2009.11.08
Trejbal: New River Valley election analysis
Making sense of local elections
By Christian Trejbal
Trejbal is an editorial writer for The Roanoke Times. He is stationed at the paper's New River Valley bureau.
For the New River Valley, last week's election had two interesting and important outcomes that had nothing to do with the commonwealth's regrettable slide toward theocracy under the statewide GOP ticket.
In Christiansburg, voters resoundingly chose to move town council elections from May to November. Ninety percent voted for the change.
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"the commonwealth's regrettable slide toward theocracy under the statewide GOP ticket."
More like a statewide rejection of 0bama's socialist policies . Nothing regrettable there.
Comment by Suzie — November 8, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
I pretty much agree with everything you said in this editorial. I can't believe I said that....
Comment by NRJMike — November 9, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
Neither can I.
Comment by C. Trejbal — November 9, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
"Sutphin, especially, appears to be on that path...
The new council would do well to appoint him to the planning commission or some other town committee where he can continue learning about local government and building relationships. He is too promising a leader to let slip away after one loss."
Why are you pimping Sutphin so hard? Give it a break dude. You fell in love with him pre-election and the voters decided they didn't see whatever you saw in him. He's especially promising? He finished 7th out of 9 candidates that actively campaigned. That is hardly promising. If anyone should be given that title it would be Tom Rogers. He lost out on a seat by only 220 votes.
Comment by Kerry — November 9, 2009 @ 6:07 pm
How come the new town council talks about THEIR goals and not what the majority of the town people want. Blacksburg needs a dept store, and in todays market, that usually means a big box store.
Comment by daryl — November 10, 2009 @ 7:01 am