On Wednesday morning, September 22, counsels for Plaintiff Paul L. Aldrich and Defendants the Town of Front Royal and recently resigned councilman Jacob L. Meza, revisited...
Monday’s regular meeting of the Front Royal Town Council got off to an unexpected start when Valley Health employee Jacob Meza emotionally read a prepared statement...
A date of September 22, at 10:30 a.m. has been set by Warren County Circuit Court Judge William W. Sharp to again hear oral arguments in...
It appeared to be a 3-2 win for Plaintiff Paul Aldrich from Judge William Sharp in a June 4th written decision on oral arguments to reconsider...
After hearing 40 minutes of oral arguments and responses to his questions regarding the dueling perspectives presented by attorneys to justify or deny revisiting his April...
In an April 29th letter to attorneys for the plaintiff and defendants in the legal challenge of the appointment of Jacob Meza to the Front Royal...
In a motion for “Reconsideration” of the court’s April 7 decision that Town Charter Section 47’s one-year prohibition on “appointment or election” of former town councilmen...
It appears that Jacob Meza will be allowed to retain his appointed seat on the Front Royal Town Council following a Wednesday morning, April 7, ruling...
There are those who have no problem expressing their opinion. I happen to be one of those people. So I thought I would now express my...
Other than fend off angry public feedback on the appointment of Jacob Meza at their January 11 regular meeting, there were action items and other business...
Wait a minute! What’s that you say? Controversy in the Town Council? That’s hard to believe. Cronyism? Charging the Town Council with cronyism is like charging...
Negative public reaction to the appointment and seating of Jacob Meza by his four fellow county Republican Committee council members and council’s response to that reaction...
Acting on behalf of one of what is believed to be three other candidates than the one appointed to fill the vacated Front Royal Town Council...
Front Royal, VA (January 11, 2021) – Monday, January 4, 2021 – Town Council appointed former Councilman Jacob Meza to fill the unexpired term of newly elected...
Since publishing the conflicting opinions of Town Attorney Doug Napier and local attorney David Downes, as well as a story looking at the root issue in...
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE TOWN CHARTER Issue: Was the appointment of a former councilman, defined by the Town Charter as a municipal officer,...
In social media posts in the days after the January 4 appointment of Jacob Meza to fill Mayor Chris Holloway’s vacant council seat, newly seated Front...
Following two Closed Sessions, one beginning at 6 p.m. to open the Monday, January 4, 2021 work session with interviews of candidates for appointment to now-Mayor...
The Town Council has selected Jacob Meza to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Chris Holloway. The Town Council accepted applications for the unexpired term and...
After the meeting’s opening Pledge of Allegiance led by Service Unit 14-4 of the Girl Scouts of the Nations’ Capital; Mayor Tewalt’s Proclamation of March...
Perhaps the most telling moment in the Front Royal Town Council’s multi-faceted Wednesday evening did not occur at a Special Joint Meeting with its Planning Commission...
An exceptionally light Front Royal Town Council meeting agenda for Monday evening, February 10, was extended by 90 minutes of public comments, largely criticisms, regarding a...
I know, it has been several weeks since my last article. I was hoping that providing Front Royal senior staff (notice I did not say leadership)...
FRONT ROYAL — The Front Royal Town Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution seeking a change in the Code of Virginia that would allow the...
While a public berating of council was somewhat derailed by the unexpected announcement that there would be no vote on the extension of Town central water-sewer...
It was a spirited, informative and occasionally contentious Front Royal Town Council Work Session Monday evening, November 4, at Town Hall. The work session opened with...
FRONT ROYAL — Front Royal Town Councilman Jacob Meza decided on Monday night during the Town Council’s regular meeting that it was time he confronted...
Many have wondered when or even if prosecutors and state investigators guiding the Warren County Special Grand Jury’s look into criminality tied to the Economic...
“Do we want something different? Now is the time to say, ” said Councilman Jacob Meza. At the Front Royal Town Council work session on...
FRONT ROYAL — Infrastructure improvement projects and downtown revitalization work, both partially funded by the state, are progressing, said Front Royal staff during the Front...