Archive for 'Opinion'
Academically, Jefferson-Houston is in a class of its own
To the editor: West Old Town Citizens Association members were honored to have District A school board members Bill Campbell, Karen Graf and Stephanie Kapsis attend a special meeting last month to discuss Jefferson-Houston School’s academic [...]
Water rates to get an overhaul
To the editor: Let’s face it: Not many of us want to discuss wastewater treatment rates. We just want them to cost less. Well, we have some news that Alexandrians may find welcome and unexpected. The [...]
Fitting tribute to an unsung hero
We applaud Alexandria fire officials for suggesting that their professional development center be named after paramedic Joshua Weissman, who died in the line of duty in February 2012. This is the right move for what it [...]
What the Affordable Care Act means for small business
By Bill Reagan The Alexandria Small Business Development Center recently hosted a program to educate small businesses on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The takeaway from this session, presented by Taylor Burke, associate professor [...]
A broken educational system led to IRS scandal
To the editor: Why can’t anyone see that what the Internal Revenue Service initially did in a misguided effort to lend efficiency to a post-Citizens United deluge in its workload was simply a shortcut tantamount to [...]
A tale of two funds
To the editor: This is a story about two funds that have made a significant difference in Alexandria for a decade and how they are possibly threatened. The public is understandably concerned about the future of [...]
Editorial: Police double standards erode public trust
Double standards infuriate us like few other things in life. To paraphrase the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s famous quote on pornography, we know a double standard when we see one. There are endless examples [...]
After the war, Alexandrians flocked to shopping centers
Alexandria emerged as Northern Virginia’s leading retail destination in the years following World War II. King and Washington streets provided almost every shopping experience imaginable, including national chain department stores, elegant dress shops, fine menswear emporiums, [...]
Cyclists will break the law as long as they can get away with it
To the editor: On Saturday morning — the day after this year’s Bike to Work Day — I was walking from my house to the center of Old Town. As I approached the intersection of Queen [...]
Food trucks are the answer in Alexandria, not food carts
To the editor: Of course the food cart program in Market Square failed (“Wheels come off food cart program,” May 16). The few carts that ever showed up had no menu or prices and were staffed [...]
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Editorial: Post-election tax hike: predictable and lamentable
Can't forget the city must spend $45 mil on a school that is failing s
South Peyton Street hostel garners city council's support
Once again City Council has has ignored residents and issued another s
Editorial: Innovative hostel proposal is no slam dunk
I can't say if a hostel will be a success in Alexandria - although it
Alexandria successfully courts National Science Foundation
News article about NSF move to Alexandria
Hostel hostility
Neighborhood residents and the daycare patrons are not operating under