Tag: karig estates

Letter to the Editor: Karig decision reveals council’s biases 

To the editor: Vice Mayor Justin Wilson’s April newsletter failed to excuse his Jan. 20 approval of the Karig Estates development by saying the project is...

My View: Karig hearing was a visit to Alice’s ‘Wonderland’

By Jeremy Flachs On Jan. 20, our city council voted 6-1 to approve the development at Karig Estates without modification, a vote which denied the appeal of...

Letter to the Editor: If it’s not safe, it must be...

To the editor: I am neither a builder nor an architect, but it certainly does baffle me when a city and its government decide to...

Letter to the Editor: Karig proves it’s time to change our...

To the editor: Except for Mayor Allison Silberberg, the rest of the city council displayed its predictable pro-developer disposition when they voted to allow the...

Letter to the Editor: Stream on Karig property is an RPA

To the editor: I listened to the discussion on the Karig Estate site at the Jan. 20 city council public hearing. The basic issue was...

Council denies Karig Estates appeals

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Council voted to move forward with a development project known as Karig Estates, despite the protests of residents, environmentalists and...

Controversial topics slated for council hearing

By Denise Dunbar and Missy Schrott Although at 14 items the docket is fairly slim, Saturday’s city council public hearing is shaping up to be...

Letter to the Editor: A tale of two hills

The current debacle involving the proposed Karig Estates residential development resembles a similar controversy that played out a decade earlier at the property known...

Letter to the Editor: Green cities protect open spaces and tree...

To the editor: I would like to encourage all Alexandrians who support the concept of being a green city to call or write those who...