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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Silberberg was a disaster from the minute she took office. But her calling on armed guards in elementary schools after Parkland really took the cake for me. Dump her.

Justin Wilson is one of those public servants to the core: Policy wonk, responsive, listens to all. Spend some time on his FB page and you'll see how he strives to answer even the most arcane or narrow questions and explain things. He would be an excellent mayor.[/quote]

No future mayor of Alexandria City will be able to fix what's coming down the pike. For a little light reading, read this tonight: Home Prices In 80% Of US Cities Grew 2x Faster Than Wages... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-24/home-prices-80-us-cities-grew-2x-faster-wages-and-then-there-san-francisco. Pay attention to housing expert Mark Hanson https://www.mhanson.com

Imo, no solution exists for "affordable housing". Even Washington DC metro (which grew 2.4% yoy) can't keep up.

It's time to cut back, limit raises, limit debt service, put money to a rainy day fund for the future. If Staff want a job, then recognize in private sector, annual pay raise is ~2% and deal with it. 
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