Buzz in the 'burg is that although Tuesday's Town Council agenda isn't prepared or public, there may be a discussion about having a referendum to move town elections placed on the ballot -- sooner rather than later.
This would be a real about face for Christiansburg council because when the topic was initially brought up in January by now-former council member Steve Huppert, a few councilmen were openly opposed to the suggestion, another asked about it being a referendum, and others acted like they could care less. The Mayor referred the matter to the town's attorney to research and provide a report to council on what would be involved in changing the date.
Subsequently, having town elections held in November instead of May was discussed during candidate forums and was revisited at council meetings. It has also been a blog topic for one elected councilman and another local writer (who, incidentally, is reported to have been working to get the necessary signatures to get a referendum before voters because council did not act).
The Mayor stated his sense was the "consensus" was to wait and see where this lead for Blacksburg, which did make the change, and reiterating a referendum was an option.
So it will be interesting to hear whether this matter is indeed reappearing before council as an agenda item, giving the public an opportunity to listen to the dialog or hear the attorney's report or other background research which appears to have been occurring in betwixt regular meetings. A comprehensive summary of this topic can be found here.