“No one will ask your sexual preference at the door, nor do they care. All they do is chicken, and they do it very well.”
Letter: Wells is hardworking and informed
“Having worked with Terri on a variety of projects in our Sandy Mush community, I know that she is hardworking, decisive, informed and reflective.”
Letter: Sloan offers vision, vigor and know-how
“He has proven himself a visionary and vigorous policymaker in his time on the Buncombe County Planning Board.”
Letter: Lee has integrity, financial savvy
“I know him to be a man of integrity, honesty and candor. He neither spouts BS nor tolerates it from others.”
Letter: A voice for the voiceless
“Primary to me, however, is that animals have an emotional life. They have as much right to be here as we do, and all are worthy of our compassion, not just the dogs at Brother Wolf.”
Letter: Remillard promises to put community interests first
“We need a representative in Raleigh who will restore honor and integrity to the General Assembly and who will work in a bipartisan way to build a stronger North Carolina — one that does not leave our children’s education, our health and our environment behind.”
Letter: Sloan has courage, skills to help Buncombe
“Parker shares my personal investment in Buncombe’s children. Smart kids don’t close achievement gaps; policy does.”
Letter: Thumbs down on mocking corrupt county officials
“While it is true that the recent Wanda Greene et al. scandal was a gross example of greed and entitlement gone wild, I was very disappointed that your editors thought it is funny to mock people who have been tried, justly convicted and are paying their debt to society.”
Hot and Cold
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Private Affair
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Letter: Wells offers a wise, thoughtful perspective
“Terri is a good listener who is passionate about improving the quality of life for all the residents of our county, those living in our urban areas as well as those residing in our more distant rural sections.”
Letter: Help get Sams on ballot for District 11
“Her programs prioritize wise strategies for medical pain intervention, a much-needed strategy for curbing if not ending opioid and other rampant addictions.”
Letter: Asheville’s progressive addiction is growing old
“It’s revealing that Asheville’s progressive community literally cringes at diversity of thought exposures found in conservative thinking.”
Letter: Helping children with autism
“So the million-dollar question is: How can we help autistic kids who cannot tolerate noise and who are tortured and tormented by noise and who lose all functioning in a noisy environment?”
Letter: Make a positive change with an electric vehicle
“Not only are EVs better for the environment, they are better on your pocketbook.”
Letter: Take action to support immigrant families
“As a community, we must come together and support our most vulnerable members.”
Letter: The elephants in the room
“Sounds like Asheville/Buncombe struggles with the TDA and HCA. Unsolved city problems spread to regions.”
Letter: Russian 5G disinformation campaign taking hold in Asheville
“Still, The New York Times reports that the whipping-up of concerns about 5G is the product of a targeted Russian disinformation campaign.”
Letter: Local rally joins 5G Global Day of Protest
“Because the health and safety of our families is at stake, we have formed a group, Stop 5G Asheville, which will be joining the 5G Global Day of Protest on Saturday, Jan. 25, to demand a moratorium on deployment of 5G until it can be proven safe.”
Letter: Asheville, racist and unequal as it ever was
“In the area of diversity in hiring, Asheville is just as segregated, racist and unequal as it ever was, and while whites promote Asheville as a tourist and artistic mecca, African Americans are still cleaning rooms in expensive hotels instead of front desk or management positions and not being hired in banks, restaurants and trendy bars in downtown, Biltmore and West Asheville.”
Letter: 12 Baskets Cafe also fills hunger gap
“This program feeds scores of area residents from all walks of life, five days a week, offering a wide range of rescued and repurposed food from some of the finest restaurants of the city, grocery stores, retirement communities, hospitals, caterers and others in the food-service industry.”