Tag: campaign

Local real estate agency starts Go Fund Me for health care...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Goodhart Group, a local real estate group, began a Go Fund Me campaign on April 7 to support front...

Our View: Serial promise-breaking erodes trust

Increasingly in Alexandria, it seems that promises are made to be broken. It’s particularly disturbing when this breach of trust comes from those we...

Wilson outraises, outspends Silberberg in second quarter

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] The last campaign finance reports to be released before the Democratic primary on June 12 reveal that Vice Mayor Justin...

Letter to the Editor: Unsolicited contacts are unethical

To the editor: With great interest, I read John K. Frost’s letter to the Alexandria Times in the May 24 issue, “Silberberg leads way on...

Defining ‘business before council’

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Both candidates vying for mayor have taken an ethical stand regarding donations to their campaigns. Mayor Allison Silberberg and Vice...

Mayoral candidates open old wounds at second debate

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Mayor Allison Silberberg and Vice Mayor Justin Wilson met for their second official debate, this one hosted by the Alexandria...

Letter to the Editor: Wilson has short memory about campaign contributions

In a recent email Vice Mayor Justin Wilson asserted about his mayoralty run: “This is my fifth campaign for office in Alexandria, I have...

Republican candidate enters race for city council

Kevin Dunne is the first Republican candidate to announce intentions to run for city council. Dunne, a member of the city's Beautification Commission and a...

Councilor Paul Smedberg seeks sixth term

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] When Paul Smedberg first ran for city council in 2000, his bid ended with a loss. Three years later, he ran...

Newcomer Canek Aguirre runs for city council

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] When Canek Aguirre, a first-generation American citizen and the son of Mexican immigrants, was growing up in California, he often...