Letter: Site would be ideal for homeless shelter
“While sitting in traffic jams on Patton Avenue, I often wonder why the city doesn’t try to purchase the old Kmart shopping center at Louisiana Avenue. It has sat there for years, empty.”
Letter: An argument for year-round schools
“Our local public schools in Asheville and Buncombe County need to be at the front of the pack when it comes to best practices. Providing a new model of year-round schooling with more days of education and shorter breaks is a good place to start.”
Letter: Focus on what makes area inviting
“Include friendly, helpful people actually attending the paid parking lots we now have dotted all over.”
Letter: Edwards’ legislation hasn’t helped WNC
“None of Edwards’ co-sponsored laws are helping law enforcement or anyone else in Western North Carolina.”
All bottled up
Letter: BCS book ban will backfire
“By banning this book, the county schools have just made it very popular and sought after by many students.”
Letter: Haw Creek rezoning is not in community’s best interest
“As an Asheville and Haw Creek resident, I must ask our City Council members: Why would you approve a rezoning that is so openly opposed by the community and in direct conflict with a well-thought-out comprehensive plan?”
Letter: Vote — and make sure your vote counts
“Remember — your vote is your voice, and we want to make sure all voices are heard.”
A bridge too far
Letter: Haw Creek project would provide much-needed housing
“Like much of the nation, Asheville faces a housing affordability crisis. The solution to that crisis for Asheville is to build a lot more housing throughout the entire city, including in my neighborhood.”
Letter: City should step up to replace Malvern Hills pool
“Please, City of Asheville, stand up for the community and support the value added to the lives of West Asheville by the pool and pool house.”
Time to go
Letter: Consider Europe’s restrooms
“Asheville needs to look at how Europe does 24-hour restrooms.”
Letter: What do to about the $650K loo
“The funds could go a long way to creating jobs for attendants, should the city want to keep the existing Haywood Street restrooms open all night.”
Letter: Edwards chooses dereliction of duty in HCA debacle
“Instead of providing solutions or offering to use the power of his office to make things right for the people of Western North Carolina, he blamed the HCA sale on the ‘failures of Obamacare.’”
Sound economy
Letter: Face mask advice misses mark
“Those who choose to wear a mask should be free to do so. To insinuate that those who choose not to don’t care about themselves or their community is unscientific … and divisive.”
An Asheville ‘leaver’ checks in
“In fact, much of the ire now being aimed at the TDA — and tourism in general — merely echoes concerns about the tourism of a century ago, and the mismanagement and negligence of city government back then.”
Letter: A Christian perspective on ending child hunger
“By removing financial barriers and ensuring that every child has access to nutritious meals within the educational system, we affirm our commitment to nurturing the physical and spiritual well-being of the next generation.”