“I was disappointed to find very little information on the six ballot questions facing North Carolina voters in the last midterm election.”
Flurry of activity
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Letter: What’s with the Asheville food scene?
“Either, way the food scene around here seems to be driven by people who really don’t know what true food tastes like, or they just like what sounds good on the menu.”
Letter: Viceroy butterflies — not actually monarch mimics
“So viceroys aren’t a monarch imitator. Both butterflies co-evolved this feature of being unpalatable to birds.”
Letter: Advertising is not opinion
“Regardless of what you think about our presidential lapdog representing District 11, and whatever it is you think about our conservative court system, it seems to me that a local publication should not yield its opinion section to prepared advocacy statements from organizations outside of the state.”
Solar farm facade
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Letter: Leadership skills are important for women, too
“The Supreme Court did not ‘trample’ your rights. They simply extended those rights to women.”
Asheville forum explores how we can get more involved in community life
“As we talked with people in community forums, we heard about places and events that are bringing people together, from public libraries to town commons to Friday night football games, and people wondered whether we could do more to build off those gathering places.”
Letter: Info lacking in North Asheville development plans
” I would ask for plan transparency, some preservation of the environment and safety for pre-existing homeowners. So far we know nothing.”
Different strokes
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
View with a room
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Letter: Steady Collective provides lifesaving services
“For a town that touts its ‘progressiveness,’ the city of Asheville has shown once again that it is only willing to take the measures that will make our town pretty for its tourists — not livable for its residents.”
Letter: Celebrate Veterans Day with peace in mind
“We can honor our military, but let us keep in mind the tragedies that war brings to us at home and abroad.”
Letter: Asheville takes huge step for renewable energy
“Now Asheville has joined the community of cities and counties taking responsibility for the climate into their own hands, rather than waiting for our state or national government to take the lead.”
Letter: Blame disinterest and apathy, not women
“Has it ever occurred to Anthony E. Ponder that the dwindling membership in service organizations has to do with disinterest and apathy on the part of males and their participation, rather than the drivel of female joiners?”
Letter: Go local and organic to help environment
“These and many other reasons speak against plain going vegan and feeling great about it; it speaks for education, and mostly it speaks for going local.”
Why 2018 isn’t the ‘year of the woman’ in NC
“Let’s all make women reappear instead of disappear politically and the ‘year of the woman’ commonplace and not just about 2018.”
Letter: Vote — the future of NC falls on you
“Voting is the most influential way a citizen can make their voice heard and affect their government. Yet right now in North Carolina, the right to vote is under attack.”
Letter: Brian Turner represents us well
“I believe that Brian Turner will continue to work hard for us.”
Letter: Flip the House by voting against Republican enablers
“We need to vote our Republican friends away from the table for a while in order to stop this slid into despotism.”
I’m a chicken hawk
ASHEVILLE, N.C.