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Defining 'Business Before Council' Surveying Alexandria Times Vol. 14b, No. 20 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper. MAY 17, 2018 Meals tax ELECTION 2018 passes Campaign finance Council votes to re- route Dominion power Defining ‘business before council’ line at public hearing Silberberg, Wilson ers and businesses that rely BY MISSY SCHROTT deny conflicts of on city council decisions, interest in campaign each mayoral candidate has Although the battle contributions separately asserted that do- against increasing Alexan- BY MISSY SCHROTT ing so is a policy he or she dria’s meals tax from 4 to 5 has always followed. percent was all but lost, local Both candidates vying However, the broadness restaurateurs attempted a for mayor have taken an PHOTO/MISSY SCHROTT PHOTO/COURTESY of the term used – “business Hail Mary pass at Saturday’s ethical stand regarding do- Mayor Allison Silberberg and Vice Mayor Justin Wilson. before council” – begs the public hearing. nations to their campaigns. question of what these per- The meals tax, which will Mayor Allison Silberberg do not accept contributions While it is not required sonal policies mean. go into the city’s dedicat- and Vice Mayor Justin Wil- from those who bring busi- that candidates reject con- ed affordable housing fund, son each have claimed they ness before council. tributions from the develop- SEE CAMPAIGN | 10 was tentatively passed at the budget adoption May 3 by a vote of 4-3. Unsurprisingly, Body it was approved at the public Surveying Alexandria hearing by a vote of 4-3, with Vice Mayor Justin Wilson, One morning each year, found along Councilor Paul Smedberg Alexandria’s homeless and Councilor Tim Lovain population is counted waterfront dissenting in both votes. BY ALEXA EPITROPOULOS Days ahead of the fi- A body was found in the nal passage of the meals Carpenter’s Shelter volunteers found Potomac River along the tax hike, several leaders in him living in his car in the parking lot of Alexandria waterfront early the restaurant communi- a West End condominium development. Wednesday morning, ac- ty launched a petition in The man was hesitant to talk when PHOTO/COURTESY CARPENTER'S SHELTER cording to Alexandria Police Carpenter's Shelter building in Alexandria. SEE COUNCIL | 7 the five volunteers approached him. One Department Spokeswoman of the volunteers started a conversation. Crystal Nosal. Slowly, pieces of the man’s story began nonprofit homeless shelter the opportu- Alexandria Fire-EMS INSIDE to unravel: his name, his veteran status, nity to reach someone it might not have tweeted at 6:40 a.m. that Seniors his age, how long he had been living in otherwise. AFD units were responding Celebrate seniors during Older the area. “He’s now on the city’s radar, where to a report of a person in the Americans Month. The man was one of the 15 unshel- he wasn’t before, so we felt quite tri- water. Page 25 tered individuals documented in the umphant,” Lamm said. “… This was so The body was found in early hours of Jan. 25 as part of the city’s exciting [to find] someone else out there the water in the area where Bridal 2018 Point-in-Time Count. Carpenter’s that we weren’t reaching. That, to me, is Potomac Riverboat Co. How to host a do-it-yourself Shelter Deputy Director Mary-Parker the whole reason for the count – to get docks, near the Torpedo wedding the right way. 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Endorsements for has a company policy pro- group – who owns a small council will still be made. hibiting any type of partic- stake in the AlexTimesLLC, “This contribution was ipation in local campaigns, but has no input on the edi- made innocently by a silent we are going to sit this one torial content of the paper – partner who had never been out.” made a financial contribu- part of a newspaper owner- -Times staff ELECTION 2018 Council candidate forum Candidates for council square off in first forum Earn more on Parking, Old Town BID, residents could be subjected to enough buy in from the neigh- You dedicated funding the BID tax. bors as well as the restaurant your savings. debated “Once it was in place, be- community and others up and Can! BY DENISE DUNBAR cause it was a state-based down King Street,” Pepper organization, council could stated. “This last time I voted Twelve Democrats vying extend it to the residents against it because it did not 11-Month for the six slots on that party’s without a public hearing,” Ray have the support of the stake- 17-Month CD Bump Up CD slate for city council faced off warned. “There are a multi- holders.” in a candidates’ forum on May tude of problems I have with Dak Hardwick expressed 2.00 % 1.60 % 9 at the Lyceum. The forum, [the BID].” the strongest support for a Annual Percentage Annual Percentage Yield sponsored by the Old Town Old Town resident Matt BID among the candidates. Yield (APY)* (APY)* Civic Association, featured Feely also stated strong oppo- “I would support a BID go- four incumbents and eight sition to a BID in his neighbor- ing forward,” Hardwick said. Super Guaranteed challengers who presented hood. “I think it’s important for us to Introductory Interest Money 1.25 % Rate for Six Months** their positions on issues rang- “I am absolutely, without have a very active and vibrant Market ing from parking to the pro- any compromise, against the business community on King posed Old Town business im- BID as it was presented,” Feely Street to make sure that we’re % 0.68%-1.08 provement district to whether said. “First, the BID essential- bringing vitality to Alexan- Annual Percentage Yield based on balances Alexandria’s government op- ly represents a government dria. I would make sure that erations should be moved out entity that replicates the kinds the residents are not taxed as Smart savings for you of city hall.
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