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Letter: Goodbye, once-beautiful Asheville
“We moved here 10 years ago, but between the nasty-ass tourists and the ridiculously bad crime rate per capita, we also have decided to move away.”
Letter: Will marketing make us ‘Myrtle Beach of the Mountains’?
“Isn’t this like telling a family of eight living in a two-room house that you’re persuading a couple of baseball teams to move in with them?”
Letter: Asheville is missing the Good Neighbor clause
“The debate over impact is ongoing, so maybe the question is how many are too much; the only thing going forth and multiplying harmoniously is the virus.”
Letter: See (the new) Rock City
“What a great opportunity for Asheville and the Chamber of Commerce to pronounce Asheville as Rock City, N.C., in competition with Rock City, Tenn.”
Letter: Charlotte Street, affordable housing and Asheville’s lure
“We’re losing why people want to move here: nature and beauty.”
Letter: Unhappy medical encounter raises questions
“I was left quite angry and hurt, asking: Is Mission incompetent? Unkind? Greedy? All of the above?”
Letter: The onslaught against climate change resiliency
“Regarding Charlotte Street development, etc.: Outrageous that Avl taxpayers’ property tax is raised 22% without a plan to preserve trees that lure residents and tourists.”
Letter: Dense development will ruin Asheville forever
“The more people we pack into the urban center will eventually ruin our town and lead to the worst traffic imaginable — forever — and for everyone.”
Letter: Want to get back to ‘normal’? Get your shots
“If you want to protect your parents and grandparents, your friends and neighbors with other health problems, the nurses and doctors in the emergency rooms, and first responders, and get back to ‘normal,’ then get your shots.”
Letter: Save the branch libraries for community’s well-being
“Every family and household, all children, each person — especially without convenient auto or bus access — needs a library that is easy to reach and use in physical, interpersonal and electronic ways to foster this kind of democratic interaction.”
Letter: The TDA’s biggest-ever marketing spend
“Before we go hog wild on marketing Asheville to the world, can we pause (or at least more slowly ramp up) to consider what’s best for the city and its inhabitants?”
Letter: The future of Charlotte Street
“While I don’t like opposing friends and neighbors who are afraid of the proposed development, I do think we need to recognize that the city is growing and changing, especially this area near downtown.”
Letter: Cramming 10 gallons in 5-gallon bucket of Charlotte Street
“The view of Ms. Hudson and others that we have no choice but to be swamped under the deluge of people who want to be here is — in my opinion — misguided.”
Letter: Honoring Nina Simone
“Let’s replace that obelisk with a giant microphone in honor of the late, great Nina Simone!”
Letter: Charlotte Street project opposition sounds familiar
“While I am not in favor of this particular project — I do feel the native homes are worth preserving — the problem is the same forces rallying to oppose this are the same folks who oppose every new development.”
Letter: Asheville is ‘sold out’
“So my question is: Why do we have to accommodate more and more people who want to live here?”
Letter: Buncombe marches off to war$$$
“Buncombe County can no longer afford peace on Earth.”
Letter: Asheville deserves better than ‘either/or’ thinking
“In my experience, healthy development is always a negotiation and always requires developers to revise their initial ambitious plans.”
Letter: Landowners should be able to exercise their rights
“The city’s role should be to facilitate, not impede, the landowners’ exercise of their rights and liberties, including property rights.”
Letter: Save Charlotte Street
“Asheville is a small city and applying mega-urban-growth ideals is not what this city is all about.”