Archive for 'Editorials'

Editorial: When questions outweigh answers, something is amiss

Editorial: When questions outweigh answers, something is amiss

The Alexandria School Board, led primarily by newcomer Patricia Hennig, rightly pushed Superintendent Morton Sherman last week for information about a little-known nonprofit with links to the district. The organization in question, Alexandria City Public Schools [...]

Editorial: New council faces smorgasbord of issues

Editorial: New council faces smorgasbord of issues

The new city council that was sworn in last week has many familiar names but only three incumbents — Del Pepper, Paul Smedberg and Mayor Bill Euille. The group, all Democrats, will face many contentious issues, [...]

Editorial: Change rings in with the new year

Editorial: Change rings in with the new year

Each year, January 1 simultaneously offers the opportunity to reflect on what has happened before and to anticipate what’s next. It’s a time to take stock, set goals and move forward. As we step into 2013, [...]

Comprehending 
the unthinkable

Comprehending 
the unthinkable

By Denise Dunbar Like most people, I still can’t comprehend what happened in Connecticut on Friday morning. There are places the human mind just can’t fully go, and visualizing a room full of slaughtered 6-year-olds is [...]

Editorial: November elections boost turnout, partisanship

Editorial: November elections boost turnout, partisanship

After a noisy year of electioneering in Alexandria, the ballots have been cast and counted: The move to November elections for city council and mayor led to a huge increase in voter participation and a return [...]

Editorial: Alexandria Times endorses school board candidates

Editorial: Alexandria Times endorses school board candidates

Alexandria Times endorses slate of school board candidates  Alexandria City Public Schools seems perpetually at the crossroads, and this year is no different, which makes selecting the next school board all the more important. Think about [...]

Editorial: Alexandria Times endorses slate of city council candidates

Editorial: Alexandria Times endorses slate of city council candidates

This has been a fascinating election year in Alexandria. Our ballots, cast in a swing state, could determine the outcome of the presidential election as well as a hotly contested U.S. Senate race that could sway [...]

Editorial: City’s got cats on the mind

Editorial: City’s got cats on the mind

On the surface, it sounds like a good thing for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria to launch a program to trim the city’s feral cat population. In recent years, officials and residents have watched wild [...]

Architectural review must balance past with present

Architectural review must balance past with present

In a city as old as Alexandria, there is inherent tension between preserving the historic and embracing the contemporary. There was a time in our city when historic treasures were bulldozed in the name of progress, [...]

Editorial: Playing softball with developers

Editorial: Playing softball with developers

Developers want to exceed the density allowed in the West End’s Beauregard neighborhood by building 6,500 new apartments, condos and houses, and City Hall seems bent on realizing their desires. If it passed today, the plan [...]