Comments on: Discuss Wednesday's editorials http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/2009/01/07/discuss-wednesdays-editorials-83/ Read and comment on topics posted by The Roanoke Times editorial board. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Valerie http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/2009/01/07/discuss-wednesdays-editorials-83/#comment-33454 Valerie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:17:49 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/?p=8858#comment-33454 "Predictably, the mayor and council members delayed action until later this month." It was a procedural snafu per the City Clerk due "second reading" requirement that was not in the resolution (seemed though that could have been overcome if it were a "5" to 2 vote per Hackworth. I think she said it was a State law. The County actually has "second readings" at subsequent Board meetings. "The snafu was due to leaving off the wording “Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of the City Charter, the second reading of this ordinance by title is hereby dispensed with.” This now requires that Council have a “second reading” at the next Council meeting on Thursday, January 22nd. The Thursday meeting was a result of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday on Monday, the 19th and the Presidential inauguration on the 20th." "Predictably, the mayor and council members delayed action until later this month."

It was a procedural snafu per the City Clerk due "second reading" requirement that was not in the resolution (seemed though that could have been overcome if it were a "5" to 2 vote per Hackworth. I think she said it was a State law. The County actually has "second readings" at subsequent Board meetings.

"The snafu was due to leaving off the wording “Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of the City Charter, the second reading of this ordinance by title is hereby dispensed with.” This now requires that Council have a “second reading” at the next Council meeting on Thursday, January 22nd. The Thursday meeting was a result of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday on Monday, the 19th and the Presidential inauguration on the 20th."

]]> By: Henry http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/2009/01/07/discuss-wednesdays-editorials-83/#comment-33449 Henry Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:25:28 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/?p=8858#comment-33449 This whole Kaine thing is much ado about nothing. It's not like he is going to run for governor again. Having Kaine as the head of the DNC when the Democrats control Washington is a MAJOR win for the Commonwealth. This whole Kaine thing is much ado about nothing. It's not like he is going to run for governor again.

Having Kaine as the head of the DNC when the Democrats control Washington is a MAJOR win for the Commonwealth.

]]> By: Jack Mullins http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/2009/01/07/discuss-wednesdays-editorials-83/#comment-33442 Jack Mullins Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:53:44 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/?p=8858#comment-33442 No leadership on Roanoke City Council?? I didn't vote in the election but sure wish I had. That young guy, Cort Rosen, is the only one on Council who is consistently right on the issues for Roanoke. Just because you have a bunch of people on there who wouldn't know how to follow a leader if they walked into one doesn't mean there aren't any leaders present. Cort Rosen is a leader. No leadership on Roanoke City Council?? I didn't vote in the election but sure wish I had. That young guy, Cort Rosen, is the only one on Council who is consistently right on the issues for Roanoke. Just because you have a bunch of people on there who wouldn't know how to follow a leader if they walked into one doesn't mean there aren't any leaders present. Cort Rosen is a leader.

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