Summary
The meeting chamber of the Roanoke City Council has developed a reputation as Western Virginia's premiere location for bare- knuckled democracy.
Over the past decade, council members have exchanged sharp barbs, angrily stormed out of closed sessions, used media outlets to lob bombs at their rivals and had police forcibly remove audience members.See the full content of this document
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Dynamics Can Make, Break Council
Even the current council has had its spats. Vice Mayor Sherman Lea and Councilman Court Rosen exchanged sharp words during a heated debate over Countryside Golf Course in the fall of 2008, and last spring Mayor David Bowers walked out of a meeting over what he called a pattern of dis...
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