“If the governor sincerely believes that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is just as bad as racism, why isn’t he pushing as hard as he can to get those groups added to HB2’s list of protected classes?’
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Letter writer: Free event should have included parking
“Sure enough, thanks to a regional dance competition at the Civic Center, we had to pay $5 for parking in order to attend a free concert at Pack Library.”
Letter writer: Don’t let litter go to the dogs
“As residents of Asheville, let’s be proud of our city and stop acting like cigarette butts and chewing gum are not litter — they are!”
Letter writer: Call police about suspicious activity
‘There is an old proverb that goes, ‘Many hands make light work’; we can do that for our community.’
Letter writer: Good government or taxation by deception?
“Now the housing market is really booming and — surprise! — they want to do another reassessment.”
Letter writer: Vance was a great man who served our people well
“I believe he well deserves our respect and the monument that stands in his honor!”
Letter writer: In inclusive world, we must legally embrace all
“It seems a slap in the face to so blatantly exclude protection on the basis of sexual orientation/gender identity.”
Letter writer: Heritage trees need city protection
“Asheville should no longer tolerate our historic trees being mowed down like summer weeds.”
Letter writer: HB2 prompts Asheville company’s decision
“While we will continue to keep our headquarters here in Asheville, a city dear to us, we will move our U.S. operations to Colorado with its more progressive policies.”
Letter writer: Story of survival was powerful, positive
“Hearing her story of survival and about her angel guides was very powerful and positive. It truly moved me.”
Letter writer: Article may generate discussion on near-death experiences
“Central to the process of scientific inquiry is an openness to new data. It appears that our scientific models cannot adequately deal with the data from [near-death experiences] and similar events.”
Letter writer: Patty Duke was great actor and human being
“Perhaps it’s like singer Harry Chapin said, ‘The real ones learn it somewhere.'”
Letter writer: Converting chicken manure into chicken salad
“I was especially grateful for yet another example of the capacity of our community’s progressive-liberal-socialists to convert chicken manure into chicken salad.”
Letter writer: In HB2 issue, what about locker rooms and showers?
“I don’t want to see transgendered people’s rights violated in any way, but given the transgendered make up only around 0.03 percent of the U.S. population, what about the rights of the other 99.7 percent? Just asking.”
Letter writer: Give Vance a chance
“I am all for never seeing a Confederate flag again, but we need proper context for our precedents who lived in a world so different from our own.”
Letter writer: Neighborhood group opposes homestays ordinance change
“We believe the city of Asheville should be run first and foremost for the majority of the citizens who live here. We should encourage tourism, but not at the expense of those who live and work here.”
Letter writer: Local chefs disappoint with flavors
“It appears that the chefs create menu items that look good on paper, but they forget that the most important thing is that the flavors of the food need to be tasted, not hidden under a massive complex mixture of stuff that sounds exotic.”
Letter writer: New law takes 300 steps backward
“I ask that everyone who is directly affected and not directly affected use their voice and speak up, because until we do, we will live in the world with many technological advances but an ignorant society.”
Letter writer: Stand together for equality
“This law states that it is now legal to discriminate against LGBT+ people for no reason other than their sexual or gender orientation.”
Letter writer: Listen to people facing discrimination
“There are so many people, not only transgender but of many other minorities, who may be fired from their jobs, kicked out of their houses, and otherwise discriminated against just because of who they are.”
Letter writer: Religious exemptions institutionalize bigotry
“As to the religious aspect [of HB2], might I remind you that the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution forbade states (which are signatory) from passing such (specifically, and intentionally discriminatory) laws — even though the South has traditionally held to retention of the ‘old ways.'”