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• Bill Russell endorses Davis, Hunt and Cates for city council

  Jake Frankel | 11/07/2011

  Asheville City Council member Bill Russell posted a Nov. 4 message to his Facebook page endorsing Jan Davis, Marc Hunt, and Mark Cates for Council.

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• Asheville City Council faces showdown over Blue Ridge Pride proclamation

  

  David Forbes | 09/26/2011

  City proclamations aren't typically a point of controversy, but the Asheville City Council meeting tomorrow, Sept. 27, will see an exception. A proclamation recognizing the Blue Ridge Pride festival is on the New Business portion of the agenda, as Mayor Terry Bellamy refused to endorse it.

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• The Beat: Bill Russell drops out of Asheville City Council race; more...

  Webmaster | 09/13/2011

  Bill Russell withdraws from Council race; Governor revs up I-26 connector schedule; Facebook-savvy police surprise Patton Avenue cruisers, call for moderation; Thermo Fisher Scientific will expand Asheville operations and add 110 jobs

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• Local Matters: Russell drops from City race, poverty legal aid and Asheville as a "cesspool of sin"

  

  Margaret Williams and David Forbes | 09/10/2011

  In this edition of Local Matters — the Xpress weekly news podcast — reporter David Forbes talks about City Council member Bill Russell dropping out of his bid for re-election, Pisgah Legal Services efforts to increase access to legal help for the poor, and the recent claim by NC State Sen. James Forrester that Asheville is a "cesspool of sin."

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• Bill Russell withdraws from Asheville City Council race

  

  David Forbes | 09/09/2011

  Asheville City Council member Bill Russell has withdrawn from the race. Russell, in a statement released on the Scrutiny Hooligans political blog, wrote that "there would be no greater regret for me than if I was not there fully for my kids with my time and energy as they move through these most important years of their lives."

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• Asheville City Council field grows to five

  

  David Forbes | 07/08/2011

  With two incumbents still undecided and one week left in the filing period, five candidates — Tim Peck, Saul Chase, Marc Hunt, Mark Cates and current Council member Bill Russell — are officially running for Asheville City Council.

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• Filing day

  

  David Forbes | 07/01/2011

  The election season for Asheville City Council, and several other municipalities, kicked off today as the official filing period opened at noon. Incumbent Council member Bill Russell and candidate Marc Hunt both showed up at the Board of Elections to file. Hunt and Russell talk to an onlooker who's just snapped their photo. Photo by Jerry Nelson.

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• Asheville Council member Bill Russell will run for re-election

  

  David Forbes | 07/01/2011

  Asheville City Council member Bill Russell tells Xpress he will run for a second term. Russell is the first incumbent in this cycle to announce he's running for re-election. Filing begins today at noon.

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• The Beat news roundup: Grand Old Party poopers

  

  Jake Frankel | 09/19/2010

  It was a bad week for the Buncombe County Republican Party. The party and its chairman, Chad Nesbitt, were harshly criticized for a 9/11 fundraiser and an associated video; the Board of Elections found their highly publicized complaints over an early voting site to be based on faulty information; and Asheville City Councilman Bill Russell left the party, citing its "antics that demonize people" and "political games."

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• Asheville City Council

  

  Hal L. Millard | 09/24/2008

  Council to consider another downtown hotel project: 51 Biltmore would include massive parking garage

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