“Absolutely the Asheville Police Department should be allowed gas, if necessary, for crowd control!”
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“Absolutely the Asheville Police Department should be allowed gas, if necessary, for crowd control!”
“Beneath the roar of doom and gloom, an undercurrent of bold actions by our national government is revitalizing Western North Carolina.”
“Miss Darcel Grimes will always be at the temple of Western North Carolina news excellence, and she is surely missed off the air.”
“Denying citizens a local library would make Asheville seem yet more crass, mercenary and indifferent to the population, especially those not blessed with lots of free time, ready transportation, internet benefits and the like.”
“The birds will thank you, and you’ll get to enjoy seeing more live birds!”
“What if we ever decide to build a multipurpose concert and/or sports arena (with parking) and take the load off downtown?”
“We can’t wait for someone to get hurt. We need our sidewalks now!”
“One flaw about the salary workers can expect for putting time and effort into a job at this plant will hurt them and those who depend on them.”
“Spending $1 million to $2 million to construct a site on city-owned property and using the rest for the rescue of existing organizations would seem to me a far better allocation of the rescue funds!”
“One of our clients who was the most arrested person in Asheville prior to engaging with us at Woodfin now has an 83% decrease in law enforcement interaction.”
“COVID-19 vaccine resistance is just one piece of a broader pushback movement by the majority of Americans who value conservative prudence over liberal pretense.”
“Mission HCA needs to get its priorities straight and heed the recommendations of public health and medical experts.”
“Right now, there’s a historic opportunity to invest $3.5 trillion in our communities by passing the Build Back Better deal.”
“We don’t necessarily need threats of fines to learn to change our behavior. We just need to bring back the golden rule.”
“We have a literacy crisis in our community, but our community is stepping up to change this.”
“So for local businesses, pay your workers more and within a couple of weeks, ‘crime’ will start to decline.”
“What is the point of envisioning the future if, when the future arrives, the plans are changed and can’t be counted on? People lose trust.”
“Many people are dissuaded from buying PEVs by the clouds of mis- and disinformation that choke honest public discourse.”
“As someone who drives this stretch of road every day, I understand both sides of this controversy.”
“An increase in the subsidy rate formula will allow more centers to continue operating and to increase pay for the child care workforce.”
“Providing tax inducements and infrastructure to bring industries here that are not part of the real solution, but are actually part of the ongoing problem, is something that those who truly seek peace, justice and sustainability cannot support.”