{"id":64,"date":"2015-12-28T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2016-01-11T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T17:11:27","slug":"city-beat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/beats\/city-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"City beat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local Government\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

City of Radford calendar<\/a> — \u00a0Council and planning and school board meetings<\/p>\n

Puliaski County calendar\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Montgomery County<\/a> calendar<\/p>\n

Budgets <\/strong><\/p>\n

City of Radford<\/strong> <\/a>— The city’s web site gives only a little information about income and spending.<\/p>\n

Montgomery County<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>takes a far more transparent approach to budgeting<\/a>, giving more information about income, resources and spending.<\/p>\n

Pulaski County<\/a> <\/strong>gives some information on its budget and process<\/a>, although it is difficult to decipher.<\/p>\n

Statewide<\/strong> comparisons are available through the Auditor of Public Accounts\u00a0comparative government reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are unsure about how to calculate percentage increases or decreases in budget items, see this newsthinking blog about math for journalists. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Municipal government meetings <\/strong><\/p>\n

Radford<\/strong> city countil meets the\u00a0second\u00a0and fourth Monday of every month at 10 Robertson St. in Radford. \u00a0Audio of meetings is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Montgomery <\/strong>Board of Supervisors<\/a> meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at theMontgomery County Government Center<\/a>, 755 Roanoke St. in Christiansburg. \u00a0Meetings are broadcast on \u00a0online<\/a>\u00a0 and on Comcast and Shentel cable<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pulask<\/strong>i Board of Supervisors <\/a>meets the fourth Monday of every month at\u00a0143 Third Street, N.W. in the town of Pulaski.<\/p>\n

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Local Government\u00a0 City of Radford calendar — \u00a0Council and planning and school board meetings Puliaski County calendar\u00a0 Montgomery County calendar Budgets City of Radford — The city’s web site gives only a little information about income and spending. Montgomery County\u00a0takes … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":66,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/136"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}