“It is a fundamental indirect purpose of homeless shelters and housing projects, not only to shelter people directly, but to make the neighborhood more affordable by slowing gentrification and speculation, and yes, even with needles.”
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Letter: Leave out coercion and ridicule in medical decisions
“People should be free to consult with their physician and weigh risks versus benefits before making any medical decisions without being coerced and ridiculed.”
Letter: Huge benefits of vaccine outweigh low risks
“For her, the vaccine has been a godsend, allowing patients and staff some protection against this catastrophe. Not just for patients, but for all of us, especially those with vulnerable friends or family.”
Letter: Caution about vaccines is justified
“It is a choice to be vaccinated or not, and the better informed people are, and not just by the institutions pushing for vaccination, the more we are able to make the right choice for ourselves.”
Letter: We need a boot camp for the homeless
“A special hearing ‘court’ can spell out the program — leave our community or be confined to boot camp.”
Letter: Let’s really talk about homeless encampments
“It’s not enough to just ask for suggestions about ‘what to do with ‘these’ people.’ We’re talking about human beings with diverse needs and circumstances.”
Letter: The value of abundant, walkable green space
“The book is In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration by neuroscientist Shane O’Mara. I strongly encourage all readers to read it and put its recommendations into practice in the name of civic health — individual, interpersonal, social and ecosocial.”
Letter: Weigh the costs of all-day masking for kids
“It’s uncomfortable, inhibits learning and impairs social interaction and growth (consider how many of your favorite memories involve people’s faces — all of them?).”
Letter: Overlooked and steps from being homeless
“I’ve had the chance to observe and talk with many, many teenagers and young adults in their early 20s who don’t fit the above scruffy/dirty stereotype, yet are perennially just a few drug incidents or financial disasters away from homelessness.”
Letter: Shelter has created crisis in East Asheville
“I feel that the City Council just dropped these people off in East Asheville to continue their downward spirals out of sight of downtown or the Montford area.”
Letter: Maintaining a free society
“With all debate and discussion against the pseudo-vaccine jab stifled, your article took an act of courage.”
Letter: Asheville’s homelessness predicament
“Signing off on discordant behavior, whether by ignoring it, being apathetic or taking the ‘easy’ way out and just not dealing with it helps no one.”
Letter: The city’s crusade against the homeless
“The homeless, their dignity, their civil rights and their belongings are regularly being bulldozed by those with power in Asheville.”
Letter: The importance of family
“North Carolina and South Carolina have been a region through the years that has championed family values.”
Letter: I want a divorce, too
“I live in NC-11, and I also want a divorce from Madison Cawthorn!”
Letter: General Assembly needs to work together
“First, he noted that the maps drawn for North Carolina followed previous court orders. That in no way should imply that the maps were drawn fairly.”
Letter: Let City Council know concerns about green space reduction
“There is so much wrong with this reduction in green space that I am in horror that it is even being entertained here in Asheville.”
Letter: Why should tax dollars support homeless?
“I do not see why my tax dollars should be used to continue to support this toxic way of living.”
Letter: Why destroy homeless camp?
“Call the DOT and ask why and where it had planned to help them go so they could be safe, warm and not upset commerce and tourists.”
Letter: Vindicated that idiotic kitchen ban lifted
“What a totally moronic waste of tax dollars and what an amazing example of bureaucratic stupidity.”
Letter: Boost the readability of Xpress
“I understand that fewer pages cost less to produce, but how many more pages would it take to use 11-point copy that is much easier to read?”