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• Advocates for redistricting reform tout new study; poll shows overwhelming support

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  Jake Frankel | 16 days ago

  Ahead of the last election, Buncombe County was split between two congressional districts, and lines were redrawn in ways that helped Republicans get elected to the N.C. Statehouse and Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Now, a new study shows how gerrymandering distorts elections in North Carolina, while a new poll finds overwhelming public support for changing the redistricting process.

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• Asheville City Council will hold special May 7 meeting to authorize water system lawsuit

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  David Forbes | 18 days ago

  Asheville City Council will hold a special May 7 meeting to vote on authorizing legal action over a state proposal to forcibly transfer the water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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• Asheville City Council will hold special May 7 meeting to authorize water system lawsuit

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  David Forbes | 18 days ago

  Asheville City Council will hold a special May 7 meeting to vote on authorizing legal action over a state proposal to forcibly transfer the water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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• Meadows reports back from Congress: 'It's unbelievably bad'

  

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  Jake Frankel | 19 days ago

  Freshman Rep. Mark Meadows met with a group of local business leaders April 30 and shared some scalding thoughts on what he's encountered during his first few months in Congress.

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• What happens to Asheville's water system on May 15?

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  David Forbes | 19 days ago

  As a forcible transfer of Asheville's water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District clears its last legislative hurdles in Raleigh, city staff say relinquishing the system by May 15, as the bill requires, is an administrative impossibility. So what happens to the city's water system in two weeks? "That's a good question," Water Resources Director Steve Shoaf says.

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• 'A horrible situation': millions of gallons of raw sewage spill into French Broad ***UPDATED***

  

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  David Forbes | 20 days ago

  A malfunctioning pump at the Metropolitan Sewerage District plant sent millions of gallons of raw sewage into the French Broad River starting this morning. MSD crews hope to have the "horrible situation" repaired by early afternoon, said MSD Director of Engineering Stan Boyd, and shortly before 3 p.m. the leak was fixed. (Screenshot courtesy of a video uploaded by the nonprofit, French Broad Riverkeeper. The full video can be found in this post.)

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• Cuts threaten to end legal help for 2,200 domestic violence victims

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  David Forbes | 23 days ago

  A $330,000 reduction in Pisgah Legal Services' state and federal funding could leave more than 2,200 local domestic-violence victims without legal assistance. The Asheville-based nonprofit is scrambling to close the gap but may reduce services.

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• Former Asheville City Council member Carl Mumpower threatens to leave GOP over water system bill

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  David Forbes | 24 days ago

  In an announcement, former Asheville City Council member (and former congressional candidate) Carl Mumpower has said he will leave the Republican party over a proposed state bill to forcibly transfer the city's water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District, calling it "legislative theft."

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• Asheville City Council preview: buildings and budgets

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  David Forbes | 28 days ago

  Developments in South Asheville and Tunnel Road are up for consideration at tomorrow night's Asheville City Council meeting, along with (of course) the city's ongoing budget crunch.

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• At budget town hall, Ashevilleans endorse tax hike, some cuts

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  David Forbes | 04/18/2013

  Unlike the last budget crunch town hall, tonight's Asheville City Council forum in South Asheville was less a public comment marathon and more of a brainstorming session. After breaking into small groups, the roughly 40 residents who attended endorsed a property tax increase, along with some cuts and some suggestions of their own, to close Asheville's budget gap.

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