Bolling tackles hyper-partisanship during talk with Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
May 23, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Carten Cordell and Kathryn Watson │ Watchdog.org, Virginia Bureau ALEXANDRIA—In what could either be seen as one in a series of victory laps, or curtain calls, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling touted the business successes of Gov. Bob McDonnell’sadministration to the Alexandria Chamber of […]
Boots on the ground
May 23, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Melissa Quinn Alexandria native Brendan O’Toole was fed up. He served his country for four years in the Marines — and served it well — completing two deployments in Haiti and Afghanistan. And now he was being told no […]
Fiscal feuding over budget set-asides
May 23, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Melissa Quinn A public disagreement between city councilors over eliminating the set-aside for affordable housing has drawn headlines in recent days, but budget officials say the change does not actually cut dollars for the well-known need. The controversy surrounding […]
Nominate your favorite local business as Best of Alexandria
May 22, 2013 - 41 CommentsEveryone has their own list of favorite spots for eating, shopping — you name it. Often, we can’t tell enough people about that amazing new place we just discovered or our favorite shop, which always has something fun and interesting […]
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Editorial: Norfolk Southern went down the wrong track — again
Posted On: May 16, 2013The imbroglio kicked up by transportation giant Norfolk Southern last week might best be summed up by the words of [...]
Cyclists will break the law as long as they can get away with it
You could replace the word 'cyclists' with almost any other word in th
Cyclists will break the law as long as they can get away with it
Yay! Back to the crazy bicycle bashing. Maybe Kathryn Papp can write a
City Hall’s whistleblowers deserve our praise
You should know that under the law Mr. Lewis was entitled to have his
Editorial: Norfolk Southern went down the wrong track — again
Given Council's past treatment of NS it makes perfect sense to tell Co
Nominate your favorite local business as Best of Alexandria
I nominate Medieval Madness! Such an awesome place.