Tag: American Rescue Plan Act
Boosting business associations
By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected]
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership and the City of Alexandria will give out $535,000 in grants to eight different business associations...
My View: We can reduce poverty!
By Heather Peeler
Do you hear the good news? A few weeks ago, the Census Bureau reported that child poverty is at a historic low....
Our View: Sticker shock
The first budget proposed by new City Manager James Parajon for fiscal year 2023 includes a staggering 7.7% increase in spending, a shocking amount...
Your Views: ‘Reinvest in policing’
To the editor:
Last month, Alexandria’s Police Union IUPA Local 5 presented a forward-thinking plan to “Reinvest in policing.” The plan is a roadmap...
Our View: Misplaced outrage?
“The issue is that we should have some more resilient infrastructure so that if a transformer or a switch blows up, which happens from...
Our View: Embattled police
There are zero dollars allocated to police body cameras in Alexandria’s 2021-30 Capital Improvement Program budget. There were zero dollars allocated to police body...
Your Views: Stormwater pipes, not pilots
To the editor:
Like hundreds of other Alexandria residents, we have recently spent considerable time digging out from flooding along with anxious days when...
Your Views: In support of guaranteed basic income
To the editor:
As a single mother of three, our budget is always tight. Keeping up with bills, groceries and clothes for my three children...
