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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well - I read the article and that mayor sounds wackadoodle. The town I live in has its own share of issues so it was nice to read that maybe other areas around here have their own nutty local governance problems too. [/quote]

+1, I live in City of Fairfax and our mayor was arrested for swapping meth or sex but Alexandria’s mayor just sound like a space cadet who has no idea what she is doing. [/quote]

Oh, geez, yeah y'all had some problems.  [b]The point is that you recognized the problems and took care of it.  In Alexandria we have so many people drinking the kool aid that they think the problems are solutions[/b]![/quote]

+1. After years of reading DCUM as someone who lives in Alexandria City, I am pretty upset how so many infrastructure projects were put off over the decades of Mayors Euille and Ticer. e.g., the sewer outlets, new and remodeled schools, fix of city hall. Were was any real leadership? All we got was developer build up and out (w not enough concessions by developers).

Taxes and fees here went up nearly 9% over the last 2 years! Now add on the Alex Renew sewer outlet fees starting now and to 2021 and we residents are in for a horrible time of it. It's shockingly bad managing over the last 30 years. I'm not seeing it's good now either.[/quote]

The infra was delayed precisely because the Council then did not have the courage to raise taxes.  [/quote]

Are you kidding? That's just not the truth. Our real estate taxes went up hugely over the years (decades) prior to this recent Council. Alexandria City was flush with cash but just didn't manage the city revenue income correctly as evidenced by the pile up on expenditures now. Time=money flow. [/quote]

The rates increased? Or the assessments?  [/quote]

Rates and assessments. So you are happy that mandatory and known city infrastructure needs were put off while the City was flush with cash, pp? You're denying it was a major oversight and now we are stuck in a perfect storm in Alexandria City? Just look at PY Metro comments by fellow Alexandrian's. How many decades was that project delayed to the point? ps. I forgot to mention Kerry as a past mayor: he gets no pass on this mess.[/quote]

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