Alex joined City Paper as Loose Lips in January 2022, following stops at a variety of D.C.-area media outlets. At publications including the Washington Business Journal, ARLnow, and InsideNoVa, he focused on the region’s housing crisis, the arrival of Amazon HQ2, and local politics of all kinds. A Northern Virginia native and Virginia Tech grad, Alex spends his time away from work watching too much TV, obsessing over his hometown Pittsburgh teams, and trying to sample all the world’s gins.
Alex’s latest stories
The Push for a D.C. Council Resolution Demanding a Ceasefire in Gaza Is Roiling the Wilson Building
The Israel-Palestine conflict has led to arguments and hurt feelings all around the world for centuries. The Wilson Building is no exception now. The Middle East may be thousands of miles away from the District, but Loose Lips hears that the violence in Gaza has prompted all manner of conflict among D.C. politicos over the…
A D.C. Employee Got Caught Having Sex on the Job and Filming It On His Work Phone
The Public Service Commission, an otherwise sleepy agency charged with regulating D.C.’s gas and electric utilities, seldom makes the news. But for the past few months, the PSC has been hiding a sexy secret. A now-former chief at PSC was caught having sex with a co-worker while on the clock and filming it with his…
The Council Saved Pay Raises for Child Care Workers. But Another Battle with the CFO Forced Painful Cuts.
You’re probably as tired of reading about the Pay Equity Fund, the chief financial officer, and the 2025 budget as Loose Lips is of writing about them. Nevertheless, there has been enough new drama that LL begs forbearance as he regales you with what is (hopefully) the final chapter in this story. The Council closed…