If you believe The News Virginian (“Time to do what works,” Nov. 8) and others, you would think that a successful downtown is all that is needed for Waynesboro to survive into the future. Wow. That seems easy enough. After all, there are a few empty buildings downtown and if they had small businesses in them, we would all prosper! New businesses like Ruth’s Renovations and the Wine Emporium are the latest additions to downtown, but they cannot survive without the patronage of the community.

So the deal with the frog in the cauldron is that the poor fellow doesn’t notice the water getting warmer because the change is gradual rather than sudden. This does not explain why some in Waynesboro can feel the temperature rising but sit contentedly while the water bubbles.

The Waynesboro City Council will proceed later this month with borrowing $2.6 million for the West End fire station as part of larger bond package, but questions remained Tuesday about the ultimate staffing and exact scope of the station.

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Council holds work session, discusses city attorney applicants