Tag: opinion
Your Views: Time to open parks, collect trash
To the editor:
I write in response to your editorial “Patience remains a virtue” in the May 14 issue of the Alexandria Times. No doubt...
Your Views: Practice civility when you park
To the editor:
Back in March, the mayor's office offered reserved spaces for pickup and carryout to every restaurant in the city. For those who...
Your Views: We need campaign finance reform
To the editor:
Average citizens place a priority on having a health system which works for all of us. Yet the current pandemic clearly reveals...
Our View: Patience remains a virtue
While the process wasn’t pretty, we think Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) and Northern Virginia’s leaders made the right call to delay phase one reopening...
Your Views: Short memory for what matters
To the editor:
At the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality public hearing on Tuesday, to influence the State Water Control Board to grant or deny...
Our View: Where were you when the ‘Eagle’ landed?
The following is a reprint of the editorial the Alexandria Times ran on July 23, 2009, which commemorated the 40th anniversary of the lunar...
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...
Letter to the Editor: Correcting the record on Jefferson-Houston performance
To the Editors,
I’m writing to unpack a statement in a letter to the Alexandria Times editors titled “City should spend less money on education.”...
Editorial: Criminals have it easy at City Hall
Government employees have a target on their backs as the country wades slowly out of recession. Secure public sector jobs and guaranteed pensions anger...
