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Town – County
By Malcolm Barr Sr.
& Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report
We learned on Dec. 3 that former
Town Manager and Councilman
Walter Duncan was hospitalized in
Front Royal’s Warren Memorial Hospital
for complications from pneumonia.
We visited Duncan that day.
He was alert and appreciative of our
concern for his condition. The 9 -
year-old continues to be active on the
local political scene. Most recently, as
illustrated by a detailed letter to the
editor on page 14 of our “Late Oc-
tober” edition, he has continued to
push the current town council to correct
what he feels is a long-ongoing
imbalance in town citizen’s financial
burden to facilitate Route 5 North
Corridor commercial and industrial
development versus the economic
return to the town and the benefit of
its citizens. We spoke to Duncan ’s
daughter, who informed us on Dec.
6 that Walter was back home with
family members. We wish Walter a
full and speedy recovery and hope to
soon hear from him calling current
local officials to task when he feels
they are losing sight of the big picture
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Town & County Roundup
Walter Duncan hospitalized; Davita Dialysis under national scrutiny
In 2010 file photo, Walter M. Duncan addresses town council.
He has continued to appear before council on issues of
importance, most recently the revenue-expenditure split between
town and county residents for 522 North commercial
development.
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Davita accused of fraud
Watching CNN International the
evening of Nov. 8 caused us to sit
up in our chairs. The network’s investigative
piece on Davita Dialysis
alleging the company indulged in
up to $800 million in overbilling the
federal government over an unspecified
period. One of the 1,800 Davita
clinics across the country is located
at 1360 N. Shenandoah Avenue. The
network reported two “whistleblowers”,
a medical doctor and a nurse,
had, well, blown the whistle on Davita
regarding the disposal of “hundreds
of millions” of doses of the
dialectic, “Venofer,” charging them
off to Medicaid and Medicare. In
the original report a company attorney
denied the allegations. Our Nov.
30 call to a corporate spokesperson
number provided by the Front Royal
Davita office went to a second number
answering machine and our call
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later.
Crackdown on RV ‘eyesore’?
We guess beauty is in the eye of the
beholder. Due to citizen complaints,
at a Dec. 3 work session discussion
indicted the town is considering
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councilmen expressed reservations
about including harsher penalties or
even special restrictions on parking
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“But if they have paid for their tags
what makes it non-street legal?” Hollis
Tharpe asked.
“So, we’re telling people keep them
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