“We need to protect consumers who need credit: mortgages and credit cards, auto loans and payday loans. … Nevertheless, Congressman McHenry has made a special effort to diminish or destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that helped lead the charge.”
” So, basically, we’re going to tell you one thing and do what we’ve always done; this is just to mollify those folks always whining about overdevelopment.”
“Known by all simply as Casey, he was in many ways the soul of the college, somebody who embraced its values —the values of a deeply examined life, clear thinking, hard work, social justice and environmental stewardship.”
“I feel the best solution is for the city, county or state government to impose and enforce a law on property, home and business owners to routinely clean up around their property, including the sidewalk and street.”
“What was once a solid path to the middle class has been destroyed in the name of lower prices.”
“If a friend, co-worker or neighbor shows support or even an open mind toward the president, he or she is ridiculed, cursed, derided, even smeared. Does that show love, tolerance or an open mind?”
“The passionate and well-trained volunteer tutors at the Literacy Council’s Augustine Project and R2S fill a critical need within our community. They help students overcome barriers to educational success, building the child’s confidence alongside their reading, writing and spelling skills.”
“The voters soundly rejected government engineering (and have for the past eight years) and demanded the freedom to choose a health plan that meets their needs and reflects their values.”
“More power to these 10-year-old protest organizers. They show more guts and honesty than a lot of grown-ups I hear whining about — and doing little about —the state of American democracy.”
“I was especially inspired by the homemade signs of children, which were beautiful and showed great intelligence..”
“Protest is fundamental to America. It got your attention, didn’t it? Even if it’s only to know that women are expecting some more balance from their government.”
“Have we come a long way, baby? Mature women rightly honor their foremothers in the women’s movement by continuing to march, organize, write and act.”
“President Trump’s message was that even the politicians failed the people; he wants to work for the protection of all of us. Give a voice to the American people!”
“I saw very few of the ‘profanity-laden’ signs that Carl highlighted. The signs were one of the best parts of the day. The vast majority were humorous or meaningful, or both, and to me embodied the human desire to create that goes all the way back.”
“We need all progressives in Buncombe County who want to see what it’s like to have candidates who speak for and work for and fight for us to join. If this is what you want, please come to the next meeting of Our Revolution Asheville on Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Rainbow Community Center, 60 State St. Hope to see you there.’
“Too, these ‘liberated’ women are not safe from the indignity of ‘pussy-grabbing’ by men who feel entitled to give themselves some real live sexy fun at women’s expense. The marchers wearing pussy hats — ‘vagina headgear,’ Dr. Mumpower calls them — were referring to Donald Trump’s boasting on that subject.”
“In the Affordable Care Act, breast-feeding is covered under the women’s health and well-being preventive medicine section. We need to speak up to our elected representatives to ensure these vital services continue not only for women, but for their babies and for our world.”
“Dentists, as well as the other mainstream health professionals, focus on those aspects of medicine that are the most profitable: those being diagnoses and treatment. They largely neglect prevention and aren’t that strong on cure, either. I see this as being due not to the integrity of the dentist, but to structural biases within the professions that make practitioners confine themselves to only those things they are trained in.”
“Spending time in nature makes people healthier, both physically and mentally. It’s now accepted that trees, streams and trails heal. Doctors are prescribing an outdoor cure for their patients on prescription pads.”
“If you’re wondering why you keep fighting the good fight, and no one seems to be listening to you except for those with whom you already agree, it’s because of this simple reason: That there can be no justice where there is no truth.”
‘The current Council may be ineffective, but its composition is a testament to the efficiency and integrity of at-large representation — at nearly half female, one-in-seven minority, it mirrors the makeup of the city.”
