Letter to the Editor: Stop the City's Community Engagement Campaign
Alexandrian Annabelle Fisher says it's telling that during the first meeting there was no time for Q&A and the project is a "waste of time."
To the Editor, Having attended the first meeting for Alexandria's new attempt at citizen engagement and dialogue on Nov. 15, my major comment and suggestion is that if Mayor Euille, City Manager Young, our current elected officials and city staff are really serious about this "engagement campaign," then vote to stop this plan ASAP, hopefully before the last council meeting in December. Then we can really move forward with some real discussions between city staff, mayor/council members and developers if appropriate regarding any major issues of concerns whether they relate to development, transportation issues, etc. Eliminate the middle guy, i.e., advisory groups, a majority of boards and commissions except those mandated by the …
Annabelle Fisher
10:41 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
From the comments i have read about my letter re: Alexandria's engagement process, i need to clarify that I do not live in Old Town and most references were about the Waterfront. I live in the W. End and not one of our elected officials took any responsibility for BRAC-133, the Beauregard Small Area Plan changes. This "engagement process" and the "poll results" was stuff our elected officials … more ›