Tag: mayor justin wilson

Your Views: Keep the name, switch the fame

To the editor: The following is an open letter to Mayor Justin Wilson, pertaining to his advocacy for tossing the process that was established to...

Your Views: When to use anonymity

To the editor: I was disappointed to see the way an anonymous source was used in Olivia Anderson’s front page story, “Assault Statement Criticized.”...

Your Views: The AFD deserves better

To the editor: My first encounter with the Alexandria Fire Department was when they responded to my father’s unexpected death. My next encounter was...

Your Views: Wilson owns the flooding mess

To the editor: When considering purchasing a house in Rosemont in 2015, I visited the engineering office at city hall. I was shown maps...

Mayor supports halt to evictions

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Mayor Justin Wilson issued a letter on Tuesday urging Alexandria landlords to work with the city in providing rental assistance...

Potomac Yard Metrorail Station delayed

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Metro announced on Monday that the opening of the Potomac Yard Metrorail Station will be delayed by at least five...

Your Views: A waste of public funds

To the editor: It has become clear that the Taylor Run stream “restoration” project is an unjustified waste of public funds. The intellectual dishonesty of...

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...

Your Views: A moral and professional failure

To the editor: An environmentally destructive and unnecessarily costly plan advocated by two city officials in the Department of Transportation & Environmental Services – Yon...

Your Views: Who benefits from Taylor Run clear cutting?

To the editor: Taylor Run is our very own rare, urban forest. Forests are not just a collection of trees, and they are not organized...