ALEXANDRIA, Va – Mayor Alyia Gaskins on Saturday rejected a Georgia congressman’s bid to fold Alexandria and Arlington back into the District of Columbia, calling the proposal “absolutely ridiculous and a huge distraction” in her morning video update.
“We are proud Virginians. We chose to live in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Gaskins said in the video posted to her social media accounts. “Someone would feel that in a democracy where people are supposed to be able to voice their opinions, their perspectives by voting, that people would decide, well, if you disagree with me, I’m going to change the rules. … That’s not happening here in Alexandria. We’re not going to let that happen.”
The mayor first signaled her opposition Thursday night, sharing The Alexandria Brief’s coverage of the bill on Instagram with the comment: “And this will not be happening.”…