“The end result will further dismantle public education, where learning is already under attack.”
Letter: Kudos to the road crews
“The hardworking men and women repaving Charlotte Highway are doing a wonderful job.”
Letter: Bad drivers create traffic hazards in Swannanoa
“The county needs to address this issue or even have an unmarked sheriff’s car keep watch at the yield sign/traffic light on U.S. 70, plus the entrance road to the school.”
Letter: Arguments falter in gender, abortion letters
“From where are your dramatic letter writers getting their misinformation? NPR or rumor or inadequate news coverage?”
Letter: Should APD’s drones monitor public gatherings?
“APD chooses to provide an example where its officers assessed an assault suspect, but they conveniently forget to mention that they’re also surveying what seems to be any political gathering that happens in downtown Asheville, regardless of size.”
Letter: Live in the present and create a better future
“At what point do we give up the oxygen-sucking activity of railing against the past and focus on the battles before us here and now?”
Letter: Let’s be strong for public schools
“North Carolina politicians are close to passing a private school voucher bill that could drain substantial funding from Buncombe County’s public schools.”
Letter: Legalized sports betting will feed addictions
“I believe this will feed people’s addictions, as well as hook some more. Seems the state is more interested in revenue generated.”
Letter: Now’s the time to reimagine monument spot
“Before we rush headlong into anything we may have to tear down again in a few years, shouldn’t we at least give creative minds a chance to come up with some fresh concepts?”
Letter: The General Assembly’s war on LGBTQ kids
“They are all cruel attacks on our young people.”
Letter: The numbers don’t add up for teachers
“As a professional educator with a college degree, will she be able to purchase the house in: (A) five years, (B) 10 years, (C ) 15 years or (D) never?”
Letter: The right to be free, happy and transgender
“The common thread in all of it was how happy we are when we are free to simply live our lives and not be constantly under attack from right-wing politicians and so-called Christians.”
Letter: No appetite for hot dog eating contest
“But perhaps we should ask those willing to pay $5 just to be entertained to alternatively consider giving those $5 to feed the hungry simply out of care and kindness for their fellow human beings who endure impoverishment, not always of their own doing.”
Letter: Perfect Asheville Monday
“I want to encourage all my Asheville friends who have been disparaging downtown to please come back. It’s beautiful and clean, and you need to be part of all this.”
Letter: The consequences of forced pregnancy
“So, what is going to happen now that women are being forced to have children that they are not physically, financially, emotionally and spiritually prepared to raise?”
Letter: Can city be forced to pay for water crisis?
“It is ridiculous that we all had to suffer because of their incompetence.”
Letter: Water system fixes need highest priority
“It’s unbelievable that the remedies recommended and accepted by the city are not given the highest priority!”
Letter: City must act now on water system
“It’s time for the city to consider the consequences of their decisions, check their priorities and do what’s right now.”
Letter: Thanks from Vermont to swift-water rescue teams
“Apparently as part of this agreement, North Carolina sent several swift-water rescue teams to help out aiding and saving people on the swollen streams in Vermont.”
Letter: Reimagining Asheville’s obelisk
“Couldn’t the dimensions of the old obelisk yield a new and beguiling one, perhaps composed of a transparent composite material?
Letter: We don’t need a military survey of WNC
“What does he mean when he states the Department of Defense will be required to complete a survey of our Western North Carolina region as ‘potential locations for future defense assets and report to Congress on its findings?’”