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Opinion: Free transit or ‘scruffy’ neighborhood: Arlandria can’t have it both ways

Opinion: Free transit or ‘scruffy’ neighborhood: Arlandria can’t have it both ways

To the editor: In regard to “Free Trolley hits the brakes at Arlandria” (April 12, 2012), the Arlandria-Chirilagua neighborhood must understand it cannot have it both ways: A quarter-century ago, Del Ray was a scruffy neighborhood [...]

Opinion: The sound of change heard around Alexandria

Opinion: The sound of change heard around Alexandria

To the editor: If the explosive eruption of Krakotoa in 1883 was a “sound heard ‘round the world,” the cheering you heard at 1 a.m. Friday -— after the Board of Zoning Appeals reversed a city [...]

Opinion: Weekly poll question doesn’t tackle the real issue

Opinion: Weekly poll question doesn’t tackle the real issue

To the editor: I’m writing because I am concerned about the phrasing of the weekly poll in the April 5 edition. You asked, “Should the city make an offer to buy the Hunting Point properties from [...]

Opinion: Anxiously awaiting Old Town Theater’s sequel

Opinion: Anxiously awaiting Old Town Theater’s sequel

To the editor: The previous owner of the Old Town Theater failed because his facility was filthy, had antiquated equipment, and patrons were forced to buy a glass of wine as part of admission. So for [...]

Opinion: Funding squeeze, affordable housing losses make locals out-of-towners

Opinion: Funding squeeze, affordable housing losses make locals out-of-towners

To the editor: As I read about the Virginia Department of Transportation’s potential sale of Hunting Towers (“Priced out of town?”) in the April 5 edition, I thought of all the families that could lose their [...]

Opinion: Government should buy Hunting Towers and stifle Alexandria elitism

Opinion: Government should buy Hunting Towers and stifle Alexandria elitism

To the editor: I see all the new housing going up in the areas of Potomac Yard and Old Town. I read about the plan to redevelop the Beauregard area. I read in your paper that [...]

Opinion: Sifting through the clutter to help hoarders

Opinion: Sifting through the clutter to help hoarders

Have you ever wondered what you would do if someone you knew was a hoarder? Have you ever wondered how you would receive help if you were hoarding? If you suspect a hoarding situation in your [...]

Opinion: The sound of change heard around Alexandria

Opinion: The sound of change heard around Alexandria

To the editor: If the explosive eruption of Krakotoa in 1883 was a “sound heard ‘round the world,” the cheering you heard on Friday morning at 1 a.m., after the Board of Zoning Appeals reversed a [...]

Opinion: Councilwoman Hughes: School board should be elected and appointed

Opinion: Councilwoman Hughes: School board should be elected and appointed

To the editor: It is well understood that in the past few months there have been issues of extraordinary concern and increasing public outrage over Alexandria City Public Schools. I realize that as leaders, the community [...]

Opinion: The power of the girlfriend in today’s society

Opinion: The power of the girlfriend in today’s society

Yesterday I did something I rarely do. A long time gal pal of mine called mid-day and said, “Want to see my old house before we turn over the keys?” Like so many of us, she [...]