Letter: Athletic facilities must be rebuilt or relocated
“This city has got to get its priorities in order and invest in its residents.”
Year in Review: Readers weighed in on development, health care, UNCA and more
The letters to the editor, commentaries and online comments published in Xpress over 2024 yield insights into readers’ concerns that hit close to home.
Letter: Now is the time to rest and heal
“Now is the time to heal, to go into winter so we can emerge, knowing and resilient and not defeated.”
Letter: Shop local and divest from Israel’s violence
“Year-round, choose to boycott companies that do business with Israel and support local artisans and small businesses trying to survive in the hurricane’s aftermath.”
Letter: Demand transparency in funding decisions
“I urge our county leaders to include citizens in the decision-making process for grant applications and allocations.”
Should the River Arts District be rebuilt?
“I believe city and county officials, artists, historians, creative builders and thinkers should all join to come up with the best of possibilities.”
Pop quiz
My Story: Sending hugs and healing
“It’s a small thing, but my hope is that people will find a shiny amethyst or rose quartz crystal while wandering through town. It’s a message that everything is going to be all right.”
Letter: Challenges are crushing small-business owners
“These businesses are not only the lifeblood of our character and economy, these are personal livelihoods of not only the owners but all the employees.”
Cleaning up the district
Letter: Profoundly disappointed in General Assembly
“Though they claimed the bill was a ‘disaster relief bill,’ only 11 pages out of 131 had anything to do with helping WNC.”
Letter: Help derail cynical power grab of a bill
“It is a 131-page mashup of a bill, cynically named, ‘Disaster Relief.’ I can only guess the disaster referred to was their shellacking by North Carolina voters!”
Opinion: People living in tents — a real story, or a pretext for political outrage?
By now, this story of locals living in flimsy tents post-Helene has taken on a life of its own. So where does the truth lie? Are we edging into urban myth territory, or are our neighbors toughing out the coldest temperatures of the year in lightweight tents?
Letter: Nuclear war would dwarf Helene
“Survivors will be without law and order, without medical care, without food, and suffering from radiation sickness. There will be no help.”
Letter: Focusing on things that matter
“As parents, teachers, employers, employees and citizens, what we do at the local level has consequences for our community, state, nation and the world.”
Off the charts
Letter: Three cheers for Chandler at water department
“Although there are many, many heroes deserving of recognition and acclaim during these weeks, none stand out quite like Clay Chandler and his people at the Water Resources Department.”
Candyland cleanup
Letter: Public housing residents get no relief
“Recent letters and news reports have shown clearly that for relief after the flooding, public housing residents in Asheville have more problems and got dumped on, evicted and neglected by the city again.”
Letter: Bear cartoon misses funny bone
“Poking fun at people who lost their homes and businesses is no laughing matter.”