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Letter: Everyone should get the health care they need
“It is time to give Americans — all Americans — the health care they need and deserve.”
Letter: Another rink for hockey players and other skaters?
“We love to see all the new skaters wheelin’ around, but please, Asheville Parks and Rec, help us find a way to keep all these groups rollin’ and help ensure that our hockey kids don’t get squeezed out.”
Letter: No child should call a county office home
“This is all happening while abortion, albeit with huge restrictions, is still legal. What will happen to the future children that women are forced to take to term?”
Letter: What a tourism director’s salary tells us about priorities
“Now we understand that tourism is more important than education, jobs, roads, DEI, health care or absolutely anything else.”
Letter: When cars and bikes collide
“My dad used to say that whether a pitcher hits a rock or a rock hits the pitcher, it’s gonna be bad news for the pitcher. That’s the same with cars and bikes.”
Letter: Go for ‘Broadway-ready’ auditorium
“I am in favor of a ‘Broadway-ready’ revamp, as you put it, and am willing to pay more in taxes for this to occur.”
Letter: Asheville deserves fully renovated auditorium
“The Thomas Wolfe Auditorium is a huge asset to Asheville and deserves to be completely renovated.”
My Story: Random acts of kindness
“So, it looks like I’m now committed to acts of kindness toward strangers. I encourage everyone to give it a try.”
Letter: Ending the cycle of addiction
“Incarceration without proper drug rehabilitation perpetuates mass incarceration.”
Letter: Thumbs-up for downtown bike lanes
“Creating bike lanes would bring more people downtown. It’s not like traffic would be slowed any further.”
Letter: Join the effort to build new park
“Come join us and be a part of Asheville history as we honor and remember Candace by building a park that generations of kids will play in and remember.”
Letter: Add a lighted Ferris wheel to downtown Asheville
“I believe the same effect could be done in Asheville, and fees to ride the wheel would provide new jobs and funds for other civic improvements.”
Letter: Bike riders should stay in their lanes
“They need to use lanes that were installed for them in town and be more graceful/courteous on the rural roads.”
Letter: Asheville needs new music hall for symphony and more
“The TWA wasn’t, isn’t and will never be a first-class and deserving facility for ASO performances, no matter the extent of dollars and renovation.”
Letter: A simple solution for new hotels
“Change the laws/zoning/codes so that new hotels cannot have bars or restaurants.”
Letter: City must hire an internal auditor
“The city must fill this position promptly for transparency and financial stewardship.”
Letter: Let’s not sleep on Merrimon Avenue issue
“The result has been beleaguered customers and woeful year-to-year store sales numbers now that motorists avoid the area if at all possible.”
Letter: Close the homeless floodgates
“The thought of being identified will send most of the homeless packing.”
Letter: Tourism revenue could support housing for officers
“If the Tourism Development Authority feels strongly enough about taking steps to reduce common street crime and other headline-grabbing crimes, perhaps using a portion of tourism revenue to subsidize the cost of local housing for officers would help.”
Letter: Community deserves a new performing arts center
“Asheville/Buncombe County deserves and needs a ‘field of dreams’ performing arts center that combines the best engineering, technology and architecture that is available.”