GOP-led state budget process places environmental regulations at risk

Posted on April 22, 2011April 22, 2011 by Susan Andrew

It’s a volatile time in the state budget process, and North Carolina’s main environmental agency, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, can do little but watch as legislators, led by a recently installed GOP majority, work to close an estimated $2.4-billion shortfall through sharp cuts to its budget, expected to be approved in June. This week’s negotiations included a proposal to cut DENR’s Asheville office by two thirds, and eliminate the Mooresville office (in the Charlotte area) altogether.

Former Rep. Goforth goes to work for GOP speaker

Posted on March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 by David Forbes

Former state Rep. Bruce Goforth who lost to current Rep. Patsy Keever in last year’s Democratic primary, has changed his registration to Unaffiliated and taken a job with Speaker Thom Tillis, a Republican, as an adviser on jobs and the economy.

Henry Mitchell elected Buncombe GOP chair

Posted on March 26, 2011March 26, 2011 by Jake Frankel

Today, March, 26, a divided Buncombe County Republican party elected Henry Mitchell to be its new chair.
Photos by Jerry Nelson

GOP is worried about votes of the living, not the dead

Posted on February 1, 2011February 1, 2011 by Rick Vogel

So the Republicans are back in control of the North Carolina General Assembly and immediately they began to speak in code. The most egregious local example was an interview in the Jan.19 Mountain Xpress, "Front Row Seats: A New Start for N.C.'s Grand Old Party.” Former Buncombe Republican chair Bill Keller's first advice to the […]

Local GOP should focus on identifying voters’ concerns

Posted on February 1, 2011February 1, 2011 by Peter Stanz

In your Jan. 19 [article] “Front Row Seats,” I read about [former GOP chairman] George Keller. I was astounded by his top two priorities: To require photo identification for voting and to work on redistricting. He stated he was embarrassed about “the division of this state.” I agree he should be embarrassed, but the embarrassment […]

The Beat news roundup: Grand Old Party poopers

Posted on September 19, 2010September 19, 2010 by Jake Frankel

It was a bad week for the Buncombe County Republican Party. The party and its chairman, Chad Nesbitt, were harshly criticized for a 9/11 fundraiser and an associated video; the Board of Elections found their highly publicized complaints over an early voting site to be based on faulty information; and Asheville City Councilman Bill Russell left the party, citing its “antics that demonize people” and “political games.”

Ex-wife: N.C. GOP vice chair fabricated my endorsement

Posted on May 2, 2010May 2, 2010 by David Forbes

Facing controversy over a domestic violence conviction involving his ex-wife during his successful 2009 bid for vice chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, then-Buncombe GOP Chair Tim Johnson produced a statement, supposedly from her, supporting his candidacy. Now, she says she never wrote that endorsement, or had any knowledge of it until after his election.

Anatomy of a local Twitter argument resolved: Politics & peace in a small town

Posted on March 25, 2009March 25, 2009 by Jeff Fobes

Early this morning, local Twitterer WNCGOP began his day with a terse politically and sociologically charged one-liner: WNCGOP: “Good morning everyone. It’s raining here in Asheville, NC (which is a good thing, because it keeps down the stink of those damned hippies).” Here’s what happened in the ensuing hours of Twitter discussion:

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