“I couldn’t help wondering how our ‘native’ population, of all races, who are struggling with gentrification, unaffordable housing, nonliving wages and income inequality might be feeling when they hear that story.”
Author: Letters
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Letter: Contact legislators to support renewable energy
“This is a call to action for the citizens of North Carolina to contact their legislators and demand a necessary change to support 100% renewable energy by 2050.”
Letter: A new prescription: health care for all!
“No one foresaw the COVID-19 pandemic, a condition that has now made Medicare for All a much more urgent issue.”
Letter: Wadsworth would put conservation first
“She is a breath of fresh air for our state, clearly up to facing our fiercest challenges.”
Letter: Keep community in mind when publishing articles
“Parvin’s article is not relevant to most people’s experience living in Asheville at this time.”
Letter: Davis will bring honesty and integrity to Congress
“[T]he residents of the 11th District deserve someone who will put the integrity of the U.S. Constitution and the interests of the people of Western North Carolina first.”
Letter: Ask Burr and Tillis what they’ll do about Trump
“I wonder if Thom Tillis and Richard Burr would like to go down in history as the senators who let our country to lose its valued form of government.”
Letter: Now that you’re here, it’s time to help out
“Asheville residents struggle to buy houses here because of stagnant wages, under- and unemployment, and ballooning home prices due to folks from other places buying homes ‘sight unseen.'”
Letter: On-campus life offers more safety from virus
“I am a student at UNC Asheville, and I have witnessed firsthand the prompt measures that the university has taken to ensure our safety.”
Letter: Many in Black Mountain ignore safeguards
“I, personally, along with other residents here, have seen a number of government officials ignoring safeguards.”
Letter: Renaming mania strikes local leaders
“Since history is to be interpreted by today’s tastes and not by the messy past, what about the French Broad. Let’s make it the French Wide.”
Letter: APD cannot silence the voices of change
“As a community, we deserve better, and as a community, we can reimagine what public safety looks like.”
Letter: Take action for agriculture
“Let’s make it easier for people all over the country to access food from sources that treat their workers, consumers and animals with dignity.”
Letter: Just the facts, please
“Stick to the facts, instead of using sensationalism.”
Letter: The weeds that ate Asheville
“Reasonable appropriations should go toward weed management.”
Letter: Cuts to military spending could have gone far
“With record unemployment, record lack of health insurance/health care and record lack of affordable housing, there are many, many people here in the USA who could have used those funds right here inside our country.”
Letter: Vote for candidates who take virus seriously
“We as citizens expect and deserve better of our elected officials.”
Letter: Elect candidates committed to funding public education
“We must elect candidates who are committed to legislating robust, fair funding for public schools in a fast-changing and complex 21st century.”
Letter: Why bring students back now?
“I wish people would follow the scientific evidence and wait until it is safe.”
Letter: Students and parents on the hook if campuses close
“All of this debt to thousands of students could be avoided by heeding their own words and delaying the move into the campus until the pandemic is controlled.”
Letter: Living kidney donation would provide gift of life
“You might be the person who could make the difference for me. A kidney donation would provide me the gift of life.”
