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OPINION: Democratic leader: Stop ‘secret’ attacks on GOP Councilwoman Hughes

OPINION: Democratic leader: Stop ‘secret’ attacks on GOP Councilwoman Hughes

To the editor: As the chair of the Alexandria Democratic Committee, I want to address some of the recent media activity regarding Councilwoman Alicia Hughes and its relationship to the ADC. Like many of you, I [...]

Opinion: Council candidate Scott Gordon: ACPS budget needs work

Opinion: Council candidate Scott Gordon: ACPS budget needs work

To the editor: The following open letter was addressed to members of the school board, superintendent, ACPS central office staff, teachers and residents of Alexandria. My name is Scott Gordon, and I write this today not [...]

Opinion: Hughes’ voice is missing on budget issues

Opinion: Hughes’ voice is missing on budget issues

To the editor: On Tuesday, Alexandria City Manager Rashad Young presented his fiscal year 2013 budget recommendations to the city council. Until council approves the final budget May 7, the city’s budget and fiscal affairs advisory [...]

Opinion: Is dad (or mom) too old to drive?

Opinion: Is dad (or mom) too old to drive?

Is dad too old to drive? Maybe. It’s not just a matter of age — it’s a matter of ability. I know people who are pretty scary behind the wheel: some are older, some are younger, [...]

Opinion: Requiring photo ID at the poll undercuts democracy

Opinion: Requiring photo ID at the poll undercuts democracy

To the editor: There are numerous problems with the proposed photo ID law that is in front of our state’s Legislature. Its cost, the effect it will have on elderly and minority voters, and the bureaucracy [...]

Editorial: New budget ideas squash status quo

Editorial: New budget ideas squash status quo

Residents, community leaders, elected officials and local media will put the newly proposed budget under a microscope over the next several months. But as a whole the spending plan, presented Tuesday night by relatively new Alexandria [...]

OPINION: Councilwoman Alicia Hughes: Personal life does not inform public service

OPINION: Councilwoman Alicia Hughes: Personal life does not inform public service

For near three years, I’ve been railed against on blogs and in the press. I write today, admitting substantial imperfection, but out of respect for supporters and fellow citizens who deserve to hear from me. The [...]

Opinion: Making waves on the waterfront, and for what?

Opinion: Making waves on the waterfront, and for what?

To the editor: The protest petition presented against waterfront up-zoning was not some last-minute, last-ditch effort. It was “timely filed” as lawyers would say. There is nothing exotic about these petitions.  They are described in our [...]

Opinion: Don’t strangle the waterfront landscape

Opinion: Don’t strangle the waterfront landscape

To the editor: Without a fully informed and involving public debate, a historic city like Alexandria should not seek to clog its most significant natural landscape with commercial development and boutique hotels. A pig dressed up in pretty ribbons [...]

Opinion: City council members reveal groupthink approach

Opinion: City council members reveal groupthink approach

To the editor: The Alexandria City Council has voted on and passed a waterfront plan that has been opposed by the majority of the residents this council supposedly represents. Why has this elected body even gone [...]