It promises to be a busy meeting tonight as Asheville City Council considers an equality resolution aimed at protecting the rights of LGBT citizens, as well as a controversial Ingles expansion, among other items. Follow live Twitter coverage here.
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Verrrry interesting. Esther M. was the swing vote on these changes to the UDO. She voted ‘yes’ at the last meeting, but then sometime between then & now, somebody connected to this issue hires an attorney from her law firm, thereby forcing her to recuse herself from the vote. Cecil was practically spitting, he was so mad.
But then equally surprising, Jan Davis & Terry Bellamy switched their votes (without explaining why), so the amendments passed unanimously, even without Esther.
Verrrrrry interesting.
Bellamy’s gotta go
anyone know when the city council meeting will be rebroadcast on the city channel? I wasn’t able to watch it live.
You can stream it whenever, right here:
http://media.ashevillenc.gov/council/formal2-22-11.wmv
Be warned, however: the audio sucks.