“By refusing to expand Medicaid despite this increased need from North Carolina families, our state budget and residents’ health remains compromised.”
Letter: How can democracy work without public schools?
“The schools may need help, better-educated teachers, more money for students in every district, not just one’s own, but without some commonly accepted knowledge, how will our nation survive?”
Letter: Thoughts on home schooling
“I’m a home-schooled recluse, not sorry for that, but don’t ask me to serve my country again (in this or my next life, if any).”
Letter: When are we going to address community’s core issues?
“It is easy to blame politicians for their shortcomings, but when are we going to address the fact that our private, for-profit hospitals have been intentionally under- and defunded to ‘cut costs’ in the name of enriching hospital CEOs?”
Letter: A win-win in BCS’ dropping enrollment
“With fewer children in school because of home schooling, class size could now be an advantage for those who choose or have no choice but Buncombe County Schools.”
Letter: Mission Health should require vaccinations
“How can we ever end this pandemic when even our health care providers remain lax and unwilling to make the hard choice to get and to require vaccinations?”
Letter: Amazed by support for mask mandates
“It’s amazing to see all the letters in support of mask mandates, with no peer-reviewed scientific studies to back them up.”
Letter: We don’t feel safe in Asheville
“I live in Asheville, and I’m wondering why people care more about the homeless than the police who are deciding to quit because of the people in charge not backing them up, and [people] running around shooting up places?”
Letter: Public schools deliver more than academic learning
“If we take away support from our public schools, it will lead to wide inequity and discrimination.”
Letter: Harriet Tubman statue resonates with WNC family’s history
” I loved the emblem of Harriet Tubman with her right hand protectively spread across the chest of a frightened little girl. It speaks volumes to me.”
Letter: A message from the heavens about Asheville
“One way or another, the Great Being in the Sky will persuade people, mostly Floridians, that Asheville isn’t the haven they once expected.”
Letter: Legislation would help working parents, businesses and kids
“HB 574 is a piece of legislation that would allow us to begin treating child care as essential infrastructure.”
Letter: Don’t turn Charlotte Street into Charlotte
“I urge City Council to take the time to review its decisions before making a huge mistake that will affect our neighborhoods for years to come.”
Letter: Back the Blue in AVL
“It is my opinion that the City Council should start to show some support for the AVL police who are serving our community while being stretched to the maximum.”
Letter: Citizen voices sidelined by surprise school board pick
“As if our city needed one more example of citizen voices being sidelined, on Aug. 24, Asheville City Council pushed through the nomination of George Sieburg for the Asheville City Board of Education just hours after the vacancy was known to anyone.”
Letter: More thought needed on homeless shelter
“The city recently purchased a tract of land by the Deaverview area. Immediate use should be for this shelter.”
Letter: Act now to quell violent crime
“The city of Asheville and Buncombe County have about one year to quell their growing violent crime and nascent street gang problem.”
Letter: El Paso bests Asheville on transportation, crime
“Having spent time in El Paso, Texas, I am struck by interesting comparisons to Asheville.”
Letter: Support needed for environmental justice bill
“Western North Carolina will soon experience environmental degradation because of our legislators’ inability to act on climate policy.”
Letter: Article should have included science of noise pollution
“As with water and air pollution, noise pollution is a recognized public health issue that contributes to increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, sleep disturbance, depression, stress and hearing loss.”
Letter: Jewish community also addressing racial justice issues
“While the worthy efforts of five Christian faith communities were highlighted in the article, not one mention was made of the work of the Jewish community.”