Tag: mark jinks
Council approves American Rescue Plan spending
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Council approved the immediate use of $450,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to extend food distribution and housing assistance...
Proposed FY2022 budget includes tax rate decrease
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Manager Mark Jinks presented his proposed fiscal year 2022 budget, which included a 2-cent decrease in the real estate...
Stakeholders discuss Landmark Mall redevelopment
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
The overarching vision and a rough timeline for the redevelopment of Landmark Mall were discussed Monday night during the first...
Your Views: City hall is playing games with our money
To the editor:
With all the debate about flooding in Rosemont, Del Ray and elsewhere, the city continues to maintain that their stormwater fee will...
Your Views: Taylor Run an illusory project
To the editor:
In response to the Nov. 12 letter from Jane Seward and Lynn Gas, “Don’t rush Taylor Run Project,” I’d like to augment...
City leaders reflect on six months of COVID-19
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Mid-September marked six months since the coronavirus pandemic began spreading in Alexandria.
Many consider mid-March the beginning of the pandemic in...
COVID-19 hits city’s tourism revenue
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
In March 2019, city and tourism leaders were fearful about the impact a three-month Metro shutdown would have on the...
Alexandria to implement stricter mask-wearing requirements
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
City Council voted to pass an ordinance requiring face coverings in certain indoor and outdoor locations at its public hearing...
Council sends community police review board back to staff
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Council sent a proposed ordinance establishing a community police review board back to the drawing board during Tuesday’s legislative...
Our View: A flood of poor policies
“It’s a one time thing – it just happens a lot,” Suzanne Vega wrote in the song “Cracking.”
Vega’s line seems to have been co-opted...
