Thursday, December 01, 2005
Luanne Traud's column archive
Luanne Rife
Recent columns
- Incentives to do business in Roanoke
- In support of informed opinions
- When values slide, rates rise
- City taxes fly through loophole
From the RoundTable blog
Incentives to do business in Roanoke - 2/5/2012
In support of informed opinions - 12/4/2011
When values slide, rates rise - 10/16/2011
City taxes fly through loophole - 9/25/2011
From the earth springs fellowship - 8/21/2011
Thumb-twiddlers, take note - 6/19/2011
Library expands into new realm - 6/5/2011
A Market transformation - 5/8/2011
A Porsche 911? Dream on - 4/24/2011
Elmwood Park evolves with changing city - 4/10/2011
Our schools are our business - 3/20/2011
Information there for the asking - 3/13/2011
The law of intended consequences - 3/6/2011
Hard to break an addiction - 2/20/2011
Creatures of the state - 2/6/2011
How freely the liquor flows - 1/23/2011
Roanoke schools offer a story to dine on - 1/9/2011
Budgeting to avoid a fiscal crisis - 11/14/2010
Sound made when tree falls - 8/29/2010
More stories shared, but are they heard? - 6/27/2010
To start a chain reaction - 5/9/2010
An end to government-approved theft - 3/21/2010
What's the harm in a little pinch? - 3/7/2010
More guns, less safety - 2/21/2010
A hot dog cart on every street corner - 2/7/2010
A promise that needs to be kept - 1/17/2010
Waiting on the DMV - 11/29/2009
Marking a difficult anniversary - 11/15/2009
My daughter, the voter - 11/2/2009
A few new Voices would be nice - 8/23/2009
A rush to legislate - 7/19/2009
An elementary problem with SOLs - 6/21/2009
A smoking case of collusion - 5/31/2009
Here comes the tax ma'am - 5/17/2009
Perriello challenges the untouchable - 5/3/2009
Beauty and the beastly road - 4/19/2009
Still going separate ways - 4/5/2009
FOIA: the wedge that keeps government's door open - 3/15/2009
Voices of the Valleys premieres - 1/25/2009
Keep your butts to yourself - 12/5/2007
Expect the best at WBHS - 11/7/2007
Lessons from the home front - 10/17/2007
From imperialism to a nation of law - 9/26/2007
Making the promise of Roanoke - 8/22/2007
Thou shall not show cleavage - 7/11/2007
A virtual childhood for real kids - 6/13/2007
Decidedly un-Christian - 5/23/2007
Falling off high horses - 5/2/2007
Foreign aid with accountability - 4/11/2007
Who's in your wallet? - 3/14/2007
Something new under the star - 2/21/2007
Scuzzball bills and the like - 1/31/2007
Puzzled by brain games - 1/17/2007
A healthy food craze, at last - 11/1/2006
A campaign of absurdities - 10/11/2006
Pork rinds and trinkets - 9/20/2006
Along the journey - 9/6/2006
The sick will swallow anything - 8/9/2006
Vaccine holds promise, not promiscuity - 6/28/2006
Anger as a mental illness? That's crazy - 6/7/2006
Stay the course; speak on message - 5/17/2006
Going through a phase - 4/26/2006
Fashion police to report for new duty - 4/5/2006
Hundred city halls lead to White House - 3/15/2006
Always ask for a receipt - 2/22/2006
Good nutrition at odds with machines - 2/1/2006
