“Before we go hog wild on marketing Asheville to the world, can we pause (or at least more slowly ramp up) to consider what’s best for the city and its inhabitants?”
Author: Letters
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Letter: The future of Charlotte Street
“While I don’t like opposing friends and neighbors who are afraid of the proposed development, I do think we need to recognize that the city is growing and changing, especially this area near downtown.”
Letter: Cramming 10 gallons in 5-gallon bucket of Charlotte Street
“The view of Ms. Hudson and others that we have no choice but to be swamped under the deluge of people who want to be here is — in my opinion — misguided.”
Letter: Honoring Nina Simone
“Let’s replace that obelisk with a giant microphone in honor of the late, great Nina Simone!”
Letter: Charlotte Street project opposition sounds familiar
“While I am not in favor of this particular project — I do feel the native homes are worth preserving — the problem is the same forces rallying to oppose this are the same folks who oppose every new development.”
Letter: Asheville is ‘sold out’
“So my question is: Why do we have to accommodate more and more people who want to live here?”
Letter: Buncombe marches off to war$$$
“Buncombe County can no longer afford peace on Earth.”
Letter: Asheville deserves better than ‘either/or’ thinking
“In my experience, healthy development is always a negotiation and always requires developers to revise their initial ambitious plans.”
Letter: Landowners should be able to exercise their rights
“The city’s role should be to facilitate, not impede, the landowners’ exercise of their rights and liberties, including property rights.”
Letter: Save Charlotte Street
“Asheville is a small city and applying mega-urban-growth ideals is not what this city is all about.”
Letter: Asheville and Buncombe schools should be all one
“The bloated Asheville City Schools needs to be heavily doctored and combined into Buncombe County Schools for the desired all-one effect.”
Letter: County government spending is an election issue
“If we elect spendthrifts, the funds will be wasted. We need to be careful about who we vote for.”
Letter: ACS should fix two-tiered enrollment system
“It is past time to significantly update or eliminate the two-tiered enrollment system and officially recognize and figure out transportation for “out-of-district” students who live in Asheville Housing Authority projects and economically depressed areas in the city of Asheville that are locked out of the legacy district boundaries.”
Letter: Buncombe County — cog in wheel of death or prizewinner?
“And within a year, Buncombe County, where Pratt & Whitney has recently broken ground, will become another cog in the wheel of death.”
Letter: Perplexed by shortsighted, myopic opinions
“Does no one see these things affect each other?”
Letter: The occupancy tax and the soul of the city
“The secret was out long ago. So, just how many millions do we need to promote, to advertise this town?”
Letter: Legislators should work on something useful
“Get your minds off of what might or might not be in someone’s pants, legislators, and work on something useful like expanding Medicaid or increasing teachers’ pay.”
Letter: Insist that local government takes the long view
“Buncombe County as a whole is actively ‘paving paradise to put up a parking lot.'”
Letter: Done right, child care funds will help families, economy
“In Buncombe County and across our state, the demand for child care spots far exceeds the supply.”
Letter: City needs to keep camping out of parks
“The city of Asheville needs to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on camping in city parks. It is not sustainable, is unsanitary and just plain does not work.”
Letter: A gentrified and homogenized Asheville
“If the ratio of wages to housing cost doesn’t get under control for the creative working schlubs of this town, we will all have to go.”