“I get that Charlotte Street is not the most bike-friendly but would also bet that only one in a thousand vehicles on Charlotte is a bicycle; therefore, taking a car lane to create two bike lanes is like a pug tail wagging a Saint Bernard.”
Author: Letters
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Letter: How do we see Ashevilleans who need affordable housing?
“Demand for affordable housing is high because of the sum of our individual actions.”
Letter: Professionals, look in the mirror on city tax burden
“The question, to me at least, is how to fairly distribute the responsibility of city finances.”
Letter: Syringe exchanges save lives
“I applaud Shannon Spencer’s efforts to save lives.”
Letter: Grateful that death sentence was lifted
“It might surprise you to know that North Carolina still has the sixth-largest death row population in the nation — 140 men and women — and that Buncombe County has the fourth-largest death row population in our state’s 100 counties — seven.”
Letter: Does Asheville’s Visitor Center reflect diversity?
“I recently walked around the whole area and found only one African-American face, and that was on one brochure, of what seemed like hundreds, for a county assistance agency. What does that say to a black resident or visitor?”
Letter: Trump is no traitor
“Contrast that with the record of President Trump, who extricated our country from the miserable deal with Iran, regained the world’s respect for America, moved the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, is negotiating from strength with North Korea and rebuilding our military.”
Letter: Let’s get back on track with civic clubs
“Everyone in America should be offended that a vibrant, noisy few can rob the rest of us of our right to free association. Let’s get America back on track!”
Letter: Yank sugary drinks from schools, health facilities
“Health concerns in the news have been exposing one after another link to the increase of sugary beverages in the diet, adding to the obesity pandemic worldwide, not to mention the astronomical rise in diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases.”
Letter: More reward money needed for murder info
“I am writing this letter to ask those who are making a lot of money here and others to donate to this reward and also consider helping set up a large reward fund to be used in all serious gun violence cases.”
Letter: A species more dangerous than bears
“But let’s get some perspective here. The rate of murders in the Asheville area is approximately 10 per 100,000 people; the rate of rapes, 48 per 100,000; the rate of assault, 335 per 100,000.”
Letter: Diverse voices will help make great strides in farming
“I’m proud of all the women and men farmers working side by side with respect and appreciation for one another because they know we are all stronger together.”
Letter: Xpress voter guides should come earlier
“While I appreciate and commend the informative voting guides you produce each election season, I think your readers would be better served if you moved up the publication dates of the issues by several weeks.”
Letter: Get real about the Charlotte Street ‘road diet’
“Another scenario is increasing road rage from backups, followed by more cars cutting through the heart of the neighborhood, where families with young children are moving in.”
Letter: 610 Haywood, free food and free needles
“When the agreed-upon use is changed or deviated from, and that change impacts the neighborhood negatively, the city and greater community need to stand up and hold those in charge accountable.”
Letter: We don’t need the Pentagon’s weapons here
“Recent research from Princeton University demonstrates that law enforcement’s use of military armaments does not reduce crime rates nor protect officers in the line of duty.”
Letter: Voters need solid, impartial information
“I was disappointed to find very little information on the six ballot questions facing North Carolina voters in the last midterm election.”
Letter: What’s with the Asheville food scene?
“Either, way the food scene around here seems to be driven by people who really don’t know what true food tastes like, or they just like what sounds good on the menu.”
Letter: Viceroy butterflies — not actually monarch mimics
“So viceroys aren’t a monarch imitator. Both butterflies co-evolved this feature of being unpalatable to birds.”
Letter: Advertising is not opinion
“Regardless of what you think about our presidential lapdog representing District 11, and whatever it is you think about our conservative court system, it seems to me that a local publication should not yield its opinion section to prepared advocacy statements from organizations outside of the state.”
Letter: Leadership skills are important for women, too
“The Supreme Court did not ‘trample’ your rights. They simply extended those rights to women.”