In her recent article "Keeping Coal Ash Contained: EPA Proposes New Coal-Ash Regs" [May 19], author Susan Andrew quotes Progress Energy spokesperson Scott Sutton confidently claiming, "The EPA has evaluated the health safety of CCPs three times since 1980, and all three times the agency determined that these products should be regulated as non-hazardous." Since […]

In your recent cover story by Margaret Williams [“Caught in the Web?”, Dec. 17], it was incorrectly suggested that The Global Report, having forfeited newspaper production, is now “online only.” Not so. The nonprofit Global Report news project continues to be a unique, grassroots, multimedia project. Every week, dozens of volunteers devote a lot of […]

I’m all for more democracy and dialogue. However, I might take exception to Xpress dignifying with front-page publicity the mid-19th century, gutter-level discourse that the Carolina Stompers represent [“Fighting Mad,” Dec. 5, 2007]. A friend of mine brought up an interesting point: Considering the rich, dignified and multifarious history of worthwhile activist organizations in Asheville, […]

Anyone interested in preserving democracy in Asheville should immediately demand that City Council abandon the move to make our city elections partisan affairs. What this motion will do is effectively shut out citizens from voting in primary elections unless they pledge allegiance to either corporate duopoly party. As it stands, any citizen can weed out […]