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Letter: Make voices heard on climate emergency

Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 by Letters

“This is an emergency — we should act like it!”

1.5 K views3LettersOpinion

Letter: City Council needs to fight for climate action

Posted on December 5, 2019December 3, 2019 by Letters

“Council had the courage to fight the state over the election process. Let’s hope they find the courage to choose to fight over this life-and-death climate emergency.”

1.5 K views5LettersOpinion

Letter: A big mistake to close wheelchair clinic

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by Letters

“If a patient or client has a poor-fitting wheelchair and/or poor seating, it contributes to an endless cascade of treatments, suffering and hospitalizations instead of patient progress.”

1.2 K views2LettersOpinion

Letter: Wheelchair clinic’s closure will be devastatin­g

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 by Letters

“The clinic serves young children, adolescents and adults with conditions including spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida and cerebral palsy. … A perfect fit is necessary — not just for comfort — but to prevent potentially life-threatening pressure sores.”

1.9 K views3LettersOpinion

Letter: Grateful to help animals through Brother Wolf

Posted on December 1, 2019November 30, 2019 by Letters

“We choose to support Brother Wolf because of the value it brings to our community and the animals’ lives it saves.”

2.1 K views2LettersOpinion

Letter: Share prevention info, breakthrou­ghs on HIV and hep C

Posted on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 by Letters

“Younger members of our communities are vulnerable when not provided enough knowledge to avoid getting this easily preventable viral infection and not to become a continuous cycle of new generations with HIV in decades to come.”

1.9 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Smith offers push for occupancy tax changes

Posted on November 27, 2019November 25, 2019 by Letters

“Once in the Senate, I will push to change this so that the city and county can control this tax. We need more funding for infrastructure and services!”

1.7 K views5LettersOpinion

Letter: Thanks for highlighti­ng needs of women vets

Posted on November 26, 2019November 25, 2019 by Letters

“Thank you to letter writer Betty Sharpless for making this vet aware of the plight of women vets in our state and area and of the Aura Home Women Vets nonprofit to help them.”

1.0 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Health care is at a tipping point

Posted on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 by Letters

“My story hardly registers on the health care scale of misery. Others have experienced far worse, losing their life savings for not being ‘in network.'”

2.0 K views1LettersOpinion

Letter: Demand that your reps hold Trump accountabl­e

Posted on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 by Letters

“Please call your Congress people and demand that they hold Trump accountable for this disaster.”

1.9 K views2LettersOpinion

Letter: Save money by going green

Posted on November 17, 2019November 16, 2019 by Letters

“Believing in climate change is not a precondition for saving money and breathing cleaner air, especially when it is so convenient and easy to do!”

2.6 K views5LettersOpinion

Letter: Downtown hotels should pay living wage

Posted on November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 by Letters

“As real estate prices climb and cost of living goes up and up, the only solution is to pay workers more.”

3.3 K views11LettersOpinion

Letter: Frequency trumps later bus hours

Posted on November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 by Letters

“I want to voice support for whose opinion was in the issue two weeks ago that outlined the need for more frequent buses.”

1.4 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Climate action should be a priority

Posted on November 13, 2019November 12, 2019 by Letters

“Fortunately, there appears to be a growing realization that a massive, war-like mobilization effort is needed to combat the climate crisis.”

3.4 K views26LettersOpinion

Letter: City shouldn’t force residents to drink fluoridate­d water

Posted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 by Letters

“If you want to use fluoride on your teeth, you have that right. But the city of Asheville has no right to force its residents to ingest and swallow a known neurotoxin that is on the same short list with lead and mercury for its neurotoxic effect on humans.”

3.5 K views25LettersOpinion

Letter: Thank you, veterans, for your service

Posted on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 by Letters

“To all veterans, I want to say thank you on behalf of our entire organization for your service to our country and for all that you and your loved ones have done to guarantee our freedom and way of life.”

1.5 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Don’t forget the women vets

Posted on November 10, 2019November 9, 2019 by Letters

“Aura Home Women Vets is helping homeless women veterans in Western North Carolina and many adjacent states. They can help with rental deposits, connecting women with available resources and have transitional housing to help women get back on their feet.”

2.5 K views16LettersOpinion

Letter: Scam reinforces beliefs about banks

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 by Letters

“This just reinforces the belief that banks only care about themselves and public image as reported in the media.”

2.5 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Preventing bears from snacking on your trash

Posted on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 by Letters

“Come on, all you North Ashevilleans — keep your unadorned trash bins. Put them out within an hour or two of the expected pickup times and spray them inside and out with ammonia.”

1.7 K views3LettersOpinion

Letter: Asheville bus system needs cash infusion

Posted on November 7, 2019November 6, 2019 by Letters

“If we want to solve traffic problems and impact climate change, we need to make transit clean, on time and frequent enough to attract commuters, shoppers and tourists alike.”

2.8 K views10LettersOpinion

Letter: Gospel Jerry is not really gospel

Posted on November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 by Letters

“Climate change is one of the most ridiculous rallying cries of the left lunatics. This doomsday scenario has been pushed on us for 50 years.”

2.6 K views12LettersOpinion
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