$140K Req’d to Hold The All-At-Large City Council Accountable
In Alexandria, ya gotta find $140K and sue the City to get accountability from the at-large-elected ivory tower. Which, has a lawyer that you're paying via taxes.
Imagine, instead, having YOUR person on City Council helping you, because they were elected by YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD and are looking out for YOUR INTERESTS!
Likely ZFH wouldn't have passed in the first place. But as Roy Byrd says in the article, even if ZFH is nullified something will come to replace it and, "we start all over again."
We don't want it to start again. We need District/Ward elections to protect us from having to start all over again.
Alexandria anti-‘Zoning for Housing’ case gets another day in court
Alexandria Times, James Cullum May 8, 2024 at 3:30pm
Excerpt: “We’re pleased with today’s outcome,” Francuzenko said. “The 30 days creates a significant hardship for citizens to challenge these types of ordinances and we feel the court giving us another opportunity to articulate the harm my clients are experiencing and will experience is in the best interest of the citizens of Alexandria.”
Roy Byrd, chair of the Coalition for a Livable Alexandria, says that the cause is prepared to spend $140,000 in legal fees.
“If we win, as I understand it, then the entire ordinance is overturned,” Byrd said. “Then we have to start all over.”