Letter: Term Limits? Elections Matter
Letter to the Editor
Years ago when term limits were all the rage, the national President of the League of Women Voters, Becky Caine, said on one of the Sunday talk shows, “We have terms limits. They’re called elections.”
Letter: A Request to All Candidates
Letter to the Editor
When you and your supporters put your campaign signs in the median strips of Alexandria's streets, please do not put them opposite a left turn lane at an intersection, where they can obscure the turning driver's view of oncoming traffic.
Letter: Keep Ticketing The Bicyclists
Letter to the Editor
I enthusiastically support the City of Alexandria Police Department’s stepped up enforcement of our local traffic laws as they apply to bicyclists.
Letter: Change Status Quo
Letter to the Editor
Politics as usual is failing us on both the local and national levels.
Letter: Say Goodbye to The Euille Way
Letter to the Editor
Don’t get hooked by Mayor Euille’s write-in campaign for mayor.
Letter: Need Smart Development
Letter to the Editor
Jonathan Krall presents an interesting dilemma in his call for progressives to step forward and vote for city candidates who are working for Alexandria’s success rather than stagnation (Gazette letters, Sept. 24-30, 2015).
Letter: Working Together?
Letter to the Editor
Your recent article in the Alexandria Gazette Packet, “City Council Hopefuls Debate Issues,” contained the most revealing question of “Who [he or she] is most excited to serve on City Council with.”
Letter: Council’s Role In Enrollment?
Letter to the Editor
Board’s failure to build enough school capacity several decades ago with the result that today’s schools are overcrowded.
Letter: Two Are Too Old Town-centric
Letter to the Editor
In relation to Mr. Wood and Mr. van Fleet’s position on the Waterfront Plan, two issues stand out in regards to their viewpoints.
Editorial: Changing Perspective on Death Penalty
Evolving standards will eclipse the death penalty entirely at some point in the future.
It’s sad to see senseless death as a response to senseless death. Alfred R. Prieto is not a sympathetic figure, a serial killer who was on death row in California when DNA connected him to murders and rapes in Reston and Arlington that took place in 1988. He is scheduled for execution this week, at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1.
Alexandria Appetite: Prost! Oktoberfest Brings Out the Best in Beer
For Port City Brewing Co., Oktoberfest is only beginning of busy season.
You can set your watch by it year after year, September after September.
Column: Revitalization Includes Small Neighborhood Parks
A mom pushing a stroller with a toddler skipping beside her is an image that stays with me following our day in the park.
Column: Join in Robust Walkathon
Calling all seniors to lace up your sneakers for the annual Fall Robust Walkathon.
Column: Volunteer as Literacy Tutor
32 Alexandria kindergarteners and first graders still in need of tutors.
In just a few short weeks in October, 93 eager Alexandria City Public School kindergarten and first grade students will meet their one-on-one literacy tutor for the year.
Letter: Do Not Erase History
Letter to the Editor
I wrote a letter to the editor in July advocating the removal of Appomattox, the bronze statue of a Confederate soldier, from its position of prominence at South Washington and Prince Streets to a spot that does not imply city or Commonwealth sympathy to the Confederate cause.