Three years ago, a story in the Gazette-Packet revealed that the City of Alexandria was in violation of its own City Charter as enacted by the General Assembly (Alexandria Gazette Packet, May 15-21, 2014, page 4). Not all rules and regulations of the city were on deposit with the city manager and accompanied by a well-indexed file, all open for public inspection.

Upon recent inquiry, the City Attorney’s Office responded for the city manager, saying the documents will be “compiled and available for public inspection in one centralized location in the beginning of the year.” No mention was made of the mandatory “well-indexed file of the rules and regulations so filed.”