Tag: republicans

Sophia Moshasha hopes to clinch Republican win in VA Senate

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] Sophia Moshasha, Republican candidate for the District 39 Virginia Senate seat, said if elected she plans to focus on crime,...

Your Views: Lack of political diversity produces bad laws

To the editor: Virginia House of Delegates bill 2262, which permits bicycles to treat stop signs as yield signs, is emblematic of how governance goes...

Ethical Reflections with Rev. Ian Markham: Toleration and political disagreements

The word toleration is often misunderstood. Often the word is applied to people who “enjoy hanging out with different types of people.” In truth,...

Your Views: Vote ‘yes’ to end gerrymandering

To the editor: As Glen Besa, who calls himself “a ‘small D Democrat’ before ... a ‘capital D Democrat,’” told the Chesterfield Observer the day...

Our View: E pluribus unum

As most people already know, while Election Day itself is Nov. 3, it’s possible to vote early in person or by mail in Virginia,...

Our View: A rare chance for redistricting reform

While uncommon, sometimes good policy aligns with politics to generate bipartisan support for needed change. This happened in the mid-1990s, when a moderate Democratic president,...

Your Views: One-party rule leads to unresponsive government

To the editor: Two articles that appeared in the Nov. 7 Alexandria Times concern me. The first is Our View’s commentary on moving Alexandria’s local...

Democrats take control of the state legislature in Tuesday’s election

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] All five of Alexandria’s incumbent state officeholders for the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates were reelected on Tuesday. In...

Your Views: Voting options in Alexandria

To the editor: As your readers may know, every Senate and Delegate seat in the Virginia General Assembly – 40 in the Senate and 100...

Our View: Our wish upon a star? A break from partisanship

‘Tis the season for giving, love and wishes. What we’d most like in our Christmas stocking is a break from political nastiness and seemingly...