To the Editor:
Mayor Bill Euille has been presiding over a flood of high-density development, despite the certainty of increased traffic, decreased parking-per-capita, and certain damage to the ambience of the historic district, the much-to-be pitied goose of golden egg fame.
Allison Silberberg wants better development, not less, in the spirit of Patsy Ticer who has endorsed her. Her credible alternatives include less furious borrowing for dubious ends and more open space and affordable housing rather than less. She doubts that yet more high-density development will create more tax revenue than it devours, because it never has, despite endless claims to the contrary. Perhaps above all, she is the only candidate pledging more consideration of the needs and wishes of resident property owners, whose taxes — not those of largely absentee business owners — contribute well over half of Alexandria’s revenue.
Robert Pringle
Alexandria