Tag: t.c. lights

Our View: Vote on T.C. lights a moral and strategic failure

Getting something from a negotiation is probably better than getting nothing, but at times there’s not a huge difference. That’s our take on city...

Letter to the Editor: Whither civic justice in Alexandria?

To the editor: What an exceptional tour de force of meaningful, in-depth reporting the Alexandria Times, Denise Dunbar and Missy Schrott have given us this...

Letter to the Editor: Leave humor to the humorists

To the editor: Times Publisher and Executive Editor Denise Dunbar’s “My View” column, “An imaginary conversation about T.C. lights,” is an irresponsible dumbing down of...

Letter to the Editor: Keeping commitments

To the editor: After hearing the background of the existing neighborhood, construction of T.C. Williams and the agreement that was made in 1965, it seemed...

Council approves lights for T.C. Williams stadium

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] For the first time since T.C. Williams High School was built in 1965, its football field will have stadium lighting. The...

Our View: Compromise on T.C. lights

History is not inherently good or bad. In Alexandria, we rightly celebrate our storied colonial era, preserve the cobblestone streets that remain and continue...

My View: An imaginary discussion about T.C. lights

By Denise Dunbar City official 1: I have an idea – I think we should add lights to the T.C. Williams football stadium project. City official...

Letter to the Editor: An SUP is indeed a promise to...

To the editor: When the Alexandria Planning Commission was considering, and then approved, lights for the T.C. Williams High School football stadium, I took exception...

The history beneath T.C. Williams

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] In the back-and-forth between supporters and opponents of lights at the T.C. Williams High School stadium, proponents often ask: Why...

The great T.C. lights debate begins

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Despite a lawsuit, years of neighborhood opposition and an alleged verbal contract that was upheld for half a century, the...