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Letter: Buncombe needs to boost solar production
“I would not build a new home without solar panels!”
Letter: Traffic engineers fail to tell the whole story
“I believe commissioners and boards of citizen volunteers should take it upon themselves to more heavily scrutinize traffic impact analyses — especially when engaged community stakeholders (who are experts on their own neighborhoods) continue to voice valid concerns.”
Letter: Smart growth involves tradeoffs
“Smart growth involves tradeoffs, especially as we move to replace energy-wasting urban sprawl with more energy-efficient urban density as the national paradigm.”
Letter: Killing Asheville by a thousand cuts
“Asheville dies by a thousand cuts via high-density development that does not support alternative forms of transportation, with no space for recreational opportunities or neighborly engagement.”
Letter: We need to transform our way of living
“Promotion of the arms race is a reckless way to create jobs when we need more people in the helping professions, including health care and our schools.”
Letter: Get on with legalizing medical marijuana
‘Why is North Carolina so far behind the other states? We should be moving to legalizing marijuana and mushrooms.’
Letter: Don’t use cats as garden patrols
“Let’s wake up and use our technological savvy to build vole-proof garden enclosures and spare the ones who can’t defend themselves against feline encroachment.”
Letter: Advice for reading Branyon
“A tip for reading Bill Branyon’s letters: Ignore all modifiers — mostly the adjectives, although the adverbs and adverbial phrases are also colorfully irrelevant.”
Letter: Penland offers impressive management expertise
“Buncombe County deserves responsible leadership. Anthony Penland is running for Buncombe County commissioner this fall and very much has earned and deserves your support.”
Letter: There’s no magic bullet for growth issues
“What can our officeholders actually do? They can’t call a halt to growth and development, but they can stop or modify some particularly harmful projects.”
Letter: Celebrate clean water by volunteering
“The enactment of these regulations has allowed us to preserve one of our most vital resources, and we should celebrate this monumental milestone for clean water.”
Letter: Kudos to APD for handling break-in
“By acknowledging both the positive and the negative, we can create a complete picture that can serve as a solid base from which we can move forward as a community.”
Letter: AHS Class of ’72 celebrates milestone
“In August 1969, members of this legacy class walked through the school’s doors under the iconic spire as sophomores, the initial starting class in the history of the new, consolidated Asheville High.”
Letter: The empire strikes back
“’We must have ever more destruction of the environment to save it,’” chants the Kool-Aid quaffing Sierra Club.”
Letter: What’s really causing river pollution
“MountainTrue believes the primary sources driving E. coli and water quality impairment are failing septics, animal agriculture and urban stormwater runoff.”
Letter: Cartoon misses mark on river pollution
“The [July 27] Molton cartoon is a very unfortunate representation of what is involved in the water quality issues in the French Broad River.”
Letter: Business as usual won’t help our community
“Business as usual is not going to take us where we need to go as a community resilient to the worsening effects of climate change or one that strives for economic justice for those who live and work here.”
Letter: Unfair taxation comes after assessment
“If a new budget is not ‘revenue neutral’ by lowering the rate of taxation the appropriate amount, then you are slapped with a tax increase from your blind side.”
Letter: The assessor is not wrong
“In fact, in most cases, the assessor is conservative in his values. If he is wrong, that is what the appeals process is for, and it’s available to everybody.”
Letter: Solution needed for parking woes
“I have watched as the number of small and larger businesses have grown in the once-residential neighborhood. With that has come the frustration of chronic parking issues and escalating traffic volume.”