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Battaile Reflects on Winchester Tenure and Merger Fight
Former Winchester mayor Bill Battaile sketches a 12 year public career noting major gains from airport expansion to downtown planning and an ambitious but halted consolidation with Frederick County. He regrets the failed merger effort and signals possible return to public life if conditions allow.
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Pat Robinson
Bill Battaile
Winchester
Stewart Bell, Jr
Battaile
Navy
Coast Guard
Lawrence
Frederick County
Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Deveopment Corporation
Westmoreland County
U.S. Navy
U.S. Coast Guard
General Motors Corporation
Dudley J. Martin
Manassas
B & M Chevrolet
The
Lions Club
Moose Club
Auto Dealers of Winchester
Elks Club
Izaak Walton League
Hiram Lodge No. 21
Fraternal Order of Police
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Community Chest
Chamber
Jaycees
Virginia Burke
Rockingham County
John
Janet
Jeannie
Tennyson Ave