“Change will come, and we can all contribute to positive change by pausing to make sure we mix a little compassion in with our anger or arrogance.”
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“Change will come, and we can all contribute to positive change by pausing to make sure we mix a little compassion in with our anger or arrogance.”
“We will never find peace within our hearts if we go on blaming and hating those who are different.”
“Stop spending so much time and energy on policies and issues like these and redirect the same energy to figure out ways to make our local governments more effective and efficient so that we can have more impact on important issues.”
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“From the onset of this pandemic to date, I have not seen a single postal delivery worker, privately or federally employed, wearing a mask or utilizing any other such protective equipment as recommended under official guidelines.”
“Let’s send someone to Congress whose career reflects significant education, training, relevant work experience — and maturity.”
“Please encourage them in the coming weeks and months as they navigate their way to positive hospital reforms benefiting everyone.”
“Please stop with the ridiculousness of all this.”
“As a nation, we have survived worse in history, and if we work together, mask, social distance, sanitize and listen to real experts, we will pull through this with far less deaths.”
“As we demonstrate for transformation of police departments, the removal of statues and other symbols of racism, remember that unequal health care delivery to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) is real, with lifelong and generational effects.”
“In order to keep local businesses open, instead of encouraging the myth that COVID-19 is an overhyped virus or hoax, let’s take actions that actually work.”
“If you vote for Terri Wells for county commissioner of District 1, you can expect an honest and hardworking person for your commissioner.”
“You see, it’s not enough to vote Trump out. We must vote out his enablers in Congress and state governments.”
“A vote for Terri is a vote for family farms, for education and for thriving rural communities!”
“We, as the Sabbath Circle at Servanthood House, a spiritual community which has functioned for more than 20 years as such, mourn the loss of the chapel and what it has meant.”
“It’s time to save our entrepreneurs and local business and open up. It’s time to wake up and save Asheville.”
“Shouldn’t the name of Asheville’s civic center, Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville, be among those that must be changed, since the Cherokees were also slaveowners?”
“I have no doubt that she will bring her fair-minded dedication to this position, benefiting the whole community.”
“Much effort has been put into making sure our elections are fair and secure. Please vote.”
“She … stands in solidarity with the intergenerational leadership of Black Asheville Demands, calling for divestment from police and reinvestment in the Black community.”
“We need to elect new Council and county commissioners who know how to spend our money in the right places, not to please someone who doesn’t like to look at the Vance.”