Archive for 'Our View'

Editorial: School board members must learn from past mistakes

Editorial: School board members must learn from past mistakes

A few weeks ago we congratulated the school board for prodding Superintendent Morton Sherman for details about the Alexandria City Public Schools Education Foundation — a nonprofit created in 2011. Now we’re worried they’re repeating the [...]

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, [...]

Lessons from Jefferson-Houston

Lessons from Jefferson-Houston

We were pleased to see the city council approve plans for a new Jefferson-Houston School on Saturday. Yes, not everyone agrees with the specifics of the project. But school and city officials’ efforts to engage the [...]

‘George Washington Bathed Here!’

‘George Washington Bathed Here!’

This week we continue the story of the Lloyd House at 220 N. Washington St. During the Civil War, Edmund Lloyd served as an officer in the Confederate Army while his family fled Union-held Alexandria for [...]

Poor outreach does not lead to better engagement

Poor outreach does not lead to better engagement

After months of controversy, accusations and subtle — and occasionally not-so-subtle — insults surrounding the waterfront and then Beauregard corridor redevelopment plans, it’s heartening to see City Hall attempting to bridge the divide with What’s Next [...]

Our View: We take time to give thanks

Our View: We take time to give thanks

At this time of year, our thoughts turn to gathering with friends and family, to pilgrims and harvests, and to Thanksgiving dinner. We stuff ourselves, swap stories, watch college football and, hopefully, reflect on those things [...]

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 [...]

OUR VIEW | Reed Avenue affordable housing project a step in the right direction

OUR VIEW | Reed Avenue affordable housing project a step in the right direction

Kudos to City Council for approving a $250,000 loan to an Arlington non-profit dedicated to building affordable housing. The loan will help AHC Inc. pay for architectural and engineering work and environmental studies at a site [...]

Cooperation, not divisiveness, sealed GenOn’s fate

More than a decade ago, a pair of residents set about proving what everybody already knew: Pollution from north Old Town’s GenOn plant put the lives of neighbors at risk. Elizabeth Chimento and Poul Hertel — [...]

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 [...]