In search of a leader on development
I give the News Virginian hell often enough that it is only fair of me to give kudos to the paper when deserved, and it’s deserved in the matter of the call in a Wednesday editorial for somebody on Waynesboro City Council to step forward and take the lead on downtown.
I’ll take their call one step further to suggest that we need, desperately need, even, for somebody to come forward to be the point person on City Council on economic development citywide. Read more
The Grinch That Stole Christmas (Eve)
“I don’t want to be the Grinch That Stole Christmas,” City Councilman Bruce Allen said Monday night, as he proceeded to Grinchily steal Christmas Eve from city employees.
On the table was a proposal from Councilwoman Nancy Dowdy to give city employees a half-day off on Christmas Eve, which this year falls midweek on a Wednesday. “I know it’s a tough economic time, but I also know it’s been a rough year on our employees. And out of appreciation to them, to give them enough time to prepare for Christmas Eve and dinner with their families and church and what have you, I would like this council to consider at least giving them a half-day off on Christmas Eve,” Dowdy had said. Read more
Videocast | City leaders discuss fee increases
Waynesboro City Council is moving forward with its consideration of proposed fee increases related to the provision of city water, sewer and refuse-collection services following a brief Monday-night public hearing in City Hall. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 2:35. Read more
City leaders come together, look to future
“What are you doing, Bruce? Are you daydreaming?” Waynesboro Vice Mayor Frank Lucente asked City Councilman Bruce Allen during a break in Friday’s City Council planning session as Allen gazed out a window from the council chambers in the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building toward the corner of Main Street and Wayne Avenue.
“Thinking,” Allen replied, quickly, “about what it’s like to be on the outside.” Read more
Fear and Loathing | No offense to them, but we didn’t elect Mike Hamp and Pat Nicosia
Posted by afp on January 27, 2009 · 1 Comment
“I have a lot of faith and trust that you and staff can come up with a budget that we can live with,” Vice Mayor Frank Lucente said, referencing as “you” city manager Mike Hamp and his staff, at a work session of Waynesboro City Council last week in a discussion of the upcoming 2009-2010 budget process. Read more
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