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By James Grigsby

Brian Wishneff (“Roanoke creates problems with its fixes,” Jan.14 commentary) spoke with great authority on a topic he knows little, if anything, about. My comments here speak to Wishneff’s comments relating to building new fire-EMS stations vs. maintaining operational stations in excess of 100 years old, not his expertise on economic development.

Factually, Wishneff’s comments relating to the fire-EMS stations are rife with error.

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 Grigsby is a retired Roanoke Fire-EMS chief.

Roanoke Times Editorial Board
January 24, 2013 - 6:14 AM

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  1. Phil Chitwood | January 25, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    Get ‘em, Chief.

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