“The purpose of this letter is … to motivate city/county residents to question the priorities of the APD and the DA in these times of staff shortages and increased serious crime, along with the dire situation of homelessness in Asheville.”
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Letter: How can instructional gaps be closed at Asheville High?
“We are hemorrhaging teachers, and I know the administration is in a hard spot, but leaving kids uninstructed is unacceptable.”
Letter: A pitch for prudent tax policies
“Higher taxes spent on nonproductive programs continue to drive taxpaying residents out of the city.”
Letter: What really caused the mill’s dank odor
“The infamous dank odor referred to is typically due to mercaptans, which are also sulfur compounds with a rotten eggs, boiled cabbage odor.”
Letter: Does tourism bureau have blinders on?
“I only read about one more hotel being built, but nothing to help the tourists and locals find parking. This is a tourist area, so make it tourist-friendly.”
Letter: Keep on truckin’, Xpress
“Grateful for your consistently fine coverage of local news and events and particularly appreciative of all you do to support our vibrant arts community.”
Letter: Pondering upstream cost-share priorities
“Funds might cross lines that regulations can’t cross.”
Letter: Stop revolving door for homeless offenders
“Yes, get them housed and cared for and consider that as ‘time served.’ Stop the revolving door.”
Letter: First the world, then Asheville?
“According to Bill Branyon’s channeling of Lord Robert Cecil, if we would just lay down our arms, peace would break out all over the world.”
Letter: Let’s not despair over EV batteries
“There are many brilliant minds in companies, universities and scientific agencies working diligently to bring us a new generation of batteries.”
Letter: Democracy is at stake in Supreme Court case
“The North Carolina legislature contends that the ‘manner’ implies that the legislature without state court interference can independently determine how districts are drawn, and in an election, how votes are counted, recorded and certified.”
Letter: Add recycling stations and trash cans
“We need to have more transfer stations available for recycling. We also need more waste receptacles that are routinely serviced.”
Letter: Branyon channels revisionist history
“The bottom line is that it takes a very amateur historian to assert that the ‘merchants of death’ are the cause of war.”
Letter: Pointers on poo-bag etiquette
“Please stop leaving your poo bags by the side of the trails! It’s littering; be a responsible pet owner.”
Letter: Edwards should listen to the people, not NRA
“For too long, the Second Amendment has been cherry-picked by politicians like Edwards and Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis, who value their ‘A’ National Rifle Association rating over the voices of the American people.”
Letter: Cloth bags are better alternative to plastic
“The best way to replace plastic bags is by making cloth and canvas ones. Cotton is a renewable resource.”
Letter: Choose paper over plastic to help planet
“Even if it is something as simple as using paper bags instead of plastic bags, every little bit counts.”
Letter: Illusions of sustainability
“The word sustainable has become a front word disguising ever more development, ever more environmental atrocity.”
Letter: Don’t legislate plastic-bag reduction
“The solution, to my mind, is to educate the public about the harm that single-use plastic bags can inflict on the environment, not to ban the use of these bags through legislation.”
Letter: GOP’s focus on drag queens isn’t about protecting children
“Many conservatives are quick to equate drag queens with pedophilia and other forms of child abuse, but the weight of historical evidence should make us more concerned about trusting children in the company of priests and youth pastors.”
My story: Finding peace in helping other veterans
“WCC’s program is special in that it utilizes area veterans to help train service dogs for their fellow warriors.”