Polls: The people are speaking

Chris Graham

Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] The Augusta Free Press and The News Virginian have been polling their web readers on the news involving the forced resignation of Waynesboro city manager Doug Walker, and the early returns aren’t looking good for the new conservative majority on Waynesboro City Council.

Squelched? Really?

Chris Graham

Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Maybe Alicia Rimel knows something I don’t. “The news squelched rumors that former City Manager Jerry Gwaltney might return to the job,” Rimel wrote in her story that appeared in Tuesday’s News Virginian about the appointment of assistant city manager Mike Hamp as the interim…

Is $125K too much for a city manager?

Chris Graham

The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] There has been some interesting discussion about how much outgoing Waynesboro city manager Doug Walker gets paid in the days since the announcement that Walker will be stepping down from his job effective June 30. The focus of the talking has been that $125,000 a year is…