Primary candidates for the 2022 Asheville City Council race share their positions with Xpress.

Primary candidates for the 2022 Asheville City Council race share their positions with Xpress.
The new Energy Innovation Task Force — which brings together representatives from electric utility Duke Energy, elected officials, the private sector, nonprofits and alternative energy providers — held its first meeting on May 13. In addition to the task force members, a sizable group of citizens and energy advocates also turned out for the public kickoff of the one-of-a-kind initiative, which aims to slow the growth of local energy demand and avoid the construction of a third natural gas generator.
In the latest development in the ever-shifting terrain of the race for Buncombe County Democratic Party Chair, local attorney Emmett Carney has announced his candidacy for the position. Asheville resident Grant Millin, a management consultant, is also running.
“Out of a potential total of 37,425 votes, 35,802 were recorded. But some voters may have made fewer than the maximum three choices for candidates, officials said.” — “Voting Machines Banned,” Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec. 20, 2007 Some? What sort of a numerical or statistical benchmark is “some”? Few things in our democratic system have more […]