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To the editor: My husband moved me to the City of Alexandria 17 years ago, saying this was a great place to live and raise our kids, because he believes in the virtue of walkable communities and diversity – especially equity. Well, I have to say that the latter is far from true. Ten years ago, a group of parents got together to petition the city for a regulation competition pool. This was so the T.C. Williams High School students didn’t need to travel 30 to 40 minutes for home meets and to mitigate drowning, and engage children in swimming. In fact, we have a recreation center named after an Alexandrian child who drowned: Charles Houston. For five years Advocates for Alexandria Aquatics visited pools and community leaders, got sponsors and secured $2.5 million for a competition pool knowing that their children would never reap the benefits of the pool. They did it for the love of Alexandria and swim/dive. ....
City Council candidate Bill Rossello literally has widespread involvement in the Alexandria community. A Baltimore native of Puerto Rican descent, Rossello moved to Alexandria in 1988 and married his wife, Bonnie, a year later. During his more than three decades in the city, Rossello has lived in three of Alexandria’s distinct neighborhoods – Old Town, North Ridge and Seminary Hill. According to Rossello, his long-standing connection to the city and its residents distinguishes him from most of the other candidates running for council in the June 8 Democratic primary. “The rest of the folks are relatively, you know, they haven’t lived here very long, they haven’t seen a lot, they don’t really understand, in my mind, the full context of where we’ve been as a city,” Rossello said. ....
Alexandria Passes First Collective Bargaining Ordinance in Virginia City employees will have the right to collective bargaining by May 1. The City of Alexandria on Saturday became the first jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia to pass a collective bargaining ordinance. The ordinance gives city employees the right to bargain about most workplace issues, including pay, benefits, grievances and other disputes. According to a memo from City Manager Mark Jinks, the ordinance is likely to cost the city money. The fiscal impact of a shift to a collective bargaining environment is likely to be material both in the short and long term, as personnel costs comprise some two-thirds of the overall City operating expenses. It is expected that collective bargaining agreements will result in City employee pay and benefits likely being higher than they otherwise would have been absent collective bargaining, Jinks wrote. However, the City does retain the right to de ....
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