Archive for 'Your Views'
It’s hard not to be cynical these days
To the editor: Recent angst about doubling Norfolk Southern’s ethanol storage tanks and building a gigantic Jefferson-Houston School suggests folks’ textbook understanding of civics doesn’t jibe with how our city government really functions. So let me [...]
The Alexandria Aces are here: Time to play ball
To the editor: Baseball continues to be one of America’s favorite sports, and games are being played everywhere in the D.C. area, with the Washington Nationals an easy favorite. But to check out the wooden-bat variety [...]
Young authors celebrate work with a tea party
To the editor: The kindergarteners were dressed in their best as they hosted their guests May 10 in James K. Polk’s multipurpose room. The girls looked lovely in their fancy dresses, hats and decorative gloves while [...]
Academics deserve as much praise as athletics
To the editor: Please run photographs and articles regularly about academic achievers in our local schools: T.C. Williams, St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes, Bishop Ireton, and Episcopal. Athletes receive good press coverage every week, but scholars [...]
While off base, Times’ editorial hits on importance of set-asides
To the editor: In your May 23 editorial (“Budget flap exposes problems in City Hall”), you make the claim that I voted on the budget without knowing what was in it. I disagree with your assertion [...]
The bicyclist as a scofflaw is a common misperception
By Jonathan Krall As a supporter of healthful bicycling, I am often asked why people who ride bicycles so often disobey the law. The short answer is that, in an effort to get to their destinations, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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