“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.”
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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.”
Letter: Seeking justice and connection around food
“I started bringing excess API food in to share with my co-workers at Sonic.”
Letter: Youths need education on interacting with police
“Kids need to learn that the police are not their enemy unless they are doing something illegal.”
Letter: Thrilled that Mission Hospital nurses won raises
“I was thrilled to see that nurses at Mission Hospital were finally given a raise and disheartened at the same time to see they had to bargain for ‘guaranteed’ breaks.”
Letter: Tourism dollars should help with infrastructure
“Tourism dollars should be helping with the infrastructure of the city. To continue to put the burden on taxpayers living here is unfair and unsustainable.”
Letter: Spend occupancy taxes on healing tourism’s impacts
“The tourism fund could be used to provide paying jobs for locals to be out in the parks and forests making sure visitors practice “leave no trace”; park only where they are supposed to; do trail work; and prevent mapless tourists from getting lost in the woods.”
Letter: Council should deny rezoning for Charlotte Street development
“City Council, we demand that you comply with the Unified Development Ordinance and deny the Killians’ request for a conditional zoning permit.”
Letter: Business owners, nonprofit leaders support alternatives to policing
“From housing shortages to drug overdoses, Asheville’s crises stem from deep dysfunctions and injustices. For too long, our city has overinvested in punishment and underinvested in equity — reliance on policing is not the solution, it is the problem.”