“Mankind’s ability to corrupt racial equality, equal rights, immigration policy, gender realities, science and everything else is exponentially unbelievable.”
Letter: Small businesses need our support
“Even though vaccines are being pushed out, and things are slowly starting to go back to normal, local businesses need our help and support now more than ever as some open back up with limited space.”
Letter: Could we still fix the obelisk?
“Could it be more affordable and beneficial to use what’s already there and make it work together, rather than tearing it down?”
Letter: An informed discussion on the Vance Monument
“Why haven’t the public comments to the Vance Monument commission been published on a website so we can have an informed discussion?”
Letter: A village, not a mall, on Charlotte Street
“The gargantuan design is pretentious in the cottage area. Increased traffic, dangerously absurd. Total disregard for historic treasures, even worse.”
Letter: NC should still adopt the ERA
“North Carolina is poised to be on the wrong side of history unless our legislature acts quickly. We are one of the handful of states that has not yet ratified the federal ERA.”
Letter: The Bluffs: playing with fire
“Allowing The Bluffs to proceed without ensuring our public safety is playing with fire.”
Letter: A few puzzling questions
“If the rural children can’t do their classwork because of lack of internet access, then how are the parents going to get the information they need?”
Letter: Asheville Primary School is worth fighting for
“Concerned residents should contact the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners and demand a signed memorandum of understanding with ACS that preserves all ACS buildings and pre-K classrooms before future funding is approved.”
Letter: What happened, Asheville?
“We’ve already lost the goose and the golden egg. Now the City Council is selling what’s left to the highest bidders.”
Letter: A vote for creative police funding
“Creative police funding should be used to bring down the temperature between police and citizens.”
Letter: City schools could learn from Stephens-Lee’s model
“Asheville City Schools owes a debt to the African American community. This debt must be paid forward; Stephens-Lee faculty offer a model.”
Letter: Ask commissioners to support conservation effort
“There has never been what seemed like such a crucial time for understanding how we can continue to feed, clothe and sustain ourselves without crushing the natural world to death.”
Letter: No tax relief in sight
“Brownie Newman says that if we give tax relief to businesses that have suffered from the pandemic, we would have to raise taxes on everyone else in order to maintain county services.”
Letter: Boost funding to educate, train police
“In fact, funding for our people in blue should be increased to better educate them on conflict resolution and sensitivity training.”
Letter: Don’t overlook construction trades
“But I think many in our community are overlooking a segment of our economy that can provide a very good and stable income for someone who may not be college material or is unwilling to be saddled with $50,000-plus student debt to obtain a degree.”
Letter: Development proposal is all wrong for Charlotte Street
“It will completely change the character of the neighborhood I have lived in for over 37 years, increase traffic problems and move large, impersonal commercial spaces further into residential neighborhoods.”
Letter: Plan, then vote to send students back
“There is no excuse that these educational professionals [did] not have a concrete and specific plan set in place before voting to send students back.”
Letter: The many benefits of urban food gardens
“I, like you, worry about the sharp rise in homelessness, but urban gardens are not to blame in the least.”
Letter: Join Asheville High to help reverse global warming
“Throughout April, let’s witness how our individual actions collectively add up to real, positive impacts.”
Letter: Defunding the police
“It’s a very simple equation. Less $$$s for police and fighting crime = more crime!”