To the Editor:
David Letterman has retired but his Top Ten classic survives. The locals Top Ten mayoral issues are:
Alexandria is one of the nation’s top 10 densest cities. The candidates define “build dense” as?
In 1984 Vice Mayor Ticer said that the Parker-Gray 4-3 vote, “would give the neighborhood protection from development around the anticipated Braddock Road Metro Station.” Gray’s Jim Crow legacy is useful only when preserving public housing in place.
Vice Mayor Silberberg argues against Old Town’s Waterfront Development Plan. Yet she selectively favors zoning changes a la Washington Street.
Mayor Euille lives in a neighborhood where gunshots are heard. Yet he does not condemn it?
If spoken references should be gender neutral should not Alexandria’s recreational facilities also be neutrally interpreted?
Of the three mayoral candidates, who is best able to lead a council composed of Democrats, Republicans and or Independents? Compromise is needed.
Both Mayors Euille and Donley claim credit for construction of Samuel Tucker Elementary School. Yet neither they nor Vice Mayor Silberberg claim credit for completion of the recently constructed, $45 million Jefferson Houston School. The candidates define waste as?
The elected Alexandria School Board should not revert to appointed because?
Mayor Euille, a WMATA board member, has yet to challenge changes to Alexandria’s Blue line service. Still council plans another Blue line metro station.
Mayor Euille, with Vice Mayor Silberberg’s help, has spent through a budget surplus Mayor Donley once helped to create.
Not all wants can be politically satisfied. Not all wants — civic, federal or developer — have been smartly considered. More than half of Alexandria’s housing stock is rental.
The mayor’s race will be decided on June 9. Vote.
Nolan Alexander