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Government
  • Virginia 2007-2008 congressional earmarks
  • See the details on the $1 billion in earmarks sponsored by Virginia's federal lawmakers.
  • Last Updated: 6/6/2008
  • Roanoke City Council expenses for 2007
  • Roanoke’s mayor and six council members spent a total of $34,570.67 on breakfasts, lunches, dinners, trips, gala events and conventions in 2007. That’s not a huge amount within a total city budget of more than $250 million. Still, they’re your tax dollars. Were they spent wisely? Search the database to see how Council members Gwen Mason, Bev Fitzpatrick, Sherman Lea and Brian Wishneff, Vice Mayor David Trinkle, Mayor Nelson Harris, and recently-resigned Councilman Alfred Dowe spent your money. Who did they take to lunch? Where did they travel on the city’s tab? And did the city get its money’s worth?
  • Last Updated: 2/21/2008
  • 2007 gifts to Virginia lawmakers
  • When you have power, people want you to like them, and to do things for them. Virginia’s elected lawmakers are no different. Members of the state senate and House of Delegates are courted annually by lobbyists, businesses and special interest groups large and small. In 2007, 117 Virginia lawmakers accepted $263,227.10 in gifts from 195 different givers, though one of those givers is the Virginia taxpayer, who paid for legislators to attend conferences representing the Commonwealth. Search for your legislator to see what gifts he or she received, from whom, and what they were worth.
  • Last Updated: 2/4/2008
  • Roanoke city permits
  • Search by month to see applications for various permits issued by the city of Roanoke, such as building and zoning, plus certain types of complaints made to the city.
  • Last Updated: Not Available