“You read about people having heart attacks on the street and no one stops to help, but that sure wasn’t the case with me.”
Letter: Use occupancy taxes to address climate crisis
“I support Commissioners Brownie Newman and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara’s calls for the occupancy tax to be used for community needs vs. more tourism marketing.”
Letter: Fix needed to stop trash burning in Buncombe
“What I’m complaining about is the ineffectiveness of trying to put an end to this burning.”
Letter: Our border crisis affects us locally
“North Carolina is locally sustained by migrant workers, from agriculture to the many other jobs they contribute, yet their lives here and those arriving to enter through our borders crisis still face continued personal crisis hardships on our soil.”
Letter: Take a closer look at ‘freedom’ claim
“Cataldo Perrone, spokesperson for Pratt & Whitney, was quoted in the Mountain Xpress as saying, ‘The military aircraft we power are engaged in defensive operations designed to help defend freedom around the world.’ I think we need to take a closer look at that claim.”
Letter: Sharps disposal should be easier
“I have never seen a nurse in a medical facility lack the appropriate sharps container in which to dispose of a used needle or syringe. Why aren’t there more locations in which to dispose of them outside of medical facilities? “
Letter: Ullman will bring people together
“Maggie’s campaign is focusing on the things that matter to everyone: affordable housing, a livable city and core city services.”
Letter: Edwards will bring positive change to DA’s office
“Doug is victim-centered in his approach to administering justice and is the only candidate in the race who has made advocating on behalf of victims their life’s work.”
Letter: Sierra Club favors establishment candidates
“With their endorsements, they typically preclude unaffiliated and grassroots candidates, who often more closely align with the Sierra Club mission statement, and throw their support to the party favorites instead.”
Letter: Sierra Club offers endorsements
“These candidates have a proven record of support for addressing climate change and protecting our environment.”
Letter: Please don’t vote
“Asheville needs better representation that represents the values of the people living here, and as long as people vote party over policy, there won’t be a government here that actually feels responsible to the demands of the people rather than the party.”
Letter: Branyon favors humane, ecological positions
“His plan to hold a countywide referendum on how much more development we want may prevent the continued destruction of our tree canopy in the city and destruction of our remaining forests, including Big Ivy, in the rural areas left in the county. “
Letter: Tovish cares about transparency
“Her personal integrity is impeccable. This matters, after recent massive corruption and cover-up of corruption at the county level have reminded us that our area is not immune to such evils.”
Letter: We support progressive Branyon
“It is exactly because Bill is running as a progressive that we support him. Bill’s candidacy is about infusing new vitality into our stagnated democracy and bringing issues of vital concern to public attention.”
Letter: Why no coverage for Reject Raytheon protest?
“Speakers at the rally decried both the county’s lack of transparency and public review in recruiting Raytheon to come here as well as the deadly threat that massive arms sales and bloated military budgets pose to emergency climate-crisis mitigation goals already decades behind schedule.”
Letter: Branyon will seek referendum on development
“With true citizen input, Buncombe County will have a framework for our development future.”
Letter: Leaders should have vision of healthy school district
“We need new blood on the school board.”
Letter: Ullman can help make Asheville truly livable
“I believe Maggie will listen to and elevate the voices within our community and create an inclusive, collaborative environment so we together can tackle our community’s critical challenges, which span housing to city services to climate change impact. “
Letter: Why charge for paper in plastics ban proposal?
“If the purpose of the initiative by MountainTrue and the Sierra Club is to reduce single-use plastics, why are they proposing a 10-cent charge for paper bags?”
Letter: This Democrat respects views of moderates and progressives
“Then there’s Mr. Thomson’s concern that my candidacy will cause Buncombe County to lose its only African American commissioner. And though I agree this is an important issue, I felt it was more important to oppose Mr. Whitesides because he voted to subsidize the Pratt & Whitney plant by $27 million of our tax dollars — a plant that will be making parts for one of the most lethal weapons on Earth, the F-35 Lightning.”
Letter: How to reduce domestic gun violence
“Ask all patriotic gun owners in Western North Carolina to send their excess firearms to the brave Ukrainian resistance fighters. That way, these guns could kill more war criminals and less fellow Americans.”