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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Vice Mayor Frank Lucente is citing the figure that a new West End fire department would only improve response times in 18 percent of the city in his argument that it would be wiser for Waynesboro to spend money on pre-emption traffic-signal devices to improve response times citywide. I…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Is Frank Lucente hedging on his pledge to back the voters’ wishes regarding a West End fire station? An indication that he might be comes from WHSV-TV3 reporter Keith Jones in his report on last night’s discussion of pre-emptive devices that could be used to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Things are moving forward on the West End fire station project. What happens when the station is ready to open for business is another question. “We were already behind when the deputy fire marshal and deputy fire chief were cut from the budget last year. So even when we got…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro taxpayers won’t have to foot the bill for a lawsuit or a second referendum to resolve a legal snafu involving a recent popular vote affirming three capital-improvements projects. “I really think we’re making a mistake, but I always thought if I ever got in this dilemma, I would go…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSERS: Megasite foes They were out in droves in 2006 – and I suspect that many of them were at the polls in Augusta County last week. In any case, they got outvoted – and I think that says a lot about where the county is on…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Yes or no – whatever Waynesboro residents end up saying about five bond issues in a nonbinding referendum on the ballot tomorrow will go a long way to determining what happens in next year’s city-council elections. “This is a good gauge for me, really, to see what the people want….
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Story by Chris Graham A fall referendum on several capital-improvements projects is close to being on the ballot in Waynesboro. As much rancor as there has been in the River City regarding government spending in recent months, city-council member Lorie Smith thinks the autumnal discussions could be quite beneficial.
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Story by Chris Graham Residents of Waynesboro’s West End have been asking the question for 20 years now. Where is that fire station that you promised us? The answer is not what they have been wanting to hear. “We’re going to eventually need a West End fire station. The biggest problem is budgetary,” Ward C…
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Story by Chris Graham Waynesboro City Council members have come across in recent weeks as being at odds among themselves and with city manager Doug Walker over issues involving the debt load that the city can take on and the city government’s handling of a recent political controversy regarding a proposed West End fire substation….
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