The Christiansburg public affairs office recently published the town’s “Budget Summary” for the fiscal year 2017-2018.
It is an outstanding review of what the town accomplished during the past fiscal year. The summary includes an outline of the town’s revenue and expenses for the year, an overview of the town’s water and sewer rates and the town’s capital projects.
The brochure examines where the town is going in the future. It also includes a section, ”By the Numbers,” covering services the town provides. Three examples are:
• 8,000 tons of solid waste collected annually.
• 29,241 responses by town police.
• 2.3 million gallons of drinking water distributed daily.
Copies of the Budget Summary can be obtained at the town hall.
Campaign signs
When I was a teenager, I always looked forward to Labor Day, in a happy and sad way.
Labor Day marked the end of summer and the beginning of school and the start of political campaigns.
Politicians started handing out pens, rules, pencils; you name it, after Labor Day. That is when political signs and leaflets started appearing.
But over the years, the timeline has changed. Now the political signs start appearing in June. People have to look at the signs for five months before the Nov. 7 election.
That is too long. Recently the Christiansburg Planning Commission approved an ordinance that temporary signs (political), could only be in place for 90 days. Ninety days may not be that great, but it is better than looking at signs for five and six months.
Steve Huppert,
Christiansburg Town Council