Tag: fees

Paying, literally, for Councils decisions

I recently visited the Charles Houston Recreation Center to run on the treadmill and escape the oppressive heat and humidity plaguing the region. On this day, unlike previous visits, upon checking in I was asked if I had paid up.

Drowning under water prices

The Virginia-American Water Company, a privately owned, for-profit company regulated by the state, has proposed a 16-percent increase in water utility prices for the district that includes Alexandria.