“Congratulations! To the City of Asheville and all the others involved in deciding and implementing the changes that have turned Merrimon Avenue into a parking lot!”
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My Story: An elder’s brave bike venture
“But alas, that old saying ‘It’s just like riding a bike’ doesn’t hold up anymore. Not because riding a bike is any different, as much as I am. Different.”
Letter: City should provide public toilets and more in West Asheville
“The public toilets and drinking water access points are exactly what our tax dollars should support. No excuses, Mayor Esther Manheimer!”
Letter: How about a new auditorium on the South Slope?
“Why not buy the finished ghost garage on the South Slope from troubled developers for pennies on the dollar and use the balance of the land for a new Thomas Wolfe?”
Letter: Looking for local election news amid the clutter
“Every four years at this time, I get very aggravated by the tendency of next year’s hopeless presidential elections to displace and suppress coverage of this year’s local elections, in which some hope remains.”
Letter: Danger to Asheville from nuclear weapons
“WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility is working on Oppenheimer’s problem.”
Letter: Celebrate local visions of world peace
“Celebrations like the International Day of Peace are efforts to overcome misunderstandings — not against people, but against misplaced fear, war-making, lack of awareness and experience.”
Letter: Don’t try to ‘save the honeybees’
“Honeybees are best described as ‘livestock’ and, like so many other animal husbandry practices, are supplanting native species.”
Letter: Voucher change would hurt public education
“The end result will further dismantle public education, where learning is already under attack.”
Letter: Kudos to the road crews
“The hardworking men and women repaving Charlotte Highway are doing a wonderful job.”
Letter: Bad drivers create traffic hazards in Swannanoa
“The county needs to address this issue or even have an unmarked sheriff’s car keep watch at the yield sign/traffic light on U.S. 70, plus the entrance road to the school.”
Letter: Arguments falter in gender, abortion letters
“From where are your dramatic letter writers getting their misinformation? NPR or rumor or inadequate news coverage?”
Letter: Should APD’s drones monitor public gatherings?
“APD chooses to provide an example where its officers assessed an assault suspect, but they conveniently forget to mention that they’re also surveying what seems to be any political gathering that happens in downtown Asheville, regardless of size.”
Letter: Live in the present and create a better future
“At what point do we give up the oxygen-sucking activity of railing against the past and focus on the battles before us here and now?”
Letter: Let’s be strong for public schools
“North Carolina politicians are close to passing a private school voucher bill that could drain substantial funding from Buncombe County’s public schools.”
Letter: Legalized sports betting will feed addictions
“I believe this will feed people’s addictions, as well as hook some more. Seems the state is more interested in revenue generated.”
Letter: Now’s the time to reimagine monument spot
“Before we rush headlong into anything we may have to tear down again in a few years, shouldn’t we at least give creative minds a chance to come up with some fresh concepts?”
Letter: The General Assembly’s war on LGBTQ kids
“They are all cruel attacks on our young people.”
Letter: The numbers don’t add up for teachers
“As a professional educator with a college degree, will she be able to purchase the house in: (A) five years, (B) 10 years, (C ) 15 years or (D) never?”
Letter: The right to be free, happy and transgender
“The common thread in all of it was how happy we are when we are free to simply live our lives and not be constantly under attack from right-wing politicians and so-called Christians.”
Letter: No appetite for hot dog eating contest
“But perhaps we should ask those willing to pay $5 just to be entertained to alternatively consider giving those $5 to feed the hungry simply out of care and kindness for their fellow human beings who endure impoverishment, not always of their own doing.”