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    Letter: More logging isn’t the answer for our national forests

    Posted on July 2, 2022July 1, 2022 by Letters

    “The U.S. Forest Service should reconsider its mission and focus less on ‘productivity’ for tree-harvesting and more on sustaining the health and diversity of our national forest lands, streams and rivers.”

    1.5 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Argument for logging was spot on

    Posted on July 2, 2022July 1, 2022 by Letters

    “Gifford Pinchot himself pinned it many decades ago in declaring that he doubted that future foresters would truly understand the diverse ecosystems of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in their management decisions.”

    1.2 K views3LettersOpinion

    Letter: More trash cans needed along river

    Posted on June 27, 2022June 23, 2022 by Letters

    “The trash receptacle availability every 5 miles or so along the French Broad walks and parks is woefully inadequate.”

    1.5 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Gun sports at Biltmore should stop

    Posted on June 26, 2022June 23, 2022 by Letters

    “The way sound carries on a river, who knows how far that noise travels and how many schoolchildren, veterans or just lollygagging river floaters have to hear it.”

    2.3 K views6LettersOpinion

    Letter: Start with legalizing medical marijuana

    Posted on June 26, 2022June 23, 2022 by Letters

    “Marijuana is beneficial for many people for a variety of issues, both physically and mentally.”

    1.4 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Xpress should broaden letters’ focus

    Posted on June 25, 2022June 23, 2022 by Letters

    “I would encourage you to expand it to cover national and international issues so that writers of letters to the editor have more topics they can speak to, and your readers will be exposed to more food for thought.”

    1.5 K views4LettersOpinion

    Letter: Yes to allowing medicinal cannabis

    Posted on June 21, 2022June 17, 2022 by Letters

    “Yes, yes, yes. Legalize medicinal marijuana!”

    1.8 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Do unaffiliat­ed voters matter?

    Posted on June 20, 2022June 17, 2022 by Letters

    “There are more voters in Buncombe County registered as unaffiliated than with either political party, and this is true across the country, but I often get the feeling we’re overlooked and don’t matter.”

    1.3 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Medical marijuana should be legal here

    Posted on June 20, 2022June 17, 2022 by Letters

    “There should be commonsense laws that go along with it, but don’t make it difficult for citizens to buy it.”

    1.8 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Minimum wage — always behind the times

    Posted on June 20, 2022June 17, 2022 by Letters

    “Minimum wages seem always to be behind the times re: what it actually costs for workers to experience an adequate quality of life.”

    1.1 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Put historic monument back up

    Posted on June 19, 2022June 16, 2022 by Letters

    “Put the historic monument back up and remove the Vance name and then install the names of people who made Asheville what it was.”

    3.1 K views5LettersOpinion

    Letter: Asheville’­s 21st-century monument

    Posted on June 19, 2022June 16, 2022 by Letters

    “I think the monument should celebrate protest.”

    2.7 K views3LettersOpinion

    Letter: Rebuilding Jones Park Playground

    Posted on June 18, 2022June 16, 2022 by Letters

    “If the city can maintain a baseball field at an annual cost of $25,000, used almost exclusively by boys paying to play in organized sports leagues, I sincerely hope we can fund the maintenance of a rebuilt Jones Park Playground.”

    1.3 K views4LettersOpinion

    Letter: Fix the medical marijuana bill

    Posted on June 18, 2022June 16, 2022 by Letters

    “It will hand production and sales to wealthy, established corporations, and local North Carolina hemp farmers won’t be able to compete.”

    2.1 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Take steps to legalize medical marijuana

    Posted on June 17, 2022June 16, 2022 by Letters

    “Small steps forward are better than no steps forward!”

    2.2 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: The right to choose whether to be a mother

    Posted on June 11, 2022June 9, 2022 by Letters

    “From the perspective of a Quaker witness to human equality, the Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting is concerned to respond to the current denial of the human right to choose if and when to become a mother.”

    1.8 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: The ‘story’ Pack Square could tell

    Posted on June 11, 2022June 9, 2022 by Letters

    “The final piece in the ‘anywhere USA aesthetic’ has concluded with the dismantling of a time capsule dressed in ancient Egyptian fashion at Pack Square, done with such haste it’s partial and in legal limbo.”

    1.1 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Lifelong learning will fortify you

    Posted on June 7, 2022June 3, 2022 by Letters

    “Your mind is not simply a vessel to be filled by politicians and conventional news, but a fire to be kindled — not to merely survive — but to thrive and transcend all political, religious, cultural and ethnic divisions. That’s freedom.”

    1.4 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Applauding county pay increases

    Posted on June 7, 2022June 3, 2022 by Letters

    “I applaud the raise in pay. The cost of living is outrageous for all and especially those paying for those who do not need assistance, just lazy.”

    1.3 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Pay raises are not enough

    Posted on June 6, 2022June 3, 2022 by Letters

    “Should they have to work two-three jobs, get food assistance and other financial help, or should the county pay them the going rate? “

    1.3 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Thumbs-up for county wage hike

    Posted on June 6, 2022June 2, 2022 by Letters

    “Hurrah for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners!”

    1.2 K views+LettersOpinion

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