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...