“One of our clients who was the most arrested person in Asheville prior to engaging with us at Woodfin now has an 83% decrease in law enforcement interaction.”
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Letter: COVID-19 vaccine resistance explained
“COVID-19 vaccine resistance is just one piece of a broader pushback movement by the majority of Americans who value conservative prudence over liberal pretense.”
Letter: Mandate vaccinations at Mission!
“Mission HCA needs to get its priorities straight and heed the recommendations of public health and medical experts.”
Letter: Invest in climate, care, jobs and justice for NC
“Right now, there’s a historic opportunity to invest $3.5 trillion in our communities by passing the Build Back Better deal.”
Letter: Neighbors, let’s use the golden rule
“We don’t necessarily need threats of fines to learn to change our behavior. We just need to bring back the golden rule.”
Letter: The power of literacy can change lives
“We have a literacy crisis in our community, but our community is stepping up to change this.”
Letter: Want a better city? Do your part
“So for local businesses, pay your workers more and within a couple of weeks, ‘crime’ will start to decline.”
Letter: Why have land-use plans if they can’t be counted on?
“What is the point of envisioning the future if, when the future arrives, the plans are changed and can’t be counted on? People lose trust.”
Letter: Plug-in electric vehicle events dispel misinformation
“Many people are dissuaded from buying PEVs by the clouds of mis- and disinformation that choke honest public discourse.”
Letter: Improving the 101 Charlotte St. project
“As someone who drives this stretch of road every day, I understand both sides of this controversy.”
Letter: Families need reliable, sustainable child care system
“An increase in the subsidy rate formula will allow more centers to continue operating and to increase pay for the child care workforce.”
Letter: For peace, justice and sustainability, recruit green industries
“Providing tax inducements and infrastructure to bring industries here that are not part of the real solution, but are actually part of the ongoing problem, is something that those who truly seek peace, justice and sustainability cannot support.”
Letter: Charlotte Street neighbors could learn from Charlotte
“There are many thriving new businesses and neighborhoods being activated all across Charlotte, especially in the urban infill zones around downtown.”
Letter: Closing libraries will diminish our communities
“Oakley, Swannanoa and Black Mountain would be diminished by the disappearance of these public places — a refuge for many of us.”
Letter: How about a nice campground for the homeless?
“All this might be viewed as a temporary solution or a summertime solution, but it would surely be cheaper for Asheville and possibly even more desirable to some of the homeless people themselves than many shelter or apartment arrangements.”
Letter: Mountain State Fair’s dress code makes no sense
“To add a shoe requirement, for no good reason, to a shirt requirement that had a ridiculous reason, made no logical sense whatsoever.”
Letter: Missing words from peace proclamation
“Perhaps there was a mistake, but Asheville City Mayor Esther Manheimer forgot to include an entire paragraph WNC4Peace submitted for an International Day of Peace proclamation.”
Letter: Meaningful change can start with alternative education
“Early childhood education offers a better model of learning that honors and develops the whole human, but in later grades, schooling is equipped for an industrial world that no longer exists.”
Letter: With libraries (and other projects), start with the people
“Stop building things from the top down! Start with a foundation! The foundation of a district is its people.”
Letter: Arguments against Raytheon plant fall flat
“How far must one live from Gaffney, S.C., in order to avoid culpability for spelling and grammatical errors committed by Bic pens?”
Letter: Modernize but don’t close branch libraries
“Please keep our small local branches and modernize them for future use!”