“The Forest Service needs to go back to the drawing board and write a plan that protects our forests — and the health of everyone who lives in these mountains.”
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Letter: Thanks for the smile
“As a childless divorcee, I had to chuckle at Bettina Freese’s unintentionally funny remark: ‘I’ve had children, and it was more pain than I’d ever even imagined.’”
Letter: Impressed with Mayfield’s leadership
“Her leadership on the I-26 committee was instrumental in making significant improvements over DOT’s original design of the project.”
Letter: Branyon will stand up for our county
“He will stand up for our county against powerful influences like those who think they know better than their constituents. “
Letter: Local leaders must pay attention
“He did an excellent job in calling our attention to the wrongheadedness and shortsightedness that have turned our beloved town into a tourist mecca rather than a community that works for its residents.”
Letter: Open-space proposal costs too much to bear
“So development will continue unabated in the county regardless of what the city does, but we have a say in how development will be regulated within the city limits.”
Letter: Speaking out after city COVID policy firing
“As an employee, I discovered that the processes put in place that are supposed to serve as a countervailing force to organizational incompetence have merely become an extension of it.”
Letter: Print and radio can let your voice be heard
“Letters to the editor are a great outlet to influence public discourse and dialogue, and being a caller to radio stations adds your voice to that dialogue in a public way.”
Letter: Thanks to doctors for keeping WNC healthy
“We are particularly grateful for physician support of Project Access. More than 700 area physicians donate their time and talent to care for low-income, uninsured patients, working to address inequities in health care.”
Letter: Ullman offers leadership on environmental issues
“Maggie Ullman Berthiaume is the only City Council candidate with environmental or climate credentials, and she has two qualities we need: 1) leadership on environmental issues and 2) a proven ability to work with the city.”
Letter: Keep progressive momentum with Branyon
“Mr. Branyon will also try to make Buncombe’s economy humane with a $17.30 minimum wage, rent controls, a permanent freeze on middle- and lower-class residential property taxes, a referendum on how much more development we want and protection of our remaining forests, such as Big Ivy.”
Letter: State should beef up animal protection laws
“The North Carolina animal welfare legislation fails miserably to protect ‘man’s best friend’ in extreme weather conditions.”
Letter: On improving downtown Asheville
“The problems sound enormous and hopeless, and I’m an optimist. But some cities have found solutions.”
Letter: Dominion pipeline proposal needs further study
“In fact, Dominion’s pipeline drilling and installation could have a number of harmful impacts, which cannot be dismissed.”
Letter: Make your home a safer place for youths
“Over half of Buncombe County residents we surveyed in our 2021 Underage Drinking Survey said they feel that underage drinking is a problem here.”
Letter: Democracy calls for public meetings
” If City Council is loyal and controlled by Putin or sidekick Trump, then ‘check-in’ is the way to go.”
Letter: What jobs, jobs, jobs really mean
“It seems our elected leaders (from the president to county commissioners) are incapable of implementing solutions to problems that are peaceful and environmentally healthy.”
Letter: Thumbs-up for government efficiency
“Allowing elected board members to hear about staff work in advance of presentations at public meetings can help staff in many ways.”
Letter: Public business should be conducted openly
“We the people need to be informed, but it is hard when they are having meetings by Zoom all the time.”
Letter: Why do we need to reduce open space in Asheville?
“Do we really believe that reducing open space in order to build more units per development will actually produce more affordable housing?”
Letter: Charter schools should let the masks go, too
“Charter schools should be required to follow public health recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, county, governor and president of the USA.”