Tag: city council

Dozens show support, opposition to incoming Zoning for Housing vote

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] In a nearly four-and-a-half hour public hearing Tuesday night at the City Council legislative meeting, dozens of residents spoke up...

Council poised to eliminate single-family neighborhoods

By Eric R. Wagner  City Council is preparing to implement wide-ranging changes to the city’s zoning code that would effectively eliminate single-family neighborhoods in Alexandria....

City Council rethinks panhandling regulations

By Wafir Salih | [email protected]  Alexandria City Council is reevaluating its panhandling regulations due to recent developments in First Amendment case law. While existing regulations...

Good policy takes time

Like an aromatic soup, good policy shouldn’t be rushed – or overloaded with unnecessary ingredients. Think of the omnibus bills passed across the river. They...

General Registrar reappointed

By Leslie Golden | [email protected]  The Alexandria Electoral Board unanimously voted to reappoint Angie Maniglia-Turner as the General Registrar and Director of Elections for the...

Duke St. In Motion: a city divided

Strong feelings held for and against the transit proposal BY AMY WILL Climate-conscious transportation, pedestrian safety and passionate talk of a more livable Alexandria have been front and...

Council hears plan for flood mitigation: Street renaming also considered during...

By Thompson Eskew City Council received an updated review of the Department of Project Implementation’s flood mitigation efforts along Alexandria’s waterfront, as well as the...

SRO agreement slated for vote: Board and city leaders discuss MOU...

By Amy Will | [email protected] A much-anticipated revised memorandum of understanding between Alexandria City Public Schools and the Alexandria Police Department to keep police officers...

City Hill Watch with Bill Rossello: Coveting the land we live...

By Bill Rossello Is it time to cry “nonsense” on the city’s “Zoning for Housing, Housing for All” initiative? The unwieldy name derives from two sets...

Corrected Your View: New Metro station is an ugly scar

To the editor: In the April 27 Alexandria Times article “City readies for Metro ribbon-cutting,” Mayor Justin Wilson is quoted as stating that federal agencies...