Props to Rebecca Bowe and David Forbes for the article “Who’s Complaining Now” [March 11 Xpress]. The rental situation in Asheville is deplorable. In six years, [of the] 10 houses I have lived in, maybe one would pass the Minimum Housing Code inspection. Very few have had working heat other than space heaters. Others have […]
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Media shouldn’t advertise for gangs
The spontaneous violence that erupted at Asheville High School on Thursday [March 6] needs to be addressed clearly [and] loudly—and without the mention of specific gang names, members, sets or hoods. The [Xpress] coverage of recent gang activity [“The Writing on the Wall: APD Tracks Local Gangs,” Feb. 27] mentioned that media exposure helps gangs […]
Having a rational debate
This letter is in response to Mr. Roeten’s letter to the editor [“Superfunds-R-Us,” Feb. 27] [and] his description of “people [losing] rational thought” at a meeting concerning the CTS toxic site on Mills Gap Road. I too was at this meeting at the fire station, as well as many other meetings concerning the CTS toxic […]
Guns are just-in-case tools
Regarding the article [“Coming Soon to a National Park Near You: Loaded Guns?”, March 5] on the proposed federal-park gun-law changes: Mr. Millard’s editorial sizzles with a hysteria that is reminiscent of when North Carolina proposed its concealed-carry laws. Back in 1995, it was written that the streets [would] run red with blood if the […]
Monologues opens a door to change
Lindsay Popper’s piece, “Stopping the Violence” [Commentary, March 5], was right on. I recently saw Warren Wilson College’s production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues for the first time. I found the production jaw-dropping, hilarious, uncomfortable, tearful and thought-provoking. I was reminded of my friends, my family members and my clients as I watched and […]
Citizen-friendly gets my vote
Please consider my vote for more green space in downtown Asheville—specifically on city-owned property at the intersection of Page and Haywood, right across from [the Basilica of] St. Lawrence and from the Civic Center. How lovely it would be to have a beautiful park where now we have concrete and a tattered parking garage. How […]
Don’t commercialize our water
More and more bottled water is showing up on our retail shelves. Meanwhile, more and more developers latch on to the Buncombe County water supply. We saw our public water reserves threatened during a recent drought, but water conservation in the minds of our public officials consists of handwringing and exhortation. Now our governor has […]
The real debate
Many issues have surfaced in the 2008 campaign. The Republicans have attacked each other with religion, age, being too liberal, and the basics like weak on border and economy. Mostly it has not been too nasty. The Democrats have been more spirited in their debates. Sex, religion and race seem to be the most important […]
Putting the country back into the party
As Carl Bernstein recently said to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, people within the Democratic Party are starting to wonder “how much this is about the Clintons and how much is it about the country?” Today our military is bogged down in Iraq’s civil war, our economy [is] staggering and working families are struggling to compete in […]
Threats and pressure
While some African-American superdelegates have switched to Obama, others who support Hillary say they are receiving pressure they don’t appreciate and are holding firm. African-American superdelegates said recently that they’ll stand up against threats, intimidation and “Uncle Tom” smears rather than switch their support from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama. “African-American superdelegates […]
Another youth killed by gunshot
On the news this morning: Another youth killed by gun shot. Another reason to vote against the Republicans who support the NRA and vote against any gun controls. It has come to my attention that a preacher in Haywood County told his congregation to vote for a candidate that would keep us in the Middle […]
Dogwood Alliance
Since it’s founding in 1996, Asheville-based Dogwood Alliance has persistently worked to educate people about the importance of Southern forests and the negative environmental impacts of business-as-usual paper production. In the past few years, the organization has achieved systemic change in the paper industry through market campaigns targeting the largest retail paper sellers in the […]
Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 03/19/08
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Shock ‘n’ awful
According to Asheville’s Building Safety Department, City Council last year authorized almost double—double—the already astronomical dollar value of development that occurred in 2006! Our progressive Council has left a carbon footprint on our beautiful mountains that would make Halliburton blush with environmental embarrassment. How many oxygen-making trees have been permanently displaced by inert impermeables? Thousands? […]
Every note an unfinished song
Aspiring toward a future on the stage, Nedelle Torrisi started her first band at age 11. Accompanied by a Casio keyboard and modeled on R&B acts like En Vogue, the group sang of finding, and getting respect from, the perfect man. A mere two years later, her hopes of a Broadway career were dashed when […]
Mud season
Spring arrives in South Turkey Creek on the bottom of my husband’s and children’s boots. Long before I see my Spanish bluebells, I see mud. Wipe your feet: Mud is a family problem at Cinthia Milner’s Leicester home. Photo By Cinthia Milner “Mud is spring and spring is mud,” I so vividly remember my grandfather […]
Clean clear through
When elected officials conduct their business in the sunshine of public scrutiny, their constituents can have full faith and trust that the decisions made are aboveboard, well-considered and in the best interest of the general public. At the local level, maximizing the public’s access to government empowers communities and builds leaders. Over the last couple […]
Opening another door
As a fellow well-intentioned white person, reading Jack Igleman’s column [“Opening the Door: Promoting Racial Diversity in Outdoor Sports,” Outdoors, Feb. 27] had me once again laughing at the daftness of white folk. When it comes to race and privilege, some concepts are so hard for us to get—or is it that they are so […]
Smart move on bike plan
I would like to express appreciation to the [Asheville City] Council for approving the bicycle plan despite its ambiguity in addressing funding. Note that a lack of safe-to-bike roads actually creates its own safety issues and a large portion of culture-clash perception differences, fostering an us-versus-them mentality on both sides, given that bikes and cars […]
Looking behind the V-Day scenes
This letter is in response to the comments of Jenna Ashley Robinson [“V Is for Violating Modesty and Dignity,” Commentary, Feb. 13], suggesting that V-Day “makes a mockery of women’s issues” and that “instead of action, the V-Day campaign is about awareness.” Clearly Ms. Robinson did not check her facts before slandering the V-Day organization. […]
Reviewing the preview
Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt offers a good summary of the plot of Moonlight and Madness at North Carolina Stage Company [“Southern Charm, Hollywood Headache,” Feb. 20], but the review doesn’t offer much comment on how the play was performed. The audience at the Feb. 23 evening performance laughed a lot and seemed to enjoy the performance. Maybe […]