Tag: taxes
City Hall Watch with Bill Rossello: Making Alexandria less affordable for...
In its quest to make housing affordable in Alexandria, city hall may have been its own worst enemy. An astonishing 74% of residents are...
Proposed FY2022 budget includes tax rate decrease
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Manager Mark Jinks presented his proposed fiscal year 2022 budget, which included a 2-cent decrease in the real estate...
Your Views: A back-door tax increase
To the editor:
An article in the Washington Post on Feb. 19, 2020 states that Alexandria City Manager Mark Jinks proposed a two-cent increase in...
Your Views: Sewers were an unfunded mandate
To the editor:
On May 21, the AlexRenew board will consider the drastic rate hikes which had their public hearing on May 11. These back-to-back...
Our View: A good budget
With apologies to J.K. Rowling, we are tempted to say, “You’re a wizard, Mark.” How else to view Alexandria’s fiscal year 2020 budget, passed...
Letter to the Editor: Raising taxes will make Alexandria’s housing less...
To the editor:
I read the front-page article in the March 1 Alexandria Times, “Councilors mull affordable housing set-aside,” with interest. The article talked about...
Our View: A tale of two tax bases
Gaps in the political realm are generally not good. A gender gap that’s too wide can spell doom for a political career. An education...
City Council votes to approve historic tax increase
By James Cullum | [email protected]
The Alexandria City Council voted 6-1 to adopt a $728.1 million general fund fiscal year 2018 budget on May 4. This...
Opinion: Pursuing a proactive, prudent budget
By Mayor Allison Silberberg
We are in the thick of the budget process. This is a time for all of us to focus on the...
Civically quiet, vulnerable populations need economic relief
We need a reduction in the total tax burden that has doubled since the mayor's tenure began.
