Mayor Bellamy confronts law change for Asheville Airport board, Citizen-Times reports

FROM THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES

One of the laws airport officials say bars [Asheville Mayor Terry] Bellamy from the [airport] board was passed at [Rep. Tim] Moffitt’s request shortly after action by City Council to put Bellamy there.

The disagreement follows objections by City Council to legislation that passed the General Assembly June 28 that took ownership of the airport from city government, which started the airport, and gave it to an independent authority.

The bill sponsored by Moffitt and Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, provides that the airport will be governed by a board consisting of two members each appointed by city government, Buncombe County commissioners and Henderson County commissioners. …

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0 thoughts on “Mayor Bellamy confronts law change for Asheville Airport board, Citizen-Times reports

  1. Jake

    Good old Chuck, steppin’ and fetchin’ for Moffitt at the expense of Buncombe County. What a guy!

  2. bsummers

    There’s an NC Policy Watch thread about Moffitt’s perceived threat to abolish the City of Asheville.

    Rep. McGrady (or at least someone claiming to be him) appeared to want people to think he had nothing to do with the Study Committee that recommended seizing Asheville’s water:

    “Moffitt and the other members of the legislative committee that studied the issue consistently denied suggestions that privatizing the water system was an option being considered. He

    • Chuck McGrady

      There is no sock puppet just me, and I don’t understand the basis for your suggesting that I didn’t want people to know that I was part of the legislative committee that recommended a regional water authority.

      Everyone surely knows I was a member of that legislative committee, and my only reason for referencing only Rep. Moffitt was that he seems to be the focus of most of the criticism. That is understandable because he’s the one in the middle of a contested election.

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