Tag: Justin Wilson
City council weighs in on fall session
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
As city council prepares to begin its fall term with a legislative session on Sept. 12, members say they expect...
BID debate to reignite this fall
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
As city council’s summer recess winds down, discussions are beginning again on the future of the proposed Old Town business improvement...
City council defers action on BID until Tuesday
By Evan Berkowitz | [email protected]
The Alexandria City Council voted unanimously at a public hearing on Saturday to allot further time at Tuesday's legislative meeting to discuss and...
City Council votes to approve historic tax increase
By James Cullum | [email protected]
The Alexandria City Council voted 6-1 to adopt a $728.1 million general fund fiscal year 2018 budget on May 4. This...
Our View: Council needs to better steward our tax dollars
The concept of stewardship should be central to any discussion of city council’s historic 6-1 vote at Monday night’s add/delete session to raise local...
How the city plans to meet its outfalls deadline by 2025
By James Cullum | [email protected]
After Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) signed into law bills that will require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by...
City leaders respond after Gov. McAuliffe’s outfalls deadline decision
By James Cullum | [email protected]
City officials are reeling after Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into law a bill that will require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system...
Opinion: Pursuing a proactive, prudent budget
By Mayor Allison Silberberg
We are in the thick of the budget process. This is a time for all of us to focus on the...
Former Alexandria City Councilman Justin Wilson, a Democrat, announces 2012 run
Former Alexandria City Councilman Justin Wilson will try to rejoin his former colleagues at City Hall next year, the Del Ray resident announced Monday.
Wilson,...
Furloughs are ineffective shortcuts to a balanced budget
Human nature being what it is, some policymakers are looking for shortcuts enabling the impossible by balancing the budget without cutting services or raising taxes. The concept of furloughing our city's workforce is one such shortcut.
