“The continuation of the Asheville Film Society in Asheville (and in a downtown location) helps to enrich our culture here, and its demise would be a sad thing.”
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Letter: Prepare young people to deal with threats
“Preparing young people to defend our country is not keeping them from learning. It is making their education more realistic and comprehensive.”
Letter: Voter discrimination — let’s not do it again
“In order to give a gloss of public approval to voter discrimination by Republicans, this time they want a state constitutional amendment to require the photo ID.”
Letter: NC needs medical marijuana
“Chronic pain sufferers must now go to ‘pain clinics,’ where if marijuana is found in their urine, they will promptly be deprived of the medication they need to function.”
Letter: Will I be welcome in Asheville?
“Am I welcome in your town? Almost daily, I see another jab at ‘the tourists.’ We seem to be the bane of your existence.”
Letter: Van Duyn knuckles under on district elections ‘compromise’
“I find it appalling that Ms. Van Duyn thinks it wiser to engage a senator that isn’t even from Buncombe County, much less Asheville, to support legislation that isn’t favored by the citizens of our city.”
Letter: Would you like citizen initiatives in NC?
As of April, 71 citizen initiatives were on ballots across the country for 2018. Sick of gerrymandering and want to force nonpartisan districting? Michigan has a citizen initiative for that on November’s ballot. Believe in Medicaid expansion and want it in your state, but the legislature won’t pass it? Citizens put that issue on the […]
Letter: Advocate for better e-cig policies for students
“The Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County Schools policy codes state that e-cigarettes are prohibited within schools and consequences may include restorative justice programs, but these programs are extremely vague, and there have been no signs of follow-through.”
Letter: It takes a village to end homelessness
“The reason for this extraordinary housing retention rate is Homeward Bound doesn’t just put people in homes and forget about them; we provide ongoing support called case management.”
Letter: Airport should rethink parking plan
“The airport should reopen the entire long-term lot in order to ‘preserve choice for passengers.'”
Letter: Don’t negate Asheville’s mountain charm
“Before the project proposal goes to the City Council, I implore Asheville Planning and Zoning to decline the 104-foot height variation from the existing 80-foot code.”
Letter: Price is a working man for working people
“He reminds me of the village blacksmith who laid aside his hammer and cooled his forge to stand fast with his neighbors against tyranny at Old North Bridge.”
Letter: Telling the story of integration at Asheville High
“It would make a historical and moving work about a critical time in Asheville’s history and also be an inspiring statement that could be a teaching lesson for the whole city.”
Letter: Price will improve government, not destroy it
“He supports health care coverage for all, protecting the environment and public schools.”
Letter: Takeaways from VeganFest
“What touches me deeply is that those we heard from at the festival were vegans not only for health reasons or competitive athletics, but also for the animals.”
Letter: Demand action to protect immigrant children
“Instead of being given the opportunity to build a better and safer life, as my family was, immigrant families are literally being torn apart for political theater. Seeking asylum is not in of itself a crime.”
Letter: Speak out to deter sexual harassment
“As a man myself, I want to put the message out there that a person’s behavior is that person’s responsibility.”
Letter: Developers, breweries and hoteliers come first
“So in the name of progress, neighborhoods are being displaced, communities’ concerns are being ignored, and the people charged to serve the greater good have given over to the avarice of so-called ‘progress.'”
Letter: Airport is committed to responsibly managing growth
“The airport board and management team are committed to managing the exciting growth as responsibly and efficiently as possible.”
Letter: GOP lawmakers feed their power addiction
“The most recent ploy to feed their addiction to power is that of spending state tax dollars to fund so-called pregnancy crisis centers that are in fact run by anti-choice groups that likely have church or religious affiliations, centers that do not offer family planning services, that do not offer other women’s health services.”
Letter: Thanks to Frost for standing up to companies
“It’s time someone asked whether we get our money’s worth from these corporate handouts.”