Tag: October 1959
Sales Tax Scandal Rocks Virginia: Corruption or Pragmatism?
October 29, 1959, will be remembered as the day the politicians in Virginia’s capital, Richmond, got caught in a tangled web of taxation and power struggles. Governor Almond, the mastermind behind the plan to introduce a sales tax, had been secretly meeting with his advisors to hammer out the details of the state’s 1960-1962 budget.…
Truancy Epidemic Rocks Alexandria: Councilman Threatens to Block School Funds
In a scathing rebuke to the Alexandria School Board, Councilman John J. Ewald warned that he may oppose new school construction unless they endorse a compulsory attendance law. Ewald’s bold move came as he decried the city’s failure to address the growing problem of truancy in Alexandria. ‘Today, we see children who should be in…
