Tag: FOIA
Your View: Where’s the soil test?
To the editor:
The Potomac Yard Metro station opened on May 19. But the sordid story of how it came to be sited on wetland,...
Your Views: Private scheming was anti-police
To the editor:
In our Dec. 9, 2021, letter “Public debate, private scheming,” we noted that a Freedom of Information Act request had revealed that...
Our View: Toothless Sunshine Law
Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act was created to prevent elected officials from gathering together out of the public eye and making policy without citizen...
Sunshine Law: A closer look
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
The Alexandria Times received FOIAed documents earlier this month consisting of text and email exchanges between four City Council members who...
Your Views: What the city doesn’t want you to know
To the editor:
Freedom of Information Act records are crucial to the public’s right to know about their elected leaders and the democratic process....
Your Views: Findings from a citizen FOIA about Seminary Road
To the editor:
In the aftermath of the stunning story, “Times analysis: Seminary Road FOIA docs” the Alexandria Times published on Jan. 23, 2020 showing...
Times FOIA Fund update
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
In the first two quarters of 2020, the Alexandria Times received $1,069.32 in donations to its FOIA Fund, with no...
Your Views: It’s time for a clean sweep
To the editor:
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the questionable management of our city, particularly enforcement of city codes, bias against residents and for...
Times FOIA Fund update
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
During the first quarter of 2020, eight people donated a total of $975 to the Alexandria Times FOIA Fund. The...
Delving into data on lawsuits filed against the city
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
T.C. lights. The Hugo Black House. Ask most Alexandrians, and they’ll be able to recite the details of these controversial,...
