“We’ve already lost the goose and the golden egg. Now the City Council is selling what’s left to the highest bidders.”
Author: Letters
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Letter: A vote for creative police funding
“Creative police funding should be used to bring down the temperature between police and citizens.”
Letter: City schools could learn from Stephens-Lee’s model
“Asheville City Schools owes a debt to the African American community. This debt must be paid forward; Stephens-Lee faculty offer a model.”
Letter: Ask commissioners to support conservation effort
“There has never been what seemed like such a crucial time for understanding how we can continue to feed, clothe and sustain ourselves without crushing the natural world to death.”
Letter: No tax relief in sight
“Brownie Newman says that if we give tax relief to businesses that have suffered from the pandemic, we would have to raise taxes on everyone else in order to maintain county services.”
Letter: Boost funding to educate, train police
“In fact, funding for our people in blue should be increased to better educate them on conflict resolution and sensitivity training.”
Letter: Don’t overlook construction trades
“But I think many in our community are overlooking a segment of our economy that can provide a very good and stable income for someone who may not be college material or is unwilling to be saddled with $50,000-plus student debt to obtain a degree.”
Letter: Development proposal is all wrong for Charlotte Street
“It will completely change the character of the neighborhood I have lived in for over 37 years, increase traffic problems and move large, impersonal commercial spaces further into residential neighborhoods.”
Letter: Plan, then vote to send students back
“There is no excuse that these educational professionals [did] not have a concrete and specific plan set in place before voting to send students back.”
Letter: The many benefits of urban food gardens
“I, like you, worry about the sharp rise in homelessness, but urban gardens are not to blame in the least.”
Letter: Join Asheville High to help reverse global warming
“Throughout April, let’s witness how our individual actions collectively add up to real, positive impacts.”
Letter: Defunding the police
“It’s a very simple equation. Less $$$s for police and fighting crime = more crime!”
Letter: Shocked by Xpress vaccine cover
“As someone who spends my entire life creating music events and desperately needs people to be vaccinated so we can put millions of music/service-industry people back to work, I was shocked to see the image on the cover.”
Letter: Xpress cover sends terrible message
“Your recent cover regarding a reluctance by many to get a COVID vaccine sends such a terrible message.”
Letter: No new jail in Haywood County
“If the Haywood County leaders truly cared about people, they would request funds for mental health resources to help those suffering from substance abuse issues rather than criminalizing them.”
Letter: My experience with Asheville police
“The police are being disproportionately (to an extent which is out of proportion, beyond what is fitting) blamed for our societal woes, while most of us refuse to reflect adequately upon our own poor choices.”
Letter: Why I’m getting the vaccine
“Am I willing to ingest a foreign substance today that will give some protection against a possible long-term debilitating health issue? My risk assessment for myself is yes.”
Letter: Stop attacking homeless people
“AVL must put an end to abuse of Asheville’s growing and always changing homeless population by the Asheville Police Department, Department of Transportation and City Hall.”
Letter: Name Buncombe’s COVID-19 fatalities
“Let all the anti-maskers see the results of the virus on a local level.”
Letter: Land conservation efforts have positive impact
“Permanently protected farms have helped preserve a portion of the county’s rich farming heritage, kept intact part of the rapidly vanishing agrarian landscape, maintained the viability of local food supply and created new opportunities for agritourism.”
Letter: No bridge, no Bluffs!
“Without the bridge, Richmond Hill will be torn apart — both figuratively and literally. Our community will bear the burden but not one benefit.”
