Tag: Alexandria stormwater fee

Your Views: Cheap road to a ‘safer route’

To the editor: The “safe routes to school” project on Commonwealth Avenue is a major missed opportunity by the city. Aside from the embarrassing look...

Council approves stormwater fee increase

By Will Schick | [email protected] City council unanimously passed an ordinance doubling the stormwater utility fee from $140 to $280 during Saturday’s public hearing. The increased...

Our View: Kudos on the budget

Some people re-post the same photo each year on Facebook, which provides reminders of the anniversary of prior posts. Likewise, it seems as if...

Your Views: Delay stormwater fee spike

To the editor: The Alexandria City Council is rushing to double the annual stormwater fee to $280 for the typical single-family homeowner by 2022, and...

Your Views: A half-baked stormwater plan

To the editor: I’m not sure what was most astonishing about City Council’s discussion of the stormwater fee on Jan. 12 – that not one...

Your Views: Stop redirecting stormwater fees

To the editor: “Bread and Circuses” is a phrase used since ancient Rome to describe a brand of public policy where the masses are kept...

Your Views: City hall is playing games with our money

To the editor: With all the debate about flooding in Rosemont, Del Ray and elsewhere, the city continues to maintain that their stormwater fee will...