Tag: city manager
Your Views: Parajon off to good start
To the editor:
It is regrettable that members of City Council and the Alexandria Planning Commission were not in the audience for the Zoom meeting...
City Manager Mark Jinks announces retirement
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
After 23 years of service to the city, City Manager Mark Jinks announced at City Council’s Tuesday legislative meeting that he...
What’s in the stormwater fee?
By Will Schick | [email protected]
On July 23, 2020, Allison Scates, a resident of Del Ray, received a text message that sent her reeling. Scates,...
Your Views: Collective bargaining is big news
To the editor:
I am writing in response to the article titled “Collective bargaining plan advances,” published in your newspaper on March 25, 2021. I...
City manager reduces FY2021 budget proposal
At a budget work session on April 1, City Manager Mark Jinks presented city council with a draft of his revised fiscal year 2021...
Your Views: Our city manager is not overpaid
To the editor:
Recently you have printed several letters accusing the City of Alexandria of overpaying its top professional staff. Comparisons have been made with...
Your Views: Is our city manager overpaid?
To the editor:
I’m responding to the letter from Townsend “Van” Van Fleet – “Be more prudent with city resources” – in the Dec. 12...
Fire Chief Robert Dubé announces retirement
By Arya Hodjat | [email protected]
Alexandria Fire Chief Robert Dubé is retiring effective July 3, according to a city news release.
Dubé, who has served as...
Potomac Yard Metro southern entrance returns to chopping block
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The saga of the Potomac Yard Metro station’s controversial southern entrance returns, and according to a city news release, the...
FY2020 budget passes without tax rate hike
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Council unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2020 operating budget on May 1, maintaining the real estate tax rate for the...
