things BUT he is more than capable for this position and I am grateful for the talent he brings to Waynesboro.

Frank, Tim, Tom &amp; Bruce…Give some very clear and straight reasons for asking Doug to step down.  If this is some political BS agenda you have US the voters to answer to.

Chris, your job is to ask for these specific points and publish them!  We want to know the reasons!

What I would like to see NEXT is a published list of SPECIFIC reasons the city council has asked for Mr. Walker’s resignation.  What are the issues here???  State them clearly!!!  Have the balls to say them in public -- not in some back room where everyone agrees!

Is this a budget thing??  I call foul if that is the case.  The job of the City Manager is not to write the budget it is the job of the City Council to make this happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walker is a bright and focused man.  We have had reasonably strong disagreements over issues about Waynesboro, the Downtown area and issues of selling Waynesboro lock stock and barrel to corporate “big box” America I am not a huge fan of many of Mr. Walker&#8217;s programs, we disagree on a lot of things BUT he is more than capable for this position and I am grateful for the talent he brings to Waynesboro.</p>
<p>Frank, Tim, Tom &amp; Bruce…Give some very clear and straight reasons for asking Doug to step down.  If this is some political BS agenda you have US the voters to answer to.</p>
<p>Chris, your job is to ask for these specific points and publish them!  We want to know the reasons!</p>
<p>What I would like to see NEXT is a published list of SPECIFIC reasons the city council has asked for Mr. Walker’s resignation.  What are the issues here???  State them clearly!!!  Have the balls to say them in public &#8212; not in some back room where everyone agrees!</p>
<p>Is this a budget thing??  I call foul if that is the case.  The job of the City Manager is not to write the budget it is the job of the City Council to make this happen.</p>
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		<title>By: chrisgraham</title>
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		<dc:creator>chrisgraham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree, Donna. This news didn&#039;t surprise me, considering what we&#039;d been hearing before the election. I expect at least some of those that came to Waynesboro under Doug are polishing their resumes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, Donna. This news didn&#8217;t surprise me, considering what we&#8217;d been hearing before the election. I expect at least some of those that came to Waynesboro under Doug are polishing their resumes.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I expect this will be the first of many such departures.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I expect this will be the first of many such departures.</p>
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