CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Pride of Ownership

    Question: Who owns this dilapidated home on historic Albert Street? The answer may surprise you. If you live in Alexandria, you should drive by the place; it is directly across the street from the City’s Public Safety Complex, and, unfortunately, it looks much worse in person than on Google Maps.

  • Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

    Bizarrely, local blogger and attorney Greg Aymond is now endorsing Von Jennings’s candidacy for Mayor of Alexandria. Mr. Aymond, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, has remained outspoken about his views on race. In March, Mr. Aymond wrote that “ethics among Blacks is usually a lacking character trait,” suggesting that African-Americans were, by and large, not well-equipped to serve on the State Ethics Board. (Though, to be fair, he did suggest that there were probably some qualified African-Americans). He’s called the majority African-American City Council a “pack of monkeys.” In December of 2008, Mr. Aymond called several local…

  • Gautreaux Campaign Renounces Tea Party Pledge

    From Andrew Tuozzolo, campaign manager for Butch Gautreaux, a Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor: Speaking for the campaign, and for the candidate, Butch Gautreaux at no time has ever endorsed or shared the goals, purposes, or methods of the “Tea Party.” His name’s appearance on the NCLA Tea party website and pledge is a mistake that, now brought to the attention of the campaign, is being rectified as quickly as possible. He will be asking that his name be removed from all NCLA Tea Party affiliated content. The Tea Party ideals and philosophy, despite often draped in patriotic verbiage and rationalization, are…