“As if our city needed one more example of citizen voices being sidelined, on Aug. 24, Asheville City Council pushed through the nomination of George Sieburg for the Asheville City Board of Education just hours after the vacancy was known to anyone.”
Author: Letters
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Letter: More thought needed on homeless shelter
“The city recently purchased a tract of land by the Deaverview area. Immediate use should be for this shelter.”
Letter: Act now to quell violent crime
“The city of Asheville and Buncombe County have about one year to quell their growing violent crime and nascent street gang problem.”
Letter: El Paso bests Asheville on transportation, crime
“Having spent time in El Paso, Texas, I am struck by interesting comparisons to Asheville.”
Letter: Support needed for environmental justice bill
“Western North Carolina will soon experience environmental degradation because of our legislators’ inability to act on climate policy.”
Letter: Article should have included science of noise pollution
“As with water and air pollution, noise pollution is a recognized public health issue that contributes to increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, sleep disturbance, depression, stress and hearing loss.”
Letter: Jewish community also addressing racial justice issues
“While the worthy efforts of five Christian faith communities were highlighted in the article, not one mention was made of the work of the Jewish community.”
Letter: City should not have complaint-based noise ordinance
“We should not have a complaint-based system; we should never have to get a noise administrator to come into our condos to measure sound after we complain.”
Letter: Masks should be required indoors
“It is such a small thing to do to protect ourselves and others.”
Letter: Masking is about common sense and courtesy
“Nothing about this has anything to do with politics. It has to do with common sense and courtesy.”
Letter: Hoping that masks will be required
“I also hope the county and city government will require masks in all public indoor spaces.”
Letter: Public should support educators in job of guiding students
“Educators have a duty to educate and guide students. It’s no easy task and deserves public support.”
Letter: Charlotte Street project will actually help Asheville
“Preservation at all costs is not the answer.”
Letter: Excellent care and professional service from Mission Hospital
“Despite the transitional hardships inherent in changes as large as what Mission Hospital has been experiencing, I found no evidence of any impact ‘on the street’ where the care is given …”
Letter: Protect Crab Creek community from storage facility, overdevelopment
“Why sacrifice the majestic beauty of the Crab Creek community for 1,000 storage units that add no value to the community or environment?”
Letter: A shoutout to leaders returning to in-person only meetings
“When people are not in the same physical space, experiencing all the facial expressions, body postures and subtle tones of voice that others in the room are privy to, we don’t have a level playing field.”
Letter: Who needs education on police interaction?
“Knowledge of this naiveté and how it shapes our actions is at the center of critical race theory. And who to better teach than the officers who, upon responding with wisdom and understanding, could improve community safety and still ‘go home to their own families, too.'”
Letter: Who has seniority in Asheville area?
“I also have a hard time to see the point of people complaining about the change that the influx of people bring and call upon their seniority. Who has seniority?”
Letter: ‘Out-of-towners’ label leads nowhere
“That phrase is blamed for housing, traffic, education, hotels, the homeless, the price of golf and other recreation, and on and on and on.”
Letter: The big picture of being priced out of Asheville
“The ‘housing boom’ that has upended Asheville is the inevitable outcome of the same economic policies that have created historically unprecedented income inequality in this country — specifically the relentless tax cuts granted the rich since 1980.”
Letter: Stand up for biodiversity and Arctic wildlife refuge
“One million species face extinction by 2050, including the red-winged blackbird, which travels through Asheville and the Arctic Refuge.”