Council Candidates Address Schools, Waterfront and Transportation Issues
In a 14-person forum, council candidates outlined their views on some of the city's top issues.
Fourteen candidates for City Council sat elbow-to-elbow Wednesday night, offering highlights of their accomplishments and snapshots of their positions on Alexandria’s waterfront, school system and transportation issues. The event, held at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, was hosted by the Taylor Run Civic Association and moderated by association board member Michael Cook. Candidate Michael Hepburn was unable to attend due to suffering an asthma attack earlier and incumbent Councilwoman Alicia Hughes declined to attend via a statement in which she said, among other things: “the Democratic Party slate should be settled before jumping into any candidate mix.” Mayoral candidates Bill Euille, the current Democratic mayor, and …
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3:45 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012
If you wish to hear more from the candidates, the Alexandria Democratic Committee is sponsoring two debates before the primary. The first one is this coming Wednesday night at 7:30 PM at Hammond Middle School. It won't be easy to hold a debate with 14 people but the ADC has established rules for the debate and there will be a moderator from the Sorensen Institute. All interested voters are … more ›