“Because of Medicare, my treatment was not prohibitively expensive. This is the quality of care that should be, and can be, available to all.”
Author: Letters
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Letter: A monarch by any other name
“Readers interested in monarchs and participating in citizen science programs should be aware that viceroys and monarchs occur in much of the same range, including Western North Carolina.”
Letter: Vote to save our country, freedom and lives
“And once you are registered, I [urge] you to vote blue for Democrats to save our country and our freedoms and our lives.”
Letter: A royal (butterfly) mistake
“The otherwise lovely cover on the [Sept. 26] edition shows a viceroy butterfly, a great monarch imitator.”
Letter: Let’s make peace a reality
“Imagine if the money Asheville taxpayers contribute to the war paradigm were instead used to uplift our community, to eradicate poverty, to provide physical and mental health care, to support efforts to make our community climate-change resilient, to make sure all our children have what they need to thrive!”
Letter: Changes forced on civic clubs yield leadership decline
“Our court has effectively denied the ‘boys’ a night out. Shouldn’t men have places where they can socialize, bond, network, serve the community and escape the cares of family life for a couple of hours each week?”
Letter: Edwards is a strong, proven leader
“Amanda Edwards is the only candidate in District 2 who will provide accountability and strong oversight, while respecting other voices in our community.”
Letter: HempX paves way for remarkable first year of NC hemp
“As a result, in its first full year of hemp being approved as an agricultural crop in North Carolina, we’re expected to see over $100 million in economic impact via the crop.”
Letter: A lesson about voting
‘If I met each of them again as we approach the midterm elections, I would respond to the same comment saying: ‘Look at the results we got partly because you failed to make your voice heard in 2016.'”
Letter: Help protect the planet with a vegan diet
“I think Asheville could lead the way by posting colorful educational signs throughout the city listing ways for each of us to protect the planet, with eliminating meat and dairy at the top of the list.”
Letter: More beds needed for State Veterans Homes
“My goal has been to let the public know that the State Veterans Homes are full, with long waiting lists for elderly veterans.”
Letter: Litter can be deadly to wildlife
“We can protect wildlife by rinsing jars and replacing the lids, folding back the tab on beverage cans to block the hole, crushing cans before recycling them and cutting apart every section of six-pack rings.”
Letter: Educating our children for peace
“We the people can speak out and vote for a future in which our country will match our desire for guns with our moral restraint; our wealth with our wisdom; and our military power with empathy, truth, goodness, and beauty.”
Letter: Pingpong and politics with Will Shortz
“The biological fact is clear that being lucky in belonging to a favorable genetic pool, of growing up in the ‘right’ neighborhood, of having a lighter skin color, of one’s parents’ social and economic position, and other factors —luck plays a major role in our attitudes and policy decisions.”
Letter: ‘No’ to roadside herbicide spraying
“What puzzles me about this widespread, hazardous herbicidal spraying all along the length of N.C. 251 in the French Broad River basin is why?”
Letter: Show me the scripture
“Please help me out on this. Show me the scripture that encourages political activity by churches.”
Letter: City Council needs missionary zeal
“What we need most from the mayor and Council is visionary, courageous, and determined commitment to the ‘mission’ of making Asheville a real Climate City.”
Letter: The sterile decline of Reynolds Village
“I was hoping the village would become a vibrant community of businesses, restaurants and shopping. That has not happened.”
Letter: Kudos to county for withholding incentives
“If the county is paying these corporations, then the county is their employer and has the duty to hold them accountable when they don’t benefit the taxpayers.”
Letter: Working for peace in Asheville and WNC
“So come observe International Day of Peace Friday, Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. at the Elder and Sage Community Gardens on Page Avenue in downtown Asheville.”
Letter: Trump directive legalizes discrimination
“This is my government blocking people like me and my daughter from jobs. … You have helped make discrimination against me, my family, my friends legal.”
